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...half inflation has plunged from some 20% to about 8%. But with the Administration's entire tax policy tangled up in Congress, Okun admits that his proposal for a Tax-based Incomes Policy (TIP) is a non-starter for now. Meanwhile, inflation seems to remain a non-stopper...
...festival's show-stopper is some thing called a sheep-to-shawl race. Teams consisting of a shearer, four spinners and a weaver compete in converting the hair of an unshorn sheep into a woolen shawl, 24 by 60 inches, in less than three hours...
...seems simple; a set like this must have required tremendous work to devise and build), with carry-on pieces of furniture kept to a minimum. This, combined with highly efficient stagehands, results in scene changes that frequently finish well ahead of the ovations for a previous scene's show-stopper. Andrew Dorsey's lighting is extremely well-defined, further illuminating the depth of director Carpenter's compositions, and someone handles the moving spotlight very adeptly. Little flourishes spice the proceedings; when Diane Nabatoff mounts the stairs to a perch on the top deck while singing "I Get A Kick...
...should matter little to you, I felt that the costumes, designed by Lindsay Davis '75 and Alison Taylor, were very impressive, glittery and colorful. The dance numbers (in the first act, at least) lacked a certain pizzazz (although the '50s-style "T.V. Love" song-dance combo was a show-stopper, and I'm told that the disco-oriented "Travolta-clone" scene in Act II was equally memorable). And while all of the actors did creditable jobs within the horrible confines of the format, there were a number of unquestionable standouts (at least in Act I): Shipley Munson as the aforementioned...
...caliber as the material on side one, it is remarkably diverse. Probably the weakest cut of the side is "Vienna," a bluesy lament filled with the sounds of Dominic Cortese's accordion, which still does not compare to "New York State of Mind," the blues entry and consistent show stopper from Turnstiles...