Word: elvises
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN STRANGE terrain when the arrival of Elvis Presley's ghost lends a feeling of coherence to the surroundings. Death has been flattering to the King, slimming him once more to a narrow-hipped hayseed, given to bold, abrupt gyrations and soft-voiced exclamations of wonder...
Elvis makes his appearance in Steve Martin's new play Picasso at the Lapin Agile, recently arrived off-Broadway after stints in Chicago and Los Angeles. The setting is a bar in Paris. The year is 1904. The chief protagonists are the young Albert Einstein (played by Mark Nelson) and...
Despite a few amusing gags, Martin's invention flags midway through Picasso. The play waits for a deus ex machina. And it gets one in Elvis, who materializes as a spectral time traveler come to discuss the shape of the 20th century with the people of Paris. What follows--the...
There was a time when classical music was western culture's pop music. Franz Liszt and Niccolo Paganini were the Elvis and Bono of their day, playing to spellbound crowds and being mobbed by screaming fans. Today, supporters of classical music worry that its place in popular culture is in...
Strains of Elvis' "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You," in Burmese translation, wafted through the air as participants dined and shopped.