After such a bitter conflict, one might wonder if the Boa Morte sisters would continue to stage celebrations in honor of the Virgin Mary.
Eugene's high school had staged "Celebration" his sophomore year, and Mr. Baxter, the drama teacher, had cast Eugene as Orphan, one of the leads.
This mostly genial, often funny omnibus is essentially a staged celebration of the recent advances in winning marital rights for gay and lesbian couples, and how the changing laws are changing lives.
Often a visa is available only during a staged state celebration, like Saddam Hussein's obscene birthday parties or the anniversary of a revolution.
Festivals can feed you rhetoric about rules not applying in their multi-stage celebrations of not plagiarising Pitchfork's 'Best New Music' list so much that they could get sued but the reality is that, if you feed yourself, one immutable rule remains: people are going to need to slide out some of the Devil's rope while they are there.
On Saturday and next Sunday, 14 of them will stage a "Celebration of Dance -- 2002".
(Turturro does a fine high-stepping, boot-tapping cakewalk around the stage in celebration of this social and financial coup).
Over 60,000 fans paid tribute to founder Juan Atkins who, along with techno godfathers Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, will host a stage in celebration of the label.
If there is an ideal place to stage a celebration of Arnold Wesker, who died in April, it is obviously the Royal Court theatre.
On Nov. 4, the Irish Repertory Theater in Manhattan will stage a celebration hosted by the poet Paul Muldoon and featuring the novelist Colum McCann, Jean Kennedy Smith, former Ambassador to Ireland, and other guests.
