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Other scenes gave some indication that the production was updated for a '90s audience; this may well be the case, as Boston Conservatory faculty member Michelle Chass redid the choreography for this performance. Case in point: a random "flashback" to Donna Lucia's life in the steamy tropical forests of Brazil introduced an unmistakable erotic element into the performance a bit out of keeping with the British conservatism played up by the rest of the musical. Maybe it wouldn't have flown 50 years ago, but it did enliven the stage without being overly out of place...

Author: By Irene J. Hahn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: `Charley' Spins a Cheerful Fairy Tale | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...album does contain some refreshing interpretations of Cash's songs, while other interpretations do a decent job of simply imitating Cash's dry, soothing tones. Most of the renditions on the collection, however, are just plain random, running the gamut from the grunge rock/heavy metal chords of The Staggers' "Cry, Cry, Cry" to the zydeco twang of How's Bayou's "Johnny Yuma." The album simply jumps from one sort of sound to another with no transition, and the end result can only be called jarring. Americana also has its share of positively dreadful, not quite convincing singing, such...

Author: By Irene J. Hahn, | Title: SOUND ADVICE | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...history, George Lucas attached the new Star Wars Episode I trailer to select films for one day only--the trailer hit all theaters later in the week. Naturally, an army of fans stampeded into theaters on November 17 and walked out satisfied after the first two minutes a random movie. Lucas has since put the trailer on the Web to satisfy rocketing public demand. Star Wars is everywhere again--seven months before the actual movie comes...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WAITING FOR `WARS' | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...whose work, including this latest novel, has been shortlisted five times for the prestigious Booker Prize--writes historical fiction is like saying that Jane Austen wrote domestic comedies. These three novels, each around a mere 200 pages, are epics under a microscope, reducing the sweep of history to the random collisions of its human players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mistress of Her Domain | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...YORK: They've already bought up Random House, Chrysler and even Rolls Royce this year. And now the world's biggest bank is no longer American or Swiss but German, following the announcement Monday that Deutsche Bank AG would officially gobble up BankersTrust for $10.1 billion. Is Germany trying to take over the world? TIME Brussels bureau chief James Graff says the country still has a lot of catching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Germans Are Coming | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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