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...Whose bright idea was it to take a genre that almost nobody likes - the vampire musical - concoct a story (based on Anne Rice's novels) that spans a couple of hundred years and loses us at about year 65, and induce Elton John to write a score that (except for one lively rock number in the second act, in which a tween-age vampire cries for ?More?) sounds instinguishable from Broadway's usual power-pop Muzak? Lestat is a predictable bore, sometimes a laughable one. Only redeeming feature: it prompts some retrospective kind thoughts for two previous vampire musicals...
...Wedding Singer This musical version of the Adam Sandler movie looks like nothing so much as one of Broadway's ubiquitous jukebox musicals ? in which a cheesy, tongue-in-cheek story is draped with old pop hits from Elvis or the Beach Boys. Except that this time someone has written new songs, which kind of defeats the purpose. The show winks at the audience so relentlessly, with references to ?80s icons from Flashdance to Mr. T, that eventually you just tune out. Some good tunes would have helped, but the score (by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin) is forgettable, like...
...that you could substitute, say, Anheuser-Busch for Heineken or Kodak for Fuji or McDonald's for Tesco. Those bench players may be based in the U.S., but they have global franchises. Gorle acknowledges the general nature of the Cup connection to each stock that UBS chose. And, hmm, except for InterContinental Hotels, UBS has a business relationship with all of them...
...role as the brilliant surgeon has finally allowed him to break away from playing so many stereotypical thug roles. "Her characterizations are definitely her strong suit," says ABC Entertainment chief Stephen McPherson, "and characters are what drive great television." As for race, the show never approaches it head on, except sometimes to flip expectations on their head. Three of the top doctors are black, and the character who had the toughest childhood is white...
Nike leads Adidas in every major sport, except the one that matters the most to the planet. So the Oregonians are obsessed with claiming one last victory, in the beautiful game. For Adidas, a company started nearly 60 years ago by fussball fanatic Adi Dassler, a Nike victory on its home turf would be like the Swoosh-clad U.S. team knocking off Adidas-draped Germany in the finals. "Soccer is the lifeblood and the backbone of our brand," says Adidas brand president Erich Stamminger. "It's very, very emotional...