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Being in charge also prevents the council president from speaking out on issues that come up during a council meeting. In order to do so, the president must cede control of the meeting to the vice president for the length of the debate...
Just as actors often have burning desires to direct, music producers frequently long to be behind the microphone, and Steve Tyrell is no exception. Having contributed to the Father of the Bride soundtracks, Tyrell has decided to try his hand at a full length project, A New Standard, composed entirely of jazz standards (doubling, naturally, on producing duties). The execution is something fairly uneven. While works penned by Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern can never be truly faulted, Tyrell doesn't possess the vocal versatility to make them twinkle with true allure. "Give Me the Simple Life" caters...
...some of the characters overact, it is only to serve the greater cause of the comedy. Libby Shani '02 is radiant as Rita Altabel--spirited and rebellious and thoroughly blunt. She has fun with a part that lets her talk at length about the various penises she has encountered and that requires her to say "I've tasted my menstrual blood!" on more than one occasion. Rita plays well off of her friend Samantha Stewart (Annalise Nelson '02), who wants nothing more than to be the woman behind the man she marries. Though she is characterized as the perfect wife...
...Everything about this production flows together as mellifluously as its singing and dancing; from the winsome one-liners and funny accents (Hungarian, British, and good ole'American Southern), to the costumes (ranging from floor-length gold lamE ball gowns to leather fringe vests with cowboy hats to Vegas-style showgirl getups complete with gold-and-purple accented capes), Crazy for You is a rare production that leaves the audience with a smile plastered on its face, humming the tunes and tapping its feet as it boisterously exits the theater. And let's not forget that well-deserved standing ovation...
...Irene Roth, Bobby's fiancee (of five years, no less), Kate Earls '00 is perfectly cast--her elegance matches her ultra-glamorous wardrobe, which includes several full-length evening gowns, each more stylish and chic than the next. With her exaggerated snobbishness, Earls steals the show every time she appears, particularly in her thrilling rendition of "Naughty Baby" and her catfights with both Bobby's mother (Jenn Hyman ??) and Polly. Roth's ultimate love interest is found in Lank Hawkins (Jonathan Steinberger '01), a gun-toting, tough-talking, scene-stealing cowboy, who, along with Ben Kornell '02 as the ever...