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Stravinsky: Symphony No. 1, Op. 1 (Vienna Orchestral Society conducted by F. Charles Adler; Unicorn). A totally uncharacteristic work by the century's most notorious modernist. This beginner's work contains the material of Tchaikovsky without his melodic gift, the orchestration of Rimsky-Korsakov without his logic, the structure of Brahms in all his squareness. A good joke...
Target: the Funny Bone. Hip-flipper Verdon appeared on NBC's Colgate Variety Hour (Sun. 8 p.m., E.D.T.) in a salute to Songwriters Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, who wrote the music for the Broadway hits The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees. Since Gwen was scheduled to do the numbers she originated in Damn Yankees, there was every reason to believe that she would prove as irresistible on TV as on Broadway. But her specialty is spoofing sex by seductively tossing her hips in all directions, while singing her songs. Although she aims chiefly at the funny bone...
Damn Yankees (original Broadway cast; Victor LP). Gwen Verdon, whose dancing warms up this show onstage, duplicates the favor vocally for the record. It needs her. Except for the rowdy tune called Whatever Lola Wants (TIME, May 16). nothing quite matches the lines, written by the same team (Richard Adler-Jerry Ross), for last year's Pajama Game...
Julius Ochs Adler, first vice president of the New York Times . . . LL.D...
...rate Devil. Disdaining pitchfork theatrics, he is a provokingly cool customer even when buying souls, with a tart, casual manner and a fine, stylish unwholesomeness. As Joe Hardy. Stephen Douglass does all that is required of him - bats .524 for the Senators, sings very well for the show. Richard Adler-Jerry Ross songs and Bob Fosse's dances have hardly more than the outdoor virtues, but they have the right rousingness and tingle. And William and Jean Eckart's sets are amusing and crisp...