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...tryout in a cramped storefront locale about two stops from the Bastille, Naso, wearing a black tie matching his shoes and slacks, sat with two RATP jurors, listening to a group of twentysomething French rappers and a musician playing koto, a traditional Japanese string instrument. Also auditioning were a duet of classical singers and a Roma singer and her accordion player. Around 1,000 musicians audition every six months, vying for one of the 350 licenses granted every year to play for tips in authorized spaces underground...
...Instead, it’s filled with amusing social activities: Senior Bar; late nights at the Kong; First, Last and No Chance dances; roller-skating; visits to the MFA (and all other important Boston landmarks); a “spontaneous” trip to New York; and choreographing a duet to the Jessica Simpson rendition of “Take My Breath Away...
...junior) couldn’t be a smarter move. The songs retain her country sensibilities, and while she doesn’t attempt any groundbreaking country themes, White’s presence is definitely felt. “Portland, Oregon,” for example, Lynn’s duet with White, could easily be mistaken for a Yo La Tengo song for the first full minute. There’s no confusion here, though; Lynn is still doing what she does best, and country’s soulful violins and funny songs about God are in attendance. The best...
...lyrical prodigality was evident from the score for his first film: Mani Ratnam's Roja, the tale of a woman whose lover is kidnapped by terrorists. Through this grim political parable, Rahman laced some spectacular melodies that not only serve the drama, they create their own?as in the duet ballads Yeh Haseen Vadiyan and Roja Janeman, which first are grounded in recitative, then soar into celestial melody. The soundtrack parades the composer's gift for alchemizing outside influences until they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman. He plays with reggae and jungle rhythms, runs cool variations on Ennio Morricone...
...PREZ! WIN A PRIZE!, opens the show by luring in a parade of customers like John Wilkes Booth, John Hinckley and Charles Guiteau, the "disappointed office seeker" who shot President James A. Garfield. Hinckley and Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme--wannabe assassins of Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, respectively--sing a duet about unrequited love, in their cases for Jodie Foster and Charles Manson. One musical number ends in an electrocution, another in a hanging. Samuel Byck, who plotted to kill Richard Nixon, talks about wanting to crash a 747 into the White House (a line from 1991 that hasn't been...