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...sure, you can't look at West Side Story totally removed from the era that produced it. When it opened, in 1957, Broadway musicals were almost all comedies, set in sentimental fantasylands, whether exotic (The King and I), nostalgic (The Music Man) or contemporary but cartoonish (Guys and Dolls). Here, instead, was an effort to use the musical form to explore serious contemporary social issues: urban slums, race prejudice, the scourge (ah, the '50s!) of "juvenile delinquency." It was also a groundbreaking marriage of pop entertainment and "high culture": choreography that featured classical ballet moves, a score with elements...
...this West Side Story revival worth seeing? Sure it is. The show's daring, its social message, its innovative use of dance, are still impressive - for both a West Side Story veteran and a virgin. But unlike some other recent Broadway comebacks (the revival of Hair, for example), I didn't come away feeling that a great show had had its place in Broadway history triumphantly renewed. I left the theater with the gnawing sense that a revered Broadway classic may have seen better days...
Back on the plains, Strobridge is just trying to save the place he calls home. "At this point," he explains, "we're very frustrated and doing everything we can to make sure if something does come in, it's put in responsibly...
Many finance experts think the rules fall far short. Including, it seems, the SEC's new chairman, Mary Schapiro. In congressional testimony on March 11, two months after she was confirmed to her post, Schapiro said, "I'm not sure if it's enough, to be perfectly honest." On April 15, the SEC will hold a roundtable, to hear from the ratings firms about what they have done to improve things on their own, and also from people who think the entire issuer-pays model needs to be scrapped. "There have been some very thoughtful proposals out there...
...Schmitt from Georgia placed first in a time of 4:35.17.For both athletes, these times were considerably slower than their qualifying times from Ivies, where Clarke raced the 500 yards in 4:42.84 and Mills in 4:43.41.Mills, however, was positive about the experience, since she was not even sure if she would race in NCAAs after undergoing leg surgery last year.“I think we both did well,” Mills said. “For me, I learned some things that I really need to work on. I didn’t have quite...