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Supporting actors included Emerson student Porter McDonald as the sweet and not particularly bright bartender Freddy, and Douglas W. Horner, a musical theater major at the Boston Conservatory, who played "the Visitor," easily recognizable as Elvis Presley. One of the best scenes is the final one, when The King is juxtaposed with Picasso and Einstein...
...hottest composer since Benjamin Britten. Don't believe the hype. Ades' first opera, just released on CD, is a thoroughly nasty piece of goods. Philip Hensher's sneering libretto tells the scabrous story of the decline and fall of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (the "Mrs. Sweeny" of Cole Porter's You're the Top), who liked to do the Full Monica on her male servants. Ades' score is a glib farrago of sour, splintered vocal writing, postmodern pastiche and cartoony sound effects. Is this the music of the future? No, just further proof that the now exhausted classical-music avant...
...Porter Square, for example, one Dunkin' Donuts donut costs $0.57. At the Harvard Square location on Mass. Ave., it costs $0.67. A No. 1 Value Meal--two donuts and a medium coffee--costs $1.99 at Porter; at Harvard Square, $2.63. As for coffee, in Harvard Square, a medium cafe blend is $1.50; at Porter...
...example, prices at Rigs hardware store in Porter Square are significantly lower than at Dickson Bros. Hardware on Eliot Street in Harvard Square. A Black & Decker Dustbuster costs $39.99 at Dickson Bros. while at Rigs, the same item costs $32.99. A standard Masterlock costs 4.89 at Dickson Bros. compared to $3.99 at Rigs...
This price difference applies to foodstuffs as well. The Star Market at Porter Square is much less costly than Sage's on the corner of Church and Brattle Street. A box of Tiger Woods Wheaties at Star Market is $2 flat; at Sage's the "Breakfast of Champions" costs $2.99. Finally, Spicy Nacho Doritos at Star Market are $1.79, a full $0.40 cheaper than at Sage...