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...player . . . wait, wrong sport. Japanese pitcher becomes the fourth to throw a no-hitter in both U.S. major leagues TUPAC SHAKUR Posthumous album by the rapper who went down in a hail of bullets in 1996 hits No. 1. Expect John Phillips to top the charts in 2007 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN The Brazilian monkey fights back from near extinction; immediately teams up with Clint Eastwood for Any Which Way You Can sequel...
...voice starts to fade and become unclear. Then he disconnects completely. "I'm sorry," Bon says in his French-inflected English when he rings back a minute later. "My mobile, despite it is an Orange, I can say is not always perfect." France Telecom, of course, owns the lion's share of Orange...
What's not to love? The Producers, a musical based on Brooks' 1968 movie, opens on Broadway next week with the kind of rapturous buzz (and $13 million in advance sales) not seen since The Lion King. Start with a presold audience, lovers of the classic comedy (the first film Brooks directed) about a schlocky Broadway producer who connives with his nervous accountant to raise money for an awful Nazi musical so they can abscond with the funds when the thing flops. Add the best-possible modern substitutes for stars Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder--Nathan Lane as producer...
...opulent set design, rich in golds and imperial blues, wants to be reminiscent of the grand production Molière’s comedy first received at the Palais-Royal in 1668. But its inspiration seems to lie more in the gaudy extravagance of Broadway hits like The Lion King than in the theater of 17th century France. When seen in combination with Linda Cho’s stylized costuming and Frances Aronson’s over-reliance on primary colors in lighting the play, one might expect oversized puppets to dance across the stage. This effect is heightened...
...space of the crucifix-the processional crosses in particular-was amazing, and encompass many more theological elements than the standard Christ-in-Torment . A common addition is the Apostle Quartet, usually in their symbolic representations: Luke as an ox, Matthew the angel, John the eagle, and Mark the lion. Two sets of plaques from processional crosses are beautifully enameled with these figures, the greens and blues breathtakingly vivid through so many centuries. Sometimes Adam rises from his tomb on the bottom spar, and in one mid 1400s Italian work it's Mary Magdalen at his feet. Another striking theme...