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Samuel L. Jackson also does well in a smaller role. His character is essentially a more complex turn on Danny Glover's cruel husband in The Color Purple, largely because his story is seen from the perspective of a child who both loves and distrusts him. Although unfaithful to his wife, Louis Batiste is a devoted father simply unable to control his appetites. The skewed perspective on Louis brings in significant questions about ultimate truths...
...latter, in response to Andy's grumbling that the balcony seats aren't selling, asks him "What about colored folks?" and launches into a ballyhoo aimed exclusively at said "colored folks." However, both Gretha Boston, who won a Tony award for her performance as Queenie, and Andre Solomon-Glover as Queenie's husband Joe, establish considerable presence that prevents their characters from being altogether marginalized. Toward this end as well, Joe's (and the show's) signature song, "Ol' Man River," is repeated several times throughout the show after its far-too-early first appearance--a nice idea, even though...
...noticed. Nearly all this season's big musicals are arriving, as usual, in the last two frantic weeks before the Tony Award nominations. And far from showcasing a new generation of downtown talents, like Rent's Jonathan Larson or Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk's Savion Glover, this season could pass for a Friars Club reunion of old Broadway tunesmiths, with Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity), John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret), Maury Yeston (Nine) and Leslie Bricusse (Stop the World--I Want to Get Off) all back on the boards...
...have died in America, but he was born in England. He may have written Common Sense in America, but he wrote The Rights of Man in England, and he finished The Age of Reason in prison in France. I admire America, but you don't own everything! IAN GLOVER-JAMES London...
Disney brought joy to my childhood. I am grateful for that. Now the company's standing up to China's reactionary position on the film Kundun [BUSINESS, Dec. 9] dignifies my everyday life. There is no higher satisfaction than seeing a company make money by following its ideals. MARIA GLOVER Las Vegas...