Boisson, ranked just 361st, threw her head back and roared after beating No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Court Philippe-Chatrier in the fourth round Monday.
“The audience is in on the joke,” he says. “I love that they go on that ride with us. They’re laughing with us. We’re all laughing together and it feels good.”One scene from the movie needed a lot of planning to make it on stage: The tumble down the elegant mansion stairs by Hilty’s character. Hollywood CGI magic would have to be replicated by Broadway ingenuity.
“The people that know the movie and the fans especially are going to go, ‘How are they going to do it?’ It was keeping me up at night forever because we tried everything,” says Gattelli.The creative team — which also included set designerlighting designer Justin Townsend and sound designer Peter Hylenski — decided to make it a dance punctuated by sound effects.
Warren Yang — an actor with a gymnastics background — wears Hilty’s outfit and a wig as he tumbles slowly, acrobatically and theatrically down the stairs, somersaulting as thunder sounds crash and we hear what seems like bones cracking. (The stairs were made of the rubber Neoprene for safety.)“There are very simple techniques that make a big impact,” says Gattelli. “I just went back to it’s a beautiful, lush, gorgeous show, but, at the core, it’s just theatrical magic and stagecraft.”
BOSTON (AP) — The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday defended his tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed as they ramp up arrests toward President Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportations.
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said he was “deeply upset” by an ICE operation at a popular Italian restaurant just before the dinner rush on Friday. A chaotic showdown unfolded outside as customers and witnesses shouted, smoke bombs filled the air, and agents wore heavy tactical gear to face an angry crowd.Soliman is being held on a $10 million, cash-only bond, prosecutors said. His next court hearing is set for Thursday.
An FBI affidavit says Soliman told the police he was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people,” a reference to the movement to establish and protect a Jewish state in Israel.Soliman’s attorney, public defender Kathryn Herold, declined to comment after the hearing.
Soliman was living in the U.S. illegally after entering the country in August 2022 on a B2 visa that expired in February 2023, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a post on the social platform X.The burst of violence at the popular Pearl Street pedestrian mall in downtown Boulder unfolded against the backdrop of the