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...3643/6787; www.bonton resort.com). Each house is different and all were brought in from remote villages and reassembled. Bon Ton also has a spa, a small shop selling artifacts from around the region, and a restaurant set in a Balinese-style open-air veranda. It serves traditional Malaysian cuisine and modern Australian dishes that combine to produce what may be the island's best dining spot. And for after dinner, there's the Chin Chin bar, set in a restored 60-year-old Chinese shophouse. "We wanted to call it the Opium Lounge," jokes McMurtrie, "but we didn't think...
...space is an important component in Churchill’s play, and Fairfield makes good use of the symbol-laden set, designed by Elizabeth A. Little ’03. The veranda of Clive’s estate takes center stage and sets up a closed-off world. But we see right away that something’s amiss, as the veranda is lopsided and the structure unstable, and the view of the actors is also often obscured by the bars of the veranda, rendering it something of a cage or a prison for the characters...
...though the cast has aged only 25 or so years. The action now takes place in a park—an open, public space that lays the groundwork for the newly defined sexual mores of this new generation, though remnants of the earlier period remain. Here the veranda is deconstructed and pushed to the side, again making for a well-designed and symbolically rich space...
...liberated” Victoria (played by Kiran Deol ’05, who was also Betty’s stuffy mother in Act I) and the working class lesbian Lin (Discepolo)—perched on a park bench in what used to be the veranda. Cozzens as Lin’s younger daughter makes for one of the most entertaining and appropriate cast choices, as the six-foot-plus actor has as much absurd physical presence as the rambunctious young girl has energy...
...Lush gardens and strategically placed lights conjure a touch of Ali Babaesque magic at night, especially with bright clumps of stars shining in the sparsely populated region's clear skies. Guest quarters?individual villas or smaller rooms in the pavilion, each with a seaside veranda?are spread along a mile of beachfront; even when the beach is crowded guests have a sense of privacy. If you're tempted to simply sink into the natural surroundings, no one will blame you. If you want to plunge into them, however, take the resort's boat to the uninhabited islands nearby for some...