Word: witching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...works from Ireland, Chile and New York City. The dependence is even deeper when it comes to musicals. When three opened in one week last month, the only homegrown entry was Radio Times, recycling half-century-old songs by the author of Me and My Girl. Another, Which Witch, came from Norway, although its spellbinding score and story were hexed by witless local direction...
...Office report earlier this year, simply being homosexual is enough to provoke expulsion without any evidence of misconduct. Since 1982, more than 14,000 people have been kicked out of the military; women were six times as likely to be expelled as men in what has often amounted to witch-hunts. Clinton takes great care to emphasize the difference between sexual orientation and conduct. % Simple homosexual proclivity, he argued, should not be grounds for expulsion. "Clinton's not advocating a homosexual life-style," says Lawrence Korb, a military expert at the Brookings Institution. "He's just supporting the human rights...
Into the Woods tells the fairy tale of a Baker and his Wife who must go on a scavenger hunt to appease the witch next door. Along the way they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack of beanstalk fame, to name just a few. The title of the musical refers to the journey that each of these characters must make in order to fulfill their dreams. In the Act One finale they declare themselves "happy now and happy then, happy ever after," but the second act finds each of them just a little discontent. Their second trip "into...
Christine Kienzle as the Witch also deserves acclaim. She is delightfully malicious in the first act and Kienzle does not make the mistake of letting the Witch get any nicer after her physical transformation. Kienzle is perhaps at her best when she is blithely running down the crimes of the Baker's father: "I'll tell you the same I tell Kings and Queens--never never ever mess around with my greens--especially the beans...
DONENE M. WILLIAMS--Harvard Union ofClerical and Technical Workers president wouldbring a little spunk to the labor department. Avoice for the working people. Chants from thebeltway like "Darkness, darkness, crescent moon,we need to have a contract soon" would reallystick it to Corporate America. Most recently seenparading in a witch costume outside PresidentRudenstine's house...