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There's something magical about local newscasts. The kooky weather people, the upwardly striving anchors, the uncomfortably enthusiastic sportcasters - they all come together to make a heady potion that reeks of ambition, sadness and desperation (with just a hint of unearned arrogance...
...from her more raucous indie-folk inspired early albums to a more mature singer-songwriter niche, but it’s not clear that the softer spirit allows her to express her full potential. The occasional ominous rumbling of drums or the wound-up melodrama of vibrating string sections hint at powerful release, but Mirah tends to fall back onto lovely but less memorable softness. Mirah’s restraint seems set on driving home the pessimism underlying so many of her songs, as when she sings on “The World Is Falling?...
...production, both cast and creative excel at their respective tasks. In a show where dance is the real star, the choreography must be seamless and expressive. It works well, then, that Michael Susko acts as both director and choreographer. Susko uses the whole stage in forming creative routines that hint at the Busby Berkeley origins of the show and are flawlessly integrated into the story. Even the waiters tap offstage when clearing set pieces from a restaurant scene. Particularly affecting is the tap ballet routine during the play-within-a-play performance of the song “42nd Street?...
...Geithner's biggest problem - biggest besides the economy, of course - is that any hint of disorder heats up the already simmering public skepticism surrounding him. For many critics, the acknowledgment during his own confirmation process that he failed to pay taxes left two possible conclusions: either Geithner knowingly underpaid, or the man now nominally in charge of the IRS couldn't figure out his own taxes. His first major speech as Treasury Secretary, delivered on Feb. 10 with a focus on how to save America's banks, fell flat in part because he had few details to provide...
...sellers: Yadong, who sings of the beauty of his homeland, and Kunga, a young heartthrob loved as much for his voice as for his boyish good looks. "Their lyrics are very clever," says Losel. "They might seem to sing of natural beauty, but often there's a hint of loyalty to His Holiness [the Dalai Lama], or of brotherhood between Tibetans around the world, or such issues that the Chinese government does not allow you to talk about." (See pictures of Tibet's struggle to maintain its Buddhist traditions...