Word: circus
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...theatergoers get an inexpensive night out: food-and- entertainment packages range from $33 (Prom Queens) to $75 (Tony n' Tina's top). At best, as in Song of Singapore and Pageant, audiences are reminded of theater's power to create a world out of song and shadow -- to offer circus and stage, nightclub and Kiwanis Club, in one beguiling bundle...
...case the media circus is likely to continue. "This is the worst case of pretrial publicity that I've seen in the recent past," says Stephen Gillers, a professor at New York University law school and a legal ethics specialist. "In my view the prosecutor's tactic was strategically brilliant but improper. If victory is the only goal, she's measurably increased her chance of winning -- but she's abused her power by jeopardizing the chances of a fair trial." Perhaps. But given the Smith team's efforts to dig up dirt on the alleged victim's history, neither side...
...whether TV should be admitted for a particular case; cameras are usually barred when the victim's identity needs to be protected, as in the Central Park-jogger rape trial. Nor, despite the / crowd at Ligon's trial, has TV in general turned the courtroom into the proverbial media circus. With tight ground rules, cameras and microphones can be kept relatively unobtrusive...
...circus-like event became an oft-cited symbol of a secretive search process that had started to buckle under pressure...
RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS. "The Greatest Show on Earth" lives up to its own grandiose billing in its 121st year. From the Crescendo of Cats to the fingernail-biting Globe of Death, a motorcycle thriller, this all- American tradition is sure to delight. In New York City through April 28, then on to Providence, New Haven and Hartford...