Word: swingingly
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...Princeton-educated mobster with a heart of gold. This cursory plot summary barely covers the first half of the first act: the rest of the show is taken up by characters second-guessing and double-crossing each other left and right, all to the tune of faux swing hits and blues standards. Add to this complicated plotline a sizeable cast of characters and a multitude of musical numbers (from a musical period that's not that difficult to do but pretty damn difficult to do well) and you've got one ambitious project...
...cast and crew of Antonelli's seem up to the challenge of the swing-era musical: lighting and staging are solid (although there were some opening night snafus), the acting is believable if slow-paced, the onstage band (led by Jon Dinerstein '01) is enthusiastic and the singing is often enjoyable (especially from Kirschner, who's got the chanteuse thing down, when you can hear...
...formulaic nature of film-noir movies in general. Such an idea is ingenious in theory but difficult to pull off in practice, particularly within the confines of musical theater. Essentially, Antonelli's tries so hard to simultaneously revel in and revile its swing-era campiness that it ends up doing neither. Who should we cheer for? Who is fooling whom? The musical plays with the audience a little too much, so confusing them that they become disinterested...
...laptop computer belonging to Karim A. Al-Zand, the head teaching fellow for Literature and Arts B-80: "The Swing Era," was stolen from Al-Zand's office Wednesday morning...
...differences between "dancesport" and conventional sports are difficult to bridge, and will turn off many an average Cowboy-watching, beer guzzling armchair athlete. But Olympic recognition within the next decade seems possible, and if the event's popularity can survive the inevitable end of the swing and Latin pop crazes, there may be a future for ballroom in the NCAA...