Campus Arts
Good 'Company' in Farkas Hall
The best-known of Stephen Sondheim’s musicals are generally populated with bizarre and memorable characters; who could forget the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, lovers Maria and Tony in "West Side Story," or Sondheim’s tormented version of painter Georges Seurat in "Sunday in the Park with George"? But Sondheim’s "Company," which will go up in Farkas Hall on Dec. 5, depicts characters that are not so different from ourselves.
'Flies' Swarms the Ex
Usually actors are given specific roles by a director, but with this adaptation of William Golding’s "Lord of the Flies," director Alistair A. Debling ’16 let the actors decide for themselves which characters fit their actions and dispositions. "Flies," which will open in the Loeb Ex on Dec. 5, is inspired by Golding’s novel but differs from the original in its narrative form and character development.
Gatsby Greatness
Members of the Ballet Company stagger during the show. Their performance was modeled after F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel.
The Blokadnitsy Project
Twelve portriats sit in a row with an accompanying photo book for each person as a part of the Blokadnitsy Project. The new show in CGIS South documents the lives and experiences of women who survived the Siege of Leningrad in World War II.
MSO Wows in 30th Anniversary Concert
On Saturday, the Harvard-Radcliffe Mozart Society Orchestra put on its 30th anniversary concert, which showcased the talents of the orchestra in its three-piece program: Bela Bartók’s “Romanian Folk Dances,” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Triple Concerto in C Major.
Artist Spotlight: _Z_
_Z_: the alias screams its possessor’s anonymity, an anonymity that protects the artist who bears it. _Z_ lives in Paris and works as an architect, but outside of his professional life makes political cartoons and runs a well-read blog.
'Isaac's Eye' A Sight to Behold
Who knew that Sir Isaac Newton, the British physicist and mathematician widely regarded as the one of the greatest scientists of all time, was also irritating, foolish, and quite possibly on the brink of insanity? “Isaac’s Eye,” which ran through Saturday at the Adams Pool Theatre, took a different spin on the life of young Isaac Newton and explored the dilemma Newton faced at the start of his scientific career.
'Conspiracy' Comes Alive
Frustration, anger, and determination boil over at a German lakeside villa as men in Nazi uniforms storm about, sipping fine wine and discussing their solution to “the Jewish problem” in utmost secret. Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s production of “Conspiracy,” which will run through Nov. 23 at the Loeb Mainstage, retells the events of the Wannsee Conference of 1942, during which Nazi officials and bureaucrats finalized their plans for the Final Solution—the elimination of 11 million Jews from the German sphere of influence.
MFA Spotlights Decorative Arts
The diversity of the works is by showing the interesting effects that can be achieved by manipulating these traditional media. Traditional bamboo creations typically involve strands of bamboo woven together to create a solid structure, but Yamaguchi Ryuun’s "Fire" ingeniously leaves multiple strands of bamboo unbound in order to give the bamboo the appearance of a flickering flame. This and other works in the exhibition show how divergence from longstanding techniques can be used to create unique and captivating effects.
"Conspiracy" at the Loeb
The play “Conspiracy,” which premieres tonight and will run through Nov. 23 at the Loeb Mainstage, opens in a quaint room; conference tables flank the stage accompanied by plush leather chairs. What the audience doesn’t know is that the paintings that adorn the wall were Hitler’s favorites, and the documents the gentlemen read are meant to be the Nazi plan for the extermination of Jewish people.
