Word: curtain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...audience responded wildly to Martin's performance, summoning him back to center stage for three curtain calls. At the last bow, Martin and the ensemble played the Badinerie section of the Suite once again for the enthralled audience. They played the movement in an extremely whimsical style. Martin's improvised virtuosic flourishes, coupled with the orchestra's drastic dynamic changes, brought chuckles and cheers from an audience that was probably unaccustomed to such notice from the performers...
...bits of the silent film featuring the actors from the A.R.T. production, as well as other projections, are used throughout the show. Most of the projections are meant to provide commentary on the action of the play. In one scene, for example, a dollar sign is projected on the curtain as Penny accepts Caligari's payment for the arcade. More often, the projections just flash frantically. When Mr. Twiddle (Scott Ripley), the banker who agrees to perform in Caligari's variety show, is sentenced to death in one of the skits, a yellow swirl appears on the curtain along with...
...Piercing critques" could be achieved in signed pieces just as they are on this page. If one has an unpopular opinion, one must have the courage of one's convictions and not hide behind the curtain of anonymity. Fenno's most recent column illustrates the danger of anonymity--the sprouting of cowardly hate...
This final moment reduced more than a few spectators to tears, and as the curtain rose for the final bows, the audience leaped to a standing ovation. Boston Ballet has truly triumphed in presenting this tale of love, pride, and heart-wrenching denial...
...high notes were never less than pure. Previn had decided to make the last section sound like an alla breve version of the first, made jazzier by the inclusion of a piano part. By the time Hudgins finished negotiating all the difficult figures, he had earned himself three curtain calls...