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...those who survived the First World War nostalgically recalled the vanished era before Europe plunged into blood and darkness. Perhaps I will come to regard my own 2001 summer—spent, like the summers of so many Harvard students, amid the topless towers and teeming streets of Manhattan Island??€”as a fleeting glimpse of a golden age, a vision of Babylon before the judgment of the Lord came upon...
Once back in New York for real, I headed out to catch another overlooked musical, Parade, which was receiving its first regional production at Long Island??€™s Cultural Arts Playhouse. I won’t comment much on the production, which was fine for a low-profile regional theater. However, I can say that I missed Parade during its quite brief stint at Lincoln Center a couple of years back, and knew and loved it only from its recording. I began to understand its mixed reviews when I noted how poorly the book serves the music...
...busiest and brightest spots for cinema in the world, second only to Hollywood. However, Hong Kong film output has decreased dramatically in recent years along with declining box office receipts due to factors such as the Asian economic recession, rampant piracy and concern over the island??€™s new relationship with the Mainland. Megastars like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat have abandoned ship and washed ashore in America, leaving a smaller pool of talent to cope with an ever-growing crisis. Hollywood movies have overtaken local product at the box office, as Chinese audiences tired of cheap, Cantonese...