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...complete downer is a tribute largely to the flavorful music of Harry Connick Jr., the jazzman making his first foray into Broadway. Connick does best, not surprisingly, with the Dixieland-style numbers meant to evoke the period. But he also shows impressive range, with Sondheim-esque character songs, a sweet children's ditty ("Tug Boat"), and the jabbing bass notes that italicize the moments of violence and sexual heat...
...this story the emotional punch it is striving for. Norbert Leo Butz, against all odds, becomes the standout in the cast, turning from sickly victim into a song-and-dance ghost, who comments ironically on the couple's plight in a swinging, Cy Colemanesque number, "Oh! Ain't That Sweet," that almost stops the show. The irony is somewhat jarring, since nothing in the oh-so-serious first act prepares us for it. Still, it achieves the purpose of giving us an attitude toward the tragic denouement, apart from sheer depression, which is not a good thing to be humming...
...cheerful countenance, is far from utopian. As Martínez said to The Crimson last week, “though they may celebrate certain parts of their lives, especially culturally, how much a part of the modern world they are, the whole thing isn’t like some sweet American Dream for them. If it is, it’s a dream with nightmarish edges...
After the ballet segment, the show switches gears to a more modern vein with “Still Rising,” choreographed by Shelby Braxton-Brooks ’03. The background music to the dancing alternates between poetry from Maya Angelou, music from Sweet Honey in the Rock and silence. Thirteen girls interpret the poetry of Angelou (which they also deliver vocally) with their movements in an attempt, according to the program, to “connect the spoken word with the moving...
...drawn to cigars for a variety of reasons, including image, relaxation and a desire to break the rules of conventional female behavior. One sophomore government concentrator in Leverett House, whose father smoked cigars, says,“The cigar smell reminds me of home. It’s sweet, and like a fireplace in the winter.” For her, cigar smoking can also be an act of rebellion. Though she claims that she is not picky about the types of cigars she smokes, she prefers Cuban Monte Cristos and finds cigar shops...