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There's a whiff of ganja in the air as Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers take the stage of Manhattan's Academy theater under a backdrop of painted African masks. The band launches into a chugging Jamaican groove, and the young crowd that has filled the house churns and bobs to the buoyant, upside- down beat. Midway through the show the Melody Makers break into an impassioned rendition of the Bob Marley classic I Shot the Sheriff and then segue into the blistering grind of Head Top, from their strong new album Joy and Blues. As Ziggy, 24, rekindles...
According to council treasurer Carey W. Gabay '94, the 1990 Ziggy Marley concert lost $50,000, while last year's De La Soul concert lost around...
Scrooge's one friend is his ex-partner Marley. Now residing in some realm of hell, Marley arrives on the scene to save Scrooge's soul. That is, after all, what friends are for. Marley resorts to scare tactics and sends three ghosts to "urge" Scrooge towards a righteous Christmas spirit...
Ghost of Christmas Past, a delightful angel (Maureen Silliman), transports Scrooge back to his childhood. Back then, we learn, the penile protagonist partook of Christmas in the spirit of most Christian children--perhaps Marley's ghosts can revive some of Scrooge's youthful cheer...
...Marley sends in the big guns with the Ghost of Christmas Future, a two-story high beast that breathes fire and brimstone. He brings Scrooge to a time after his death. Scrooge witnesses how his relatives celebrate his demise. Maureen Silliman plays a second memorable role as Cynthia the silly sister, raucously gallivanting around the stage. This helps Scrooge, someone once "solitary as an oyster [so that] no warmth could warm him," realize that even his family hates him, that this is bad, and that he should reform--and quickly...