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Bassist Ric Fierabracci, who fills in for John Patitucci on the American tour, was no disappointment. His virtuosic playing and highly original solos were a pleasure throughout. From “Johnny’s Landing” the band went to “Alan Corday,” considered by many as the album’s signature track. With Corea and Frank playing acoustic instruments, “Corday” was a nice change of pace. Following was the finale, “Long Passage.” With perfectly synced melodies, intricate rhythms, showy solos...
...sexual and philosophical development, "were from the genre of philosophical pornography." Vive La Revolution's chatty informality doesn't detract from its rigor. Steel is not a historian, but he's done his homework. Even Revolution buffs may find surprising new facts - like the 15-min. bathside chat Charlotte Corday shared with revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat before murdering him - or provocative takes on old ones. The tale of how Marie Antoinette trod on her executioner's foot, then begged his pardon, has been told. But while "her defenders cite this as an example of her sturdy harmlessness, civil...
Brown nevertheless has won positive reviewson-campus for her portrayal of both male andfemale characters, ranging from her first-yearperformance as the title role in The Visit ofthe Old Lady, her junior year Characterizationof the murderess Charlotte Corday inMarat/Sade, to her more recent incarnationas Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Oscarthis past fall...
Marat (Ross Benjamin) is shown lying in his tub as revolution tears up the countryside. Charlotte Corday (Winsome Brown) attempts to assassinate him, and the Marquis constantly drops down from his director's chair to challenge Marat's understanding of and dedication to the Revolution. The Marquis clearly has the upper hand here: it is he who is fully dressed and of strong body, whereas Marat lies rotting in a blood-stained bath; it is he who controls the actions of his cast; and it is he who has written the script...
Brown, as the murdress Charlotte Corday, sings in a well-characterized, luxuriously deep voice that is coated in a thin, hard shell of insanity. It is through her masterfully tortured expression that we see the horror of the Revolution in all of its slaughter and inhumanity She asks, "Who is judging?" and at once we see that she has removed herself from the scene, and sees beyond the confines of Charenton...