Word: tale
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...professor recounts a classic tale of education-to-appreciation, involving the electricians who installed "Huru"'s spotlights. Originally frustrated by their laborious work over a "hunk of metal," the electricians, under Tucker's passionate tutelage, came to love the piece. "By the end of the night, one of the workers thought this was the coolest thing on campus," recalls Tucker. "He went into his truck to get his camera, and spent an entire roll of film on ['Huru']." Not surprisingly, the groundskeepers of UMass Boston have had some of the most profound exposure to the artwork and to Tucker...
...inspired by the idea of "truth and reconciliation" she has now decided to step forward and tell the whole tale...
...large crowd in the driveway dispersed in a matter of seconds, as student-cum-partygoers dove into the surrounding bushes and scampered off. By the time the officers exited their car, the entrance to the house was silent and its lights had been extinguished. But a few tell-tale signs remained: The front hall smelled of beer, and the floor was covered in plastic cups...
...from the warden and his frighteningly faithful guards when Valentin, a Marxist revolutionary, is thrust inside the room. Although Molina nurses his fellow prisoner back to health, their relationship becomes anything but friendly: Valentin, a suspected conspirator, wants nothing to do with the "dizzy," chattering Molina. But as this tale unfolds, the cellmates come to learn the importance of friendship in this horrific world. Molina introduces Valentin to the fantasy world of Aurora (Shelby Braxton-Brooks '03) who promises to provide escape and an end to their misery with just one kiss: the Spiderwoman's Kiss of Death...
...member orchestra, coordinated by Philbert Hong '04, proved essential to the success of the musical as it provided exciting interludes and set the atmosphere of this dramatic tale. Set designer Phillipa Brashear '01 and Lighting Designers Emily Oster '02 and Marcie Ulin '02 worked beautifully together to transform the Agassiz into the brutal prison. The direction of the cast by Sara Heller is also highly commendable. It's not every day that a musical about prison life under a dictatorship with a healthy dash of controversial political and social issues can be turned into something as energizing and captivating...