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HONORABLE MENTIONS: Hedda Gabler, 42nd Street and Thou Shalt...
...42ND STREET Broadway wasn't exactly clamoring for a revival so soon of Gower Champion's 1980 musical, based on the 1933 movie. But with thousands of tapping feet, a score brimming with seemingly every great movie song from the '30s, and the perfect role (finally) for the wonderful Christine Ebersole, this show is sheer...
...42nd minute, freshman midfielder Kate Gannon led a breakaway into the circle and sent a pass across to Gambale who fired a shot between the legs of Moran to up the Harvard advantage...
...second thing that transports this musical is Stroman's lyrical and sensuous choreography, wonderfully danced by Levering, the former co-star of "42nd Street." In the climactic seduction scene in Therese's bedroom, Levering slithers and writhes and wraps her legs around Bierko as seductively as Cyd Charisse used to envelop Gene Kelly. Not only is this a rare Broadway musical where the dance numbers actually illuminate character and enhance the story; it's also one of the few that manages to portray sexual passion convincingly. Seldom do I believe that a couple onstage are really attracted to each other...
...second thing that transports this musical is Stroman's lyrical and sensuous choreography, wonderfully danced by Levering, the former co-star of "42nd Street." In the climactic seduction scene in Therese's bedroom, Levering slithers and writhes and wraps her legs around Bierko as seductively as Cyd Charisse used to envelop Gene Kelly. Not only is this a rare Broadway musical where the dance numbers actually illuminate character and enhance the story; it's also one of the few that manages to portray sexual passion convincingly. Seldom do I believe that a couple onstage are really attracted to each other...