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Astrologer Gillian Helfgott should thank her lucky stars. Her husband, the mentally skewed Australian pianist David Helfgott, whose story is told in the affecting movie Shine, has sold out his 11-city North American tour; Shine has received seven Oscar nominations; chaotic though it is, Helfgott's recording of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto (the "Rach 3" of the movie) is a hot seller, and Love You to Bits and Pieces, Gillian's fuzzy-warm book about how she rescued this lost soul and lofted him to stardom, has 185,000 copies in print. "It's almost...
...Helfgott, who as a teenager showed much promise until a breakdown sent him off to mental institutions for 12 years, is now scarcely more than a pathetic sideshow attraction, put on display by his promoters and his wife for the delight of the undiscerning, if adoring, audiences who found Shine so moving. This was evident last week when Helfgott, who will be 50 in May, appeared before a capacity crowd of 2,600 in Boston's Symphony Hall to play his first U.S. recital. His handlers dubbed the evening a "Celebration of Life," but they should have called...
...formal attire. There's a certain thrill to playing dress-up, practicing for the company Christmas party or campaign fundraiser in the distant (read: post-graduation) future. And after slouching through the Yard countless times in jeans and a parka, we all want to show that we can shine a little when we make the effort...
Make no mistake, however: this is the classic Shakespearean text, delivered with Elizabethan gusto. As You Like It, remarkable even among Shakespeare's comedies for its sheer number of characters, is staged by such intelligent and versatile actors that even the minor roles shine. Nora Zimmett '00 gives a powerful and richly textured performance as Rosalind, the heroine around whom the rest of the play revolves. It's a tremendous responsibility which she handles with grace, strength and wit. Ryan McKittrick, as her romantic counterpart Orlando, gives his character all the charming hot-headedness and lovelorn sincerity required...
DAVID HELFGOTT After Shine's Oscar nominations, the eccentric Aussie pianist's concerts are a hot ticket...