Word: stones
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...From its stone fortress overlooking Rock Creek Park, the Behl clan has steadily gained influence since 1916, when Senator Adolph Behl aspired to become Vice President of the U.S. His failure to get the nomination left his wife doubly disappointed: first because she was denied a higher rung on the social ladder; second because her husband could not even fulfill his ambition to become second best...
Although the sheer emotional force of the play makes criticism difficult, some gaping flaws are still evident. The greatest mistake in the entire show is the casting of Jean Valjean himself. Except in the stellar "Bring Him House", Stone cannot muster the vocal richness the part calls for. Most of the time his coarse, grainy singing voice makes one flinch. Considering the role is one of the most coveted of all time in musical theater, how such poor casting could have occurred is difficult to understand. Another disappointment is found in Sheperd, who plays Thenardier's female partner in crime...
...fully appreciate "Les Mis," one must be fairly familiar with the plot, which revolves around Jean Valjean (Gregory Calvin Stone), convict number 24601 in 19th-century France. After serving 19 years in jail for stealing bread for his starving family, he cannot find work, friends, or a place to sleep, until a kindly bishop (Michael Marra) takes him in, and publicly forgives him when Valjean steals his silver. Valjean is so moved that he decides to change his life around. Eight years later he is mayor and the owner of a factory, where a girl named Fantine (Lisa Capps...
After a dozen years as the exemplary flying-fisted female of Hong Kong films, Yeoh (also known as Michelle Kahn) is getting the Hollywood treatment, and not just at her fingertips. Quentin Tarantino has literally knelt at her feet, quizzing her adoringly about her films. Oliver Stone calls Yeoh "a woman of elegance and magnificent grace--the young grande dame of Hong Kong cinema." And there's a big retrospective of Yeoh's films (which can also be found in specialty video stores) this week and next at New York City's Cinema Village Theatre. But the actress is getting...
...chose to invest my money in Central Square, and I don't want my Square to end up like Harvard Square," said Dana Stone, proprietor of the Venus Coffee House. "I don't want the area to lose that vibrancy, that ethnic mix, and that flavor...