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...balms of the human condition are so commonplace that men eventually experience them without noticing. It is only when art magnifies truth that audiences become aware of it-and of themselves. One of the most powerful magnifiers currently in use is a cabaret show with the unwieldy title, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris...
...might have been: So what? The songs were written by an obscure Belgian bourgeois-turned-chanteur; they were being sung in the dark basement of the Village Gate by four nobodies. But one of these nobodies was a phosphorescent waif named Elly Stone, who breathed life and passion into Brel's hard-edged depictions of soul v. circumstance. Nearly 1,000 performances later, Jacques Brel is still vibrantly alive and well in New York. On an initial investment of $52,000, four companies of Brel have grossed more than $31 million, and this week audiences in Boston are discovering...
...Pont is not likely to change quickly. Though Brel McCoy is the first president not related to the Du Pont family by blood or marriage, he has been nurtured in Du Pont traditions; his father was a director, vice president and member of the executive committee. McCoy, who has spent 37 years with the company, is typically calm, thoughtful, and a believer in moving cautiously. The tone of the company is still set by the Du Pont family, one of the largest and most cohesive dynasties in U.S. history. Through its Christiana Securities Co., the family can vote a dominant...
...JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS while his bold songs are sung nightly in Manhattan. Furious at life yet madly in love with it, Brel challenges it with bold imagery, sighs over it in sad verse, embellishes it with melodic observations of sly humor...
...JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS (Columbia, two LPs). Brel writes and sings in French, but his approach to life travels well. He attacks indifference, loneliness and unhappiness the way a windmill attacks the air, stirring up little tempests with whirring music and sharp imagery. Juxtaposing sweet, lyrical melodies with the words of protest and defiance, he speaks of "illness, war, the young ones, myself." A quartet of empathetic American performers interpret Brel in English with inventive arrangements and passionate delivery. The hopeful Bachelor's Dance (La Bourrée du Célibataire...