Word: cannonism
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Much appreciated relief came with the entrance of Sarita Cannon '98 as Belinda, Dido's confidante. Cannon's voice is consistently strong, clear and confidently delivered. As Dido, Lara Bruckmann is decidedly less imposing. Though her voice is clearly very highly trained, and possesses a wonderful, delicate vibrato and a good range, Bruckmann's performance, particularly in the first act of the two-part operetta, is hesitant and overly breathy...
...what Ally is thinking, the show edges toward absurdism. That's fine, but when a whole episode is devoted to the consequences of Ally's argument with a woman over a container of Pringles, it shouldn't climax with a deadly earnest, cliche-ridden feminist speech delivered by Dyan Cannon playing a judge. (In fact, probably no show should ever climax with a deadly earnest, cliche-ridden feminist speech delivered by Dyan Cannon playing a judge...
...blanket the background with a literal whirlwind. Where the low strings were a little muddy and understated, the winds were articulate and perfectly balanced. When the runs finally arrived in the upper strings the execution was clear and precise. After a climax, which perhaps could have been heightened, a cannon in the brass section follows. Here, with staggered entrances, the strength of the brass choir was fully exploited, each voice clear and sonorous...
...ever there were a black sheep in the Shakespeare cannon, Titus Andronicuswould be the prime contender. One of the Bard's earliest dramatic efforts, it's also his bloodiest and most sensational--murder, rape and bodily dismemberments abound, with some cannibalism thrown in for good measure. Director Jose Zayas' approach, however, makes a creative if somewhat over-zealous attempt to move the play out of slasher-film territory into a combination of comic irony and the spookily surreal...
Sophomore Ashley Berman and junior Naomi Miller provided some exciting tag team action to begin the offensive explosion. Miller fed an open Berman just three minutes into game time, and Berman answered with a booming cannon shot just over the desperate reach of Princeton's goaltender...