Word: solider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Surrey" was given an original, rhythmically complex reading that offered a good opportunity for the trio to show that they were a cohesive group, not just a haphazard all-star assembly. The ease with which McBride navigates his hulking instrument was immediately apparent. He laid a solid foundation for the tune as Blade tastefully used brushes on his kit alongside. Redman then hung on a high note and slid upward to mark the beginning of his solo, in which he demonstrated his full, thick tone in all registers of the instrument. It was an apt starter for the show--giving...
Reeves gives a solid performance, doing his best with a role that requires him to alternate between smugness and smugness-with-a-hint-of-outrage. It is only when he attempts to be too serious--or when he sporadically adopts a Southern accent (a la Elvis)--that he falls flat. Charlize Theron (best known for her role as an icy femme fatale in Two Days in the Valley) also does a good job with a somewhat underwritten character...
...Together," "Honky Tonk Women," "Star, Star" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want," with songs from their new album Bridges to Babylon, including "Flip the Switch," Anybody Seen My Baby" and "Out of Control." The set list had a remarkable flow to it, facilitated by the rock solid and almost unwavering style of the music. Only extremely minor differences existed between songs that spanned thirty years...
...round white moon become difficult to distinguish from each other. The play also uses the simple but effective trick of a changing color palette to express a shifting emotional atmosphere; the black and white of Macbeth's and his Lady's original clothing and castle is transformed into a solid, eye-aching mass of red when Macbeth becomes king--an effect especially striking in the banquet scene of V.i., which is one of the few wholly successful scenes of the performance...
...play has an extremely solid team of supporting actors, producers and designers. In the best of all possible situations these would be able to work together to form a harmonious whole: a terrifying, powerful and uncanny Macbeth. Unfortunately, as it stands, the figure at the center is not operating on the same wavelength as the rest of the production, knocking this version of Macbeth seriously off-kilter...