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...Trumpeter Marquis Hill’s 2011 recording debut New Gospel delivered acoustic modern-jazz virtuosity and a clutch of themes that were loosely informed by the rhythms and riffs of hip-hop, house and R&B....
...That manic energy drives up the farcical temperature of Scott Ellis’s remarkably fluid staging, as does a similarly high-strung performance by Sarah Stiles in the role of Fontana’s frustrated would-be girlfriend...
...“Believe it or not,” Don Marquis told his oldest friend in 1929, “I’ve got to kind of liking this place.”...
...Marquis) and the rest....
...on which was soon daubed the graffiti: “Here lies the Marquis of Anglesey’s limb;The Devil will have the remainder of him.”...
...Successful to a point, anyway: four of the party died on the way down, including Lord Francis Douglas, the Marquis of Queensberry’s brother....
...Before you rush out and splurge on seats for the musical, be aware that you won’t be seeing anything memorable at the Marquis....
...The sets, by Scott Pask, are scaled just right, and the costumes, by Catherine Zuber, achieve miracles with bullet bras and swirling skirts....
...Quills (2000) Geoffrey Rush plays the hedonist Marquis de Sade....
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