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...performers are well cast, particularly Count Malcolm (Demian Ordway '99), one of Desiree's cocky young lovers who has "a brain the size of a pea." Playing Malcolm's wife Charlotte, Hallie Baal '99 stands out among the cast. She combines her strong, powerful voice with a memorable performance. When, for example, Malcolm sends Charlotte to tell Anne of Frederik's adultery, Baal evokes real sympathy from the audience as a woman caught between loving her husband and hating his infidelity. When the action moves to Leonora's country villa, Baal's poignant misery continues to stand...
...reads the choral odes, and the effect (an intense metallic breathiness) is reinforced by a tandem live recitation from two hypostylized eastern figures (Alice B., who gets to sport that big trippy mask, and Daniel Sussner '00, whose turn here doesn't compare to his work in Baal last year). The three-part slam definitely commands attention (and the poetry is gorgeous), but too often has to compete with the dancing Maenads for our attention...
...Loeb Ex. With on-fire performances of Brecht's "Baal," August Wilson's "Fences" and Terrance McNally's "Frankie and Johhny," the small theater space was the site of free treats this year for the Harvard community...
Reading Bulbul Tiwari '99's article on Baal (Arts, March 21), I was disappointed that the writer misunderstood or just plain missed so much of the brilliant production put on by Brett E. Egan '99 and Sam C. Speedie '99, but I've long since become used to Crimson reviewers being overly critical of some of HRDC's finer shows...
Fortunately, the article appeared too late to discourage anyone from going, and those who saw it last weekend will be able to pass their own judgment, so I won't elaborate on why Baal deserved far more credit than the review gave...