Word: highbrow
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...senior Bush has turned aside invitations to appear at all the highbrow conferences. He has turned down dozens of TV-interview requests. Almost every word he utters has the potential to spark another session of public psychoanalysis about father and son. He does get angry. But his jaw is locked, his faith in his son undiminished...
Tharp has done this sort of thing before, but usually in the confines of highbrow dance troupes (like Deuce Coupe, based on Beach Boys music, for the Joffrey Ballet). Here she manages to enhance Joel's music (sung by a Billy stand-in, Michael Cavanaugh, who sits at a piano, accompanied by a 10-piece band, on a platform above the stage) while buoying the spirits with sexy, high-voltage dancing that promises to give Broadway a rush of excitement. Best of all, she does it the old-fashioned, pre-Mamma Mia! way: no dancing in the aisles...
...veteran TV director and novice screenwriters, this dodgy enterprise stars Ian Holm in this Prince and the Pauper affair. As Napoleon, he escapes from prison late in life and heads to France to reclaim his throne, leaving a double in his place (also Holm). But drama and wholesome highbrow romance derail his plans...
Arts institutions see the Internet as a way to keep pace with the modern world, to shed the lingering perception that they are highbrow or isolationist. The Web, the ultimate in egalitarian communication, serves as a leveler, reaching people within the neighborhood or across the country. It offers arts institutions a chance to hook kids right at their keyboard, enticing the next generation of museumgoers or symphony attendees to discover the wonders of the arts. "We want to get kids when they're young, get them excited," says Michael Cassin, curator of education at the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute...
...family and friends and some of their infamous custom percussion instruments. It all seems designed to convey a sense of history and ongoing relevance, but the actual album too often consists of experiments that don’t congeal into solid songs. As examples of musique concrète, highbrow performance and concept art (one piece represents the preparation of shrimp scampi), the material is perfectly valid—but in terms of compelling music, the band’s success varies wildly. It’s not a question of accessibility—the jarring time signatures, atonal effects...