Word: singularability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even the tone-deaf have heard of, none is more intriguing than the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould -- not only because of his electrifying reinventions of Bach's Goldberg Variations, among other pieces, but also because of the strikingly eccentric artistic creation that was his life. Who could forget the singular genius who shuffled about on summer days swathed in mufflers and overcoats (because of his hypochondria), and in concerts sat himself down on a pygmy chair and proceeded to sigh, groan, sing and wave his hands about as he played? Who could resist the story of the monkish prodigy...
...carry a good deal more clout than Gigli's (under $10 million). "One day I just woke up and thought I'd like to show in Paris," shrugs Gigli, perhaps forgetting that Paris, for other Italian designers (like Simonetta), turned into a nightmare that left them disenfranchised, with no singular creative identity. "I shouldn't yet take all this for more than a one-season wonder," said Suzy Menkes, the savvy fashion editor of the International Herald Tribune. "All designers are prima donnas to some extent, and I expect Gigli just wanted to teach the Milanese organizers a lesson...
...Singular Life of Albert Nobbs...
George Moore's The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, adapted by Simone Benmusson, takes the stage this weekend at the Loeb Experimental Theater. The plot centers around a woman who disguises herself as a man but who, in the process, commits herself to a life of lonliness and despair. There is one performance Friday, and there are two on Saturday--one matinee. The show is free...
...singular event, though, may have been the fire in 1983 that burned his home, his rugs, his art, his jazz records and just about every other material thing he owned. "The public sympathized with me, reached out to me," he says, "and even tried to replenish my record collection. I realized how self- absorbed I'd been and started to look at the fans differently. They started to see me too." Because other centers were elected, this week's All-Star game almost went on without him. But when Johnson was injured, Commissioner David Stern ruled that a center could...