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Lucky Lucky Abdullah Ben Bella (Charles Guerrero) is such a lucky Arabic Algerian that he randomly finds a pair of shoes on the ground that are exactly his size. He is also so lucky that the French imperialist soldiers do not bother trying to kill him--they know he's...
Two French soldiers, womanizer Gaston-Phillip (Misha Glouberman) and rock n' roll fan Phillip-Gaston (Scott Cole) wear identical uniforms and mustaches. Neither soldier realizes that the man who wears a soldier's shirt with an Arabic skirt and who periodically reveals his patriotism to the audience is an Algerian...
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What's in an alphabet? For the six Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -- the answer may be cultural identity. As the 55 million inhabitants of the republics, most of them Muslims, consider a new written form of expression to replace...
Among several lavish set pieces, the showstopper is a Turkish scene at the end of the first act. Such exotic interludes were a vogue in the 18th century, and Corigliano and Hoffman mock the form with glee. The setting is an outlandish reception at the Turkish embassy, presided over by...