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Hatcher '99 directs religious comedies

By Eun Lee Koh | February 3, 1997

Andrew Hatcher '99 hopes the audience sitting on the floor of Collis Common Ground will be roaring with laughter this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights when he makes his directorial debut with his evening of comedy entitled "Laughing With You." "Laughing With You" entails a package of two comedies, one titled "WASP" and the other "The Whole Shebang." There are no chairs for the audience for these plays, nor is there a conventional stage.

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One woman show: Lawrence brings experience, humor to Hop: Responsible for recruiting this year's performance successes, Lawrence is also Hop liasion for nine student groups

By Josie Huang | January 30, 1997

Just a little over a year ago Dartmouth's own "ambassador" to the arts first arrived on campus with a mission. Imbued by an "almost religious fervor," Margaret Lawrence, programming director at the Hopkins Center, immediately set out "to inspire and educate" the College and its surrounding communities by creating a season of dynamic programming. Taking into consideration such issues as the geographically isolated nature of the campus and the Hop's excellent history of guest performers, Lawrence hoped to attract a diverse group of high-caliber artists. So far the season has produced eleven sellouts such as the Joshua Redman Band, Mummenshancz and most recently, Tharp!

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University Press publishes roaches and profs in College's backyard

By Erik Tanouye | January 29, 1997

Through a door nestled between the Dartmouth Co-Op and theCamera Shop of Hanover, two flights of stairs lead up to the third floor offices of an international publishing company. Despite its unobtrusive location and modest sign, the University Press of New England is a major enterprise, an intellectual clearinghouse that each year publishes about 75 books on diverse subjects. What separates the University Press from major New York City publishing firms, other than 250 miles, is the diversity of the books it publishes, from academic investigations into colonialism to poems allegedly written by a cockroach dancing on a typewriter. And for most of the staff of the University Press, which is owned by Dartmouth and five other colleges, it is the diversity that makes the job worthwhile. Book Designer Kathy Kimball said, "That's what keeps it interesting." Books in print Most university publishers print only books of a scholarly nature.

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Burn's recital features the avant-garde

By Regina A. Vinluan | January 27, 1997

Music is much more than just something that can be heard. That is one thing an audience member would realize for sure by attending Kristine Burn's presentation of electro-acoustic music and multi-media performance Saturday evening. The concert had a most gripping and absorbing effect, drawing the audience in with both computer sounds and visuals on a screen, with both pre-recorded and live voices and movement on stage. The live performance was done by the (schwa) Ensemble -- a group of seven individuals who have been together since 1993.

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'Marvin's Room' tackles issues of illness, death

By Jill Hunter | January 27, 1997

Director Jerry Zaks '67 has proved his success in working with the stage and the screen as he makes his feature film debut directing the movie, "Marvin's Room." Until recently, Zaks confined his talent to theater, but after being approached with the film project by producer Scott Rudin, Zaks decided to take a shot at something new. Zaks picked his first project well by choosing a touching story that focuses on the growth and maturation of familial relationships as individuals attempt to grapple with illness and impending death and the fear, guilt and rewards that come from caring for family. The story revolves around two estranged sisters, Bessie (Diane Keaton) and Lee (Meryl Streep). When their father, Marvin (Hume Cronyn), becomes ill, Lee flees her responsibility, leaving Bessie to tend to their father's illness.

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'Tharp!' recital infuses ballet, modern dance

By Shay Lawrence | January 20, 1997

"Tharp!," a program featuring choreographer Twyla Tharp and her 14-member troupe, dazzled audience members for two performances this weekend at the Moore Theater in the Hopkins Center. With their graceful pirouettes, stunning lifts and sensual dancing, "Tharp!" dancers seemed to ooze talent, while completing extremely physically-challenging choreography. Tharp's newly-formed dance troupe fought a continuing battle between classicism and romanticism, ballet and modern dance, in premiering their three new works: "66," "Heroes" and "Sweet Fields." "66," Tharp's interpretation of the fabled highway set to bachelor-pad music by Juan Garcia Esquivel and others, opened the performance.

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