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...Cinderella punctuate the second and third Acts. In the ballroom dance, 12 couples richly dressed in deep crimson embroidered with gold, intricately and rhythmically weave through the space. The court jester, performed by Daniel Meja, captivated the audience with his surprising and sly movement, expressing through dance a complex wit. Lastly, Prince Charming, performed by Lazlo Berdo, penetrated the space with his deep chaussees and powerful tour jetes. Despite his technical expertise, his movements felt princely stiff, counterbalancing Cinderella's fairy-tale flatness. While this combination leaves the first pas de deux lacking, the tenderness and grace of two lovers...
Combining wit, charm, and what President Bill Clinton has termed "angelic funk," White House Director of Communications George Stephanopoulos spoke before a packed crowd at the Kennedy School on Saturday...
...hint of madness, then suggests how hard it is to distinguish between madness and vision. Ron Rifkin, who had a career-transforming success in The Substance of Fire, is even better in Three Hotels. Christine Lahti gives the less nuanced role of the wife an eerie blend of wit, charm and detachment...
What went wrong? Trillin, a New Yorker staff writer, sets out to find the truth, armed only with his wit and a handful of clues. En route Trillin recalls a time when striving was considered something a gentleman just didn't do. After all, why should he? Postgraduate privileges were guaranteed to go along with his Yale sheepskin. And then came the '60s: the Vietnam War, the civil rights struggle, the sexual revolution. "There is a common feeling among people my age," Trillin says, "that somehow the rules got changed in the middle of the game...
...Fogg exhibition "La Caricature: Wit, Humor and Politics in French Caricature, 1830-1835" spotlights the master of the form, Honore Daumier. Daumier and his contemporaries created the pieces in this small show in response to the activities of the French monarchy...