BUZZ: A roller coaster ride of a show ("my goal is to quietly bend minds...we will puree your brain," says writer-director Kellerman). Come for its zany premise and stay for its outlandish scenarios, witty dialogue and slap-happy physical comedy. The 3M1W are all talented, seasoned vets who bring extensive comedic and dramatic skills (and incredible enthusiasm) to the show. Everyone involved with the production has proved his or her dramatic mettle in past productions--now they just want to have a good time (and make sure you have one, too).

ANTONELLI'S: A MUSICAL MOB SCENE

By John Baxindine '00

Produced by Mary Rude '01

Agassiz Theater

May 11-13

STORY: Antonelli's is just what its title promises: a combination of a gangster story and a musical, complete with the love triangle. The plot follows a mobster with mixed loyalties to the mob world. His position goes decidedly downhill, and the gears of the story start cranking when it turns out his love interest, the singer at the club Antonelli's, is a member of the FBI.

BUZZ: Baxindine began writing the 1940s-ish music for Antonellis about two years ago, originally intending it to be part of a production of the movie Casablanca. When he couldn't get the rights, he instead wrote an original script, one he intended to be fun and a little lighter. The result is Antonelli's, in the same vein as Sondheim's Follies and Cy Coleman's City of Angels. The production will stay true to its original inspiration by using the "dark smoky tone" of a film noir. Costumes even may be entirely black and white, save for a few colors worn by the main characters. Producer Rude sums it up with the description "gritty but jazzy."

KING LEAR

By William Shakespeare

Directed by David Egan '00