Word: freshness
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...poetry. Fowlie, who died in 1998, devoted entire semesters of teaching at Duke University to Dante and Proust, which sounds like serious stuff, but he was noted for his fine sense of humor. I have no doubt that, confronted with The Limits of Control, he would have offered a fresh translation, "As I was going down that impassive narrative, I no longer felt myself guided by a director...
...onerous and horrid messes of reality, the Boston Conservatory Theater’s latest adaptation of Show Boat is a production that refreshes itself and asserts its modern-day relevance. As director Russo writes, “More than 80 years after its opening and with a fresh set of eyes, Show Boat still has something to say. It is a feast for the ear, for the eye, for the mind and for the heart...
...Though it contains scenes bordering on the cliché, the acting, humor, and storyline are not contrived, but they are both entertaining and provocative.“The Quad” neatly packages a four-year experience into a 2-hour performance. Just as the play began with the fresh optimism of that first year of college, it ends with the relief of a happy, hopeful ending after the continuum of conflicts in the second act. “The Quad” faithfully traces the lives of college students in these formative years, avoiding brash exaggeration that would make...
...lecturer, she’s very, very, very excellent,” he says. “She brings a very fresh take on weighty and dense topics like nationalism and German reunification...
...after promoting a new constitution to lead Ecuador out of the "long night of neoliberalism." Close to two-thirds of voters approved that new charter last September, which in turn prompted the weekend's vote to give all elected officials, from the President down to local administrations, a fresh start under new rules that strengthen executive power...