BUZZ: The decision to cast a male in a female role, while appropriate for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, is a risky venture. Similarly, plays within a play shows are difficult, reflecting a continuous struggle to create a sense of illusion within an already subverted reality. The directors should be conscious of the limitations and potentials of the Ex, for a musical runs the risk of leaving the audience feeling cramped. If Ruthless fufills the promise of its quirky plot and stellar cast, it will be a show that one will be sorry to miss.

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GALILEO

By Bertolt Brecht

Directed by James Carmichael '01

Produced by Jocelyn Beh '02 and Jesse Shapiro '01

Loeb Experimental Theater

April 6-8

STORY: Galileo tells the story of this great and conflicted man and the lesser known people and events around him. The contemporary drama deals with the responsibility of the intellectual to defend his or her beliefs in the face of huge opposition from established authorities, in Galileo's case the Roman Catholic Church. It also explores his troubled relationships with his daughter and students. Though Brecht wrote Galileo in the wake of World War II as a condemnation of fascism, it moves beyond its time to deal with ideas of genius, courage, teaching, freedom and exploration.