Word: savvyness
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At its Broadway premiere in 1957, the city-gritty updating of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by Composer Leo nard Bernstein, Lyricist Stephen Sondheim and Choreographer Jerome Robbins was hailed as much for its quasi-operatic score as for its savvy lyrics and explosive, streetwise dances. Now comes a new...
Still, this was a gathering of performers, not a religious retreat, and a certain amount of savvy was required. Michael Jackson, flu-ridden, was not in prime shape for a writing session with Richie. Jones listened sympathetically to his complaint, then said simply, "What time do you want to see...
Says Schuller: "I'm trying to be a source of emotional nourishment to people." People, he adds, who would ordinarily have nothing to do with a church. As a salesman, Schuller has few peers. Praising his marketing savvy, Barr says, "Most churches are having difficulty attracting new members, so what...
Perhaps the most financially savvy of the independents is Windham Hill, a Palo Alto, Calif., company started nine years ago by Carpenter-Guitarist William Ackerman, then 26. He borrowed $5 from each of 60 friends to record an album of his own called In Search of the Turtle's Navel...
As records, neither Lauper's nor Madonna's efforts come within a mile of Tina Turner's splendid album of racked soul, Private Dancer, or get into the depth and irony explored by Linda Thompson on the just released One Clear Moment. But, as pop icons, Lauper and Madonna are...