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What: The Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players present the long-awaited production of the riotous, rollicking Pirates of Penzance, which follows a young pirate apprentice Frederic who has long dreamt of the day that he'll be free from his duty to his master, the Pirate King, so he can find a beautiful maiden and spend his day ridding the world of piracy. But will this happen for our pirate protagonist? Hilarity ensues in this comical battle of wits...

Author: By Barbara B. Depena, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Weekend Roundup | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

That news should be of interest only to accountants. So how's the movie? Mostly frabjous. The visual palette is more artfully riotous than that of other Alice films, the performances more zestful. The walls of the hole that Alice (Mia Wasikowska) falls into are stocked with all manner of the White Rabbit's mementos; this could be WALL•E's cluttered annex. Alice meets flowers with faces and cruel tongues, frogs that serve as insecure butlers to Iracebeth the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) and a more voluptuous picturization of Wonderland - here it's called Underland - than even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tim Burton's Frabjous Alice | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

...dull grays and whites of Jenny’s school and home life soon explode into the exuberant reds, golds, and blues of David’s seemingly fairy-tale existence. The stylish cinematography carries the film, subtly accommodating Hornby’s riotous sight gags while capturing the sophistication of the leads’ cosmopolitan adventures. Lush, gorgeous shots refresh the film’s rather familiar coming-of-age storyline and make the film’s central tension feel new and urgent...

Author: By Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'An Education' | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

Over 30 years ago, Harvard Boxing was discontinued as an intramural offering and became solely a club sport due to often riotous crowds during House tournaments...

Author: By Brian Mejia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Boxing Sees Revival | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...About” is contagious and compelling—all in all, a better song than “Young Folks.” If only the rest of the songs on “Living Thing” had come close to matching the single’s riotous energy and imagination, we would have had a real winner on our hands. “Living Thing” starts off with the shimmering synths and brutal drum machine beats of opener “The Feeling.” Spasmodic guitars and tidy handclaps round out the atmosphere...

Author: By Spencer Burke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Peter Bjorn & John | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

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