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After returning her audience to their childhood with “Over the Rainbow,” Fleming then invited the audience to accompany her in a sing-a-long of “Vilja,” from “The Merry Widow.” While Boston’s German is clearly a bit rusty, the audience needed no help singing to the melody—who knew that a couple of hundred Bostonians knew the words to Strauss? Fleming gained more and more verve as she went, clearly responding to the enthuasism of her audience...
...show’s other standards with energy and life. Gillette’s “Only Love,” though barely sung, is delicate and pleasant. As for the supporting players, Glory Crampton and Natalie Toro add terrific vocal presence as the Widow and the Leader, respectively; Franc D’Ambrosio is likeable as Nikos, but one wonders if his transformation at the hands of Zorba need be so obvious...
...first single off the album, “Widow’s Walk,” begins, “Consider me a widow boys and I will tell you why / It’s not the man but the marriage that was drowned.” Presumably because of lyrics like this, and her reluctance or inability to wail, Vega’s output has been classified as “mature” music, without question more of a curse than a blessing in this age of ever younger, nubile stars. Yet, as Dylan proves conclusively...
...arrows of life he'd become. A soulful awareness of the fragility of life and an inexhaustible supply of can-do optimism has been indispensable in getting the city back on its feet without diminishing the horror of its loss. Giuliani can go from empathetic Rudy wrapping a sorrowful widow in his hunched shoulders to traffic warden in a New York minute, barring single-occupancy cars from downtown bridges and tunnels into Manhattan during rush hour. On a typical day last week, he found simple words to console the two children of Inspector Anthony Infante at St. Teresa...
Stepmother of the current President of Indonesia and widow of a former President, Dewi is a TV celebrity in Japan, her native country. Glamorous at 61, Dewi is frequently asked her opinion on everything from political issues to the foibles of the famous. She's also not above promoting cockroach spray. Dewi does not appear to need the money--she has homes in New York City, Paris and Indonesia--but she clearly enjoys the attention...