Sunday, April 29, 2007

Agustin said it's the best shop




From: Eugenio
Subject: Agustin said it's the best shop

Galati asked the producers to bring in Graciela Daniele to rework the musical staging. Dendy left two weeks after the Chicago opening. (The producers had initially insisted on keeping the Irish dancing to a minimum, to put off the perception that this was “Riverdance II.”) American diplomats complained to their counterparts in Beijing. Three months after the Chinese launching, a new debate has developed as to whether the administration properly handled the episode or missed an opportunity to discourage the Chinese from crossing a new military threshold.
“I think it is fair to say that nobody knows whether the Chinese would have deferred or canceled the test,” the administration official added. The mobile missile launcher for the SC-19 was repeatedly detected on the Songlin pad, according to American officials familiar with the classified reports. The United States Air Force was carefully tracking the satellite on the day of the test, checking its location six times that day instead of the normal two, according to Geoff Forden, a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But in the days leading up to the opening, several members of the production said there was a sense that perhaps the creative team had finally gotten it right.
Doherty, in a phone interview after the opening, said they thought the reviews were aimed more at the genre than at the show itself, coming from, Mr. The critic for The Tribune who had been negative but encouraging in his review of the show in Chicago, saw it again in New York and said big problems remained. They are even talking about international tours. The latter-day treehouse, in other words, is a comforting, inviting place: “It’s the opposite in spirit of that members-only enclave, the He-Man Woman Haters Club.” I’m also hoping to use less energy and to reduce our monthly electric bills which hit the absurdly high level of $1,120 last summer.
Clotheslines are banned or restricted by many of the roughly 300,000 homeowners’ associations that set rules for some 60 million people. When I called to ask, our Rolling Hills Community Association told me that my laundry had to be completely hidden in an enclosure approved by its board of directors.
The Chinese probably concluded that we were in no position to complain about their test.” General Pace, however, had little luck in discussing China’s antisatellite program during a visit to China last month. “You’re in a rehearsal room, right in there with the hearts and souls of the actors; you see the whites of their eyes,” Ms. And then,” she said, making a face of pained disappointment, “you go, ‘Oh.’ ” Schönberg on “Miss Saigon” and came to opening night in Chicago, not, he insisted, at an invitation to be a show doctor, but as a curious acquaintance who happened to be in town. Minutes into the musical, he said, he recognized the disease and had his diagnosis. Maltby wrote in his conclusion, “partly because I’m fond of you and Claude-Michel, but it’s even more because I think that you have a really great musical here, potentially, if it can just be unlocked and released.”
But the day after the disappointing Chicago opening Mr. All of this cost money of course in additional creative fees, rehearsal fees and union fees. American diplomats complained to their counterparts in Beijing.
What administration officials did not say is that as the Chinese were preparing to launch their antisatellite weapon, American intelligence agencies had issued reports about the preparations being made at the Songlin test facility. Lewis of the New America Foundation said that the United States might have persuaded the Chinese to defer the test, short of meeting their demand for a ban on space weapons.“The Bush administration watched them conduct two earlier tests and did not say a word,” he said. The Chinese probably concluded that we were in no position to complain about their test.” Nobody expected perfection at that point, but this wasn’t the musical they had been working on. “With most shows it’s very hard to define what the problem is,” Mr. A letter like that is all but an invitation to be brought on to the creative team, which is exactly what happened, after the usual salary negotiations.
But while everyone had decided that the storytelling was unclear, it wasn’t the only problem. Lewis of the New America Foundation said that the United States might have persuaded the Chinese to defer the test, short of meeting their demand for a ban on space weapons. I don’t think we could have talked them out of testing against a target.” Nobody expected perfection at that point, but this wasn’t the musical they had been working on.
“You’re in a rehearsal room, right in there with the hearts and souls of the actors; you see the whites of their eyes,” Ms. Critics would echo their concerns, with The Chicago Tribune calling it “far from ship-shape,” though several reviews said it was salvageable with a substantial reworking. Schönberg on “Miss Saigon” and came to opening night in Chicago, not, he insisted, at an invitation to be a show doctor, but as a curious acquaintance who happened to be in town. “Then it goes up on the stage to do technical rehearsal, and there’s a period of three weeks for a show like this, and you lose touch entirely. “With most shows it’s very hard to define what the problem is,” Mr.
“In this case it was like I was reading an X-ray.” Maltby wrote in his conclusion, “partly because I’m fond of you and Claude-Michel, but it’s even more because I think that you have a really great musical here, potentially, if it can just be unlocked and released.”
Daniele, and had wanted to work with her when he joined “The Pirate Queen” in the first place, but Mark Dendy was already the show’s lead choreographer. Acoustic alterations were made to the stage so the Irish dancing sounded just right. Three months after the Chinese launching, a new debate has developed as to whether the administration properly handled the episode or missed an opportunity to discourage the Chinese from crossing a new military threshold. The events show that the administration felt constrained in its dealings with China because of its view that it had little leverage to stop an important Chinese military program, and because it did not want to let Beijing know how much the United States knew about its space launching activities. “It makes a mockery of China’s space weapons diplomacy,” he said. “There were certain things that they were very open about, but they were not open about that,” he said. And then,” she said, making a face of pained disappointment, “you go, ‘Oh.’ ”
If it’s opening night in New York, the adage goes, you lie your head off; out of town you stick to cold truth. Galati directed “Ragtime,” he had worked closely with Ms. (The producers had initially insisted on keeping the Irish dancing to a minimum, to put off the perception that this was “Riverdance II.”)
It was the first successful demonstration of an antisatellite missile by any country in more than 20 years. American diplomats complained to their counterparts in Beijing.In high-level discussions, senior Bush administration officials debated how to respond and even began to draft a protest, but ultimately decided to say nothing to Beijing until after the test. “The principals’ best judgment, including the leadership of the intelligence community, was that they were committed to testing the antisatellite weapon.” In December 2006 and early January of this year, American intelligence agencies picked up signs that preparations for a third Chinese antisatellite test appeared to be under way. The mobile missile launcher for the SC-19 was repeatedly detected on the Songlin pad, according to American officials familiar with the classified reports. Pike, the director of Global Security.org, a military information Web site, has a less charitable view of the Chinese motivations.
“It makes a mockery of China’s space weapons diplomacy,” he said. General Pace, however, had little luck in discussing China’s antisatellite program during a visit to China last month. “Then it goes up on the stage to do technical rehearsal, and there’s a period of three weeks for a show like this, and you lose touch entirely. “In this case it was like I was reading an X-ray.”
A letter like that is all but an invitation to be brought on to the creative team, which is exactly what happened, after the usual salary negotiations. But while everyone had decided that the storytelling was unclear, it wasn’t the only problem. But the day after the disappointing Chicago opening Mr. Pike, the director of Global Security.org, a military information Web site, has a less charitable view of the Chinese motivations. “It makes a mockery of China’s space weapons diplomacy,” he said.
Lewis of the New America Foundation said that the United States might have persuaded the Chinese to defer the test, short of meeting their demand for a ban on space weapons. Lewis of the New America Foundation said that the United States might have persuaded the Chinese to defer the test, short of meeting their demand for a ban on space weapons.
Pike, the director of Global Security.org, a military information Web site, has a less charitable view of the Chinese motivations. Nobody expected perfection at that point, but this wasn’t the musical they had been working on. The show vanishes for a while, it disappears, and it re-emerges one day before your audience is coming in. Minutes into the musical, he said, he recognized the disease and had his diagnosis. At the loud, crowded opening-night party at Union Station in Chicago Mr. Galati asked the producers to bring in Graciela Daniele to rework the musical staging. Galati directed “Ragtime,” he had worked closely with Ms.
“The Bush administration watched them conduct two earlier tests and did not say a word,” he said. Pike, the director of Global Security.org, a military information Web site, has a less charitable view of the Chinese motivations. “It makes a mockery of China’s space weapons diplomacy,” he said.
Lewis of the New America Foundation said that the United States might have persuaded the Chinese to defer the test, short of meeting their demand for a ban on space weapons. The Chinese probably concluded that we were in no position to complain about their test.”



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