Word: shearer
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...Amuse-confuse was in the air in the late ?70s and early ?80s. In the comedy clubs, performers like Albert Brooks, Andy Kaufman, Harry Shearer and Art Metrano were blazing the conceptual trail of "post-funny comedy." Kaufman would play the Mighty Mouse theme on an old phonograph, or read long passages from The Great Gatsby, or assume the guise of obnoxious Tony Clifton, all to the discomfort of an audience who might have come to hear jokes. Metrano donned a tux and sang, endlessly, the old razzmatazz "Fine and Dandy," but only the notes...
Sound, co-designed by Videt and Nicholas J. Shearer ’09, also plays a highly noticeable role in the production. Instead of music, scenes frequently end with an almost underwater-sounding roar that builds up from a whisper and eventually overwhelms the voices. It adds a certain feeling of unreality and almost of dread to the play, and works well as a counterpoint to the action at its more surreal moments...
...lighting, designed by Nicholas J. Shearer ’09, is highly nuanced, suggesting the emotional tone of each mini-drama with varying degrees of harshness. The music, chosen by sound operators Natalie J. Peters ’09 and Jonah C. Priour ’09, is well-selected and enhances the other aspects of the show nicely...
Lighting design by Nicholas J. Shearer ’09 and sound design were modest, but suited the tranquil domestic scenes of the play. The set, designed by Sean P. Bala ‘09, though simple, effectively emanated the leisure of a genteel country home, especially in consideration of the theater’s limited space. Jessica C. Coggins ‘08 created costumes that were perfectly in character for the actors...
...stupid) to drive everything else out of their heads as they pursue their goofy dreams. Mainly they do this without raising their voices, without pitching fits, without showing the slightest evidence that they are lacking in what the rest of us are pleased to call normalcy. Take Harry Shearer's Victor Allan Miller. He's played Shakespeare (albeit in repertory's more obscure regions), but his fame rests on his portrayal of a wiener in a series of hot dog commercials. A nomination would transform his life, but he shows his desperation only to his cruelly indifferent manager (the aforementioned...