Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unbeatable plotline helps out considerably in Act Two, when the production begins to pick up momentum and emotional intensity. From the start of Jesus's ordeal, both the staging and the actors confidence begin to reach new heights, propelled along by a chorus whose energy gradually stops seeming misplaced. The ambitions of director Christopher Charron and lighting designer Alyssa Haywoode appear to have grown apace; there are some remarkable effects, including one that makes Isaacs on the cross look like a yellowed medieval painting. At this point, matters of musical acumen or dramatic balance lose their urgency, and the question...
Meanwhile, the turn toward politeness in U.S.-Soviet discourse has some value in itself. Angry and threatening exchanges generate their own momentum, and they can poison the atmosphere for any serious discussion. Civility costs nothing, and while it is far from sufficient to assure successful dealings, it can help make them possible...
...going quite as fast as we would like." After a pause, he added, "It ain't easy." Another senior U.S. official was even more discouraged. "We try to see the bright side, give everyone the benefit of the doubt, cajole and plead," he said. "But the momentum is giving out, and we may be at a stopping point...
Fleming had the power to spark the Crimson with power baskets and crowd-pleasing blocks, momentum switchers necessary for a team to fight back against a rallying opponent. Now the burden of court leadership falls on the shoulders of Co-Captain Calvin Dixon and junior front-counters Joe Carrabino and Monroe Trout...
...surprisingly the play survives these intrusions. As the company gains momentum and finishes adapting to the language. Rauch's elaborate conception loses its oddity and begins to work like another part of the technologically miraculous set, whose pieces and extensions metamorphose into beds, bathtubs or starry summer nights without detracting from the matter at hand. Likewise as long as Rauch uses his endless vision as a tool and keeps it out of the foot lights, he can work miracles on stage...