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desperationandgin · 4 years

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Where the Love Light Gleams

Rating: Mature

Also Read on: AO3

Summary: After an accident that changes Claire Randall's life, she comes face to face with the man who saved her.

Author’s Note: Welcome to the first fic for the inaugural Winter of Want! Thank you so much to @smashingteacups and @missclairebelle for being my partners in crime! Also, thank you to them as well as @happytoobserve for being betas! And thank you so much to @fierceweebadger for the beautiful moodboard she made! I'm so grateful to all of my people ❤

On with the story!

The Cellist

The first time he’d ever seen Claire Randall she was a broken woman, close to being consumed by flames, blood matting dark curls to her forehead and neck. She’d been hanging upside down by her seatbelt, and he’d worked to get her out while the rest of his crew battled the fire and pulled the driver from the wreckage.

A husband and wife who’d been heading home, according to the upside-down (but still functioning) GPS. Witnesses explained the husband swerved to miss a deer, sideswiped an oncoming truck, and flipped the car down an embankment. Sparks set the dry grass on fire, and by the time help had arrived, strangers were attempting to use any spare water they could to stop the blaze’s progress.

Jamie’d known the husband died instantly, but when he asked the lass what her name was during a moment of consciousness, she’d looked right at him and he had no doubt she would live. The sheer will in those amber eyes was too intense to go out, too stubborn. It had only been a second, but in that brief moment of awareness, she’d said her name as calmly as if they were on a still sea.

Claire.

She’d lost consciousness again after that, and Jamie had relinquished her to the medics. After his shift, he’d checked with the hospital, discovered she would live, and gone home. He’d thought about visiting her, but he was a stranger and her husband was dead. It didn’t seem like the time to introduce himself, though a part of him, perhaps, hoped that she would reach out to him, want to meet the person who saved her. The call never came, and he prayed the young widow was able to move on with her life, find some sort of happiness again. His dreams reminded him of her periodically, but over the next five years, all that he could remember were those eyes.

Until he walks into the Firefighter’s Charity Ball and there she is, on a stage flanked by seven others. Amid various Christmas decor, the woman he’d last seen bloody and fragile, plays the cello, the symphonic strains of O Come, All Ye Faithful filling the room thanks to the small octet. He stares, unable to look away, lips parting to see her so vibrant. So alive. She looks bonny, better than, with her curls floating like a cloud around her head. She’s in a simple black dress with the barest hint of her calves showing as she plays, and he’s sure he’s never wanted to know another woman this badly in his life.

Taking a sip of whisky as he admires the way she plays, the song fades, and she begins to put aside her bow. Before Jamie can look away, her eyes land directly on him.

She has no idea who he is.

He can see it in the way her gaze drifts immediately, looking out at the crowd before refocusing on her sheet music.

She has no idea that the man who saved her life is standing right in front of her.

It’s an hour before the musicians take a break, and Jamie finds her immediately, trying to decide how to approach her. He can’t very well ask her to recall something so horrible, so he introduces himself as a stranger, eggnog in hand to offer.

“Ye play verra beautifully, if ye dinna mind me sayin’ so,” he praises, holding out the glass. He’s formally dressed in his uniform and doesn’t miss the way her eyes land first at his chest, then make their way up slowly, taking her time.

At least he knows she’s interested.

“Thank you,” she replies with a soft smile and dip of her head. “I’ve always loved playing this time of year.”

“Does yer wee group make the rounds often around the holidays?” Jamie asks as he takes a sip of his drink, casually slipping a hand into his pocket, trying very hard not to think about wanting her.

Claire lets out a breath of air through her nose, a laugh, and smiles around the rim of her glass, shaking her head. “My wee group and I are part of the Scottish Symphony Orchestra. I’m first chair.” It’s an illumination dropped as casually as if she’d said she majored in English.

His eyes widen, adding her occupation and position with the orchestra to the list of things he knows to be true of her. (The others being her sheer will to survive and her determined gaze.) “That’s quite the achievement; I didna realize ye could ask for parts of the whole at an event.”

“Well, you can when you’re married to the conductor,” she informs him. “The event planner for tonight just happens to be, and this is a good cause, so I’m sure strings were pulled. No pun intended.” Claire meets his gaze with a softened one of her own. “Thank you. For risking your life to save others.”

He thinks she might tell him her story, a perfect segue for him to introduce himself, but instead, she simply tells him her name.

“I’m Claire Randall. It’s nice to meet you.” She extends her hand, and his first thought is that she never remarried, though he mentally admonishes himself immediately.

“Jamie Fraser. And ye dinnae need to thank me, though I appreciate it. Do ye get to enjoy yourself this evening, or is it all business?”

“Oh, I’m strictly the help,” she replies with a dazzling smile that makes his knees weak and his heart pound.

Christ, he feels like an eejit trying to come up with a way to keep her talking, to not go anywhere and leave him without her warmth. “If that’s the case then, how would ye feel about taking down my number?” Something, anything to keep a connection between them.

Watching his face, Claire finishes off her eggnog before checking the time and setting her glass down. “I feel you should wait until after the event is over and walk me home. I’m only a few blocks up. Then we’ll see if your number’s earned a place in my phone.”

The way she smiles at him before turning to go back toward the stage makes him feel as though he might be the only person she’s ever smiled at in exactly that way.

Jamie’s plan, initially, had been to leave after dessert, two hours well-spent mingling. Now, as the third-hour rolls by and people begin saying goodbyes, he watches the mini-orchestra perform one last medley of songs. It’s a good opportunity to study how focused Claire is when she plays her instrument, how her fingers seem to float, moved by something supernatural. He notices now that her arms are solid and toned, idly wondering how many years she’s been playing. He longs to hear her alone, the spotlight only on her.

As the playing concludes, Claire’s eyes move from the sheet music to Jamie, the intensity of their stare causing the air to seemingly crackle around them. Neither of them moves, and so she’s watching as he frowns and looks down, reaching into his pocket for his phone. He isn’t the only one — five others seem to stop what they’re doing and check for something.

It’s immediately clear that he has to leave.

Knowing the party is over anyway, Jamie makes his way to the stage, meeting her halfway down.

“You have to go?”

“Aye,” he breathes out, watching as she reaches into the folds of her dress and pulls out a business card. Taking it from her, Jamie wastes no time, grabbing the pen from his breast pocket, writing his number, and returning the card. “Let this be on your terms, Sassenach,” he assures her, then lightly snags her hand, kissing the top of her knuckles softly.

He’s gone before she can ask him what the hell a Sassenach is.

The next night, armed with wine and her laptop, Claire sits (in the company of her ‘she adopted me’ black cat, Sesh, and a Joni Mitchell playlist) and Googles one Jamie Fraser of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Clicking over to an image search, she takes a sip of wine and hums at the first photo on the page. It’s him, most assuredly, running in a marathon, sweaty, biceps proudly showing, and somehow looking directly into the camera.

“I sincerely hope there was an emergency last night, Sesh,” Claire mutters, feeling a pang of shame for the thought, but not for long; soon enough it’s replaced by sheer want, before even that’s replaced by a guilt different from the first. She’s been reassured, not by one friend or even two ganging together, but four, that she deserves to be happy again or, at the very least, deserves a good roll in the hay with someone.

Those had been Gillian’s words, agreed-upon emphatically by both John — and in the ultimate betrayal — Joe plus his wife. She knew five years was more than enough time, but since the accident, there’d been no reason to seek out something that would only leave her feeling emptier than she had before. No one captivated her attention, no one made her want to get to know them better. She’s been happy to not risk her heart again and live in a quiet bubble alone.

Until last night.

She’d glimpsed him after finishing the first song of the evening, her eyes attracted to that shock of red curls in the audience. When he’d approached her, she found herself unable to keep the flirting from rolling right off of her tongue. He’d undone her somehow in the span of perhaps twenty minutes, all told. She remembers his hasty exit, which reminds her to open a new tab and begin typing into the search bar.

Sass-

“Oh, bloody hell. What was it?” she mutters, trying to recall it, to sound it out phonetically.

Sass-in-ach

Claire goes with it, appreciates the Showing Results For Sassenach correction, and reads aloud, mumbling the words. “‘An English person.’ That’s not very creative, is it?” Though she has to admit, it sounded nice coming from him. It’s different, and she wonders if he calls every English person he meets the same thing.

Going back to her original search, she clicks out of the images, skimming the links until one catches her eye. The date, in particular.

January 24th, 2014.

The day of the accident.

Putting her wine down and sitting up straight, Claire hesitates a fraction of a second before pulling up the story. She’s immediately greeted by an image of her own crumpled and overturned vehicle, and for a moment, she can do nothing but stare at it, trying to remember herself inside. John had taken her to see it two weeks after the funeral, helped her get the things out of the boot (her cello, protected in its case, a suitcase and carry on from her recent trip to the States), and she hasn’t seen it since. When she’s finally able to scroll past the image, she reads about details she can’t remember, and then there’s Jamie, being praised as a hero.

“‘I only knew I had to get the lass out of the vehicle, so I paid no mind to the flames. I had to trust that my colleagues had control of the situation while I managed to cut the passenger free,’ explained Jamie Fraser, one of the first responders on the scene. Thanks to his quick action, the female passenger is said to be making a full recovery. His efforts will be celebrated by Chief Fire Officer Blunden—”

She doesn’t bother to read any further. Every thought she has seems to fall on top of the next until one finally becomes clear: Jamie Fraser saved her life.

“Oh, my God.”

Sesh seems unbothered, slow-blinking up at her as the pieces come together. He’d seen her, sought her out. Did he remember her? Know who she was at the event? It’s only after she’s dialed the number he wrote on her card that she realizes it’s very nearly one in the morning. “Fuck.” She’s moving her thumb to disconnect just as she hears a muffled grunt. Freezing in surprise, the phone goes back to her ear as she speaks quietly.

“Hello?”

“Was that a suggestion, Sassenach?”

His voice is low and thick with sleep, but somehow his humor’s still quick, and she coughs, wetting her lips. “No, no, only that I didn’t mean to call you so late. I lost track of—”

Christ, cut to the chase, Beauchamp.

“Do you remember saving my life?”

The silence on the other end hangs for what feels like hours, but she hears the faint sound of what she assumes is Jamie sitting up in bed, readjusting the grip he has on his phone.

“Aye, I do. Do you remember it, Claire?”

Closing her eyes, she tries, but her memory stops just after Frank picked her up from the airport. “No. You pulled me out of the car?”

“I cut ye free and then got ye clear of the accident.” He pauses, sitting in the dark of his flat, worried about her. “Ye dinnae need to think about it, Claire,” he tells her gently.

“You saved my life, Jamie, that’s what I’m thinking of. They asked me when I was in recovery if I wanted to meet you, but I couldn’t — I’d just lost my husband, I wasn’t thinking about meeting anyone.”

When Jamie speaks again, his voice is soft and even, meant to soothe. “There’s no reason ye need to explain anything. It was five years ago, Sassenach, and yer life was changed forever. I’m no’ going to hold anything against ye.”

For four heartbeats, quiet lingers between them before Claire speaks again. “I realize tomorrow is Christmas Eve, you’ve probably got plans of some sort, but I would like to see you if I can.”

If there’d been a hint of grogginess left in him, he’s fully awake now, squinting in the dark. “Ye dinnae have yer own plans?”

“Well, my husband died.”

Grunting in surprise at her response, Jamie rubs a hand over the top of his head, thinking. “I dinnae have anywhere to be until noon on Christmas Day, so my Eve is all yours, Sassenach, if ye want it.”

Christ, she doesn’t know if he meant to sound alluring or not, so she stays neutral. “Only if you’re sure.”

“Do ye ken where Victoria Park is?”

She’s nodding before she remembers she needs to respond aloud. “The park with the bowling greens?”

“Aye, and the walking paths. There are benches, good for sitting and talking for a while if ye’d like.” He meant it when he told her before that anything between them should be on her terms, and that was before she connected the dots. He doesn’t know what it is to lose a spouse, but he imagines the prospect of speaking about it is daunting.

In the silence that waits for her response, Claire looks down at the gold ring on her finger, thumb lightly stroking the cool metal. She tries to imagine it, her heart being wide open again and susceptible to breaking. Closing her eyes, she remembers that Jamie smelled vaguely of citrus and sage and the specific blue of his eyes was like an afternoon sky on a cloudless day. Comforting and warm.

It’s an easy decision when the memory of his gaze on her causes a flush.

“I would like that, Jamie.”

_______________________________________________________________________

They decide to meet at ten in the morning when the park is between hosting late A.M. joggers and parents with toddlers. She wanders toward the spot they’re meeting, under a grove of trees home to a row of benches. Slowing her pace as she approaches, Claire gives herself a few steps to admire him, the cut of his hips and the way his muscles move even under his coat.

Christ, he’s made an impression.

And then she remembers that this is the man who saved her life, features softening when he looks up and spots her.

“Ye made it. I was worried the directions were too vague,” he admits, standing to greet her.

“In the summer there’s a beautiful patch of wild yellow flowers just across the sidewalk. It’s gorgeous, I used to come often when I first moved here.”

They walk back to the bench together and sit, though neither one of them knows exactly how to begin the conversation. Eventually, it’s Claire who breaks the silence.

“I’m sorry. For not trying to find you after the accident.”

Jamie’s shaking his head before she’s done speaking. “Ye dinnae have to apologize for it, as I told ye last night.” He stops short of saying he was doing his job, but it was more than that. He knew it the moment she looked at him. “I did check in on ye, just to be sure ye’d be alright. But I kent there was no’ much I could do or say to make anything better for ye.” And he hadn’t wanted to drop in unannounced only to make things worse for her in some way.

Studying her hands, she drags her thumb along the lifeline, closing her eyes. She remembers getting into the car at the airport. Begging Frank to turn off talk radio so they could have a conversation. She remembers him laughing at something she said, and then, nothing. “I woke up in the hospital and couldn’t remember what happened. They told me there’d been an accident, and I think I knew my husband was dead before they said it.”

He moves his hand to cover one of hers without thinking, so when she squeezes his fingers he holds on tightly, aware now of the weight of her palm and the delicate skin of her wrist under his thumb.

“I didn’t touch my cello for a year afterward. I’d somehow convinced myself it was my fault, that if I hadn’t traveled to play, he wouldn’t have picked me up from the airport, there wouldn’t have been an accident.” She closes her eyes for a moment. “I don’t believe that now, but it felt better to blame myself for a little while.”

She’s kept her grip on him, squeezing again as she takes a breath and lets it out slowly.

“When I finally got to ye,” he begins quietly, looking down at their hands, “ye were unconscious. I went to cut off the seatbelt and yer eyes opened, ye looked directly at me. I asked your name, and ye said it, so…” Jamie trails off, unable to find the right words for it. “As though ye’d been waiting for me to ask. Then ye were out again and that was the last I saw of ye.”

Her eyes fall to their hands as well, and she turns hers over so that their fingertips are touching.

“But I kent ye would live. I could see it in yer eyes, that ye’re a lass wi’ spirit,” he tells her with a soft smile. “And I ken ye know it now, but it wasna yer fault, Claire.”

She does know, but hearing it feels like balm on an aching wound. “Thank you for saving my life, Jamie.” Lifting her gaze, she studies his face and admires the sharp angle of his jaw, the tawny scruff there.

There’s something between them, he can feel it as if a living, pulsing thing. He’s aware of each breath she takes, the rise and fall of her chest; he feels it as surely as his own body moving, both of them separate pieces of a complete being.

“I’m glad that it was me, Sassenach. I cannae explain it, but—”

“But it was supposed to be you,” Claire finishes. Jamie was meant to save her, no one else could have.

Raising her hand to his lips, Jamie frowns lightly upon pulling back. “Your hands are like ice, Sassenach. Let me buy ye something warm,” he offers. “There’s a wee cafe nearby.”

In truth, if it were a way to spend more time with him, it didn’t matter what they did or where they went.

Claire smiles, charmed the moment he said wee.

_______________________________________________________________________

It was inevitable, really, that they fall into bed with one another. Under the pretense of dinner (which they did eat; an easy meal of pasta in lemon sauce and good crusty bread for soaking up the remnants), she’d agreed to go back to his flat. They’d both known it wasn’t going to be about the food for long.

She sleeps now with her head resting on his outstretched arm, facing him. His hand has been numb for hours, but he wouldn’t dream of moving her, not now. Not when he has the pleasure of seeing up close the light dusting of freckles across her cheekbones and nose. He can see the way her eyelashes curl upward slightly, and he revels in the feel of her breath falling against his skin. Reaching out, Jamie’s fingers lightly brush a stray curl from her cheek, his touch as gentle as possible so as not to wake her. Her skin is so delicate, like fine porcelain, and he slowly drags the tips of his fingers down her side. There’s a scar that begins on her hip, and he follows the feel of it down as far as he can reach. From the accident, she’d said, just before he’d leaned down to kiss the mark right in the center.

When Claire shifts, Jamie freezes, hand hovering as she finally moves off of his arm and tucks herself onto her side, with her back to him now. When she seems settled, he slowly moves onto his side behind her, curving his body into the hollow of hers. Tucking his legs behind her knees, he rests his hand on her hip, the other arm stretched protectively over her. Taking a chance, he ducks his head and kisses the beauty mark on her shoulder, his touch as light as he can make it. Then he finds he can’t stop himself from continuing his tender assault across her skin. She moves again, and his hand rests against her stomach, lightly holding on as he goes still.

“I’m not likely to go anywhere,” she whispers in the dark, hint of a smile in her voice.

Discovered, Jamie presses firmer kisses to her skin, giving up any pretense of being careful. “Good. I didna plan to let ye up from this bed soon,” he warns.

Smiling, Claire rolls herself under him, both of them shifting until he’s comfortably above her. Glancing toward the window, she raises an eyebrow, only able to see him in the dark because of a faintly glowing streetlamp. “From the looks of it, we still have plenty of sleeping to do.”

“Aye. Plenty of late night left. Which means plenty of time to sleep. In a bit.” He has no plans of letting her get back to it right away as his head ducks and lips press to the middle of her chest.

“You don’t seem very tired.” Already, she’s flushing, trying to anticipate where his mouth might go next.

“I’ve found my second wind, though I have a verra distinct feeling that it won’t be hard to want ye all the time.” He drops a kiss to the curve of her breast, marveling in the way her flesh softly yields.

“Does that mean you’d like to see me again?” she queries, voice soft, not wanting to assume.

Immediately, Jamie raises his head, eyes meeting hers so that she can see the truth of his words.

“I’d like to see ye every day for the rest of my life, Sassenach. If it suits ye.”

She’s so shocked by his words that she laughs; not at him but at the idea that she can laugh again, in the company of a man who wants her. “I’m sure we could work out some sort of arrangement, though I realize this time you have right now is a luxury.”

“It is,” he murmurs, resuming the self-imposed task of kissing her skin, dipping low to begin a slow descent. “But the consecutive days off are verra worth it, ye ken? If I have you to look forward to, I reckon I could get through anything.”

She sighs in contentment as her legs part to make a home for him. “You look forward to me?” She smiles softly, just as her breath catches at a well-placed kiss to her pelvis.

“Only someone wi’ out all five senses wouldna look forward to ye, mo nigheann donn.”

Claire stops him with a soft tug of his curls, and when he raises his head she arches an eyebrow, curiosity in her eyes.

“‘My brown-haired lass,’” he answers, knowing her question and bringing one of her legs over his shoulder, parting her with his fingers.

“I very much enjoy it when you speak to me in Gaelic,” she manages, getting it out while she can, knowing she won’t have the capability of thought soon.

Once more, Jamie raises his head, giving her a cheeky grin. “Laigh air ais fhad 's a tha mi agad.” (Lie back while I have ye.)

She has no idea what he said, but the timbre of his voice, the way his eyes darken — she knows it was filthy, but her amusement gives way to a soft gasp once his mouth finds the slick, heated center of her. A hand immediately moves to the top of his head, lips pressing together as she holds her breath for half a heartbeat and then cries out, back arching. Unable to help herself, she presses her thighs to the sides of his head, only easing up when one of his hands grips her hip tightly. His other rests on her belly, holding her down, keeping her grounded.

His head attempts to move with her body, following each spasm of her hips. He tastes her first climax; she coats his tongue and chin but he doesn’t stop, and when she comes again it’s around two curved fingers, the feel of her going straight to his cock. There’s a third, smaller shockwave, given while tucked against his chest, his hand between them.

Panting against his neck, Claire takes her time coming back to herself, basking in the feel of stretching when thoroughly satisfied. “You are very, very good at that,” she finally manages, very nearly purring in relaxation.

“Weel, I do aim to please, but admittedly, it’s no’ hard to want to make ye writhe like that all the time. Christ, the sounds ye make, and the way yer entire body grips me just so.” He’s hard and wanting, aching just a bit at the minutes-old memory. “Ye have no idea the gift ye are.”

His words strike her, and she pulls back, gaze soft as she reaches out, fingertips lightly pressing to his cheek.

“I’m only here because of you.”

Jamie wants to refute it, to insist that she did all the fighting to stay alive. But the truth of it is, she had needed him. She couldn’t have gotten out of that vehicle herself.

“Still. Ye lived, and I ken it was no’ easy for ye.” Lightly, he reaches out to drag his thumb across the apple of her cheek. “Ye needn’t ever worry that ye cannae still grieve him. If this was too soon, too much—”

Claire stops him with the tip of a finger pressed to his lips. For a moment’s pause, she simply looks at him, holds his gaze and makes it clear that she would like to speak. When his lips press softly to her finger, her hand drops and she pushes him lightly onto his back, straddling his hips. That’s all she does, reaching for his hands and holding onto both of them, lacing their fingers together.

“I don’t recall saying anything was too much or too soon. What I can tell you is that for five years, I haven’t let myself feel a thing. Loneliness is a choice, or so they say. And I chose it because it’s a hell of a lot better than losing so much all the time.” She looks down, the hint of more loss than she’s willing to share playing across her features. “I thought it would stay like that, always.”

She’d convinced herself she was fine with it, that the less she risked, the fewer heartbreaks she would need to endure.

“That plan was working out very well for me until I met you,” she informs him, eyes creasing in the corners as she smiles before speaking seriously again. “I thought I’d lost the ability to feel anything close to this, after a while.” Want and lust and need for another person; all of those things had felt like lost causes.

“What is it about you, Jamie?” As she asks, her hips begin a slow rock against his. “How did you find me?”

He’s captivated by her words and movement, groaning at the feel of her gliding easily along the length of him. “I didna find ye at all,” he manages, raising his head a bit to watch himself disappear into her, finally, inch by inch until he’s buried to the hilt. Neither of them moves, her eyes closed while his are focused firmly on her face while he fights the urge to move right away.

“Ye came into my life, Claire, and ye never truly left.” A part of him has held onto her, even if it was only a single feature that haunted his dreams. Her soul imprinted on his, and he knows now that he’s complete with her, that it never could have been another way for him.

When she opens her eyes, they’re blown wide with pleasure, pupils dark and lids heavy. He’s staring right at her, and one of her hands reaches for his, bringing it over her chest. She rides him, slowly at first, while her heart pounds against his palm. The pulsing tempo increases beneath his touch as leisurely pleasure begins to turn into something more focused, more urgent. She leans forward, letting go of him only to brace her hands on his chest. He’s holding back, she can feel it, his belly tense beneath her.

When she speaks his name, it’s on a panting breath, and when his eyes open, he knows what she wants, can see it. Reaching out, his hands rest on her hips, and he looks at her one more time to be sure. When she nods, he shores up his grip and then slams into her once, hard, losing his breath at the cry of sheer pleasure it tears from her. He does it again, then again, pistoning his hips upward forcefully, quickly, driving noises from her so beautiful he’s not sure he’ll ever hear anything that could compare. He’s causing her to make those sounds, and he’ll be a damned man if he doesn’t strive to hear her as often as possible.

Jamie slows and Claire takes over, straightening her spine and beginning a pace that means she’s close; she has to be, because there’s no way in Christ’s name he’ll ever make it if not. His hands move up her body and cup around her breasts, squeezing enough to make her tighten around him involuntarily. His groan mingles with her cry of pleasure, and he wills his eyes open, needing to see her. When he does, he’s sure there’s not a better sight in all the world.

Her head is back, exposing the length of her neck, skin begging to know the imprint of his lips over and over again. Her hair sways back and forth, mussed curls seeming to tumble in all directions, and when her head falls forward, Jamie can see that she’s chasing her pleasure, forehead knit right in the center. She’s there, she’s close, and he sneaks one hand between them to touch, rolling that small bud of nerves beneath his thumb.

That’s all it takes for her to shatter, body pitching forward and nearly curling around his. Her breasts sway right before him and he doesn’t fight the urge to lean in, burying his face there. As her body tightens around his, pulling him in, his name becomes a choked cry, unable to get it out without whimpering in the middle.

She drops her hips one more time and Jamie tenses, arms wrapping around her frame. Her name is nothing more than a strangled sob as he spills into her, teeth lightly scraping her shoulder. He can feel her shaking against him but can do nothing about it; he’s not entirely sure if he’s able to move his arms and legs.

Eventually, there’s enough of a chill on cooling skin that Jamie reaches for the blankets, covering them up again. The silence between them is comfortable, and she stays right on top of him, unmoving as he begins to doze.

“You know, I’ve realized something,” she whispers, voice sleepy sounding and far away.

He hums, low in the back of his throat. “What’s that, Sassenach?”

As his fingers drag up and down her spine, she turns her head to press a soft kiss to his chest. “It’s clearly after midnight. Which means it’s technically Christmas Day.”

Opening his eyes, Jamie finds himself looking right at her, and his smile is easy, eyes alight with it.

“Well then, a nighean.” He leans in close, whispering the words across her lips, thankful for her, an unexpected gift. “Happy Christmas to ye.” He nuzzles her cheek, reaching down to playfully pinch her arse.

Her laughter fills the room, eventually carrying them to sleep.

#outlander #outlander fic #jamie x claire #jamie fraser #claire fraser #the cellist #where the love light gleams #my fic

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acapellaphant · 4 years

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So. All of you know mainstream Acappella groups: Straight No Chaser, PTX, Home feee, and the like. But just like most things, there is an aca-demic Avenue you can pursue. Acappella is no different. It’s a secret thing that only few know of. It was put on display before your very eyes: Collegiate Acappella, and, for me, these guys are Exhibit pn.

All Night Yahtzee.

Whether it’s Lady Blue from Duke, BYu Vocal Poont, or the Whiffenpoofs from Yale, Collegiate Acappella itself has been around for about a century now. From glee clubs formed of Barbershop Quartets, Octets, and various other variations on this theme, the ferver these singers bring are all the same. With one goal, Collegiate Acappella has changed the face of our musical landscape over the past century in more ways than I can possibly comprehend.

My point is this; If you haven’t hear of or seen one perform, these young men and women have such a passion for their craft that they go out of their way to for a group together. All these groups are taught, directed by, and written music for by the members of the group.

Anyway, back to these guys.

All Night Yahtzee formed in the fall of 1998 and had their first concert in the next spring. They are, and if I’m wrong I’m wrong, but I believe they are one of the first groups to compete in the International Competition for Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA).

I first heard about these guys when I watched Sing It On, the TV series on Pop Network. It had a bunch of different collegiate a Cappella groups and it followed them through their ICCA season. It honestly gives you a good look into what that world is like to both outsiders, and members of the groups it follows. If it’s not apparent, I highly recommend it.

Anyway. These guys were the front runners. And if I remember right, that season they didn’t quite make it. But that doesn’t mean that they haven’t won many awards from there before, or even won it all together.

I feel like there so little I can say to truly describe to you who they are and the things they do. They give back to their community by touring every winter in and around their hometowns, and they all come from different backgrounds.

It’s really a matter of the art speaking for the artist. If you haven’t already, go pick up some of their albums. I personally have “Swimmimg After Dark”, thoigh there are many more in my iTunes Wishlist that I intend to get. It’s an EP so there are only a few songs on there, but it’s enough to really get a sense of what they’re about. My favorite tracks are “Bang, Bang”, “Lips Are Moving”, and “LA Love”. They are worth your time and money.

In short, All Night Yahtzee is a prime example of what all little high-school-put-together-quartets aspire to be, like mine, Verseatility. Too bad it only lasted a semester and a half. Anyway, keep those Aca-dreams alive, high school choir kids. There is so much more for you just waiting on the other side of that graduation stage.

- Acappellaphant

#music #positivity #allnightyahtzee #acappellahistory #acappella #acappellaphant

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Reversing direction with the unfinished novel back to SF roots.

a) Setting ... in the room in the centre of the sun as revealed by primitive Black Elk philosophy, Sol Invictus, and Amarna heresy of Aten and the one true God from whom all blessings flow. One among many stars at night, magnificent back in the day of ignition and it's rising in the East. Noseless.

b) Beyond fission and fusion living between the Chandrasekhar limit and the Schwarzschild radius there is an infinite space

c) Inhabited by giants, Gods, Demons, humans, animals of the 5 realms composed of swirling clouds of plasma and subatomic particles organized by fusion and fission and then disorganized immediately according to the tides.

d) Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions, seraphim and Cherubim and everybody ruled over by the bifurcation of gravity and the explosive power of spin e) controlled the narrative. Maxwell's demon who read the ticker tape from Tokamak and Eddington, the recluse who was prone to interpretation and kept the archives (in the basement, covered in cobwebs, blowing the dust from time.) One served to observe and the other to categorize.

e) Who served them breakfast without reward?

f) and who set them on fire?

g) enter crazy Donna and Precious Mary who got a spoonful of cornflakes in the face then put them out with the fire extinguisher that tim they had tried to make French fries.

h) The boat of the elements, rowed by the ridiculous Major Buzz who once traversed the North pole of the Sun in the middle of winter and was not fazed by the night.

i) Judge Judy and her nemesis Quetzalcoatl ruled the night and rode on large dogs called Phobos and deimos beyond Mars.

j) They rowed across the void, it seemed to take forever, and 8 minutes later on beams of light crashed through the stained glass window of the refractory. A thousand years from the beginning.

k) The vicar fell to his knees overwhelmed by his own duality and the conflicts inherent to elementals when simple positive and negative are enhanced by 100 elements and shells of various electrons intermingle with molecules and chemicals and go hormonal. 8 in the outer shell.

l) His cat darted out the door.

The material octet of JeremyMaryDonnaMaxwelleddingtonmajorBuzzBlack ElkQuetzalcoatl Did not know that there was a stowaway on board. The cat had never seen a shadow, before.

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Havells Home Appliances Product Range Overview - Reviews & Buyer's Guide

Havells India, which is one of the fastest growing brand in India, is a leading Fast Moving Electrical Goods (FMEG) company and a major power distribution equipment manufacturer with a strong global presence. Havells which started in India with ceiling fans, later on with switchgear, now offers a wide range of home appliances i.e. from ceiling fans, water heater, air coolers, water purifier and more along with electrical solutions like switches, switch-gear, lighting & cables. While there are Industrial solutions too offered by the brand, I’ll restrict this article with consumer goods only. If you’re aware of brands like Crabtree (for premium switches), Standard (for switches & switchgear) and Lloyd (for home appliances), all these are a part of Havells India now.

Havells India Products Gallery at Noida

Before I tell you about the whole home appliances range, I cannot forget to mention about “The Gallery” by Havells which at their HO office building i.e. QRG Towers, Noida. Havells India was kind enough to invite us to check out their gallery and experience their products firsthand which is rarely done by any other brand. Also, Havells India is the only brand in India so far who showcases their products in such a huge place for budding customers. If you’re curious about Havells India offerings and want to experience the products before buying, you can visit “The Gallery” which is open to visit for anyone. Check out a few images I clicked there:

Spread over 4000 sq. ft, this gallery or say the experience centre showcases almost all the products offered by the Havells India. This gallery was created to showcase the consumers, dealers and other partners who want to try the products beforehand before buying it. While Havells India has more than 500 exclusive stores all over India where anyone can check out the products and buy it, this gallery will give you an exact idea how a product would look like in a common household or how well they dwell in modern interiors of the homes.

Havells India Home Appliances Range Overview

While there are numerous products which we could feature here, I’ll keep myself restricted to home appliances range of products in this article. Before visiting the gallery, I had an idea of the company products range but had no idea how big Havells India is now. Once you visit the gallery, you’ll realize that Havells is already competing with the products offered by brands like LG, Samsung, Philips etc. After taking over brands like Lloyd & Crabtree, Havells expanded their range every year with better quality and more energy efficient products whether those are ceiling fans, air conditioners, water heaters & more. Let me give you an overview of the home appliances product range of Havells & Lloyd here:

Havells Ceiling Fans

I always had in mind that Havells is more of the cables & switchgear company, what I didn’t know that their first product actually was a ceiling fan. Havells India has a huge range of ceiling fans, probably their diversity in the ceiling fans is one of the biggest in India. While Havells India holds the 2nd position in the number of sales of ceiling fans in India, they’re the leader in the premium fans category holding 45% share of it. Also, they were the first in India to launch a 5 star rated ceiling fan. Havells ceiling fans are available in 5 categories:

Havells Premium Underlight Ceiling Fans

All fans in this category have an underlight in it and is the most premium range of Havells India. This range was designed to keep the home decor in mind, like decorating the 5th wall. Benefits you get with this range:

Contemporary Looks

State-of-the-art aesthetics & styling

No compromise in Air-delivery

Amazing Lighting effect

Use as a light only in Winters

Up to 8 blades models

Up to 1320 mm sweep length blades

Remote Control

Powerful motor with Silent Operation

Guarantee – 2 years

Models available in this category are:

Model Price (in Rs) Model Price (in Rs) Momenta 33,785 Opus 31,107 Ebony 29,942 Lumos 28,903 Florina 29,378 Veneto 24,975 Aureus 18,203 Avion 14,791 Cedar 9,973 Futuro 9,420 Octet with Underlight 8,620 Urbane 7,391 Dew 6,399 Stealth 4,826 Olivia 5,780 Lumeno 6,500

Havells Special Finish Ceiling Fans

This range was designed for consumers who don’t want contemporary looks yet needs something which may suit their modern decor with premium looks in a limited budget. These special finish fans offer premium looks, excellent finishing, modern aerodynamic design and high air delivery. Benefits you get with this range includes:

Modern yet classic looks

Aerodynamic Design

Highest Air Delivery – up to 320 m³/min

Metallic paint finish

Powerful motor with Silent Operation

100% rust free reinforced ABS Blades (available in few models)

Up to 8 blades models

Up to 1320 mm sweep length blades

Dust and Mark Resistant

Guarantee – 2 years

Models available in this category are:

Model Price (in Rs) Model Price (in Rs) Octet 7,746 Florence 7,124 Yorker 5,799 Stealth Air Cruise 5,065 Stealth Air 4,826 Fabio Platinum 4,830 Orion 4,098 Splash 3,988 Safari (for kids) 4,049

Havells Decorative Ceiling Fans

Made for the consumers who if not have the budget of the premium fans – Decorative range of ceiling fans offers a stylish range of fans within a mid-budget range. If you want something which may dwell with modern interior yet offers contemporary looks, this is the range to consider. Benefits you get with this range includes:

Modern yet Contemporary looks

Metallic Paint Finish

No compromise in Air-delivery

Decorative trims on blades and canopy

Up to 4 blades models

Up to 1400 mm sweep length blades

High-performance motor

Guarantee – 2 years

Models available in this category are:

Model Price (in Rs) Model Price (in Rs) Enticer Art 3,249 Enticer Art Collector 3,420 Enticer Art Aafreen 3,686 Enticer Art Heritage 3,200 Enticer Hues 3,950 Enticer 2,790 Spiro Neo 3,600 Leganza 4 Blades 3,040 Leganza 3 Blades 2,699 Artemis 2,417 Spartz 2,924 Nicola 2,689 Fusion 2,575 Zester 2,590 Troika 2,998 Glaze 3,199 Areole 2,683 Festiva 2,621 Equs 2,347 Vogue Plus 2,395

Havells Energy Savings Ceiling Fans

This range meets the need of those consumers who need stylish yet energy savings ceiling fans within a limited budget. Targeted for Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, these fans offer excellent energy savings and also stylish in design to meet the need of a common household. Benefits you get with this range includes:

Stylish Looks

High Air-delivery

Up to 47% in energy savings

Elegant and Subtle body

Up to 1200 mm sweep length blades

5-stars Rated

Guarantee – 2 years

Models available in this category are:

Model Price (in Rs) Model Price (in Rs) Fusion ES 2,715 ES 50 Premium 2,381 ES 50 2,271 ES 40 2,049

Havells Regular Ceiling Fans

This range meets the need of consumers who needs fans at an affordable price with energy savings. Suitable for places where power fluctuations are regular and even face low voltage regularly as these fans will ensure delivering performance even with varying voltage. These long-lasting fans are also suitable to install on places like the kitchen, balcony, store or any other place where air movement is required. Benefits you get with this range includes:

Powerful Motor

High Air-Delivery

Long-lasting Paint Finish

Up to 1400 mm sweep length blades

High-Speed fans

Guarantee – 2 years

Models available in this category are:

Model Price (in Rs) Model Price (in Rs) SS 390 (1400 mm) 2,315 SS 390 Metallic (1200 mm) 1,990 Velocity (1200 mm) 1,827 Velocity HS (1200 mm) 2,046 Pacer (1400 mm) 2,299 Pacer (1200 mm) 1,940 SS 390 Metallic (1050 mm) 2,323 SS 390 Metallic (900 mm) 2,216 SS 390 (900 mm) 2,123 Velocity (1050 mm) 2,215 Velocity (900 mm) 1,989 Velocity (600 mm) 2,243 Pacer (1050 mm) 2,478 Pacer (900 mm) 1,998

Havells Water Heaters

Havells India offers all kinds of water heaters required in common households like the Storage water heater, Instant water heater, Gas water heater and even Solar water heater. Not only these water heaters are compact in design, but at the same time, they also save energy too. Available in different colours and design to suit the modern bathroom decor, these also have LED lights to show the status of the water heater. Highest in safety ratings and protection, these water heaters are also available in different designs combined with aesthetics and utility yet the price stays within the budget limits. Let’s discuss the types of water heaters with their range offered by Havells India in detail:

Havells Storage Water Heater

There are around 10 models offered by Havells India for a storage water heater with different capacities as per the user needs. Here’s a table showing the details of each of them:

Model Features Havells Adonia R

Capacity Price 15 L Rs 11,170 25 L Rs 13,490

Temperature sensitive LED Indicators

Feather Touch Control Panel

Hidden LED Display

Feoglas Technology

Anode rod

8 bar high working pressure

Shock safe plug

Multifunctional safety valve

PUF insulation

Incoloy glass coated heating element

Remote control for temperature setting

2 years comprehensive warranty, 4 years warranty on heating element & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Adonia

Capacity Price 10 L Rs 9,598 15 L Rs 11,174 25 L Rs 11,791

Temperature sensitive LED Indicators

Adjustable knob for temp setting

Feoglas Technology

Anode rod

8 bar high working pressure

Whirlflow technology

Shock safe plug

Multifunctional safety valve

PUF insulation

Incoloy glass coated heating element

IPX-4

2 years comprehensive warranty, 4 years warranty on heating element & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Adonia Spin

Capacity Price 10 L Rs 12,440 15 L Rs 14,175 25 L Rs 15,230

Temp. sensing LED knob

Shock Safe Plug

Feroglas Technology

Anode rod

Incoloy glass coated heating element

8 bar high working pressure

Whirlflow technology

Multifunctional safety valve

PUF insulation

IPX-4

2 years comprehensive warranty, 4 years warranty on heating element & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Puro Plus

Capacity Price 10 L Rs 7,850 15 L Rs 9,245 25 L Rs 10,573

Feroglas Technology

Shock-Safe Plug

Anode rod

Adjustable knob for temp. setting

8 bar high working pressure

Whirlflow technology

Multifunctional safety valve

IPX-4

Incoloy glass coated heating element

2 years comprehensive warranty, 4 years warranty on heating element & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Puro Turbo

Capacity Price 15 L Rs 9,245 25 L Rs 9,800

Multiple heating options

Adjustable knob for temp. setting

Shock Safe Plug

Feroglas Technology

Anode rod

Incoloy glass coated heating element

8 bar high working pressure

Whirlflow technology

Multifunctional safety valve

PUF insulation

IPX-4

2 years comprehensive warranty, 4 years warranty on heating element & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Senzo

Capacity Price 10 L Rs 6,900 15 L Rs 7,699 25 L Rs 9,049

Digital Display

Feather Touch Panel

Shock Safe Plug

Feroglas Technology

Anode rod

Incoloy glass coated heating element

8 bar high working pressure

PUF insulation

Whirlflow technology

Multifunctional safety valve

Plasto shield outer coating

2 years comprehensive warranty, 3 years warranty on heating element & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Monza DX

Capacity Price 10 L Rs 7,340 15 L Rs 7,990 25 L Rs 9,455

Adjustable knob for temp settings

Shock Safe Plug

Feroglas Technology

Anode rod

Incoloy glass coated heating element

8 bar high working pressure

PUF insulation

Whirlflow technology

Multifunctional safety valve

Plasto shield outer coating

IPX-4

2 years comprehensive warranty & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Monza EC-H

Capacity Price 35 L Rs 9,409 50 L Rs 12,247

Adjustable knob for temp settings

Feroglas Technology

Anode rod

Incoloy glass coated heating element

8 bar high working pressure

PUF insulation

Whirlflow technology

Multifunctional safety valve

Left & right side configuration

IPX-4

2 years comprehensive warranty & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Monza Slim

Capacity Price 15 L Rs 7,720 25 L Rs 9,450

Adjustable knob for temp settings

Feroglas Technology

Anode rod

Incoloy glass coated heating element

8 bar high working pressure

PUF insulation

Whirlflow technology

Multifunctional safety valve

Left & right side configuration

IPX-4

2 years comprehensive warranty & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Instanio

Capacity Price 6 L Rs 6,118 10 L Rs 8,579

Colour changing LED Indicator

Shock safe plug

Feroglas Technology

Anode rod

Incoloy glass coated heating element

8 bar high working pressure

PUF insulation

Whirlflow technology

Multifunctional safety valve

2 years comprehensive warranty & 7 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Nazz

Capacity Price 15 L Rs 12,195 25 L Rs 13,595

Vitreous enamel inner container

Incoloy glass coated heating element

Adjustable knob for temp settings

Anode rod

8 bar high working pressure

Whirlflow technology

PUF insulation

Corrosion Proof ABS outer body

2 years comprehensive warranty & 5 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Instant Water Heater

There are two models offered by Havells India for Instant water heater with superior safety features, stainless steel inner tank, rustproof & shockproof ABS outer body. Here’s a table showing the details of each of them:

Model Features Havells Instanio

Capacity Price 1 L – 3000 W Rs 2,699 1 L – 4500 W Rs 3,520 3 L – 3000 W Rs 3,499 3 L – 4500 W Rs 4,350

Colour changing LED indicator

Rustproof & Shockproof ABS outer body

Stainless steel inner tank of 304 grade

Fire retardant power cord

PUF insulation

6.5 bar high working pressure

ISI Marked

2 years comprehensive warranty & 5 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Opal EC

Capacity Price 1 L – 3000 W Rs 3,180 1 L – 4500 W Rs 3,350 3 L – 3000 W Rs 3,499

Available in 1 and 3 L capacities

Adjustable knob for temp setting

Rustproof & Shockproof ABS outer body

Stainless steel inner tank of 304 grade

Fire retardant power cord

Twin Indicator Lamp

6.5 bar high working pressure

ISI Marked

2 years comprehensive warranty & 5 years warranty on Inner container

Havells Instantaneous Gas Water Heater

There are two models offered by Havells India in gas water heater category. One works on LPG and another one on NG (natural gas). These water heaters are efficient enough to offer hot water in seconds and come with various safety features. Here’s a table showing the details of each of them:

Model Features

Havells Flagro LPG

Price – Rs 5,070

Available in 6 L capacity

Works with LPG

Heavy duty heat exchanger

Dual electromagnetic value

Child lock safety device

Flameout protection

Low water pressure technology

Overheat protection

2-year comprehensive warranty

Havells Flagro NG

Price – Rs 5,495

Available in 6 L capacity

Works with NG

Heavy duty heat exchanger

Dual electromagnetic value

Child lock safety device

Flameout protection

Low water pressure technology

Overheat protection

2-year comprehensive warranty

Havells Solar Water Heater

While the Solar water heater demand is mostly restricted to commercial properties, it can also be used by joint families to meet their need of hot water. Havells solar water heaters are highly energy-efficient and offer long-lasting performance. Designed to generate hot water without using electricity, it also makes them environment-friendly. These water heaters are available in different capacities and here are the features of them:

Model Price Havells Solero 300 L SLR White Rs 38,108 Havells Solero 200 L SLR White Rs 29,917 Havells Solero 150 L SLR White Rs 24,254 Havells Solero 100 L SLR White Rs 19,407

Anodized aluminium stand

Evacuated tube collector

Rust resistant

Heavy-duty protective magnesium anode

Energy-saving PUF insulation

Stainless steel inner tank

Flat roof

5-year warranty on inner container & on-site warranty

Havells Water Purifiers

Havells is the brand I admire for their water purifier technology. I am an avid researcher when it comes to water purifiers & air conditioners and found that Havells is the only brand so far which ensure that the water output from their water purifier should have a minimum pH count (selected models only) so that the water is enough alkaline in nature which is very beneficial for the health. Havells water purifier follows an 8-stage water purification process as shown in the image below:

While some brands add a bypass line which adds some unpurified water to add essential minerals back, which is a completely wrong way of adding essential minerals back to purified water, none of the Havells water purifiers follows this path, rather their purification process includes passing the RO water through the mineral cartridge and taste enhancer cartridge to add back essential minerals and to maintain the proper pH level from 7 up to 8.5. There are 3 categories of water purifiers offered by Havells India as follows & the features glossary:

Features Description 8-Stage purification As shown in the image above, Havells water purifiers (select models) have an 8-stage water purification process. Double UV Protection Enhances the oxygen level in purified water, maintain the hygiene in the water tank & eradicates the micro-organisms and bacteria. Alkaline Taste Enhancer Increases the pH level of water by adding essential alkaline minerals back and also lowers the Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP). This feature converts the regular water into alkaline rich water. Revitalizer This feature restructures the water molecules to improve pH balance, hydration, alkalinity & mineral absorption. Mineralz Cartridge Corrects the pH level of the purified water and adds back essential minerals. Mineral Fortification iProtect Purification monitoring Constantly monitors the purification process and ensures safe water always. Convenient jog dial Easy to use jog dial for dispensing water and helps to get a desired volume of water. Smart Alerts Shows useful alerts on the display if it detects an issue in the machine. Maintenance Alerts Shows periodic maintenance alerts for the water purifier Cartridge life indicator Monitors the water filters continuously and the indicator displays the filters life expectancy. Ingress Protection Tank Cover Prevents the invasion of insects & dust particles in the water tank Zero Splash Faucet Increase water hygiene, prevents water splash & improve water smooth flow. Removable Tank Easily removable tank for cleaning it periodically Electrical Protection System Protects the water purifier from voltage fluctuations within the range of 170V – 330V. Membrane Performance Enhancer Helps in improving the performance & life expectancy of the RO membrane by eradicating scaling from the membranes. Germicidal Wave Length Disinfects water from microorganisms like bacteria, virus, protozoa for safe drinking. UF Membrane Helps to remove algae, spores, cysts, bacteria, organic & inorganic polymeric molecules from water. Booster Pump Help operate the water purifier with input source at 0 psi pressure / from a bucket. Works silently in perfect sync with the purifier.

Havells Alkaline Water Purifier

This is the only water purifier you’ll find in the market which comes not only with mineral cartridge but with the alkaline cartridge as well. Hence not only this water purifier model add minerals back, but it also raises the pH level of the water from up to 8 to 10. Models available and the features this category of water purifiers offer:

Model Features Havells Digiplus Alkaline

Price – Rs 23,499

8-Stage purification (including RO & UV)

Double UV Protection

Alkaline Taste Enhancer

Revitalizer

Mineralz cartridge

iProtect Purification monitoring

Convenient jog dial

Cartridge life indicator

Smart Alerts

Maintenance Alerts

Cartridge life indicator

Ingress Protection Tank Cover

Havells Max Alkaline

Price – Rs 14,990

7-Stage purification (including RO & UV)

Double UV Protection

Alkaline Taste Enhancer

Revitalizer

Mineralz cartridge

iProtect Purification monitoring

Electrical Protection System

Compact Design with 3 Way Mounting

Zero Splash Faucet

Smart Alerts

Ingress Protection Tank Cover

Removable Tank

Havells RO & UV Water Purifiers

This is the most selling category of Havells in water purifiers. With a design offering like installing the purifier on the corners, it surely made a buzz in the market or the health benefits it provides by adding essential minerals back are unmatched for the price. Available to meet everyone needs like over the counter, under the sink, wall mount or mount in the corner, Havells India diversity in water purifier design is commendable. Models available and the features this category of water purifiers offer:

Models Features Havells Digitouch

Price – Rs 19,999

8-Stage purification (including RO & UV)

Double UV Protection

Mineralz cartridge

Revitalizer

iProtect Purification monitoring

Convenient multi fill options

Auto Diagnostic

Maintenance Alerts

Cartridge life indicator

Ingress Protection Tank Cover

Havells DigiPlus

Price – Rs 18,000

8-Stage purification (including RO & UV)

Double UV Protection

Mineralz cartridge

Revitalizer

iProtect Purification monitoring

Convenient jog dial

Smart Alerts

Maintenance Alerts

Cartridge life indicator

Ingress Protection Tank Cover

Havells Max

Price – Rs 12,798

7-Stage purification (including RO & UV)

Mineralz cartridge

Revitalizer

iProtect Purification monitoring

Electrical Protection System

Compact Design with 3-way mounting

Zero Splash Faucet

Smart Alerts

Ingress Protection Tank Cover

Removable Tank

Havells Pro

Price – Rs 11,119

6-Stage purification (including RO & UV)

Mineralz cartridge

Germicidal UV

iProtect Purification monitoring

Electrical Protection System

Compact Design with 3-way mounting

Zero Splash Faucet

Smart Alerts

Ingress Protection Tank Cover

Removable Tank

Havells 25 LPH

Price – Rs 28,931

8-Stage purification (including RO & UV)

Mineralz fortification

Revitalizer

iProtect Purification monitoring

Compact design

Smart Alerts

Floor and wall mounting (can place under the sink or counter)

Purify up to 25 L of water/hour

Havells UTC

Price – Rs 19,299

8-Stage purification (including RO & UV)

Double UV Purification

Mineralz cartridge

Revitalizer

Membrane performance enhancer

Germicidal wave length

iProtect Purification monitoring

Compact design

Floor and wall mounting (can place under the sink or counter)

Pressure tank with Ingress protection

Smart Alerts

Rotating Faucet

Havells UV Water Purifiers

This range of water purifier is suitable for those who already have a low TDS count water source or for those who don’t need the RO membrane in their water purification process. Models available and the features this category of water purifiers offer:

Model Features Havells Active Touch

Price – Rs 11,999

5-Stage purification (including UV & UF)

UF Membrane

Revitalizer

Convenient multi fill options

Cartridge life indicator

iProtect Purification monitoring

Havells Active Plus Booster

Price – Rs 11,999

5-Stage purification (including UV & UF)

UF Membrane

Booster Pump

Smart Alerts

iProtect Purification monitoring

Electrical protection system

Havells UV Plus

Price – Rs 8,809

5-Stage purification (including UV & UF)

UF Membrane

Revitalizer

iProtect Purification monitoring

Electrical protection system

Compact Design with Flexible Mounting

Zero splash faucet

Smart Alerts

Ingress protection tank cover

Removable tank

Havells Active Plus

Price – Rs 8,999

4-Stage purification (including UV & UF)

UF Membrane

iProtect Purification monitoring

Electrical protection system

Smart Alerts

Havells Active

Price – Rs 8,999

3-Stage purification (including UV & UF)

UF Membrane

iProtect Purification monitoring

Electrical protection system

Smart Alerts

Lloyd Air Conditioners

Lloyd brand which is a part of Havells India offers a wide range of air conditioners for every budget range. From selling normal ACs to Inverter ACs, Lloyd has gained a good market share within a few years. Lloyd is not just into air conditioners but they also sell washing machine and LED TVs too.

In India, Lloyd offers both Split and Window Air Conditioners. Their Lloyd Grande model is quite popular as its rapid cooling feature can bring down the temperature of the room to 18°C within 45 seconds considering some conditions are met. Here are the key features offered by Lloyd in their air conditioners:

Feature Description Wireless Control AC can be controlled via Smartphone using Lloyd app from anywhere. Works at 52°C Lloyd AC’s performs effectively even when the temp. outside reaches 52°C. PM 2.5 Filter Filter out PM 2.5 contaminants from the air. 4-way Swing Helps in delivering the cool air uniformly in every corner of the room. Hidden LED Display The display becomes visible only when the AC is running, can be turned off at night if needed. Low Noise Technology With a noise level of just 19 dB, the AC runs completely silent. 100% Copper The condenser along with the connecting tubes from IDU to ODU is made of 100% copper. The copper tubes are also internally grooved as it increases the heat transfer rate and has high-pressure standing capability. Eco-friendly Refrigerant Lloyd uses eco-friendly refrigerant in their ACs i.e. R410 & R32. Twin Rotary Compressor Twin rotary compressor by Lloyd ensures lesser noise level with lower vibrations level compared to normal compressors. Stabilizer Free operation Lloyd air conditioners don’t require a stabilizer for normal operation unless the voltage frequency varies outside the range of 140 V to 270 V. BLDC Motor BLDC motor in the Lloyd ACs offers better performance and consumes 30% less power compared to the conventional motors.

There’s also an Inverter Hot & Cold AC if one is looking for it in both 1 Ton and 1.5 Ton capacities. Since there are too many models in the air conditioner series, it’s not possible to include everyone here, hence you can check Lloyd official website for more information related to those.

Lloyd Washing Machines

Lloyd washing machines are quiet features rich and are available in every category i.e. Fully Automatic Front Load, Fully Automatic Top Load & Semi-automatic. Some key features of Lloyd washing machine include 360-degree Turbo Jet technology, One key Spin, Fuzzy logic and many more. Let’s discuss each category in detail:

Lloyd Fully Automatic Front Load Washing Machine

Loaded with features like Intelligent Control, Stylish LED display, Clothes add-on & quick short wash, Lloyd is a strong competitor when it comes to washing machines. The machine is quite easy to use and has straight forward functions so that it can be used by anyone in the home. Key features offered by Lloyd Fully Automatic Front Load Washing Machines are:

Feature Description Intelligent Control Equipped with multiple sensors, the washing machine alerts the user for various things i.e. Water Level Sensor, Load Imbalance Sensor, Laundry Load Sensor and Door Lid Open Sensor.

The intelligent control also automatically adjust the washing programme for delivering best washing result with minimal use of water, detergent and electricity.

LED Display The stylishly designed LED display shows clear information about the washing process and the selected washing program. Soak Wash The soak wash technology helps users with soaking clothes in a concentrated detergent solution before starting the washing program for clothes with tough stains and dirt. Clothes Add-on Clothes add-on features allow a user to add clothes in b/w a washing cycle without having to restart it from the beginning.

Following models are available in the front load washing machine category with key features:

Model Price (in Rs) Intelli-gent Control LED Display Soak Wash Clothes Add-on Lloyd LWMF75S (7.5 kg) 26,356 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMF70 (7 kg) 24,499 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMF70AW (7 kg) 23,999 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMF60 (6 kg) 20,499 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMF60AS (6 kg) 22,300 ✓ ✓

Lloyd Fully Automatic Top Load Washing Machine

For Top Load Washing machines, Lloyd has a wider range of models with inverter and non-inverter motor & with features like intelligent control with fuzzy logic, 360-degree Turbo Jet Wash, Bubble Wash, Water Recycle and many more. Key features offered by Lloyd Fully Automatic Top Load Washing Machines are:

Feature Description 360-degree Turbo Jet Wash Helps in giving the clothes a power pack wash with increased wash performance and optimum detergent usage. Direct Drive Inverter The direct drive inverter motor in Lloyd washing machines is directly attached to the drum, which thereby increases efficiency, minimizes noise & vibrations, increase the life of the motor and reduce electricity consumption & water usage. Fuzzy Logic The machine selects the program/process/water level/rinse cycle etc by itself by detecting the size, dirt and weight of clothes. Soak Wash The soak wash technology helps users with soaking clothes in a concentrated detergent solution before starting the washing program for clothes with tough stains and dirt. Air Dry Strong Air is supplied to the clothes after the wash cycle for shorting the drying time. Bubble Wash Soap bubbles are generated which then collide with the clothes giving a better soaking action. Tub Clean Automatically cleans the tub by removing dirt & other residues after a washing cycle thereby keeping the drum free from bacteria, fungus & odour. Water Recycle Helps you reuse the same water after a rinse cycle is complete for leftover dirty clothes.

Following models are available in the fully automatic top load washing machine category with key features:

Model Price (in Rs) Fuzzy Logic Soak Wash Water Recycle Bub-ble Wash Lloyd LWDD80ST (Inverter Motor) (8 kg) 26,290 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT72H (7.2 kg) 17000 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT75RGS (7.5 kg) 16,490 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT80TS (8 kg) 20,990 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT80TD (8 kg) 21,779 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT75TGS (7.5 kg) 20,145 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT80TL (8 kg) 21,990 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT65RGS (6.5 kg) 13,990 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT70TD (7 kg) 16,999 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT70TL (7 kg) 16,000 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMT65TG (6.5 kg) 13,999 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Lloyd Semi Automatic Washing Machine

Usually, the semi-automatic washing machines are straightforward with features, Havells still offers some additional unique features which differentiate them from the competitors like Wash-basin design tub, soak wash, air dry and many more. Key features offered by Lloyd Semi Automatic Washing Machines are:

Feature Description Wash Basin Design Tub of the washing machine is supplied in a wash basin design where the user can scrub off stubborn dirt and stains from the clothes in the machine itself. Soak Wash The soak wash technology helps users with soaking clothes in a concentrated detergent solution before starting the washing program for clothes with tough stains and dirt. Air Dry Strong Air is supplied to the clothes after the wash cycle for shorting the drying time. Collar Scrubber This feature is built into the washing machine to manually scrub off collars & other parts of clothes. Tangle Free Pulsator Creates powerful tornado-like water currents to avoid entangled of clothes during the washing process thereby improving rinsing & easy washing. Bubble Wash Soap bubbles are generated which then collide with the clothes giving a better soaking action.

Following models are available in the semi-automatic washing machine category with key features:

Model / Capacity Price (in Rs) Soak Wash Airy Dry Wash Basin Design Bub-ble Wash Lloyd LWMS85LT2 (8.5 kg) 11,990 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS85L2 -Red / Pink / Blue (8.5 kg) 12,500 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS85RDB – Red / Blue (8.5 kg) 12,990 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS80GDB (8 kg) 13,990 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS80BDB (8 kg) 15,490 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS75RDB (7.5 kg) 11,391 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS75BDB (7.5 kg) 11,391 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS78L -Red / Pink (7.8 kg) 10,999 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS85SP (8.5 kg) 11,169 ✓ Lloyd LWMS85L – Pink / Blue (8.5 kg) 10,500 ✓ Lloyd LWMS72GDB (7.2 kg) 14,490 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS72LT – Blue (7.2 kg) 11,378 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS82G (8.2 kg) 11,599 ✓ Lloyd LWMS80BD (8 kg) 10,990 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS75HG (7.5 kg) 12,899 Lloyd LWMS75SP (7.5 kg) 10,490 ✓ Lloyd LWMS75 (7.5 kg) 11,655 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS72G (7.2 kg) 11,800 ✓ Lloyd LWMS72BP (7.2 kg) 11,390 Lloyd LWMS65LT – Blue / Red (6.5 kg) 8,760 ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS65LP (6.5 kg) 8,999 ✓ ✓ ✓ Lloyd LWMS65RP (6.5 kg) 9,200 ✓

Lloyd LED Televisions

Last, in the Lloyd home appliances series are LED Televisions. These LED TVs are equipped with features like 4K-UHD display, Quad-core processor, built-in Wi-Fi, LAN & Bluetooth, Linux Support, screen mirroring and many more. To provide an immersive visual quality, Lloyd LED TVs enhance the image, video using the 4K solution feature. All Lloyd LED TVs has Grade A panel for displays with wider viewing angle. Lloyd offers a minimum of 3 years warranty of all LED TVs models. Key features offered in Lloyd LED TVs are:

Feature Description 4K Solution (UHD Display) A combination of 4K resolution, 4K Upscaling, 4K Decoding & 4K Streaming is what Lloyd calls 4K Solution. All these features help in delivering excellent image quality all the time. 4K Upscaler Upscales the input video to optimize it for 4K display so that there is less noise in the output video. Smart TV Running on Linux OS, Lloyd LED TVs supports a wide range of supported apps with regular updates on it. Any-View Cast Any-View cast or call it screen mirroring, Lloyd LED TVs supports it. Means you can mirror your Android & iOS smartphone to the TV just like Chromecast do it. 3D Digital Comb Filter 3D Digital Comb Filter eliminates cross-colour interfere which gives a clearer, sharper video picture.

Following LED TVs models are offered by Lloyd with key features:

Model / Size Price (in Rs) Reso-lution Smart TV Any-View Cast Quality Lloyd L75U2H0KS (75″) 2,83,774 3840 x 2160 ✓ ✓ 4K Solution Lloyd L65U2G0IU (65″) 1,69,873 3840 x 2160 ✓ ✓ 4K Upscaler Lloyd L55U2F0IU (55″) 1,42,873 3840 x 2160 ✓ ✓ 4K Upscaler Lloyd L65U1Y0IV (65″) 1,26,572 3840 x 2160 ✓ ✓ 4K Solution Lloyd L55U1X0IV (55″) 56,999 3840 x 2160 ✓ ✓ 4K Solution Lloyd L50U1W0IV (50″) 59,891 3840 x 2160 ✓ ✓ 4K Solution Lloyd L43U1V0IV (43″) 45,072 3840 x 2160 ✓ ✓ Lloyd L49FN2S (49″) 43,077 1920 x 1080 ✓ ✓ Lloyd L50FN2 (50″) 35,990 1920 x 1080 3D Digital Comb Lloyd L49FM2 (49″) 32,989 1920 x 1080 3D Digital Comb Lloyd L43F2J0NS (43″) 36,469 1920 x 1080 ✓ ✓ Lloyd L43F2K0OS (43″) 33,280 1920 x 1080 ✓ ✓ Lloyd L43FYK (43″) 24,000 1920 x 1080 3D Digital Comb Lloyd L39FN2S (39″) 29,890 1920 x 1080 ✓ ✓ 3D Digital Comb Lloyd L39FN2 (39″) 23,600 1920 x 1080 3D Digital Comb Lloyd L32H2I0MS (32″) 21,363 1366 X 768 ✓ ✓ Lloyd L32N2S (32″) 14,450 1366 X 768 ✓ ✓ 3D Digital Comb Lloyd GL32H0B0ZS (32″) 19,083 1366 x 768 ✓ ✓ 3D Digital Comb Lloyd GL32H0B0CF (32″) 14,985 1366 x 768 3D Digital Comb Lloyd L32N2 (32″) 14,990 1366 x 768 3D Digital Comb Lloyd GL24H0B0CF (24″) 11,038 1366 x 768 3D Digital Comb Lloyd L24F1R0GX (24″) 8,995 1366 x 768 Lloyd L20AM (20″) 8,990 1366 x 768 3D Digital Comb

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gussolomonsjrtest · 5 years

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AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE - RATMANSKY TRIO

I’m not sure why the American Ballet Theatre uses British spelling at the end of its name, when the beginning of its name is literally “American.” Anyway, the second week of its annual, six-week, Met Opera House season comprises Ratmansky Trio – three ballets by the company’s artist in residence, choreographer Alexei Ratmansky – one of them a premiere. The program is a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Ukrainian-born choreographer’s tenure as Artist in Residence with ABT. He has won prestigious awards for his ballets, including two Benois de la Danse in 2005 and 2014. He was knighted by the Queen of Denmark in 2001, and in 2004, he was named artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.

His choreography looks fresh and inventive, but it is based on intensive historical research, comprehensive understanding of the classical vocabulary, and emotional maturity. He is a gifted storyteller who creates ballets that are not only technically virtuosic but also emotionally truthful in a way that dance rarely manages to be. Among the most memorable of his sixteen works for ABT are an assiduously researched “Sleeping Beauty,” an thoughtful restaging of Tchaikowsky’s “The Nutcracker,” and “Whipped Cream,” a lavishly spectacular tale about a little boy who overindulges in a sweet shop and has candy-coated fantasies; it is slated for next week, May 24-29.

Isabella Boylston and Blain Hoven in Ratmansky’s SONGS OF BUKOVINA. photo by Rosalie O’Connor

The opener, “Songs of Bukovina” is a suite of dances, inspired by and set to a series of Leonid Desyatnikov piano etudes, played with remarkable conviction and kinetic sensitivity by Jacek Mysinski and beautifully danced by five couples including a lead pair – because ballet tradition requires hierarchy – Isabella Boylston and Blaine Hoven. The work almost seems like a sketch for one of Ratmansky’s more dramatically complex ballets. People come and go in geometric paths in fleeting relationships with steps inflected by Russian folk dance along with strictly classical moves. It’s a primer for the choreographer’s skill at intricately moving bodies through physical space and musical time with grace and implicit relationships.

Next, “On the Dnieper” is a narrative ballet about returning soldier Sergei (Cory Stearns), who realizes he’s fallen out of love with his fiancée, Natalia (Hee Seo), and now lusts after Olga (Christine Shevchenko), a town beauty who’s engaged to her, nameless fiancé (James Whiteside). Naturally drama ensues, at Olga’s engagement party, when a drunken Sergei confronts Olga’s fiancé. A brawl ensues. Serge wins Olga’s heart, the distraught fiancé dashes away to a doubtless unhappy fate, and poor, jilted Natalia is left pining in a snow shower.

Hee Seo as Natalia in Ratmansky’s ON THE DNIEPER. photo by Gene Schiavone

It’s the old story of unrequited love and jealousy, set to the eponymous Sergei Prokofiev music. But in Ratmansky’s deft, creative hands, it becomes touching and emotionally moving, and with the stunning performances by the cast – especially Whiteside in his desperate, “I’m losing my woman” solo, Shevchenko in her “I’m overjoyed with my new boyfriend but confliced” solo, and Heo in her “what-now” final solo. Sergei’s mother (Nancy Raffa) and Olga’s parents (Martine Van Hamel and Alexei Agoudine) make the traditional ballet mime convincing. The choreography for the corps kinetically embodies the emotional states at play from moment to moment, the way an orchestra interacts with solo instruments in a concerto. Ratmansky is a most expert orchestrator of motion.

“The Seasons,” Ratmansky’s newest ballet for ABT, is epic with a cast of seventy dancers, including six young ladies from ABT’s Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis School as Poppies. The music is Alexander Glazunov’s highly romantic take on Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn that has more emotional sweep than Vivaldi’s familiar version. The scenario roughly follows Petipa’s with characters like spring Zephyr, summer Spirit of the Corn, and autumn Bacchus. Costume designer Robert Perdziola makes bold, unexpected color choices that are as surprising as the choreographer’s unpredictability in overlapping the seasons.

Ratmansky’s vision transcends habitual impressions of the discreetness of seasonal changes and acknowledges Mother Nature’s perversity, as seasons unexpectedly interrupt each other – as winter will taunt us with a week of balmy temperatures in January before plunging back into months of frigidity. And spring will barely bloom before summer explodes in vivid color saturation and torrid heat. And of course, “Indian summer” that postpones fall’s expected nippiness.

Ratmansky’s THE SEASONS. Costume sketch for Frost, Ice, Hail, and Snow by costume designer Robert Perdziola

As Winter, Joo Won Ahn dances with four partners in turn without a respite – Frost (Zhong-Jing Fang), Ice (Devon Teuscher), Hail (Courtney Lavine), and Snow (Betsy McBride), testing his endurance. So vast is Ratmansky’s imagination that he occasionally upstages himself by making the cleverness of the background corps’ action so eye-catching it distracts from the featured solos or pas de deux that we’re intended to be watching. There’s more to see than you can hope to grasp in a single viewing – a feast of riches.

Ratmansky’s THE SEASONS. Costume sketch for Summer Corn & Poppies by costume designer Robert Perdziola

Thomas Forster is Spring in a body suit that could have been painted by Joan Miro with its bright, random patches of color. His cohorts are The Rose (Cassandra Trenary) and The Swallow (Breanne Granlund.) Spring picks up one then the other, as if to keep them from losing interest and slipping away. He even lifts them both at the same time, while the octet of Roses blossoms in the background around them.

Ratmansky’s THE SEASONS: Summer. photo by Marty Sohl

Stella Abrera is warm, affable Summer, partnered by The Faun (Blaine Hoven, replacing an injured Herman Cornejo) and playful Satyrs (Jonathan Klein and Gabe Stone Shayer), backed by eight cornflowers, as many Water Men, and eight poppies in black pointe shoes and tights and fuchsia tunics. The Water Men alternate between hydrating the Cornflowers and the poppies by lifting them overhead. The little poppies are so light the men practically toss them into the air. There’s a lovely passage for the eight trios scattered across the stage and a touching one for the women, sunflowers partnering poppies, helping them thrive.

Ratmansky’s THE SEASONS. Costume sketch for Bacchante by costume designer Robert Perdziola

Autumn, when the daylight dwindles, Bacchante (Catherine Hurlin) and Bacchus (Calvin Royal III) cavort with a chorus of Bacchantes and Fauns, before the previous seasons recap their appearances in a dizzying surge of motion that resolves in a stunning final tableau, in which miraculously, everyone can be seen – no small feat of traffic management – and bask in a thunderous ovation from the audience, enchanted. The richness and depth of “The Seasons” demand multiple viewings to appreciate. Like all great art, its wonders increase over time.

Ratmansky’s THE SEASONS final tableau. photo by Rosalie O’Connor

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arnostskvrdleta · 7 years

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Jacqueline B. Arnold as La Chocolat, Robyn Hurder as Nini, Holly James as Arabia and Jeigh Madjus as Baby Doll from Moulin Rouge!. Photos: © Matthew Murphy, 2019

My Top Ten Theatrical Experiences of 2019

By Ross

So here goes. I’m not that good at making lists, especially in an order that defines saying one thing is slightly better or somewhat worse, because on any given day, the order and assigned number might shift around quite dramatically. But on this cold NYC morning, this is what I was thinking. Of course, my special mentions are as long as this list of my top ten (by twice), but so be it. I feel grateful every time I walk in the theatre, particularly since becoming an Outer Critics Circle voting member. There is just so much to love about New York City’s dynamic and eclectic theatre scene, and although I wanted to add a few from London, England, Washington, or Toronto, I tried my hardest to keep it tuned in to what is happening on Broadway and Off this calendar year. So disagree or agree. It’s all good, and let me know your thoughts. I always love hearing about someone’s passionate loves.

J.D. Mollison (center) and the cast of Octet. Photo by Joan Marcus.

10: Octet

“This one certainly got under my skin and had me thinking late into the night. It also forced me, quite intensely and wisely, to think twice before each and every impulse I had to look at my phone…It’s insanely beautiful and achingly real emotionality that forces itself on me even as I attempted to fall asleep after I got home from this enlightenment…The simpleness of this musical has one of the more important messages that the world seems to be desperate to hear and learn.” Full Review

9: Moulin Rouge!

“Truth. Beauty. Freedom. And above all things, Love. That’s what is splashed before our hungry eyes and ears at the Moulin Rouge! – The Musical decadently and gorgeously mashing together with high-wired spectacular spectacular-ness…Within this new musical, directed dynamically and deliciously…” Full Review

MaYaa Boateng and Roslyn Ruff. Photo by Henry Grossman.

8: Fairview

“Utterly fascinating and forceful play. Like a good food fight, it wildly throws out implied conventions and disturbing vantage points…It transitions dramatically into a heady examination of race, strongly held expectations, and white privilege. Layered on top is an upsettingly accurate internal dialogue…Directed with resolution and unabashed confidence…the piece pounds us forward dramatically, challenging us to overcome.” Full Review

Heidi Schreck. What the Conststution Means to Me. Photo by Joan Marcus.

7: What the Constitution Means to Me

“As directed with a free-flowing and creative hand by Oliver Butler, it hits us deep and sharp, almost as complicated as the ripples of distrust and pain that strike through Schreck, shaking and overwhelming her composure that feels, most definitely, out of the box…It lightens my load, seeing the smart and funny ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ although my broken heart stays confused and perplexed in these trying times.” Full Review

James Jackson, Jr., John-Michael Lyles, Jason Veasey, Larry Owens (in red jacket and hat), Antwayn Hopper, John-Andrew Morrison, L Morgan Lee. Photo by Joan Marcus.

6: A Strange Loop

“Directed with crafty ingenuity…The thrills of that first number sent me into joyous giggles of delight and surprise. And it just kept getting deeper and smarter, wittier and wiser with each effervescent and boundary-free song. The show is like no other…There are times we don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or clap along to the sounds of this collision of hurt and humor, as the players all bring forth an authentic slap to each well crafted song.” Full Review

Eva Noblezada, Andre De Shields, Reeve Carney. Photo credit: Matthew Murphy.

5: Hadestown

“The ‘Road to Hell’ has never been finer…With Mitchell’s spectacular retelling of the old Orpheus myth…It’s clear from the hot and fiery opening that…Chavkin has a pure vision of tense and muscular motion…The songs are beautiful…’Hadestown’ delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience, filled to overflowing with passion, artistry, and love, even as are hearts are crushed in the end by our human frailties.” Full Review

Zawe Ashton, Charlie Cox, Tom Hiddleston in Pinter’s BETRAYAL at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre. Photo by Marc Brenner.

4: Betrayal

“A triangle built with a ballet-like precision within a circle against a long rectangular wall. This is the essence of this masterful revival. They are poised for interaction from that first visual, one by one, in pairs (for the most part), as directed with tight thoughtfulness by the gifted Jamie Lloyd.” Full Review

The full cast of SLAVE PLAY (On Ground L to R): Ato Blankson-Wood, James Cusati-Moyer, Sullivan Jones, Annie McNamara, Joaquina Kalukango, Paul Alexander Nolan. (In red boxes L to R): Irene Sofia Lucio and Chalia La Tour. (photo by Matthew Murphy)

3: Slave Play

“It’s provocative and uncomfortable, pushing boundaries and buttons that are hidden within every single soul in the theatre, daring us with staggering urgency to take notice and check our own prejudicial thoughts and politics…So sign up for this sexy and dynamic experiment and become engaged in a conversation that will likely continue long after the last group member leaves the stage.” Full Review

2: The Sound Inside

“The piece floats forward in segments, delicately ushering in the ideas of encapsulated loneliness and the acceptance of praise that resides within, ever so quietly…The two come together in a (Tony deserving) way that will haunt your imagination as you try to make sense of the imagined.” Full Review

1: The Inheritance

“‘The Inheritance’ truly surprises us, moment to moment, with its tender power and strong parallel story-telling. It slides in almost unsuspecting, finding a way to deliver a heart breaking truth and an emotional reality that sends me, almost, over the edge. ” Full Review

Steven Skybell, Jennifer Babiak in Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

Honorable Mentions (in no particular order):

NYTW’s Sing Street, LCT’s Greater Clements, PH’s The Thin Place, Little Shop of Horrors, St. Ann’s Warehouse’s History of Violence, PH’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, ATC’s Blue Ridge, Public’s Sea Wall/A Life, ATC’s The Mother, St. Ann’s Oklahoma!, Gary: A Sequel…, Public’s White Noise, Rattlestick’s No One is Forgotten, LCT’s The Rolling Stone, Broadway Bounty Hunter, MCC’s The Wrong Man, 59E59’s Square Go, TNG’s one in two. I did not get a chance to see Fleabag or many others, as I only have me, and I do need to work occasionally and make some money to live and eat…And I have yet to see The Lehman Trilogy, but I will get my chance in the Spring. Along with the new West Side Story directed by Ivo van Hove and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker that started previews early December. I’m guessing they might make my Best of 2020.

Heroes of the Fourth Turning Written by Will Arbery Directed by Danya Taymor FEATURING Jeb Kreager — Justin Julia McDermott — Emily Michele Pawk — Gina Zoë Winters — Teresa John Zdrojeski — Kevin Scenic Design: Laura Jellinek Costume Design: Sarafina Bush Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd Sound Design: Justin Ellington Fight Direction: J. David Brimmer Production Stage Manager: Jenny Kennedy Assistant Stage Manager: Madolyn Friedman

Greater Clements LCT 11-09 257 Greater Clements, written by Samuel D. Hunter and directed by Davis McCallum Lincoln Center Theater 11/13/19 Lighting Design: Yi Zhao Costume Design: Kaye Voice Scenic Design: Dane Laffrey Sound Design: Fitz Patton Photo Credit: T Charles Erickson © T Charles Erickson Photography [email protected]

Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes

White Noise By Suzan-Lori Parks Directed By Oskar Eustis David Diggs Sheria Irving Thomas Sadoski Zoe Winters

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