Word: villa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...breaking genre boundaries, mixing in elements of rock concerts or performance art. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a hot ticket for months, is the life story of a transsexual rock star, told in the form of an autobiographical nightclub act. De La Guarda's circus-like theater piece, Villa Villa, features performers who swoop and soar on cables above the audience (which stands during the entire 60-min. spectacle). "These shows are reinventing theatrical language," says David Binder, a De La Guarda co-producer, "for an audience that thought the theater had nothing to say to them...
...combines her strong, powerful voice with a memorable performance. When, for example, Malcolm sends Charlotte to tell Anne of Frederik's adultery, Baal evokes real sympathy from the audience as a woman caught between loving her husband and hating his infidelity. When the action moves to Leonora's country villa, Baal's poignant misery continues to stand out as her love for the Count drives her to ridiculous lengths...
...benign, grandfatherly image. But in countries like the U.S., where Pinochet assassins executed one of his exiled opponents in 1976, he's unlikely to get much sympathy. "The international community is sending a very positive signal for democracy and human rights," says Palma. Retired Chilean army General Luis Cortes Villa, head of the Pinochet Foundation, called the London arrest "an act of cowardice" for rousting Pinochet out of bed at midnight in his frail condition. Perhaps, but compared with the brutal days of Pinochet's rule, it seemed civilized enough...
...year-old camper was pulled from the jaws of a mountain lion by a 16-year-old counselor on a hiking trail near Missoula, Mont. The animal slunk away and was later tracked and killed; the child suffered puncture wounds and numerous scratches. In April, in Villa Park, Calif., which is about six miles east of Disneyland, a cougar climbed into a pine tree in Alice Thompson's backyard, leaped onto her front porch and nudged at the door before trying to jump a fence into a neighboring yard. Animal-control officials killed the 97-lb. male and later discovered...
SELLER Paula Abdul BUYER Tom Arnold DESCRIPTION Beaut peach 6,800-sq.-ft. Spanish-style villa in excl 90210 ZIP. Gated comm, 5 brs, pond w exotic Japanese fish, fntn, winding pool leads to sunny kit. Many convs. Stunning vus PRICE $2.4 million (although it was valued at $3.2 million...