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DIED. Winifred Bennett, 71, who, at a dinner party, breezily suggested to a friend, retired pathologist Eugene Foster, that DNA tests might show whether Thomas Jefferson fathered children with his slave Sally Hemings--which prompted Foster and a team of scientists to investigate and make world news by confirming a familial connection; of kidney failure; in Arlington, Va. The Foster team found that a male Jefferson, probably Thomas, had fathered at least one of Hemings' children. But the finding pre-empted Bennett's plans for a book on the topic--and ended her friendship with Foster...
After you recorded Cold, Cold Heart with Tony Bennett for his new Duets album, he said you taught him about interpreting songs...
...Simon J. Williams ’09. Produced by Margaret M. Wang ’09, Barry A. Shafrin ’09, and Zach B. Sniderman ’09, the performance featured works by the playwrights David Ives, Tom Stoppard, Anton Chekhov, and Alan Bennett. Each play was presented in a straightforward manner, without any nonsensical or superfluous elements added to a production for the sake of being “original.” The evening began with the one play that could have benefited from a bit of creative tinkering. Ives’ short work...
...Well, scratch the above qualms. Now that I've seen the new Broadway revival of A Chorus Line - directed by Bob Avian, who co-choreographed the original with creator Michael Bennett - my memories can rest easy. It's a great show, and this revival proves...
...When 17 aspiring dancers line up in front of the godlike director Zach (Michael Berresse) and proceed to tell their life stories, you fear (all over again) a procession of formulaic, encounter-group confessionals. And you do get a little of that. But the amazing thing about the show (Bennett's conception, James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante's book, Ed Kleban's smart lyrics) is how seamlessly dance, song and story work together to keep everything alive, emotional and involving. Some of the revelations emerge in neat individual numbers (I Can Do That); others in fuguelike bits and pieces, linked...