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Despite the deus ex machina appearance of Isles, her testimony may have hurt the prosecution as much as helped it. Her sensational revelation about the phone call from Von Bulow in which he first disclosed his wife's coma cut both ways. Isles testified that Von Bulow told her that he and his wife had been having an argument about divorce that "had gone on late into the night. She had drunk a great deal of eggnog. Then, he said, 'I saw her take the Seconal.' And then he said that the next day, when she was unconscious, that...
...another tale of the beach, the book-loving Amadeo drags some vacation reading to a beautiful, solitary cape and espies a beautiful, solitary sunbather, beginning "The Adventure of the Reader." The summertime pas de deus between the two would be a textbook Harlequin romance, except Amadeo is reading a different book, one more interesting than the pedestrian sexual encounter that his beach mate wants to create with...
...heavily influenced by modern styles since the dancers did not wear traditional ballet shoes. While it was a mellow, pleasant piece that was danced well, it lacked an accompanying force and drive. The sequence contained a series of duets interspersed by a solo and a quartet. The pas de deus were the highlight, usually interesting if not exciting...
Designed for the National Arts Center of Canada in 1982, the production stars Mezzo Marilyn Home in one of her patented sword-and-breastplate roles. It is scenically spectacular, full of the kind of deus ex machina theatricality that so delighted baroque audiences: dragon-drawn chariots fly through the air belching smoke, monsters writhe, and looming castles collapse in a heap of rubble. Bright and vivid, Rinaldo is a bauble for the eye; as sung by an imposing cast that includes Bass Samuel Ramey and Soprano Benita Valente, it is a treat for the ear. But whether it serves Handel...
...McKellen is perhaps the most respected classical actor of his generation in England (and the creator, on Broadway, of the sinuous Salieri in Ama-deus), but an adolescent's enthusiasm and wonder animate every moment of Ian McKellen Acting Shakespeare, the one-man divertissement in which he opened last week on Broadway for a five-week engagement. First concocted in 1976 and intermittently toured ever since, the show is an amalgam of personal reminiscences, theatrical lore and selections from Will Shakespeare's Greatest Hits. It gives McKellen a sort of actor's holiday untrammeled by directorial "concepts...