Word: mooned
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Dragone, 50, is a Belgian with the soul of a Frenchman. In conversation his jagged English lurches between profound existential lows ("Sometimes I do not know if the show will work--I do not know how it could") and exuberant, absurdist highs ("That character, he is the moon!"). "There's no light at the end of the tunnel with Franco," says Mia Michaels, A New Day's choreographer. "Most directors I work for say, 'This is what I want--this is how we'll get it.' He's just like 'Whatever you want to do, do it. Create what...
...String. All the backdrops--including Times Square, a train station and a Florentine campo--would be broadcast on a giant $6 million LED screen. There would be a wordless Romeo and Juliet interlude, a tree that would bloom onstage and a flying orchestra. And, yes, there would be a moon character dressed entirely in white. "He illustrates the emotions of the audience," says Dragone. "He is also a baby who has never seen anything...
...what to do when full-moon parties draw more visitors than your national treasures? Thailand has made various attempts to play down, and then clamp down on, the sex and drugs that have titillated and lured the wrong kind of visitors?but to no avail. The newest approach is a mingling of high and low culture in Chiang Rai province's royally sponsored Mae Fah Luang Foundation's Hall of Opium. There is a certain brilliance to marketing the infamy of the Golden Triangle. This is one of those rare nether regions that lives up to the swashbuckling image that...
...finances if you (and possibly your spouse) are unable. This should not be an informal arrangement; give this person power of attorney so that he or she may legally act on your behalf. Send notarized copies of the document to all your financial institutions and insist on acknowledgment. Jim Moon, who heads the deployment-services program at USAA, the big financial-services provider to military personnel, says he has heard "horror stories" about institutions that would not honor powers of attorney during crises because they were not properly worded. "Also, some powers of attorney are good only if you become...
...more egalitarian but still trendy guide is the sleek new Moon Metro series, which explores cities?so far, New York, Paris, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, London and Amsterdam?by neighborhood, with highly individualized but not snarky descriptions written by local correspondents. The guides send travelers to traditional tourist spots as well as chic shops and clubs. The chapters include detailed foldout maps that are discreet enough that you can open them on the street without looking lost...