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(04/16/10 12:00am)
Sid Richardson College's production of Tom Stoppard's 2006 play Rock 'n' Roll, directed by Sid Richardson seniors Kristen Hallberg and Jacob Lindsey, is a thought-provoking and engaging narrative that deals with deep themes of communism and resistance. Such weighty subject matter generally leaves much room for things to go wrong, but the production and its strong cast performances offer a fantastic experience that shouldn't be missed.Fans of Stoppard - more specifically, of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - may be disappointed to find that Rock 'n' Roll isn't a typical Stoppard play. Rock 'n' Roll focuses on socialism, communism and other issues facing the Czechs and British from the 1960s until 1990. The characters often discuss rock music's evolution over the years, which makes the production especially entertaining. While the philosophical discussions can venture into cerebral, even heavy, areas, the play is written so those without a knowledge of its historical background can follow the narrative with ease.
(04/09/10 12:00am)
The Rice Light Opera Society has dared to take on yet another challenging Gilbert and Sullivan piece, The Mikado. The overall performance is humorous and pleasurable, but it encounters its fair share of problems and theatre glitches.The Mikado first premiered in March of 1885 at London's Savoy Theatre. The show went on to run for a record 672 performances, and it still maintains a great deal of popularity with today's audiences. The musical takes place in Titipu, Japan, a city full of ridiculous laws and names that appear to be nothing but a series of racially tinged Catch-22s. A traveling minstrel named Nanki-Poo (Geoff Copper, Sid Richardson '07) arrives in the city to find his love Yum-Yum (Lauren Cordray, Sid '06), but he cannot marry her right away due to a previous arrangement with the Lord High Executioner. Through a series of random and highly entertaining events, just about everyone's head is eventually wanted by the ruler of Japan.
(01/29/10 12:00am)
Twenty-four hours. Twenty-eight people. One master plan. Mix it all together and you've got the Rice Players' The 24 Hour Plays. It is remarkable to think that a group of Rice students can write, direct and act an entire production, all within the span of a day. And it's even more remarkable to think that a feat this imposing could actually turn into the enjoyable, memorable event that it became.
(10/30/09 12:00am)
Not many musicals carry the lofty expectations of Rent. A 12-year run on Broadway and a subsequent Hollywood butchering have placed the play firmly in the American pop- consciousness, and the play brings a cast of memorable characters and strong voices. These factors might be enough to intimidate most directors, but Jones College sophomore Hermione Gilpin and Jones junior Helen Shaw are not among them. However, the North College Theatre Association, a collaborative effort pooling the resources of Jones, Baker College and Martel College theaters, may have accepted the challenge of Rent a bit too prematurely. While the production lifts upward, it falls short of jumping "Over the Moon."
