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...celebrate the centenary of the first Ziegfeld Follies (which opened at the Jardin de Paris, Broadway and 44th Street, on July 8, 1907), the Encores! management led by Jack Viertel staged three musicals inspired or produced by Ziegfeld's grand old revues. These were extravagant revues featuring vaudeville stars, lavish production numbers and statuesque chorines in eccentric headgear, and they ran annually until 1925, then sporadically for another decade, even after the great impresario's death in 1932. The revue format hung on through the 40s and 50s, with Leonard Sillman's New Faces series and, in more intimate venues...
...preserving this socio-economic tradition of the “upper class” and the “privileged,” The Salient has ultimately defaced and maligned the conservative message. In the latest debacle in regards to Deval Patrick’s wasteful spending on a lavish new Cadillac, furniture worth $27,000, and a helicopter, not only did the editor-in-chief of the paper not join with the universal protests launched by fiscal conservatives statewide decrying the imprudent fiscal spending, but The Salient had the audacity to call the critics...
...With the 21st century only months away, millennium fever has struck Ethiopia with a vengeance. Across the capital, Addis Ababa, electronic signboards count down the days until the big event. Lavish events have been organized, ranging from a $2 million "musical extravaganza" to a soccer tournament that may include teams from Yemen, Spain and Germany. (The Ethiopian Tourism Ministry notes that teams from these countries have been invited to attend the millennium match-up, but their participation, sadly, has not yet been confirmed.) Best of all, as befits a country that has produced some of the world's best long...
...Worth it? They deserve their compensation, but not free rein to make silly, expensive decisions, like building lavish sets they hardly use. Even the boss needs to hear the word no sometimes...
While both shows share similar origins (“Eleganza” had its humble roots in Pfoho dining hall) the two bear little resemblance now. While clearly more lavish and established, “Eleganza’s” mission is not as easily discernible as that of “Identities.” As “Identities” plans on expanding in the following years, it remains to be seen whether an increasing budget might entail a diluted focus...