Word: variously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those countries have in various degreesaccepted the reforms introduced by Soviet leaderMikhail S. Gorbachev. Hard-line leaders whorejected change--Erich Honecker in East Germany,Todor Zhivkov in Bulgaria, and most recently MikosJakes of Czechoslovakia--have been ousted...
...grid rather than the campus grid -- an off- kilter tilt of 12 1/4 degrees. Within the complex, he has laid down still more grids to play with: the 12-ft. modules of white steel scaffolding, structural columns set 24 ft. apart, decorative columns 48 ft. apart. He lets these various grids overlap and collide, creating quirky niches and three- dimensional geometric cat's cradles everywhere. Inside, the experience of architectural structure is nearly kinetic: as you enter, a fake beam shoots past at eye level and simply stops in midair, cleanly cut off, while a fake column stops...
Perhaps I should have known better. I should have been able to read the ethnocentric slant of the course in its syllabus: "...Still others whose work will be read or viewed have tried to understand not only how various 'different' people live, but to what ultimate...moral and religious or philosophical purpose, if any, they adhere...
...Thoreau (Josh Frost) ditsy rather than wise. But in the course of the performance, the play takes form. Lawrence and Lee use a series of flashbacks explaining Thoreau's civil disobedience and his getting out of jail, as well as a dream sequence involving the Mexican war. Also, various characters, such as Emerson and Thoreau's mother, appear to say things from the past, as voices from Thoreau's memory...
...music, composed and directed by Jennifer Gierling and performed by "Negative Feedback" (Peter Lindberg, John Byrd, Michael Shindlinger, Martin Harris and Gierling), is an integral part of the performance. Unfortunately, most of the songs, performed by various actors throughout the play, take themselves too seriously and are too intense and angry to be really enjoyed...