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...Colonial Theatre's version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's famed Evita. Webber's solo efforts include mega-hits Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. Evita, on the other hand, was written 16 years ago with the help of lyricist Tim Rice, whose previous collaborations with Webber include Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat...
...approaching millennium year 2000 is counted from the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem of Judea, in the year (so the Bible says) when Caesar Augustus decreed that a census of the world be taken. A millennial year has thus occurred only once before: fifty generations ago, in the year 1000, on what was a very different, more primitive planet earth. So this one has a strange, cosmic prestige, a quality of the almost unprecedented. The world approaches it in states of giddiness, expectation and, consciously or unconsciously, a certain anxiety. The millennium looms as civilization's most spectacular birthday...
...paint following a different course and method, if it is not established upon this kind of study, ((our)) painting may easily end in ruin." This is why Michelangelesque poses often recur in Ribera's early work, such as the half- ruined, still impressive Crucifixion, circa 1625, whose twisting Christ is based directly on a famous Michelangelo drawing...
...into Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for a two-week visit with a 52-piece orchestra, twice the size of the usual Broadway pit band. Early on, overamplification and pretension threaten to do in the evening. Ultimately, though, Sir Andrew's lush, melodic theater music seduces. From Jesus Christ Superstar to The Phantom of the Opera, all the hits are here. A virtuoso company of 14 makes even the most familiar songs seem fresh (Laurie Beechman's poignant Memory is a knockout), and star Michael Crawford (the original Phantom) performs with dazzling bravura...
...harmony appeared in the avant-garde British musician's song. In 1989, Gabriel cemented his place in the fraternity of Western world-beat rockers--Paul Simon and David Byrne are the other members--when he released Passion, the Middle East-tinged soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's Last Temptation of Christ...