Word: withing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Bial finds the right blend of moralizing and merriment in the last one-act, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss. Here the various citizen Whos take turns telling the tale, and both Bial and the cast skillfully intersperse the traditional storyline about the primacy of Christmas cheer with...
Good things come to those who wait, however, and the second one-act is a decided improvement on the first. In The Long Christmas Dinner, Thorton Wilder returns to Our Town territory as he examines the progression of time through a series of New England Christmas dinners with the Bayard...
The script is at times too obvious, and lines like "It'll all be the same in 100 years" too blatantly draw attention to the cycles of time. But Wilder's play is also filled with more subtle, insightful references to time's passing; the additions to the Bayards' house...
How the Grinch Stole Christmas provides a perfect cap to the evening's entertainment, combining innovation and humor with a healthy little moral. Although Bial's execution is not perfect throughout these three one-acts, one cannot fault his Christmas vision.
Ivanov said there may be a sentiment of "arrogance" in Japan because of a feeling that it was the "winner of the Cold War." As the Soviet Union is forced to face crisis after crisis and the U.S. loses its influence as a major financial power, "Japan can take a...