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...little more “fabulous.” A little less “fabulous.” During his first rehearsals, Jonah C. Priour ’09 kept dialing it up and down. He worked on his vocal intonation. He practiced crossing his legs...
...America,” who, as Mormons and gays, represent contradictory elements of life in America, find themselves forced to confront their innate prejudices. In “Perestroika,” the conflict is heightened by the addition of a new dimension: the supernatural. Prior (Jonah C. Priour ’09), whose dignified response in “Millennium Approaches” (part one of the play) to the fact that he has AIDS invites general sympathy and approbation, is increasingly plagued by a mysterious voice.In Act Two, the disembodied voice finally crashes through Prior?...
...overdoing it. Hickey, who is a Crimson Fifteen Minutes comper, delivered a convincing portrayal of the overly worrisome character, though at times he lacked conviction during Louis’ pivotal emotional scenes.Louis worries because his lover of four years, Prior Walter, has just been diagnosed with AIDS. Jonah C. Priour ’09 does a remarkable job with Prior’s decline, presenting him as disheartened but determined to retain composure and a sense of humor no matter the cost. He comes the closest of any of the actors to being able to elicit both tears and laughter...
...transformed into a Broadway musical by Maury Yeston, “Nine” follows womanizing film director Guido Contini as he sings his way through a search for clarity in his interwoven professional and personal lives. The sole male among a cast of women, Jonah C. Priour ’09 played an excellent Contini, portraying both pathetic midlife desperation and creative obsession all in a convincingly Italian accent. Attempting to take his mind off his troubles, Contini checks into a posh Venetian spa with his wife Luisa, but his worries persist. Refusing to confront his failing marriage...
...time periods at the same estate in the English countryside, the play is split between 1809 and 1989, cutting between two independent casts of characters who cohabit the same elegantly designed room. In the earlier setting, the story centers on the dialogue of the tutor Septimus Hodge (Jonah C. Priour ’09) and his pupil Thomasina Coverly (Sara L. Wright ’09). Several extramarital affairs, one Romanticism-satirizing landscape remodeling, and the fleeting appearance of Lord Byron at the manor comprise the basic machinations of this plot. The modern setting focuses on Hannah Jarvis (Olivia...