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Bad Kreuznach
Bad Kreuznach , city (1994 pop. 42,960), Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany, on the Nahe River. Its manufactures include optical instruments, tires, machinery, and leather. Bad Kreuznach was probably settled in the Stone Age. Its radioactive salt baths have been frequented since Roman times, when it... Read more |
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Bad Breath
Bad breath Definition Bad breath, also called halitosis, is an unpleasant odor of the breath. Usually it is due to poor hygiene, but it can be an indication of underlying health problems. Description Bad breath is likely to be experienced by most adults and many children, at least occasionally.... Read more |
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Bad Faith
BAD FAITH The fraudulent deception of another person; the intentional or malicious refusal to perform some duty or contractual obligation. Bad faith is not the same as prior judgment or negligence. One can make an honest mistake about one's own rights and duties, but when the rights of someone... Read more |
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Blackface
Blackface BLACKFACE IN NORTH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL BLACKFACE BIBLIOGRAPHY Blackface, which dates back to as early as the Middle Ages, is the theater performance practice of wearing soot, cosmetics, paint, or burnt cork to blacken the face. In medieval and Renaissance English theater,... Read more |
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Arbitrary
ARBITRARY Irrational; capricious. The term arbitrary describes a course of action or a decision that is not based on reason or judgment but on personal will or discretion without regard to rules or standards. An arbitrary decision is one made without regard for the facts and circumstances... Read more |
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Carry Moore Nation
Carry Moore Nation 1846-1911, American temperance advocate, b. Garrard co., Ky. During her childhood her family moved a great deal, finally settling at Belton, Mo., where she married (1867) Charles Gloyd, a physician. She abandoned Gloyd when he became a hopeless alcoholic, and in 1877 she married... Read more |
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Pecks Bad Boy
Peck's Bad Boy (1884), a play by Charles Pidgin. [Haverly's New York Comedy Theatre, 40 perf.] Young Henry Peck ( William Carroll) is the bane of his neighborhood, creating mayhem wherever he might be, whether that is his own home, the local grocery and drug stores, or out on a picnic.... Read more |
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Battle of Matapan
Matapan, battle of, 1941. At a time when Britain was standing alone against the axis powers, victories were scarce. In the Mediterranean, however, the Italian fleet was poorly led and badly deployed. On 28 March 1941, a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Pridham-Wippell, comprising three... Read more |
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Munich Pact
Munich Pact 1938. In the summer of 1938, Chancellor Hitler of Germany began openly to support the demands of Germans living in the Sudetenland (see Sudetes ) of Czechoslovakia for an improved status. In September, Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudetenland. Disorders broke out in... Read more |
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SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES.
...Just ask Sleeping Beauty, whose 900...returns with Sleeping Beauty Wakes...Welcome to Sleeping Beauty Wakes...invite the Bad Fairy to...sleep and time by setting...Deaf West ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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NEW STAGE IN KEVIN SPACEY'S CAREER INTERESTS OF OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR LEAN...
...adulterer, at worst a brutal...American Beauty'' (1999...s-he-sleeping-with innuendos...online peer-review community...com) for new screenwriters...in first-time writer...there's theater. Spacey...Spacey, a ... |
 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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A LITTLE LONG, BUT MORE BEAUTY THAN...
...Bornstein News Theater Critic INFOBOX BEAUTY AND THE BEAST...60 Running time: Two hours...colonization of Times Square in New York. A late generation of the Beauty and the Beast...entire film, ... |
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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'SISTERELLA' AN ENERGETIC MISFIRE.(L.A. LIFE) (theater review)
...Miller Daily News Theater Critic Musical theater meets MTV in...Cinderella," set in New York City in 1912...confined), the "Beauty and the Beast...rightful heir? Worse, the action...an idea whose time has ... |
 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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THEATER REVIEW; 4-ISH; Finally, hip-hop flavors a wild romp at CTC.(NEWS)
...better or worse. Or why the theater had to go...splendid "Sleeping Beauty," with...performance times. Exactly...street-theater revue, this...truants, in New York City. The...street ... |
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Valhalla.(theater review)(Theater Review)
(New York Theater Workshop; 188 seats; $60 top) A New York Theater Workshop presentation...Reviewed Feb. 3. Running time: 1 HOUR, 45 MIN...play are in thrall to beauty, but the ... |
 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Martins' Efficient Beauty, A Showcase for New Auroras.(Culture)(Dance review)
...Gottlieb The Sleeping Beauty is the greatest...first saw in New York in 1949 and...of her time. Alas...back in a new version staged...the State Theater. The Martins...in a 1946 review of the ... |
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Juvenilia.(theater review)(Theater Review)
...Dec. 19. Running time: 1 HOUR, 55 MIN...them making their New York theater debut) who understand...irresistible. Your basic bad-boy rebel, Brodie...dazzle them with her beauty, challenge them with...trash, and by the ... |
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`Fairy Tales' is gay, but it isn't for kids.(VARIETY)(Review) (theater review)
...not include Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella...was done in New York last year by...significance: "It's time for you to come...song about the bad boy; a guy...got a lot o' bad, bad grammar, ... |
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The Lieutenant of Inishmore.(Theater review)
(Atlantic Theater Company; 165...An Atlantic Theater Company presentation...24. Running time: 2 HOURS...first major New York success with "The Beauty Queen of Leenane...Wee Thomas is worse than ... |
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