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When Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk--a musical about the history of black tap-dancing--exploded onto Broadway in 1996, it grabbed four Tony awards and brought crowds of all colors to the theater. Two years later, the show is on its first national tour, and is currently experiencing its first-ever performance run in Boston. Although many of the cast members were plucked straight from the Broadway version, one cannot help but wonder if a tour production of Noise/Funk will live up to the reputation that the original has created. Can such a physically and emotionally...
Fortunately, Reynolds and her funkfilled crew still manage to put on a high-energy show that almost overcomes these obstacles. Although some cynics may write the show off as the precessor to such noise-fests as Stomp and Tap Dogs, Noise/Funk is much more than a mere display of men creating sounds with everyday objects. Although it starts off with an eardrum-shattering intro, the tone of the show quickly quiets down and the real story begins...
...production basically trails the history of tap-dancing in the black community, starting with "In 'Da Beginning," displaying the unspeakable horror of slavery and the passage to America. The painfully slow and tiresome days in the field come next, as information about lynching flashes against the back of the stage. Unexpected bouts of energy keep the audience's hearts racing as well breaking--the image of the field workers suddenly bursting out dancing, even without drums to accompany them, is a hard to forget image, and one that echoes with the production's message of triumph despite extreme adversity. Plus...
...study by Media Metrix found that last year, while 18- to 24-year-olds spent an average of 1,377 minutes a month using their home PCs, the 55-plus generation was logged on 2,299 minutes. Now businesses are rushing to tap what appears to be a market with unlimited potential. Microsoft is spurring the boom by cosponsoring, with the American Association of Retired Persons, a series of 500 free seminars around the country to introduce some 50,000 people over age 50 to the brave new world of computers and the Internet. Once online, these "newbies" are expected...
...perennial theme is how to tap into one's own potential. The result is that Sermons has the flavour of being written not by a preacher, but by a motivational speaker. It is hard not to feel invigorated speaker. It is hard not to feel invigorated when Gomes wants us to spend, not merely Sunday but the rest of the week, pondering that "Everyone of us is born with endowed opportunity...God has destined you for something unique, something singular with your name on it. Your job in life is to find out what that...