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...seven-member all-woman cast of HRDC’s Top Girls did full justice to a solid script by British playright Caryl Churchill Saturday night at the Loeb Ex. Although the British accents were at times forced, and the pace dragged near the beginning, the cast and crew warmed up by the second act, exhibiting superb acting and directing...
Subsequent acts speeded up relative to the first act’s lagging pace. It turns out that the dinner guests were merely figments of Marlene’s imagination, elements of her psychological struggle for peace with her past. The same actors reappeared in acts two and three, representing people in Marlene’s real life. The versatility of the actors were an especial boon to the production. Props go to Thompson for an effortless transition and continuity between her roles. Cassie L. Fliegel ’06 as Marlene...
...third song of the evening finally gave us a sample of Mhaonaig’s beautiful voice as she sang a slow love song, which slowed down the pace of the evening to a standstill. There was scarcely a noise in the crowd for the entirety of the song as the crowd was held captivated by the melodic description of a place they had never seen...
...pace was moved up a gear again for the rest of the evening with a few brief ballads in between to cool the audience down. The talent of the fiddlers combined with an accordion, a guitar and a bouzouki managed to achieve an almost inhuman speed in most of their jigs, which made this a dynamic performance...
Some songs seemed to suffer from inclusion in the set. “Looks Just Like The Sun,” although a nice change of pace on the album, with its sparse acoustic feel and airy harmonies, just didn’t have the power to carry the crowd between dense rockers. Similarly disappointing was “I’m Still Your Fag,” although at least this song benefited from a sense of self-deprecating humor that was lacking on some of the more overwrought numbers...