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With tensions flaring, Thailand's Foreign Minister Sompong Amornvivat urged Thai citizens in Cambodia to leave immediately. The Thai Foreign Ministry has said it may airlift out Thai nationals, should they have trouble exiting Cambodia. For his part, Hun Sen has already vowed to make the Preah Vihar region a "death zone" if the Thai army doesn't back down. Given the historic enmities between the Khmer and Siamese empires, threats of violence aren't easily ignored. After all, the modern-day town near the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex is called Siem Reap, which in Khmer means "Siam defeated...
...musical opens, Conrad Jarrett (Aaron Sompong) has just been released from a psychiatric hospital, where he has spent eight months for attempted suicide following his brother's tragic death in a boating accident. Confronted by worried parents and the prospect of assimilating back into school, Conrad realizes that it will not be easy to regain a normal life. Dr. Berger (Brett Conner), Conrad's psychologist, helps him deal with the tough times he encounters...
...actors were all convincing and had good voices, but many of them, especially the males, suffered from a lack of projection, so that some songs were lost to the audience. Sompong has mastered an air of anxiety and uncomfortableness, but his voice wasn't strong enough to express his talent to the entire audience. Similarly, Marks managed to seem genuinely upset when his wife left him, though the audience couldn't quite understand the words he was singing...
This is not the fault of Aaron Sompong, whose clear voice and humorous mugs bring the unsatisfied Prince to life. Sompong has some genuinely funny moments, as when he mournfully sings "Prayer for a Duck" with a look somewhere between grief and self-disgust. He also does an excellent job of avoiding the trap of lapsing into sentimental cheesiness. Instead, his Pippin is slightly more bitter, cynical and world-weary...
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