Word: concertizing
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...that has transformed the coastal megalopolis. Just two years ago, the visiting Cleveland Orchestra had to play in a Shanghai gymnasium because there was no suitable auditorium. But today the city boasts the new art space; the elegant Shanghai Museum for antiquities; the luminous $150 million Grand Theater and concert hall; and the Shanghai Library, with one of the largest collections in the world. A $200 million science center is scheduled to open in 2001. "Shanghai's museums and cultural centers don't just aim to be the best in China," says Chen Xiejun, executive director of the Shanghai Museum...
...million monument to modernity just minutes from the imperial splendor of the Forbidden City. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, the voluptuous glass and titanium complex will encompass an opera house, a 2,500-seat conventional theater, an experimental theater complete with rotating stage, and a 2,000-seat concert hall. The cultural overhaul has taken nearly a half-century to get under way: former Premier Zhou Enlai first conceived of a national stage in 1958, but plans languished during both the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution and the no-frills practicality of the Deng Xiaoping era. It took President...
...give the crowd ample opportunity to get down their swing moves without having to adjust to a new beat. BBVD's show was entertaining, as Scotty Morris and his crew paraded around the stage in their energizing performance. By the end, I was definitely glad to have experienced their concert, but not raring to hear another solid swing set any time in the near future...
...peek into my reporter's notebook will reveal the following words, scribbled before the show began: "Orpheum-old classic setting but showing signs of age-comparison to Oasis?" When in doubt, turn to journalistic cliches, eh? Oasis' concert last week, however, forced a reconsideration of the review I was going to write...
...material came first: "Go Let it Out" (lead single off _Standing_) opened the concert, while "Gas Panic" also made an appearance. But the crowd was obviously there to hear the band's older songs, as shown by the whoops of recognition in response to "Supersonic" and the cheeky New-Seekers-alluding "Shaker Maker." Conspicuously absent were songs from _Be Here Now_, but no one seemed to mind, at least not when they could sing along to Liam's rousing rendition of "Roll With...