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...Maryann Zschau easily navigates the vocal difficulties posed by Sondheim’s compositions, especially shining in the titular rapid-fire opening number. If her acting is not ideally nuanced, she never strikes a false note, and her powerful voice and lush tones are a delight. She is even better in act two as Marie, the aged grandmother of the 20th century George, who serenely mesmerizes with “Children and Art,” a simple, almost lullaby-like song, that discusses the only worthwhile things for a person to leave behind...
...Stripburger" #28 brings out the child in you. A tactile delight, you start by rubbing your hand over the ribbed cardboard tube that wraps around the box like the cozies they put around your morning coffee cup. Small squares and circles have been handcut into the cardboard, so creatures underneath can peek out the windows. Slip it off and you see the inner jacket that forms the small, four and half by six-inch box. It unfurls completely into a bright pink, blue and yellow abstraction on one side and a black and white checkerboard on the other. Like...
...muttered. Another would ask every few minutes, "are you happy?" "Yes," I would nod. The man would beam back, "I am very happy." As night fell, I found myself holding a commander's two-way radio and talking to other leaders in the area, which elicited howls of delight from my hosts. A rug was placed on the floor and we ate dinner with some commanders. The Taliban's larder is far superior to any other in Afghanistan and we gorged ourselves on several different types of mutton curry scooped up with nan. After the lower ranks were...
...from the upcoming album due to the recent tragedies in his hometown, but played it after some audience coaxing. The Strokes exuded the confidence of a highly established act, but with a contained unpredictability and a fiery intensity that is absent in seasoned rock veterans. There was visible delight as they extended chords with mastubatory strumming patterns, letting the audience feel every change in the music. The band’s set followed closely the track ordering off their new album with no frills or deviations to the tracks, and, to the surprise and dismay of many, but with...
...Sugar Hill Gang’s Rappers Delight, one of the first and greatest-ever rap songs...