Word: theater
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lloyd Webber's pioneering smash hit Jesus Christ Superstar wedded the manic energy of rock 'n' roll to the musical theater, and appeared on our cover in 1971. Associate Editor Michael Walsh, who wrote this week's profile, met Lloyd Webber in 1984 and has seen him frequently since. "A lot of people say that he's very cold and brusque," notes Walsh, "but I've never known that side of him. He's extremely enthusiastic when talking about musical things." That passion bubbled over at one point during Walsh's interviews for this story. "Lloyd Webber sat down...
...Agassiz Theater...
...PRODUCTION of Godspell at the Agassiz Theater is a quintessential Harvard show. The cast is an outstanding collection of individuals, who can all sing, dance and act with panache...
...Winkle, a 19th century man awoke today in a concert hall or an opera house after decades of slumber, he would find that things had hardly changed. Stirring to life in his seat, he would pick up the comforting strains of a Beethoven symphony. Blinking his eyes in the theater's darkness, he would notice the familiar sets of a Verdi opera. Only after he stumbled to his feet at the end of the program and sought out his horse and carriage would he learn that, for the rest of the world, time had indeed gone...
...Williams' radiant vision of the celestial city, The Pilgrim's Progress. And some company could put itself on the map with a production of Soviet Composer Yuri Shaporin's spectacular Dekabristi (The Decembrists), a thrilling musical melange of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Shostakovich that is also a vivid piece of theater...