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...Ohio State University in 1997. Ebert has also gone back to write an additional "reconsideration" of a half-dozen select Scorsese titles. Even for those who consider themselves devout fans of the Scorsese canon, Scorsese By Ebert helps readers to see the overriding arc that connects his various titles - the themes of guilt, sin, ego and hope that surface time and again...
...Movement. Martinez has been working as a waitress at the Hilton Hotel in Long Beach, Calif. for 11 years. She said that working conditions have degenerated since the management of the hotel was turned over four years ago to HEI Hotels and Resorts, a company supported by funds from various university endowments. “The way they manage those hotels is just horrible,” Martinez said. “Before, when it was the Hilton, we had double the employees. Now they are trying to do the job with half the people.” According...
...moved around and create the rest of the spectacle.There are a number of scenes that feature nearly a dozen people on-stage at a time, requiring complicated choreography for the characters dancing or singing or wreaking havoc. When Nicolae and Elena are chased by revolutionary forces, soldiers hoist the various backdrops, spinning them around the stage as the two characters run frantically to escape. The result is a well-created sense of chaos, a bit clunky in its execution, but astounding in its conception.The overlying nonsensical nature does not, however, detract from the serious condition. Instead, there is something like...
...summer while training for a half-marathon to raise money for cancer. A combination of local businesses, individual students, and student groups cooperated with Lowell House to put the dance together. “It’s been really cool to get the opportunity to coordinate with various student groups, and the masters at Lowell were amazing,” Hirschl said. “We couldn’t have asked for more support.” Students at the event said they were enthusiastic both about the event itself and its cause. “More College...
...actors on stage who were doing something completely unrelated to the central action of the moment. Although this made the plot difficult to follow, it added greatly to the energy and swift action of the play. Videt beautifully utilized an enormous white curtain throughout the play, imitating things as various as the ice sheets where the Neolithic body was found or Virgil and Alice’s ruffled bed covers. A convention of scientists from all around the world, attempting to piece together the life of the Neolithic man, provided one of the play’s most entertaining scenes...