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...Forceful Ghanaian Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the U.N., is once again the focus of news since the U.S. has approached the U.N. requesting a larger measure of involvement in Iraq [INTERVIEW, Sept. 15]. We reported on Annan's background and style shortly after he brokered an agreement with Iraq on arms-control inspections [March 9, 1998]: "ANNAN WAS BORN IN KUMASI, GHANA, THE SON OF A HEREDITARY CHIEF OF THE FANTE PEOPLE, A TRIBE FAMOUS FOR ITS GENTILITY ... He was a track star at the University of Science and Technology at Kumasi before transferring to Macalester College...
This dualism is something for which Amato, with his academic and political background, was very well-prepared...
...scenery, such as a large gray drop cloth, variously becomes a bed sheet, a snowbank and hotel upholstery. The music, composed by Leonid Desyatnikov, is catchy if far too loud. Michael Chybowski, the lighting designer, creates beautiful scenes of glowing parasols, gleaming water and golden dust against the black background of the stage. The actors, especially Waterston as the beautiful and fiercely determined young adulteress, are all competent, though their frenetic energy is not enough to ward off the interminable boredom that the slow-moving staging imposes. Lady With a Lapdog also features what...
...fluid beats are more of an undercurrent than a driving rhythmic force, too often overshadowed by McKeeby’s love affair with sliding on the electric guitar. Those excited to hear the tuba will be disappointed, as Brian Wolff’s instrument mostly fades into the background as a barely audible walking bass. In Wolff’s few moments in the spotlight, his lower register booms while higher notes often slide out of tune with flubbed attacks—though this may be intended as jazz technique, the result is too often the sound of a beginner...
Benson, 26, was born in Ghana, but studied at the London School of Economics and at Harvard. She says she never thought that her disciplined, academic background would lead to a now-blossoming singing career...