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...jazz, sung with appropriate swagger and well-coordinated stage direction that emphasizes the awkwardness of the moment for Albert. Imitation folk songs are sung in a child’s squeal. Mock-Italian quintet singing is delivered with appropriate exuberance. Herring hiccups repeatedly to the “Tristan und Isolde” chord before he goes out for his night on the town—Britten’s in-joke to regular operagoers, and one entirely appropriate for an opera that depicts desire as transgressive as Wagner’s, but with infinitely more levity...
...first five minutes of Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty has more real, squirm-inducing human behavior on display than in all the sitcom Sturm und Drang of God of Carnage. We're plunged into the middle of a screaming fight between Greg and Steph, 20-somethings who have been living together for four years. She is furious over a disparaging comment (repeated to her by a girlfriend) he apparently made about her looks. LaBute's sharp dialogue avoids zingers but captures the way people really act when they are hurt and angry: irrational, inarticulate, unconsciously (and often consciously...
...Germans were gobsmacked. Who was this young upstart? Karl-Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg is a baron, the son of an aristocratic family in Franconia, in southern Germany. His family can trace its tree all the way back to the 12th century. Zu Guttenberg studied political science and law before entering politics and is married to 32 year-old Stephanie, the Countess of Bismarck-Schönhausen, a descendant of the "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck. (Read a TIME story on Otto von Bismarck...
...meeting [Friday] night with the team, just telling us that we got some bad bounces last night and things like that happen, but the main point for us was that we all have to stick together and keep working hard.”Not to be outdone, UND sought to take control of the match’s momentum early. However, the Sioux committed a pair of penalties within the first two minutes of the match that gave Harvard a 5-on-3 advantage. Freshman forward Alex Killorn received the puck from sophomore forward Michael Biega on the right-hand...
Harvard’s best opportunity came when two UND skaters were sent to the box 5:35 into the second period, giving the Crimson two full minutes with a 5-on-3 advantage. But Fighting Sioux netminder Brad Eidsness stopped all eight Harvard shots during the power play, limiting the Crimson to its lone goal for the night...