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...stage—in one sense or another,” says Carlisle. “These stages were created for us—all we had to do was audition—take certain pre-determined steps to gain that pre-determined place in the spotlight. The good news about being a singer- songwriter is that no one’s going to tell you what...
Seeking to attract the throngs of Tribeca-minded film fanatics, the organizers of the Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFF) are turning the regional film spotlight on the Massachusetts Bay for the second year running. On display are a long weekend of independent feature films, documentaries and shorts that would make many a festival programmer’s mouth water...
...were even a few years ago, and are better able to understand the fakery of what they see and hear on the radio and at the movies. Intentionally or not, Simpson, Moore, and others have proven exceedingly adept at using this understanding to reposition themselves back in the public spotlight...
...insider knowledge, he has no intention of running for office. For one thing, he was born in Saudi Arabia, which these days does not endear a candidate to voters. Plus he has no real home base from which to run. For another, he likes being out of the spotlight...
...remembered it years later when he was discussing ideas with Weidman, his collaborator on Pacific Overtures. Their first thought was to create a musical about assassinations through history, starting with Julius Caesar. They eventually narrowed it to assassins of U.S. Presidents--each of whom gets a moment in the spotlight, voicing grievances both real and imagined, poignant and farcical. Sondheim sees the show as a comment on the dark side of the American Dream. "If you are led to believe that you can be President, so to speak, and you find out that you can't--that you have mistaken...