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'Alumnus Stephen Brown att
May 16 concert at Death Valle
about the experience.
STEPHEN BROWN Special to the Can
So what exactly is up with that
standing front and center as
international mega-pop group U2
Is it a canny tribute to corporat
cynical stab at the rock group's ov,
past? A "U" upside-down? Or, a ga
future of rock V roll?
I suspect it's a little of all thei
sprinkled with a soaring nostalgia f
and stories and a yearning for the en
coaster that screeches forward wit
of a new album and tour. The arch ai
represent a grown-up taste of \
imagination ? a re-invention of a p
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its own original version of the real
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iatre has staged a musical for the young an
if you're anything in between,
mer brings you The Fantasticks," a romai
fall in love and lose their naivete discove
. The boy and girl live next door to each (
wall between the two houses to keep then:
it secretly and fall in love. But, little do ti
I hoping the children would fall in love an
y focuses on the coming of age of the two t
the musical, they dream of marrying am
ver, in the second act the two choose to sep
I be as exciting as the books they've read,
nters society and is immediately kidnappe
jjected to public torture.
Las a love aflair with a bandit, who shows h
1 be beautiful if she looks at it through a
cal number "Round and Round" is a comm
lass to the suffering of the lower class. Wht
e's able to separate herself from the tortur
stead finding it "amusing."
! bandit abandons the girl, stealing a neckl
Doy and girl meet again and decide they v
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lical, created by 'Ibm Jones and Harvey ?
Bernard College in 1959. A year later, thi
tillage, and was later billed the longest i
1 issues the story touches on are profound, ai
die play was first presented. However, 1
f tlie stray combined with the outdated writi
} for children, who will enjoy the periodic
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i impromptu tunes like
Stand By Me" within the
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Bono scored a hit with
iny of "Gone," he sounded
Vill Send His Angels," a
antly better on the album,
rrent smash "Staring at
jveral words while tiying
itar.
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or the politically-chaiged
band stuck to a package
jst hits.
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illic lemon to dazzle the
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cotheque" and a techno
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heir Batman Forever hit
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d escaping to a fantasy
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ter that all of the world's
mask he has given her.
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