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...drawn from the student body of the Cleveland School of the Arts. It's hardly the first time The Nutcracker has been updated: Mark Morris' raucous The Hard Nut is set in postmodern suburbia, while Donald Byrd's Harlem Nutcracker uses Duke Ellington's swinging adaptation of Tchaikovsky's score. But An Urban Nutcracker has a special ring of authenticity: the libretto has been completely rewritten to reflect the everyday lives of the students, and the choreography, based on long sessions of group improvisation by the 40-member cast, is an irresistibly lively fusion of Pilobolus-style modern-dance steps...
...HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH John Cameron Mitchell, who co-wrote this off-Broadway hit, also plays the "internationally ignored" song stylist who changed sexes to escape East Germany. Part nightclub monologue, part drag musical, the show has a score that outrocks Rent and a script that is by turns funny, outrageous and poignant...
...spirit of holiday shopping, let's consider some 11th-hour tax planning. It won't help you score a Furby for your toddler, but the right financial moves before the end of 1998 will have far more impact on Junior's well-being. The same basic year-end tips tend to get rehashed ad nauseam. So I won't spend a lot of time encouraging you to defer income into next year and accelerate deductions into this year. Ditto for making certain that you use, not lose, any money still in a flexible-spending account at work and for making...
...MICHAEL JORDAN As if in some far-fetched action film, Michael Jordan once again snagged victory at the last second. His sixth championship of the decade came over a favored Utah Jazz team. Who was putting his Vegas money against MJ? Smarter to bet he'd score 45 points to win Game 6 and another ring...
Monday, Feb. 9 From Tom To: Meg In the Park, on one of the Ballfields, completely by himself, a saxophone player is standing on the pitcher's mound wailing some practice solos, giving his chops a workout without disturbing any neighbors but the trees--a musical score perfect for a movie scene in the city today...