The Indy reviews a farce in Farkas. Synopsis: it’s about a play. Unabridged summary: love triangles ruin everything. Extended details: sardines?? Noises Off is a farce made of first acts following the plight of a play-within-a-play called “Nothing On.” It begins with the dress rehearsal going spectacularly wrong at one in the morning on the […]
An exploration of a soon-to-be-renovated exhibit. When you enter the Harvard Museum of Natural History, everything is a little unassuming. Amazing things like rare fossils, precious stones, and the like—things usually presented in an imposing and impressive building—are found here with little fanfare. The museum exhibits are up three flights of stairs and nestled among […]
A Review of the Fall 2015 Visiting Director’s Project in the Loeb. Sometimes, life is awkward. Sometimes, you have to go to the Harvard Box Office and say a very strange play title with a very straight face. Sometimes, you walk through the wrong door trying to get to the mainstage of the Loeb Drama […]
The Indy reviews Speak Out Loud’s ‘Celestial Open Mic.’ A semicircle of cold faces, cold toes, and cold fingers. A cold night across the concrete of the Science Center observatory. Faces shadowed by rear floodlights, faces lit by the waxing moon and a single smartphone screen. A voice. A mic. A quiet murmuring of snaps, […]
The Indy explores a competition for bad science ideas. The crowd roars with laughter as Daniel Harris explains that the reason we can’t hear our own heartbeats is that they’re too catchy, and we wouldn’t have survived because we can’t ignore a funky beat. This is not your average comedy act. This is BAHFest. Properly […]