Word: spotlights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...months after the meltdown, Michael retreated to his seaside home in Cohasset, south of Boston, and immersed himself in his work. But shame is fleeting; heir to a tradition of repentance and reinvention, Michael consulted a publicist to help get the spotlight off him and onto the work he was doing for Citizen Energy. In October he appeared at an AIDS conference at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. And there were reports that he was trying to restore some stability to his private life as well. Though separated, he and Victoria missed at least one divorce hearing...
...going to be awfully tough for Damon to follow up a performance as faultless Will Hunting. But maybe this is how he planned it. He's made his mark and leaped into the beaming spotlight. Maybe next time he'll let someone else join...
...reappearance of Hodgkinson was well-received, too, as the interludes between full-orchestral sections allowed the spotlight to fall on Hodgkinson's effortless technique: his hands, often motionless, hovered over the keyboard while his fingers whirred underneath. Whether the cascading piano notes meshed with the backdrop provided by the orchestra or disappeared beneath them entirely, the combination was perfectly engineered. The audience showed its approval in wild applause, delaying intermission until Hodgkinson and Yannatos had been brought back three times...
...public adulation--and its efforts to compartmentalize The Sundays--gradually ceased in the years after Blind, as Wheeler and her cronies ceded the spotlight to similarly-styled groups like The Cranberries and Stereolab. If The Sundays were compared to anyone during that sad, dark period, it was probably another band that had passed into similar "whatever happened to...?" oblivion...
Physically, the production is minimalist but effective. The stage itself strongly resembles a "Structure" advertisement, but captures the essence of what is considered today as ancient Greece. A constant stream of sparkling confetti falling from one spotlight is distracting at first, but could be interpreted as representing the watchful eyes of the gods. The special effects are nothing short of amazing--the gods' wrath, especially the destruction of Pentheus's house, is truly frightening, and appropriately loud. An excellent lighting scheme also works to create a variety of moods, from raptured to tense to apocalyptic...