Word: musicalization
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...MESSAGESometimes the simplest way to get people on board is through performance.On a Sunday night at Sanders Theatre, the diverse group takes the stage to perform for “Africa Night,” the largest collaboration between Harvard’s various schools to celebrate African music, fashion, story telling, and dance.Stomps and shouts are heard off stage. “Enyaweni shaya enyaweni shayaaa,” one Gumboots dancer shouts.Chioma M. Achebe ’10, producer of “Africa Night” and president of the Harvard African Students Association, says...
...rough past few years, what with your legal troubles and the death of your friend. How are you doing now? I'm doing great. I was able to get past all of that without having to compromise what I love most, which is my music and taking care of my family. I went through the thick and the thin. It all helped me distinguish who my real friends were...
...camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting. I'm in the negotiation process for two other films. One is with Martin Scorsese. If I can get movie roles to come as consistently as the opportunity to make music, I would definitely embrace every one of those opportunities...
What makes Glee more than sketch comedy, and what may save its commercial appeal, is that it is also an underdog story (not just about the kids but also idealistic music-lover Will) with heart. Like Ugly Betty's, its spoofing is bright, not dark. And with a well-chosen sound track and arch comedy, the pilot is just a giant basket of happy. If Murphy can flesh out the overly broad characters, this series could be a rare, sophisticated, joyous hybrid that gets to have its pop candy and satirize it too. As Randy Jackson might say, Glee...
...customers, Denny's is sponsoring shindigs like this one, building on its reputation as an after-party haven for young, hungry drunks (and, the company is quick to point out, sober people too). From 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., the 56-year-old chain has started playing alternative-rock music in its restaurants. It has sponsored more than 30 emerging bands, like Me Talk Pretty, which get free meals on the road as long as they occasionally head to Denny's for a postshow jam session. The chain has also added cheap items to its late-night menu (Pancake Puppies...