Word: crescendoe
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Last fall, before the whispers became a crescendo, Clinton, with his wife by his side, shrewdly pre-empted the buzz by telling reporters that his 16-year marriage to the former Hillary Rodham had been less than perfect. Whatever it was that he was admitting -- and he refused to be specific -- he said he was proud of still being married. As to the exact nature of his problems, Clinton asserted they were no one else's business. The revelation was received as a welcome exercise in truth telling, and the issue faded from view...
...setup of the first act that universalizes the Tyrones and invites the audience to identify with them. Because no process of gradual realization remains to develop the plot sequence, Gammons's versions seems like a series of incidents strung together but not causally related--gone is the sense of crescendo in the final...
...mark Earth Day last week, four women and two men stood on a hilltop outside Mount Horeb, Wis., literally praying to Mother Earth. "Sacred Earth Power, bring healing to planet Earth," intoned barefoot Selena Fox, priestess of Circle Sanctuary. Worshipers responded with a crescendo chant, "Clean soil. Clean soil," then pledged to do a variety of ecological good deeds and joined in a hug. Similar nature worship was part of Earth Day festivals from Boston, where the Goddess Gospel singers performed on the waterfront, to Berkeley, where devotees drummed and sang for a crowd...
RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS. "The Greatest Show on Earth" lives up to its own grandiose billing in its 121st year. From the Crescendo of Cats to the fingernail-biting Globe of Death, a motorcycle thriller, this all- American tradition is sure to delight. In New York City through April 28, then on to Providence, New Haven and Hartford...
...Broadway, something he had never done, Mackintosh tried Miss Saigon in the West End, where theatergoing is a steadier habit and Vietnam guilt is not a local concern. He then relied on word of mouth among U.S. tourists to build up a buzz. By now it is a crescendo, enough to let him catapult Broadway's top single-show price to $100, a level previously limited to scalpers, for each of 250 front mezzanine seats, and to $60 for nearly all the rest...