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...World War II, nor is it another Vietnam. It is our World War I: a frivolous, costly, arrogant war that has set off an economic disaster, bred not just one maniac bent on genocide but a million and ended in a standstill that merely sets the stage for the next world war. Peggy Williams Mineral Ridge, Ohio...
...gospel lament by one witness, Mrs. Mtimkhulu, for her dead son, sung by Thembi Mtshali-Jones at the end of the first act, has extraordinary power, leaving the audience in pale shock as the interval lights come up. But Truth in Translation is more than a remarkable stage production. It is a testament to the human need to reconcile, and an examination of our capacity to do so. "Mrs. Mtimkhulu, will you forgive those responsible for your son's death?" asks Commission chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu's translator, played by Nick Boraine, as she finishes her testimony. "Not today...
...planned international tour is evidence of the director's belief that much of the planet could do with a little truth and reconciliation. Lessac has chosen to stage his play in "conflict and healing zones around the world," he says, places "where people still might not be able to let go of thoughts of victimhood, entitlement, vengeance and denial." He's talking of places like Kosovo or Jerusalem - or Somalia, where civil war between hundreds of clans has raged for 16 years and where it takes many minutes for strangers to introduce themselves, so intricate are the ethnic lineages that...
...most harrowing battle scene inJourney's End, R.C. Sherriff's 1928 play about World War I now being revived on Broadway, comes with the stage entirely emptied of people. We're in a dugout in the British trenches in France, and two officers have just left to lead a dangerous raid into the German front lines. They must make a dash of 70 yards, grab a prisoner and return. All we hear is the offstage sound of explosions, machine-gun fire, the shouts of men. A puff of smoke wafts in from outside. Then it's over...
...professional dance program affiliated with the Boston Ballet, closed the Friday show with Susan Shields’ “Sunlit Song.” These talented young dancers captured the “sunlit” feeling of both the choreography and the music, filling the stage with uncontainable energy and seemingly effortless movement. Although the dancers of this separate company have the professional experience of training with the Boston Ballet, it is a credit to the Harvard dancers that they are able to achieve a similar level of artistry while enrolled as full-time students. The thrilling performance...