Word: creation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...PREMISE: A musical adaptation of the Biblical genesis story, this work uses song and dance to review the events of the Creation and the Flood. Tension is created by breaking away from the scripted roles of this well-known story...
...WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Asnes reports that the production will be an engaging intellectual experience for audiences; it's a very different take on the Creation story. Says Korn, " It tells the story in the most beautiful way I've seen it." According to Asnes, the show "brings mythical figures down to earth;" even God is a role with human characteristics, capable of making mistakes. Audiences should also expect to be intrigued by the show's in-depth exploration of the relationship between parents and children. Korn emphasizes the fact that the play "takes the [Creation] story and uses...
Tibet at that time was very, very backward. The ruling class did not seem to care, and there was much inequality. Marxism talked about an equal and just distribution of wealth. I was very much in favor of this. Then there was the concept of self-creation. Marxism talked about self-reliance, without depending on a creator or a God. That was very attractive. I had tried to do some things for my people, but I did not have enough time. I still think that if a genuine communist movement had come to Tibet, there would have been much benefit...
...Morris' device is bringing a flood of attention to the book, 14 anguished years in the making, and will surely spark an initial rush to buy it. Finally, it will rekindle the debate over whether Reagan moved the history of his time or was merely present at its creation...
...makes no claims that he's a rocker. "I'm a country artist," he says, "and very proud of that." His NBC special, Garth Brooks in...The Life of Chris Gaines (airing Sept. 29, 8 p.m. E.T.), will explain to viewers that Gaines is a fictional creation...