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...meritocracy also means that Harvard students have to be incredibly ambitious and incredibly driven: we are a Darwinist’s delight, superbly adapted to vanquish every competitor...
Terrence Mann is probably the finest baritone of his generation. Having originated lead roles in shows from Les Miserables to Beauty and the Beast to The Scarlet Pimpernel, his resume almost overqualifies him for the Rocky Horror Show. Though the production is a delight, Mann’s casting was curious, for the silver-maned 50 year-old actor seemed simply too distinguished to play a decadent transvestite. But Mr. Mann not only fills the rather large high-heels left by original lead Tom Hewitt, but exceeds his predecessor. Mann, whose performance is musical in all aspects, created a vocally...
...Gaines contributes a lovely rendition of “Fear No More.” Included with the Frogs on the same CD is Evening Primrose, a 35 year-old musical written for TV. Though all of its songs have been previously recorded, Neil Patrick Harris is a special delight in the lead role. The CD is a must-have for musical theater aficionados...
...Laden did more than kill people. We had just packed up and stored away the century of Hitler and Stalin--both Men of the Year in their time--which we imagined had shown us the depths to which a despot could sink. To watch bin Laden sit in delight and create a skyscraper with his hand--like a child playing Here's the Church, Here's the Steeple--then slowly crumple it into a fist was to confront not only the nature of evil but how much we still don't know about...
...Laden did more than kill people. We had just packed up and stored away the century of Hitler and Stalin?both Men of the Year in their time?which we imagined had shown us the depths to which a despot could sink. To watch bin Laden sit in delight and create a skyscraper with his hand?like a child playing Here's the Church, Here's the Steeple?then slowly crumple it into a fist was to confront not only the nature of evil but how much we still don't know about...