Word: hms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...still went aflutter when Rhett walked out the door at the end. And a friend of mine confessed that after seven viewings she still was grossed out by Harold's bizarre suicide attempts in Harold and Maude. Now I too belong to their fan club of repetition. After seeing HMS Pinafore--a Gilbert and Sullivan musical comedy--for the sixth time. I still thoroughly basked in its bubbly brilliance...
Even one who never tires of a show like Gilbert and Sullivan's musical, HMS Pinafore, recognizes that it often suffers from amateurish performances. Usually such reproductions are filled with stilted stunts and puny actors drowned out by the bass violin, choppy set changes, dull staging. Nonetheless, most Gilbert and Sullivan shows never lose their musical vibrance or lyrical hilarity--all that's needed is singers strong enough to enunciate the clever lines and be heard above the orchestra. But the Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players production of HMS Pinafore and the one-act Trial by Jury surpass all expectations...
After a brisk set change and excellent overture from the fine orchestra conducted by Roger Grodsky, the scene unfolds aboard the deck of the ship HMS Planfore. The audience stands and sings "God Bless the Queen"--even an anti-British revolutionary would momentarily shed hostility towards the English monarchy...
...HMS Pinafore is so often performed that stiff, prepped-out productions usually mar it, or else wisecracks and stants hide the memorable lyrics and melodies. Yet musical director Grodsky, stage director Kevin Fennessy, and choreographer Grace Napier blend their skills to enhance the show's "sun-never-sets" mystique...
...care of dying patients. The psychology of his classmates is entirely absent. Conversations are included only to post straw men or to make points; they rarely give insight into the speakers. As far as LeBaron can tell, his classmates are there only because they are fourth generation HMS or the children of the faculty...