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...being recognized as an important health and environmental concern, and many have realized the potentially negative effects of meat consumption on climate change" ("Rethinking Meat," Sep. 16, 2010). Harvard students are equally horrified when they discover that the abuse that farmed animals face in today's industrial meat production??including being castrated without being given any painkillers and having their throats cut while they're still conscious—would warrant cruelty-to-animals charges if the cats or dogs who share our homes were the victims...
...border between audience and performers is central to the production??s goals, and emphasized throughout. When the show begins, it is unclear who is acting and who is observing. “For a moment everything is on the same plane,” Davies says. And this blending of roles, leading the audience to question the nature of theater, and what it can become, is vital to the goals of “The Untitled Project.” “The only way to continue to be relevant is to use the medium...
...Shields recognizes, the work of those behind the scenes lays the foundation for the success of theatrical productions. Although the set does not play as animated a role as the actors, it can transform the atmosphere of a performance. The set is instrumental in conveying a production??s essential message in a way that a single actor cannot...
With its spirits and character transformations, giants and magic beans, it would be an understatement to call “Into the Woods” a technically complicated play. Despite being interrupted with a few sound-system hiccups, this production??s technical realization of the show is subtle, but deliberate and creative. From the booming voice of the giantess to the smoke that appears alongside the spells of the Witch, the production effectively establishes the magical world of the woods without distracting from the vocal work and acting of the remarkable cast...
...show’s score, though used sparingly, enhances the production??s chilling tone. In Katurian’s confession scene, a spooky, romping rock riff injects the play with electric energy. At other times, the faint, haunting sounds of a children’s choir waft over Katurian narrating his horrid tales or characters recounting painful memories...