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Summer Theater Season Opens With 'Man of La Mancha'

'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Hapgood' next on stage

Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theater (HRST) opened its 20th season last week with "Man of La Mancha," which will be showing in the Loeb Experimental Theater on Brattle St. through July 15.

The self-supporting company will produce three shows this summer with a group of more than 50 student actors and crewmembers.

HRST Managing Director Jorge Alex Alvarez '01 said that the show has been a hit.

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"It is incredible," he said. "We give [Arts Mail] 10 tickets per show. They have sold 120 out of 170--the most ever."

The group's other summer shows have also received considerable attention. "Hapgood," a play written by "Shakespeare in Love"-author Tom Stoppard was listed in Boston Magazine as one of the top theater activities in Boston.

"'Hapgood' is going to be well-matched for the Cambridge and Boston community," Alvarez said. "We've been getting a fair amount of calls."

The third show, which opens August 10, is Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Alvarez said that while he expects the show to succeed, there will likely be some criticism.

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