Word: raposos
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...graces: the infallible sense of just how much is enough, the crafty building to one climactic moment per song, the right way with the right word, and the impeccable taste in material (notably in choosing Stephen Sondheim's Send in the Clowns and four lilting ballads by Joe Raposo...
...production's one failing is so glaringly obvious that one wonders how it was possible. Having put all this effort into directing the play, having commissioned Joseph Raposo to do a new musical score, why would Robert Chapman select his cast without any apparent regard for their singing ability? "It's not just a question of having no excellent voices in the company; most of the voices are not passable, the lyrics rarely intelligible. One song is bad enough that the singing must have been intentionally off-key; this is wrong--it makes it impossible to understand the lyrics...
...despite all the dramatic difficulties, everyone in the cast seemed to be having a good time, and the audience got what it paid for: an evening of undergraduate fun in the old tradition. Musical director Joe Raposo banged his piano gayly, probably knowing the notes were trite but just what everyone wanted. The chorus kicked itself into exhaustion, and old grads chuckled themselves red in the face. You may, too, if you like this kind of foolishness...
...conventional hammering accompaniment, it certainly got the largest share of talent in the production. Flexible, dramatic, tuneful, the descriptive words steal the actual flavor; anyway, it pulls together a show that would be limp with anything less. A small band plays it, led by the now notorious Joe Raposo at the piano; and you should watch the workings of Raposos face instead of the stage during the dull moments of a first act someone stretched out too long...
...Graduate School of Design, is currently playing at the Fenway Theatre in Boston. The movie was produced as an experiment in film-making technique for a course given at the Peabody Museum Film Study Center during the Fall of 1960. Several follow graduate students assisted Chermayoff, including Joseph Raposo '53, who composed the musical accompaniment...