Word: tenoritis
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...only act but they can actually sing Sondheim's tortuous lyrics. Particularly notable are Joel Derfner as Tobias, Carolyn Rendell as the Beggar Woman and Adam Feldman as Beadle Bamford. Derfner is almost a little too campy and needed to project more but his wide blue eyes and clear tenor are perfect for the waif befriended by Mrs. Lovett. Rendell, a Crimson contributing reporter, is a terrific actor and the complexity of her music allows you to forgive the occasional vocal lapse. With great comic instinct Feldman turns an unmemorable spear-carrier role into a scene-stealing portrayal...
...four Kennedy-Nixon debates were a glorious success. But for those who longed for something grander, for rhetoric that might rival the Lincoln-Douglas encounters of 1858, for crystal- clear arguments over relevant issues, for clues about potential for presidential leadership, those inaugural debates were a bitter disappointment. The tenor was set with the first reporter's question, a classic softball lobbed right at Senator Kennedy: "Why do you think people should vote for you rather than the Vice President...
...good thing Bill Clinton has a job -- he'd never make a living with his tenor sax. Sure, it took guts to play on The Arsenio Hall Show, and sure, he looked cool in those shades. As a musician, however, he was in way over his head. Of the two numbers he played, Clinton seemed more at home on Heartbreak Hotel; his growly sound suited the rhythm-and-blues genre, though his attacks were sloppy. Billie Holiday's ballad God Bless the Child was a mess. Clinton's phrasing was unsure, his tone thin, his melodic lines disintegrated into meaningless...
...rabbi until he happened upon a student production of Wonderful Town and felt overwhelmed by "the explosion of color and light and sound." His revivals have ranged from an acidulous The Front Page to a pixilated Anything Goes; his new works have varied from the farcical Lend Me a Tenor to the philosophical Six Degrees of Separation. What all Zaks shows have in common is hurtling energy, utter clarity and stylishness that somehow never intrude on the honesty of the characters...
...removed from office after the Rodney King beating. Instead, the city's civil service laws give Mayor Tom Bradley no authority over the city's top cop, who can be fired only for corruption or criminal behavior. During his 14 years as chief, the controversial Gates had set the tenor of a macho, take- no-nonsense police force. Despite cries for his resignation, Gates clung to his job -- and only reluctantly agreed to retire at the end of June. It was too late. On April 29, 3 1/2 hours after the verdict in the King case was announced, Gates left...