A trickster theme and Holst's tricky music unite these two mini-operas, whose moods couldn't be more different.
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This modest production, while splashily costumed and generally well acted, proves disappointingly passionless,.
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Evita remains a triumph of musical theater and this production with its fantastic star is every bit worthy of the hype.
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Bree Benton, alias Poor Baby Bree, is a one-woman vaudeville revival machine, and I for one am glad it's in good working order
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Castles, sunsets, and sheep who wander off their field and onto a traffic median, where they continue peacefully grazing. That's Wales.
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More castles and a side trip to Portmerion, one of the strangest places in the world, brought us near the end of our adventure.
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Surprisingly, this artful sequel sounds like Jethro Tull of old.
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