Word: darknesse
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Darkness. Lightning flashes. The planes of what is not at first certainly recognizable as a human face. The wild rolling eye of what might be a desperate and panicked animal. A splash of color--blood seeping from fingers clawing at the shackles of...yes, it is...a man.
The soloists are without exception strong, lovely vocalists, neither too delicate nor too overwhelming for the choral and orchestral accompaniment. Bauwens is particularly notable for his elegant, tasteful use of flourishes. His "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted" aria was very beautiful, lilting, and full of little trills and decorations...
One of the show's finest performances, though, is arguably not comic at all: Katisha, the ferocious would-be bride of Nanki-Poo, is played with both delicious villainy and a surprisingly subtle range of emotions by Tuesday Rupp. Bloodthirsty and terrified of her own encroaching old age, Katisha first...
Of course, there's also "Summertime," the first single on Static and Silence and "that song" everyone brings up when the Sundays are mentioned. "Summertime" has a contagiously hummable chorus but completely indiscernible verse lyrics, which is a shame because, as the most upbeat and melodious of the album's...
CHELSEA, Mass.--Three years ago this city hidden among the oil tanks and container yards of Boston's inner harbor seemed to be stumbling through darkness as it tried to pull itself out of receivership.