Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Raving In Wind," presented in its Boston premiere, demonstrates the struggle Josa-Jones witnessed between two seabirds that each possessed a broken wing. Appearing unsatisfied with being tied to the ground, Josa-Jones seems to imitate the birds' exploration of movement and freedom despite their newfound limitations. The struggle is not only physical, however--heartbreaks and remorse from the past painfully weighed her down as she writhed and twisted across the stage throughout the performance...
...which she cautiously reciprocates. Both sets of parents are horrified to no end. They want--at all costs--to put a stop to this unwholesome union. The Black Community and Student Theater's production of "Wedlock of the Gods," a Nigerian play by Nwazulu Sofola, treads very, very familiar ground in its dealings with a passionate relationship that is condemned by deeply rooted, traditional standards of moral conduct. But for those not familiar with West African culture, the show is enlightening and entertaining...
...Windemere and her suitor Lord Darlington play their unhappiness straight as if she were a trapped maid and he her sentimental savior. The two have such a hard time with Wilde's snappy dialogue that their love affair of miscues is in mortal danger of never getting off the ground...
Microsoft chief executive officer Bill Gates, one of Harvard's most famous dropouts, will return to school as the keynote speaker at a ground-breaking "Conference on the Internet and Society" on May 28 through...
...with a fat production deal somewhere--the traditional way in which Hollywood takes care of its own. Instead, at 54, Diller has chosen to put his credibility on the line and build his very own empire more or less from scratch. "This is either a worthwhile or worthless proving ground," he says, though it is not quite self-evident, of his efforts to cobble together a new broadcast TV network from a collection of end-of-the-dial stations that in total reach roughly 35% of the country's viewing audience. At this point it would be America's seventh...