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Cantata 2000's experimental treatment of works by young writers is an important success, demonstrating how different forms of expression can be combined in a vibrant theatrical creation. The production is also valuable as sheer entertainment. The musical numbers are funny and moving, and the ten talented actors are engaging and play all of the roles with a seemingly unending reserve of energy. The show's approach to storytelling is original and holds together a unique panorama of current emotions and ideas, lending hope not only to the turn of millennium but to the ability of theater to entertain...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: We Hear Your New Song, And It's Music to Our Ears | 4/10/1997 | See Source »

...were shopping for a new soul. Similarly, Noyce eschews the campy look of Bond or Batman. The movie, about a post-Soviet plutocrat (Rade Serbedzija) who tries to mastermind a new Russian revolution, is dark--almost drab--and broody. It seems deeply riven between its impulse to entertain and its aspirations to update both Freud and Le Carre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: A SAINT GOES MARCHING ON | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

Written by Laura Jereski '83, a former Crimson editor, the article alleged that the MMAR Group Inc., a Houston-based investment firm, was misusing funds to entertain potential clients in topless bars...

Author: By Martin G. Hickey, | Title: Harvard Grad at Center of $222.7 Million Suit | 4/5/1997 | See Source »

Once on a trip to Africa, Elizabeth Swados witnessed a ritual ceremony where a priest was "absolutely magnificent and fantastic" in the crowd. Curiously, Swados noticed this very same priest sulking under a tree the next night. She later learned that the village elders decided he could no longer entertain because he was "no longer possessed." Swados has since adopted this rule for her own work: To work with one of her productions "you have to be 'possessed' or you don't get to perform...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: Ushering in the Millenium | 4/3/1997 | See Source »

...images flow more smoothly and graphics colors look richer. Since its release earlier this year, the new microprocessor has found its way into both laptop and desktop computers, and Grove hopes it will lure more people than ever to computers when they need to communicate, do business or just entertain themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANDREW GROVE, PRESIDENT AND CEO, INTEL; SANTA CLARA | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

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