Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wouldn't be fair to call Khan's first effort without Rufus completely solo. She receives some help from producer-arranger Arif Mardin and most notably from the Brecker Brothers and George Benson--a highly impressive solo gathering...
Elaine Holpuch led all Crimson scorers with 22 points, while Caryn Curry complemented the center's effort by hauling in 10 rebounds. Hildy Meyers added 16 points in her best performance this season...
...Brustein assume Brustein will support undergraduate theater at Harvard, that "he will be transformed into a crusader of undergraduate rights." I support Brustein's presence here but I hope he would do no such thing. Toope also chastises Brustein's supporters for assuming the new director will make an effort to "expand theater participation at Harvard." Presumably Toope means the new director could, if he chose, use his repertory company to train amateur but interested students and bring more students planning a theater career to Harvard in the first place. Again, although I support Brustein, I do not expect...
...Magnificat (1974). For the past four years, Penderecki (pronounced Pen-de-ret-ski) has labored on a huge, lofty project: recasting Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost, into an opera. But last week, in its world premiere at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Penderecki's huge effort failed to justify the ways...
There are, it seems, two William Friedkins. The famous William Friedkin, the one audiences love to hate, is the director of The French Connection, The Exorcist and Sorceror. He is a steely, at times brilliant cinematic technician who will heartlessly pull out any stop in the effort to make moviegoers squirm. The other, often forgotten William Friedkin is very different. He is a sweet fellow who once directed The Night They Raided Minsky's, a warm and eccentric tribute to the glory days of American vaudeville. With The Brink's Job, this second Friedkin returns, after an exceedingly...