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...Office Depot, it takes only one person to change a light bulb, but that person happens to be the new CEO, Steve Odland, hired on March 11. "Every little step matters," says Odland, who estimates that more efficient lighting in stores could save the company at least $1 million a year. "By working on our annual telecom bills," he adds, "we can save [another] seven figures." Small change, you say? Perhaps. But in Office Depot's battle with rival office-supply giant Staples, he needs all the help he can get. For growth, Odland is backing a marketing initiative with...
...Odland's target customers, he says, "It's sometimes assumed that people are coming to our stores for home or personal supplies. But our focus is on businesses." So noted. --By Jeremy Caplan
...music of composer and sound designer Bruce Odland brings the songs of the spirit Ariel (Benjamin Evett) to life. Evett's great falsetto and mysterious vibrato make the songs sound magical and strange. Yet his conch shell allows for diversity: Ariel does everything from a rap segment-using the conch as percussion-to a call in which he speaks through the amplifying and distorting shell...
...heart of Daniels' modern interpretation lie the play's masques, which originally incorporated images of the Roman goddesses Juno, Iris and Ceres. Daniels replaces Shakespeare's masques with new ones written and composed by Odland with the help of anthropologist David Guss. These masques, performed by Europe, Americas, and Africa, are intended to represent themes of nature and multiculturalism to a modern audience. Unfortunately, Daniels' masques replace a considerable chunk of the original text: but then again, Shakespeare's masques never got an audience to clap along...
Much of the music (Bruce Odland) brings this play ominously into the present: during the set changes, a deep bass beat reminiscent of rap and house rhythms pumps through the theatre, bringing to mind those pounding cars which thump through the city streets and disturb the peace of those who prefer their quiet space...