KALISTE, CZECH REPUBLIC — I slept very well in the house where Gustav Mahler was born, waking in the morning to the bright sound of chirping birds in the trees outside my window.
The sun is shining brighter, the birds are chirping louder, and the turmoil and all-encompassing evil of the show's ongoing plot are back in their rightful place.
Emily Bergl, an incandescent kewpie doll with a bright Betty Boop-inflected chirp, a defiant flounce and a sharp comedic edge, took the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel by storm on Tuesday evening.
Old Beijingers have a hobby of keeping caged birds that sing – their bright, melodic chirps are a pleasant wake-up call, even if you're not an early riser.
Alleys, imperial architecture, concrete sprawl Old Beijingers have a hobby of keeping caged birds that sing – their bright, melodic chirps are a pleasant wake-up call, even if you're not an early riser.
Page B12 Arts CABARET HITS THE OAK ROOM, PRIMED FOR A NEW ERA Emily Bergl, an incandescent kewpie doll with a bright Betty Boop-inflected chirp, a defiant flounce and a sharp comedic edge, took the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel by storm, writes Stephen Holden.
Coke is everywhere, and, in a further indignity, Alex's sister drops her studies and goes to work at a Burger King, where she becomes a chirping parrot in a bright, pink-and-yellow uniform.
The bright fourth movement brings a tantalizing combination of jazzy rhythm (a Harbison trademark) and chirping woodwinds, all topped by intricate, lightning-fast figurations in the solo part almost reminiscent of a hoedown.
It's a big, bright, open space, designed to look like a Modernist cabin: all white tiles and polished wood, with chirping bird sounds and a modular Ron Arad Do-Lo-Res Do-Lo-Res Do-Lo-Res
