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...itself (any student of Russian history knows it is a fairly important word). But I remind myself that Russian isn’t as bad as Mandarin, for example, which has a writing system divorced from its spoken language. That is like having the text of “Fiddler on the Roof” sung to “Cats.” It makes no sense...

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: No Crime, Just Punishment | 7/29/2005 | See Source »

...this otherworldly event. Unfortunately, Episode III premieres the same night as Primal Scream, and so I had to give up my ticket. After all, Primal Scream is a tradition, and, to quote Tevye the Milkman, “without our traditions, life would be as unsteady as a Fiddler on the Roof...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Why I Run (Naked) | 5/9/2005 | See Source »

Since her first year, Karlin has acted in multiple productions every semester. She was the Queen of the Fairies in “Iolanthe,” Mrs. Mister in “The Cradle Will Rock,” Yente in “Fiddler on the Roof,” and, most recently, Nettie in “Carousel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OFA Honors Thespians, Dancers, and Artists, Oh My! | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

Since her first year, Karlin has acted in multiple productions every semester. She was the Queen of the Fairies in “Iolanthe,” Mrs. Mister in “The Cradle Will Rock,” Yente in “Fiddler on the Roof,” and, most recently, Nettie in “Carousel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OFA Honors Thespians, Dancers, and Artists, Oh My! | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...singing hymns with his family, and he does a lot of singing on the show. Butch Thompson, who plays clarinet and barroom piano, and Peter Ostroushko, who plays fiddle, guitar and mandolin, are regulars on the show, and Atkins, Emmylou Harris, Scottish Folk Singer Jean Redpath, Fiddler Johnny Gimble and a great many others are irregulars. Keillor's tastes are dizzyingly eclectic, though he cherishes what he calls "an irrational distaste for banjos and a normal dislike of operatic sopranos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lonesome Whistle Blowing | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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