8 April 2016
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Freshman Jacqui Valenti thought “[the performers] had really great costume design, and the acting was excellent.” Daniell, who played Professor Callahan in last year’s Legally Blonde, expressed great nostalgia over watching Pippin as an audience member. “I can still recall the feelings from my times in the play. The pressure, nerves, and all eyes on you, yet no one seemed affected. Everything went flawlessly,” he said. Behind this “flawless” show were the countless hours of hard work and dedication by the cast, crew, and directors. Director Rich Louis-Pierre said, “The hardest part of putting any play together is putting all the pieces together.
You have to deal with the musical component, the technical component, and all these parts start coming together towards the end.”Mr. Canzoneri emphasized the difficulties of having performers with conflicting schedules, saying, “The hardest part of putting the play together is getting everyone to come to rehearsal. We have a cast of 27, and we still haven’t had the entire cast together.” Some performers cited the rigorous songs and dances as a challenge they had to overcome, while others found their character roles to be difficult to master. Junior William Mun belongs to the latter group, as he believed “emanating the character’s personality was very difficult [for me],” though he was able to get past this with help from Mr. Canzoneri, as well