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Ragtime conforms nicely to these standards, while still making a strong statement about the so-called "American Dream," circa 1900. The then-taboo issues of racism, xenophobia, unwed mothers and exploitation of the lower classes, to name just a few of the topics sung about onstage, are brought up with a bit of cliche, but are tackled with honest zeal nonetheless. The plot revolves around three families--one upper-class WASP, one black and one immigrant Jewish--who are striving for success and happiness in turn-of-the-century America, which is offering them as much adversity...
...potential to make it big, neither is quite ready to fill the king-size shoes of the Old Guard. Bel Canto (Sony Classical), Alvarez's first CD, is promising but not yet the work of a mature artist, while Cura can be heard in Puccini: Arias (Erato), a handsomely sung recital conducted by Domingo that reveals Cura's blind spot: his high-octane voice is oddly charmless...
...life, but, as written, their characters are fatally uninteresting. The music and lyrics, by Jason Robert Brown, catch fire only in a couple of disposable up-tempo numbers (Mary Phagan getting wooed by a suitor on the trolley) and turn gooey in big ballads like All the Wasted Time, sung by Lucille and Leo in jail. Prince's staging is elegant but rather quiet, the set dominated by a giant oak tree from which Leo will eventually hang. No one wants a glitzed-up tragedy, but when a show called Parade has three of them, and each takes place...
Some firms already active in Asia through joint ventures are buying out their cash-strapped local partners, thus positioning themselves to reap all the profits from a future upturn. In South Korea, Coca-Cola has taken over the bottling and distribution businesses of three former partners--Doosan Beverage, Woo Sung Food and Honam Food--and it is no secret that Coors is negotiating to take full control of Jinro Coors Beer. South Korea is one of a tiny handful of troubled Asian countries expected to resume some positive growth, however small, by late...
...increased audience enjoyment, this need for enunciation is vital to any production of Gilbert and Sullivan: the story of the operetta, in true G. and S. style, is a convoluted tale of mistaken identities and star-crossed lovers that can only be understood when it is clearly and resoundingly sung by its main players. To summarize: it seems that years ago the Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro had promised their daughter Casilda to an infant heir who was subsequently kidnapped but later found to be living as a gondolier in Venice. The operetta opens as the Duke and Duchess...