An ambassador who saw the show last year, Burlinson says, had a clear view of the band.
"He actually wrote a letter saying how much he enjoyed the show," he says.
Exhibitionism
At times, many cast members say, it is easy to forget that they are still students trying to squeeze heavy workloads and other extracurriculars around three weeks of intense rehearsals and over a month of 40 performances.
"We're still undergrads having to ask our professor's opinions to miss classes to go roast Julia Roberts," cast vice-president Danton S. Char '97 says.
Even those who have been doing The Pudding show for some time now don't know quite what to make of it.
"It's pretty surreal," Siemens says of the whole experience.
"It's pure exhibitionism," says Char, sitting next to me in a tight pink leather bodysuit and boots.
"There's really nothing quite like it," he adds.
Perhaps the real lasting appeal to the cast--the reason why the show has gone on for over 150 years--is that in many ways, despite long, grueling hours, it's the best time they'll have at Harvard.
As Grandy says, "there's something fun to just hanging around with a bunch of guys and being stupid."
"Me and My Galaxy," written by Aaron Kesselheim '96 and Jared A. Kesselheim '99, featuring music by Amy Brown '97 and Rashida Jones '97, runs February 18 to March 18 at The Pudding Theater.