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...some, the occasion brought squeals of delight. For others, the morning confirmed their worst fears...
Even as individual moments and performances delight, Simonson's Hamlet accomplishes little of the play's potential to purge human emotion and cleanse the spirit. The effort is admirable and is at many points entertaining, but the end result does little to rouse the audience's imagination to the full effect of this great tragedy...
...that this athlete is triumphant, truly unbeatable. He seemed to fly through the long program, set to the surging, romantic music of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Dick Button, the unflappable ABC commentator, shouted, "Now that's guts." His less experienced microphone partner, Brian Boitano, was reduced to giggles of delight. Ken Shelley, the last man to win the nationals in both single and pairs competition (in 1972) said, "You see so few performances that will stay with you. There were no flaws--just a beautiful moment...
...says he used to throw up every night before going onstage as a comedian, speaking to live audiences is marginally less painful than winning an Oscar. But in the concert setting, he seems to enjoy it, peppering his comments with jokes and repartee. In Paris, much to the delight of the locals, he does all this in passable French. Midway through the show, he announces a series of clarinet-banjo duets. "The others have to rest their lips," he explains. "But not me. I'm very strong, because I live right. I eat well and sleep well." The audience howls...
Classic ballet is often a beauty to watch. But it is not often that a production wins over both the mature dance appreciation and the childish delight of an audience. Whether one has to brave the snow, the T, or the ticket price, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is definitely a performance worth the effort. Chances are that, from ballet connoisseurs to the completely dance-ignorant, everyone seated in the Wang Center as that golden curtain rises once again will not be even slightly disappointed...