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...surprising that London's hottest musical is a send-up of America's looniest talk show. Of course, its creators clearly love their trash TV, even as they skewer it. The opera skillfully parodies the TV show's demented-circus atmosphere, and star Michael Brandon does a bang-on impression of Springer's smarmy solicitousness ("Chuckie, I sense you're not too happy about Shawntelle's pole-dancing dreams"). Even the backstage scenes ring true, with Springer trotting out knee-jerk defenses to his critics: "I don't do conflict resolution." At times the musical even makes you care...
...brought anarchy and poverty to the Pacific nation. Islanders lined the streets to welcome the peacekeepers, shown above, whose first task was to disarm the militant gangs responsible for much of the fighting. MEANWHILE IN THE U.K. ... Next: Straight Bananas Spectators at a performance of the Moscow State Circus in the English town of Folkestone were bemused by the unfamiliar sight of acrobats wearing sequinned leotards ... and hard hats. The circus' insurers said that because of new E.U. regulations governing workers employed at heights "greater than the average step ladder," the performers' cover would be withdrawn if they failed...
Leisure travelers will find more local flavor on the island's south shore, where rooms range from $150 to $370 a night. The 16-unit Hacienda Tamarindo (787-741-8525) offers an elevated view of the ocean and homey rooms decorated with old circus posters and other curiosities. Its next-door neighbor, the Inn on the Blue Horizon (787-741-3318), has one-room cottages with country-style wooden furniture, just steps from the sea. And the celebrated, open-air architecture of the Hix Island House hixislandhouse.com) farther inland, lets you feel as if you're camping but with...
Joining the Circus...
Though the imagery of a circus might be lost on the current generation of Harvard students, Fox says he cites Lowell to illustrate that the concern over the balance between academics and extracurriculars is not a new phenomenon...