Nov. 23, 2005
Enough gossiping about the relatives who did not join your holiday meal! If the question of what to do for the rest of the weekend comes to mind and thoughts of fighting throngs of frenzied shoppers do not excite you, we thought to offer some alternatives that will be easier to digest than the other overindulgences of Thanksgiving.
Safe in Hell, a new comedy, is at the Yale Rep. It is a satirical romp, ostensibly dealing with Salem in 1691. Cotton Mather strives to prove himself worthy of the reputation and respect accorded to his venerated father, the Reverend Increase Mather, in order to earn power and encourage fundamentalism. Talk about grist for after-dinner conversation — any similarity to today is stictly intended. As they say, “Everything old is new again!!” Evening and Saturday matinee performances are offered.
Less controversial may be the Shubert’s presentation of Little Women, starring Maureen McGovern. It is here, direct from Broadway, and will probably be time well spent and require not nearly so much discussion as the Rep!
RENT is among the offerings at the Criterion Theatre and is bound to be a dynamic cinematic rendition of the original Broadway production. That certainly ought to be good for some intergenerational chatter. No matter what you have eaten, there is
always room for hot, buttered popcorn!
Now, back to the familiar chorus of partying on for the Greater Good — the place to be on Sunday is Sprague Hall on College Street at 4 p.m. The Yale School of Music will present a concert to benefit the Connecticut Unit of Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D). The eclectic program will bring to the stage faculty, alumni, and student performers. Celebrating the tradition of reading aloud, Thomas C. Duffy will narrate his own composition written for Wind Quintet, “Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel,” based on the beloved children’s book by Virginia Lee Burton. John Orfe, a composition graduate of the Yale School of Music, will play his own work, “Fanfare for an Uncommon Man: Ward Davenny” for piano solo. Yuri Liberzon, a guitarist at the School of Music, will play music of Joachin Rodrigo, a composer who was blind from the age of three. Performing a violin and piano sonata by Mozart will be professors Syoko Aki, violin, and Joan Panetti, piano, who knew Mrs. Noss since they arrived at Yale in the 1960s. General admission tickets for the concert are $15 (students $10), and patron tickets are available for $50. The box office will be open Mon-Fri from 9 am to 5 p.m. (except Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after, Nov. 24 and 25) and one hour before the event. For more information, click here or call 203-432-4158, or come to the Sprague Hall Box Office at the corner of Wall and College streets Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.