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Though the individuals of the show are captivating by themselves, it is their place among the rest of the community that gives “In the Heights” its depth. The show’s competing voices blend beautifully into a wonderful and exciting production...
...Segal wrote a musical called “Sing Muse!”—a spoof of the Iliad that explores, according to a review in The Crimson from May 1961, how “Paris made it with Helen (or vice versa).” The show was originally performed in Leverett House dining hall and was ultimately picked up by an off-Broadway producer...
After 25 years of globe-trotting with his Paris-based equestrian performing company, Zingaro, it seems that the French impresario Bartabas (he goes by the one name) is finally tired of running in circles. For once, it's the spectators who will be taking a turn. For his new show, Darshan, running through June 2010, Bartabas has completely transformed the Zingaro arena, hitherto evocative of an Elizabethan theater-in-the-round. Now it is the audience that is at the center, arranged upon a pyramidal seating structure. Encircled by a riding track and massive screens upon which shadows are projected...
...where digitalization has permeated almost all entertainment, Darshan proves that simple, living shadows can marshal spectators' imaginations equally well. "The show is really about you," says Bartabas. "Your interior world, your childhood memories, your fears, your dreams." See zingaro.fr for more...
...From Feb. 12 to 21, thousands of building and design freaks from as far away as Japan and Australia will descend upon Palm Springs for Modernism Week, modernismweek.com. This 10-day celebration of mid-20th century design runs the gamut from the kitsch (a vintage Airstream trailer show, tours of Elvis' UFO-like honeymoon house) to the academic (lectures on torn-down masterpieces and architects of yesteryear) to the starstruck (movies at Frank Sinatra's former home, wine and cheese at Liz Taylor and Mike Todd's old estate). There's even a mod vintage fashion show...