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...belongs to a Broadway subgenre - which includes Encores! honorees "Du Barry Was a Lady" and "A Connecticut Yankee" - that Viertel describes as "the 'hero-hit-on-the-head-with-a-bottle' musical." The conked conqueror in "English" is a genteel Brit, Michael Bramleigh, who, after a head-bump, becomes Goto Schmidt, owner of Dresden's notorious night spot Klub "21." (Both roles are played, with an expert counterfeit of charm, by Brian d'Arcy James.) Goto and his girlfriend Gita Gobel (Emily Skinner) are forever threatened by the pompous Police Commissioner (Imus' man of a thousand voices Rob Bartlett...
...GOTO Goto means five islands in Japanese, but this archipelago is actually made up of more than 150. For centuries it was home to Japan's "hidden Christians," who practiced their faith despite an imperial ban. Today, Christianity is still practiced, and freely. Local villagers concentrate on farming and fishing, but tourism is growing. Take the four-hour ferry ride from Ohata terminal in Nagasaki to sample sandy beaches, scuba diving, hot springs and golf courses...
TOURIST TAKE This government-sponsored website offers practical information about hotels and transportation, a cultural and historical overview and sightseeing tips for all of Nagasaki prefecture, including the Shimabara peninsula and the Goto Islands...
Critics of sponsored searches say the process perverts the quest for information online--that it's like having a reference librarian recommend books based on how much she is paid by the publishers. Gross argues that GoTo is more like a Yellow Pages; users understand that the advertisers who pay the most get the best placement. He notes that GoTo's site states clearly how much each site has paid. But on some search engines powered by GoTo, it can be hard to figure out who has paid...
...even for information. The system may work for rent-a-car companies--but museums and libraries? The results of Gross's handiwork can have a mercenary feel. The first site Google brings up in a search for "motherhood" is the nonprofit "Safe Motherhood Home Page." The first site on GoTo: "Nursing Apparel and Bras--Free Shipping...