Word: liat
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...Jersey, Christopher Durang’s political and cultural satire of American morals and hypocrisy. The plot hardly matters, but goes something like this: Davey comes home from the war to his New Jersey parents, brother, and housekeeper, surprising them by bringing along his blind Vietnamese wife, Liat. No sooner does the family adjust to her presence and Davey’s repudiation of America than it is revealed that Davey’s father has been unemployed for five months and the family’s belongings have been repossessed. It is up to the family, with the help...
...wielding Palestinian killed a female Israeli soldier in the northern Israeli town of Afula, where a suicide bomber killed eight Israelis in April. Wahib Abu Alrub struck 19-year-old Liat Gabai in the head several times as she waited at the town's bus station. Abu Alrub said he committed the crime on behalf of the militant Islamic group Hamas to rehabilitate himself after being accused of collaborating with Israel...
...Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi directed by Liat Kaplan and Joel Bard starring Laurie Ann McGowan, Frank Ragdsale and Michael Morizio at the Lowell House dining hall March...
...Liat Kaplan's direction creates a slick synchronicity between characters, keeping the emotion at a dramatic rather than melodramatic level. In places, this results in woodenness, but it is kept to a minimum even in the potentially static second and third acts. Even in the most turgid moments of the plot the emphasis on appropriateness and refinement does not give way to the hackneyed and postured acting that has labeled opera in the minds of many as a dramatic dead...
Vocal Director Seth Weinstein and Choreographer Liat Kaplan also deserve acclaim. Vocal quality is consistently high, both the slow ballads and patter songs have clearly been worked on thoroughly. One of the most impressive attributes of this production is the cohesiveness of the company's singing. The group numbers are stunning in their musical quality...