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There are some other nice touches in the production, particularly the two dances and the peppy Tom Lehrer-esque number which closes the play. the set and lighting are fairly standard; there is no striving for any exotic effects. The drummer for the jazz combo is terrific; go early so...
(11 of 13) children to special schools. Recent denunciations of Chiang Ching, Mao's now disgraced widow, have emphasized her sybaritic tastes: she had two villas in Peking's Summer Palace, feasted on exotic birds' nests for days at a time, and dressed her Pekingese puppies in vests made of...
Perhaps they reminded the author of his own emotional and cultural wrenchings. Wilson seems to think so. He writes that "even when they appear most impersonal, his political and imperial concepts spring from his own agonising sense of personal isolation." When Baa, Baa, Black Sheep first appeared in 1888, readers...
Last time we saw him, you may remember, Darth Vader was tumbling away to a safe star, and the evil Galactic Empire, momentarily stunned by the mysterious Force, was licking its wounds in preparation for... Star Wars II, of course, and the further adventures of Luke Skywalker. Already scouts are...
Cruel? Crude? Even a wee bit sexist? You bet pal, but it's not my fault--I'm just your typical cosmopolitan shopper, aged 20-to-35, M.C. Escher on my closet door and cross-country skis within. I breakfast at the Greenhouse Coffee House, brunch at 33-D, and...