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...mogul is betting he can sell himself as the Nice Rudy, a boss to keep the city safe without all that Giuliani vindictiveness and soap-opera strife. (Giuliani and his estranged wife have been fighting about whether his girlfriend can visit Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence. Even New York is getting sick of it.) And Bloomberg's fortune--estimated at $4 billion--isn't his only weapon. John McCain, the most popular politician in the country right now, tells TIME that he will be stumping for Bloomberg. "I hope and intend to campaign for Michael," says the Arizona Senator...
...always had my own ideas about things. As an only child, when my dad went to check on his farm in Ohio, I had nothing to do, so I imagined things. I stood in the barn and sang opera to the sheep. I made up all sorts of languages. I guess someone looking on might have predicted I would grow up to be funny. As a teenager, I spent three years training in classical piano until I realized I didn't have the talent to pursue music professionally. Then I wanted to become a stenographer so I could count...
...many Elizas." For if this current production is known for anything these days it is the curious aspect of its leading lady - make that ladies - being unable to perform. The original Eliza, soap-opera actress Martine McCutcheon, came down with flu on opening night March 16 and missed several weeks of the show's early run. Then her understudy also fell ill, prompting the producers on one night to rush the understudy's understudy on stage with only a few hours notice, a turn of events that a clearly wearied Pryce had to explain to the audience before the night...
...shifted his focus to college life and chose to play with Harvard groups like the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Bach Society Orchestra, Lowell House Opera and Gilbert & Sullivan Players...
...seemed baffling. In its early days, quick adapters thought they had found the killer app: they used it to call their friends to find out whether their postcards had arrived. ("It has? Great. Bye.") In the first part of the 20th century, the Paris utility pioneered a phone-in opera service. Marcel Proust loved it. He'd dial up from home and someone would hold up a phone next to the stage and, voila, Wagner interactif...