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Kennedy's hit broke a 3-3 tie and gave the victory to reliever Bill...
...could have been a lark, or it could have been the cover, one of the first of the psychedelic era, and I was fifteen. The five-man Steve Miller Band, with Moby Grape are still the only Hashbury era rock bands I can tolerate over repeated listenings. Miller broke up that band, in favor of a trio, at the musical instant when trios went totally out of fashion. He rode back into the mainstream of rock music, Steve Miller's remains as little known as his five-man band did. I fact, though, this is rumored...
...Dean campaign’s gradual transition into a roaring success broke all the rules. “When I’d done trips for Al or Tipper Gore or for Hillary Clinton, the rule of thumb was, 100 people say they’re going to show up, 75 will,” says O’Mary. “If for Howard Dean 100 people said they were going to show up, you better have room...
...unwanted child in a brood of Sondheim hits that stretch from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum to Into the Woods. No, he's raising the alert level for good, practical reasons. Back in 1991, just before Assassins opened off-Broadway, the first Gulf War broke out. The patriotic climate was not ripe for a musical that showcased nine killers and would-be killers of U.S. Presidents; the show got mixed reviews and never moved to Broadway. A decade later a new, Broadway version was gearing up to open in the fall of 2001. Two days...
Sondheim and Weidman have made only minor changes for the new production (directed by Joe Mantello) beyond including a new song, Something Just Broke, written for the 1992 London version. It's a nice addition to a score that is (oddly, given the subject) one of Sondheim's most tuneful and accessible, with its stylistic echoes of American folk ballads, gospel hymns, Sousa-style marches and turn-of-the-century waltzes. Sondheim has little patience for the long-voiced criticism that many of his scores abandon melody for astringent experimentation. "I do what is required for each show," he says...