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...Here's a roundup of the best routes: Berlin: Journey through recent German history on the No. 100 double-decker bus as it crosses from the former West Berlin to what was once East Berlin. Catch it at the zoo, and look for the bomb-damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Church tower, left as a reminder of the horrors of war. After passing the House of World Cultures, known by locals as the Pregnant Oyster, the bus approaches the Reichstag. It sports a huge glass dome by British architect Norman Foster that sits over the plenary hall - from the viewing deck inside...
...year 1530 in England, the yeomen in question guard the Tower of London, where unjustly accused sorcerer Colonel Fairfax awaits his execution. Sergeant Meryll (Bo Meng ’06) and his daughter Phoebe (Jess G. Peritz ’06) hatch a plan to bust him out for their own personal reasons. Marriage, hiding, confusion, and general amusement ensue...
...field near Shanksville, Pa. But there are many Americans for whom the dark place of a movie auditorium is a last refuge from reality. The trailer for United 93 has upset viewers with its gritty evocation of that day, especially a shot of the plane hitting the second tower of the World Trade Center. Audiences who wouldn't flinch at slasher movies and serial-killer thrillers have shouted back at the previews. A multiplex in Manhattan yanked the trailer after complaints from patrons. Some were angry, some in tears. They felt violated to see, in the guise of entertainment...
Last performed by HRG&SP in the fall of 2001, “Yeomen” tells the story of Colonel Fairfax (Noah Van Niel ’08), prisoner and falsely accused sorcerer who finds himself incarcerated in the Tower of London. While imprisoned, Fairfax manages to marry Elsie Maynard (Celia R. Maccoby ’07), a singer whose commitment is questionable: she is already engaged to a jester named Jack Point (Samuel Gale Rosen ’06). Fairfax’s rather blatant admirer, Phoebe Meryll (Jessica G. Peritz ’06) helps...
...SP’s interpretation promises to be an exciting reinvention of an old favorite. What’s more, the show casts the Tower of London as a puppet, lending a slightly off-beat vibe to the show. As HRG&SP President Casey M. Lurtz ’07 notes, ““Yeomen of the Guard” is the closest Gilbert & Sullivan [came] to a serious dramatic work.” The variety and hilarity in “Yeomen” promise to make it an exciting production...