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...will figure prominently. “Ya’ll are superstars, you look beautiful,” I hear her say before she walks out. Watching the runway from the backstage monitor, I see Alford. Game on. She struts down with a sudden seriousness that makes me understand why this former president of the Association of Black Harvard Women has come to be known as one of the College’s most prominent seniors. But as I’m watching the screen, a wary director taps me on the back, threatening that...
...learn by reading,” he added. “You have to absorb the atmosphere, the culture of the place. They miss what is behind the recipe—the culture, the tradition. Maybe they make the thing from the recipe, but they don’t understand it.”Giovanna, his wife and translator, stepped in. “It’s not a bad neighborhood. We have good friends here. We say hi, like we do in Italy, when we pass on the street. He just hates when people exchange Italy...
...reaches a crossroads in his life and realizes that he can no longer live by following societal dictates. In addition to a thematic focus on the importance of questioning assumptions, the absurdist aesthetic of “Tres sombreros de copa” promises to challenge conventional understandings of theater.Rodriguez believes that the whimsical yet reflective production will facilitate a less rigid approach to theater as well as life. She points out that the seriousness that Harvard students bring to their work also influences their understanding of drama. At Harvard, Rodriguez says, students are more likely to view participation...
...Metheny,” Redman says. “I got a chance to play with all these people within six months of moving to New York, and more. I was invited to play with these musicians, and then I was invited back. I couldn’t really understand it, but I went with it.”“Going with it” seems to be the theme of Redman’s interactions with jazz. It may not be the pure release for him now that it was in his college days, but it hasn?...
...however, who thinks it’s such a terrible thing for guys to make movies about guys being guys. While turning tales of the perennially unemployed, overweight, and substance-dependent into comedies does little to improve the image of us heterogametes, I understand the appeal. Undoubtedly, though, the films would benefit from a bit of refocusing and, perhaps more importantly, a feminine touch.While this is unlikely to happen, it seems as though the women of American Comedy like to do things differently. And most recently, they seem to be doing it better. The Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vehicle...