Word: pangloss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...went. Nuccio's performance as Voltaire himself, Dr. Pangloss, Cacambo and Martin wowed the audience. One of Nuccio's most memorable numbers is in the angrily energetic "Auto Da Fe" (riot), when he, playing Dr. Pangloss, sings about how he contracted a virus most resembling syphilis in an attempt to save himself from execution for heresy. At several points he breaks into a curious Russian dance, the ensemble matching his energy and spirit as they kick and push him towards one of the black poles, set up as a gallows. Not only is the song about his contraction...
...plays the more-jaded-than-thou Old Lady, and in the process loses herself and the audience in her mezzo warble. She milks what lines are comprehensible (and even some that aren't) for all they're worth. Rounding out the cast is David Evitts, as the bumbling master Pangloss and Voltaire himself, adding as much spice as he can to his limited part...
Specialty bookstores like Pangloss Books are struggling to pay high building rents, while chains such as WordsWorth Books are thriving...
...Pangloss is one of the few remaining stores of its sort in the world," Bradstreet said. The shop had been featured in the London Times as one of the best bookstores of its kind, she said...
...store's owners said if they can't relocate, Pangloss could close. It would be the latest in a series of closures of Harvard Square bookstores...