Word: characterizations
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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THC: Are you as cultured as your character?
Though Brighton Beach is definitely an ensemble show, Eugene's asides are clearly the linchpin holding the plot and the characters together. The cast of seven break into smaller groups for intimate conversations, permutating themselves into complex arrangements so that, by the end of the show, every character has shared...
Other notable performances include David Huyssen's haggard, care-laden Jack. Supporting a family of seven on his small salary, he must also assume the role of father figure for Blanche's girls and keep his own sons aware of the necessary moderation between practicality and principles. Huyssen, more so...
With so many character dynamics, the wonderful set design of Mat Williams wonderful set design allows the action to flow smoothly to keep up the pace. Williams' set, a sprawling pastel representation of the Jerome household in Brighton Beach, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, simultaneously creates five realistic...
The text, though it generally seems like an ill-conceived improv sketch, does have it high points. Likewise, the cast bravely struggles against the banality of their lines, occasionally achieving something not totally unlike entertainment. Jared Greene '03 was delightfully serious as the misguided mystic, John, and James Crawford '03...