He also provides us with a yardstick for measuring the chances that the Arab awakening this spring will meet his three tests of political order (not high, at least not yet).
But the spectacle of Israel's ambassador being plucked from the jaws of the Arab spring to the safety of Jerusalem was a signal of what the Arab democratic awakening might mean for the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, Jimmy Carter's proudest achievement and the foundation on which America's Arab-Israeli diplomacy has stood for more than 30 years.
"The Caucasian Chalk Circle" was conceived as a play with music, and Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter who composed the score for "Spring Awakening, " has written new settings of W.H.
The project has given Sheik, who had the 1996 smash-hit single "Barely Breathing" and is the songwriter of the Tony-winning musical "Spring Awakening, " a chance to delve into '80s electronic music.
Though it didn't win the Tony Award for best musical the edgy "Spring Awakening" did "Mary Poppins" has outlasted the combined runs of its three Tony rivals that year.