Word: talented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though the Big Green boast the experience of a five-senior roster, Harvard's top-to-bottom talent and promising youth have sustained its April run. The surprisingly strong play of freshman William Lee against Yale and previous Ivy League opponents has added depth to the Crimson lineup...
...would be hard to pick out who was the greatest player of all time. Even in his prime, Gretzky wasn't very fast; his shot was oddly weak, and he was last on the team in strength training. As he said in Ottawa on Thursday, "Maybe it wasn't talent the Lord gave me. Maybe it was the passion." He would operate from his "office," the small space in back of the opponent's goal, anticipating where his teammates would be well before they got there and feeding them passes so unexpected he would often surprise them. For a cover...
...People should have listened on Friday not out of pity for Linkous's painful past however, but because of the talent they were fortunate to hear. His harsh personal experiences come across in the quiet desperation in his songs, but he does not whine. Instead, he crafts silvery plaintive ballads and shouts distortedly through loud, always oddly melodious numbers. Linkous does not aim to please. Like most uncompromising music, his is not instantly accesible, and Sparklehorse songs gain much from the attentive listening that many at the Middle East did not attempt. During "Junebug," a hushed, plaintive encore...
...actors, unfortunately, don't do much better. Paul Dobie, as the incestuous Uncle Ernie, displays genuine vocal talent, but the new staging--or lack thereof--of "Fiddle About," in which he molests Tommy, features none of the tasteful (yes, you read that right) shock value that the original production bears and instead leaves the audience squirming uncomfortably in their seats. Virginia Woodruff (the Gypsy Queen) shows strong potential, but poor blocking and choreography prevent her from shining the way her solo "Acid Queen" could. Christopher Monteleone (Captain Walker) displays little-to-no chemistry with his shrill melodramatic wife (played...
Denise Summerford, as Sally Simpson, is by far the brightest-burning beacon of talent in the cast. Though her moments onstage are painfully sparse, she belts her solos with enough charm, spunk and spirit almost to compensate for the poorly-timed lighting designs and zero-imagination choreography she's stuck in--almost...