Word: soloed
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However, the most disturbing aspect of the show's music and book is that Merlyn is more of a Greatest Hits compilation of Musical Theater than an original production. A lot of the scenes are strikingly reminiscent stagings of scenes from other shows. Merlyn's solo in captivity is straight out of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. When bawdy types convene in a tavern, one expects the Master of the House from Les Miserables to drop in. And, when the ensemble gropes at and pleads suggestively for Merlyn to "Come, come," they might as well be addressing Pippin. What...
...advantage the group numbers have, of course, is that you can actually hear them. Under the direction of Steve Huang, the orchestra drowns out many of the solo and duet numbers. In one particularly egregious example, the brilliant rendition of "Two Sides of the Coin" by Sneeringer and Feldman, the only way the audience knows the two are singing the rapid-fire chorus is by watching their lips move. This problem, a common one at the Agassiz, would at least be forgivable if the orchestra played well. Due probably to poor rehearsal rather than lack of talent, the orchestra stumbles...
...soon to tell how it will play for the trio of rappers booked in recent weeks. Though Snoop is free on $1 million bail, his problems have delayed release of his solo debut, Doggy Style, which is widely expected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. It's expected now to be out later this month. How much longer Snoop will be out is another question...
...decadeplus in his native New Zealand as half of Tall Dwarfs, the cruelest-minded, most inventive, funniest, and possibly the most interesting duo on the 80s-90s global rockscape. (Before that, Knox fronted NZ's premier punk bands, the Enemy and Toy Love.) Meat contains most of his two solo albums, Seizure and Croaker--solo records in the literal sense, since there's no backing band and no studio musicians. Instead, it's Chris Knox singing, playing his loud'n'fuzzy guitar, then going back into the studio and playing a bass track, an organ line and/or a drum machine...
...transportation issues, the plan will promote use of and improvements in pedestrian and bicycle paths, as well as discourage solo driving options to reduce traffic...