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Grind's director, Harold Prince, perhaps the foremost present-day mounter of book musicals, has said that he plans to take an informal sabbatical to ponder ways of coping with the pitfalls now facing the form. The first, simple step is one that he ought to remember from the days when he staged such shows as Cabaret and Sweeney Todd: have something worth saying and tell it in the most direct and honest way. --By William A. Henry...
...opposite direction. Novels and story collections tumble off the presses, filled with sensitive college graduates who would not harm a fly. Male characters wonder what it means to be men. Female characters wonder what it means to be women. Sometimes, in moments of high drama, the sexes notice and ponder the mysteries of one another...
...those still unsure about the book’s quality, ponder the advice that closes the “Ms. Independence” chapter: you are “crossing the line [if] you represent yourself when you’re on trial for running your boyfriend over with a lawnmower...
...residential-property prices soaring, we may soon be toiling most of our lives just to afford a few square feet of living space. And then there's air pollution. It won't be long before we will be living like our Hong Kong brethren. It is something to ponder before we decide to sell our residences and then find ourselves homeless. Martin Chung Chi-kei Macau...
...principle. In the first season's most arresting scene, he smothers to death a preacher who is dying slowly of a brain tumor. The act is tender and cruel, merciful and selfish (the reverend is taking up a bed in the Gem), and McShane simply leaves us to ponder which motivation is dominant...