Word: songfulness
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...play’s reach should exceed its grasp, then director Robert Woodruff’s “Orpheus X,” at the Zero Arrow Theatre, playing through April 23, is a triumph. Told in words, music, writing, song, projected images, and one climactic, devastating silence, the operatic play is hugely ambitious and completely unique. It is, however, more interesting than it is entertaining, at times overreaching to the point of inaccessibility. Written by and starring Rinde Eckert, “Orpheus X,” an American Repertory world premiere, updates the well-known myth...
...branching path the Baby did: a cheerleader apparently being flipped through a basketball hoop; Paris Hilton's sex tape; Janet Jackson's famous wardrobe malfunction; a 19-year-old New Jersey man (doomed to be forever known as "the Numa Numa guy") overenthusiastically lip synching to a Romanian pop song. Last December, Saturday Night Live's Lazy Sunday video appeared on the Net after airing on the show. The white-boy rap about cupcakes and Narnia immediately went viral, spawning half a dozen catchphrases and endowing SNL with an aura of cool it hasn't enjoyed since Wayne's World...
...lemonade,'" says Mora, who has not seen the film. "But more often it's simply Operation Da Vinci Code." The document produced at that January meeting had three talking points: 1) Turn the glare of publicity into a proselytizing opportunity. "We can either weep, or we can sing our song," says Mora, postulating that some people, learning about the nonfictional Opus Dei, will think, Well, it's not that bad. 2) Reach out for allies: "This film offends all Catholics, not just Opus Dei. It says the entire church is a big lie." 3) Engage only in measured discourse. Says...
...down the street at night, and I passed the MAC...I was thinking about ‘Jaws’...if we showed it in the pool, it would be just amazing.” Horovitz played a techno remix of the “Jaws” theme song outside the Science Center and got a friend to dress in a shark costume to advertise the event, which became so popular that pool seats for the 10 p.m. show sold out. Students at the 7 p.m. screening were enthusiastic. “This is amazing!” Peter...
...parks, lasted just over an hour. It demonstrated again the soothing, cathartic power of ritual, the way in which ceremony can provide a shared context for personal grief. There were two dramatic diversions from the normal order of things. First, Elton John sang Candle in the Wind, a song he had originally written to celebrate Marilyn Monroe, with the lyrics revised to honor his friend Diana. A number of people had questioned the propriety of a rock star's performing in Westminster Abbey. But when John, accompanying himself on the piano, began singing the words "Goodbye, England's rose," guests...