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Eaton's meticulous planning extends even to the opera's rhythmic structure, with each character assigned his or her own basic tempo. Act II, for example, closes with a stirring, cacophonous ensemble of clashing rhythms and timbres as all the major characters sing simultaneously and Prospero exults, "My high charms work!/ and these, mine enemies, are all knit up/ in their distractions. They are in my power." What Eaton has done is not merely to set Porter's concise, three-act libretto, but to retell it in musical terms, creating a cognate of Shakespeare's play. It is a formidable...
Perhaps not. But Paul Robinson, a professor of intellectual history at Stanford, makes an enthusiastic effort, like one of those tycoons who suddenly indulge a suppressed yearning to step onstage and conduct Mahler or sing Puccini. Though some clinkers are almost inevitable, an onlooker can hardly help admiring the combination of chutzpah, high spirits and a willingness to gamble...
...here is the wonderful twist. Britain's dramatic artists have often found their strength in cataloging their kingdom's weaknesses. Now a new generation is raising its collective voice to sing the blahs. This familiar tune was heard in the late 1970s in stage and television drama; it took only a few years for graduates of those media to make their mark in film. Three provocative examples from this year's crop: Wetherby, written and directed by David Hare of the BBC and the National Theater; Dance with a Stranger, written by Playwright Shelagh Delaney (A Taste of Honey...
...officer and veteran of 94 parachute jumps. But, he protested, the women could find some way to celebrate their toughness other than "idolizing people who squash birds' heads." Brigadier General Donald Miller, Kelley's top spokesman, promptly sent a "cease and desist" order. So what will the female Marines sing now? It probably would not do for them to take a cue from the guys. Says Miller: "The male Marines are singing and thinking about something that is far worse." No lyrics supplied. MIAMI Mayor of "North Cuba...
...just looking for a lot of action and a little heart, Hustle has that too, courtesy of stunt director Yuen Wo-ping (The Matrix, Kill Bill), and a subplot that reunites Sing with the love of his youth. And watch for the sly homages to Western action films. Moviemaking doesn't get much smarter, funnier, handsomer, better than this. --By Richard Corliss