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...fold me in your arms/Baby be my refuge and keep me from the storm/Will you enclose me, keep the villain out/Darling isn't that what you and I are all about..." ("Hold Me for a While"). These songs are perfect for a romantic evening on board a cruise ship, with a gentle breeze and a sky full of stars. Don't be surprised to find them hits on the "easy listening" station. Their relative safety in conforming to mainstream pop ballad expectations contrasts with "When Love Comes to the Rescue" and "Lover's Holiday." These two songs blend synthesizers, acoustic...
...attach the rocket boosters to the launching pad are blown away, there's no turning back. He has felt the crushing sensation as 6 million lbs. of thrust hurl him into orbit. And he knows how sublime and scary it is to float freely in space, tethered to the ship by only a slender lifeline. But none of Musgrave's four missions have fully prepared him for the challenge he faces next week, when he and six other astronauts are scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral on the shuttle Endeavour. "This thing is frightening to me," he admits...
Holding all this meta-action together is Skip Sneeringer as the imperious Chairman. On stage the entire performance, Sneeringer is hysterically funny as he tries to keep his cast on course. When a mention of "the ship H.M.S. Pinafore" leads to a chorus of sailors dancing on stage, he fumes at them forgetting their shows confused, shouting, "off, off" as he pushes them off stage. Even when he is merely sipping a glass of wine while watching a scene, his presence adds immeasurably to the show. With witty remarks and remarkable charm, Sneeringer turns an amusing show into a captivating...
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...Aubrey/Maturin voyage is typically tempestuous. Their ship, the Surprise, is rocked by an underwater volcanic eruption. They capture the Franklin, a privateer sailing under American colors and carrying a Frenchman who may be a spy for Napoleon. Next comes a full-fledged pirate ship, then a whaler ripe for the taking, and then a particularly nasty storm called a wind- gall. Aubrey sustains some serious injuries. Maturin is kept busy cleaning up after various forms of carnage; the duty includes performing amputations without anesthesia. "This will hurt for a moment," he tells one patient, "but it will not last. Hold...