Word: backdrop
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Located about 10 minutes from Harvard, Inman Square forms the perfect backdrop for Melo's restaurant, as the neighborhood has been home to generations of Portuguese immigrants...
Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67, who oversees ADAPT, describes the project as "truly fundamental," remarking what he calls "the invisible backdrop of how the University functions...
...movement that exists in perfect harmony with the music. Yo Yo Ma's passionate delivery of the music on stage with the dancers along with the visual splendor of the costumes and sets-a murmur swept through the audience when the curtain rose before the third dance, revealing a backdrop of red and green waves of color-arrested my attention more than the choreography of the dances themselves, which often became hypnotic in the monotony of their movement. The dancers, however, frequently surprised the audience with breathtaking leaps. In the first dance of the program "Falling Down Stairs." one dancer...
...website and the posters, did they actually warrant criminal prosecution? The court and even the plaintiffs admitted that "no statement contained in the text...is expressly threatening." So why were the defendants found guilty? The court believed that threats could be inferred from their actions because of the backdrop of anti-abortion violence in the country. The list, they argued, could easily be construed as a "hit list," providing information for anyone who wants to kill an abortionist. Perhaps it does, but so do the Boston yellow pages. Information about abortionists is by no means hidden or confidential...
Nevertheless, BSO's Madame Butterfly wasstill, on the whole, an enjoyable experience. Theset was exquisite, not overly modern oravant-garde, and accentuated with beautifulOriental designs illuminated on a backdrop oftextured, creamcolored lantern paper. The star ofthe show was invaribly Sharpless (Lucio Gallo),who stole the stage every time he was on it. ButDelligatti's convincing metamorphosis of Butterflyin Act II has to be equally lauded. It was such apleasure to see this opera emphasize Butterfly'scharacter rather than attempt toprovide arationalization for the character flaws of bothPinkerton and Butterfly and inevitably, makingMadame Butterfly a far less compellingstory of human nature