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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Reading the book, one must keep in mind that we are all products of the very culture Gabler describes. Alongside the frightening examples are everyday occurrences that stem from the very same attitudes. It's scary to see a bit of Jeffrey Dahmer or Monica Lewinsky in yourself...
...previous statement may be a bit of an exaggeration. Plenty of fantastic musicals have gone up at this school. In the past three and a half years, I've been lucky enough to witness Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, In Trousers and City of Angels, to name the first and the best that come to mind. But to say that I've seen anything that sang, swang, danced, romanced and gambled its way into the audience's hearts as much as Guys and Dolls did would definitely be an exaggeration...
While Double Billing is guilty of a bit of false advertising, its message is still one to be taken to heart by Americans (lawyers or not) who work past midnight, weekends be damned, at jobs from which they derive no satisfaction...
...everyone in the Gilbert and Sullivan (G. and S.) Players' fall production of The Gondoliers were just a little bit louder and clearer, the show could be not just charming and entertaining, as it is now, but amazing also. The Gondoliers is already opening night after night to sold-out crowds, but all those crowds deserve something a little more whole-hearted and fast-paced--something completely attainable simply by cranking up the volume, speaking more clearly and hamming it up a little more. Gilbert and Sullivan is sophisticated humor, yes, but we get the jokes; we just...
...adorable to adults. What pint-sized prima donna ballerina didn't want to be Clara, prancing about onstage in the swirliest dress with the best doll and dancing that breathtaking (and romantic?) duet with the Nutcracker Prince? Some of the intensely traditional ballet's parts, however, may ring a bit uncomfortable with audiences today--all the little boys receive guns and promptly pretend to shoot one another, while all the little girls receive dolls and are content to sit and rock them. Yet despite borderline-misogynistic scenes like this, the first few scenes exude a delightful sweetness found in only...