Short Takes
January 22, 2011
Tracy Chapman: State of the Union
I had almost stopped thinking about Christina-Taylor Green, the 9-year-old killed in Tucson. Then I read about how her family allowed her organs to be harvested and donated. The right decision, but as a father, very hard to go there. Then I heard Tracy Chapman’s song, "Bang Bang Bang." And then I thought not to spare you. If so inclined, please share.
January 22, 2011
What He Did For Love
There had been tensions, and they came to a head when it was time to tour just as his wife, after a difficult pregnancy, gave birth to a sickly child. What would you do? Peter Gabriel — lead singer of one of the most popular bands on the planet — quit Genesis and chose not to make a guaranteed gazillion. And then he wrote Solsbury Hill: "I walked right out of the machinery/ My heart going boom boom boom/ ‘Son,’ he said, ‘Grab your things/ I’ve come to take you home.’" It’s even more inspiring in concert, so…..
January 17, 2011
Broadway Must-See: ‘The Book of Mormon’
I’m told Sondheim laughed so hard at a rehearsal of "The Book of Mormon" he almost had a medical event. Previews start Feb. 24. Click for tickets. But wait, you say — a musical about Mormons? From the creators of “South Park?” Watch….
