Word: circus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deny that the taping of "Evening" was for a far more noble purpose than the taping of the convention circus. Even though TV viewers won't be paying to see the show, they will become more familiar with the Jimmy Fund and the Dana Farber cancer Institute, which both raises awareness and may contribute to further fundraising...
...progressed that Russian politicos are playing conventional, albeit spirited, electoral politics instead of plotting a takeover. Instead of facing a right-wing takeover attempt like the one that briefly imprisoned Mikhail Gorbachev five years ago, Yeltsin must fend off verbal gibes from Lebed. "Its not a country, its a circus," Lebed said Thursday in leaving the government. Lebed's split with Yeltsin has been some time coming; their 11th hour alliance clearly more of an inspired election gambit than a reasoned partnership. Even when the two were allegedly on the same team, the feisty former general called Russia's president...
...time is ripe to dump on Cirque du Soleil. This Montreal-based troupe has been an item of import chic since 1987, when it began touring the U.S. with a show called Le Cirque Reinvente. The Cirque style--circus acts (no animals, just humans) with the gloss of stage magic and a mysterioso musical score--is no longer an automatic astonishment; form has congealed into formula. Putting one of its extravaganzas, Mystere, in a Las Vegas casino and planning new shows in Vegas and Walt Disney World are moves that rob Cirque of its old street-theater purity. Then there...
Quidam tours California for the next year before heading to Denver, Dallas, Houston, New York City, Chicago and Atlanta. More buoyant than the 1994 Alegria, less self-consciously surreal than the '92 Saltimbanco, Quidam is prime, mature Cirque. It is beyond circus, beyond theater; it makes the incredible visible...
Then the couple had their first dance. The song they chose was Forever in My Life by the artist formerly known as Prince. "There comes a time," the lyrics run, "in ev'ry man's life/ When he gets tired of foolin' around/ Juggling hearts in a three- ring circus/...Forever, forever, baby, I want U forever./ I wanna keep U 4 the rest of my life." Not Ira Gershwin exactly but an apt and amusing sentiment...