Word: climaxing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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More confused than challenging, the ART's production evokes a vision of Woyzeck's town that is at some times starkly realistic and at others ephemeral or dreamlike. As the play draws to a climax, the dissonant sounds and effects only increase with the fervency of the mood. At one point, the soldier, his sanity deteriorating, marches off-stage to the musical theme of Twentieth Century Fox. Sadly, this exit seems altogether too appropriate for the tone of the performance...
Payback reaches its climax when Billy accepts construction work on a mob project site from Paddy, who realizes that for him, it is now kill or be killed. Both brothers are drawn into a death trap that no college education or mob connection can rescue them from...
...brass was exquisite in the "Chorale and Toccata," where oboe and clarinet solos were also solid. The climax of the "Toccata" is a wonderfully weird, blocky theme for the cellos alone, which came off perfectly. The whole performance made one of America's greatest symphonies accessible and enjoyable...
...Crimson travel to Pennsylvania this Saturday to take on the Quakers in its final regular season meet. Penn should pose little if any problem, but it will give Harvard one final warm-up before the season's climax...
...spaceage interior sets that will keep the eye titillated while the intellectual faculties take five. The spellbinding dogfight and final assault of the Empire's central nervous system that wind up "Star Wars" are particularly noteworthy for the way that Lucas so easily integrates the gimmickry into the climax...