Word: monumentalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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These days, that's show biz. But Jerome Robbins' Broadway is no ordinary show. It is an unprecedented monument, a living museum that one of Broadway's great names has erected to himself. The master shaman, now 70, presents dances from nine of the glorious musicals he directed or choreographed between 1944 and 1964. The sailors from On the Town again saunter through wartime New York, New York. The royal courtesans of The King and I restage Uncle Tom's Cabin, Siamese-style. West Side Story's Sharks and Jets strut toward one more epochal + rumble. The shtetl Jews from...
...Mall does have some of the best tourist attractions in America, flanked at either end by the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, and dominated by the phallic 555-foot high Washington Monument. Be sure to wait the 40 minutes for the elevator ride to the top to get the best views of the city...
There is actually some difference of opinion about whether Paris really needs an expensive new opera house. The grand old Palais Garnier, with all its gilt mirrors and chandeliers and its resident phantom, has delighted audiences for more than a century. But cultural-monument building is a beloved Parisian occupation, and after the success of President Georges Pompidou's imposing modern-art center, Mitterrand naturally began in 1981 to think about a new opera house. Being a Socialist, he talked glowingly of popular, modern opera, and the edifice was assigned to the gritty Bastille area...
Time and time again, Reagan edged over to the White House windows to look down the South Lawn, over the fountains and past the Washington Monument, on to the Jefferson Memorial, where the bronze figure of the great Virginian stands resolutely. Often when Reagan came to work he would offer his assessment of the weather, determined by how clearly he could see Jefferson in the Potomac River Valley. In the finale, Reagan loitered more than ever in his private study next to the Truman Balcony, often with Nancy beside him and a fire burning in the fireplace. Once, when...
Drug Czar William Bennett commemorates Independence Day by exploding 1604 kilos of confiscated drugs over the Washington Monument instead of fireworks. When the smoke clears, it is discovered that President Bush has painted the White House in day-glo paisley, and the Pentagon has given out free chemical weapon souvenirs to tourists. D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is found wandering dazed through the downtown streets, but no one finds that out of the ordinary...