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...script, by Chris Henchy and Dennis McNicholas, honors most of the show's favorite tropes. There's the monkey-man Chaka (Jorma Taccone), a sort of humanoid Cheeta from the old Tarzan movies; the Altrusian lizard lords Enik (John Boylan) and the Zarn (voiced by Leonard Nimoy); and a huge army of the zombie-like Sleestaks - as Will sagely observes, "That's how zombies get you: volume." If fans of the TV show want a Tyrannosaurus rex to chase Rick into a cave, as in the old days, they'll get their wish. The difference is in the care taken...
...special program from the Boston Ballet, featuring seminal Ballets Russes works like “Afternoon of a Faun,” “Le Spectre de la Rose,” and a new “Le Sacre du Printemps” by celebrated contemporary choreographer Jorma Elo.Of Boston Ballet’s contributing gift, Press Director Mariel Macnaughton explained, “It’s definitely a retrospective program. The spirit of the Ballets Russes was the nature of Diaghilev’s forward thinking: being inventive and creating something new. Now we are honoring...
...narrative or the abstract.” Boston Ballet’s “Night of Stars” on Friday night clearly aimed to make good on this dream, and the resulting evening was a somewhat disproportionate amalgam with occasional bursts of fireworks.The program opener was Jorma Elo’s “In on Blue,” a sort of “Midsummer Night’s Dream” set in water, evoking a fairy underworld and land of mer-people. Elo, a Finnish choreographer and the acclaimed “successor?...
...Jorma Elo’s “In On Blue,” on the other hand, was remarkable. Even on a titular level, it challenged the audience. The music was by Bernard Hermann, a composer who created numerous scores for Alfred Hitchcock films, and the lighting and costumes were overwhelmingly blue. The dancers jerked their arms and legs robotically. One ballerina even twitched perceptibly as she was laid on the stage floor...
...enjoyed watching Natalie Portman spout a foul-mouthed, gender-bending rap and seeing Justin Timberlake bequeath a lady with his genitalia, you’re already familiar with Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. The trio have brought their demented brand of smart-but-silly comedy to the otherwise vanilla airwaves of “Saturday Night Live,” where the latter two write sketches and Samberg, a heartthrob who happens to be hilarious, has made a splash as the show’s newest star...