Word: anygnay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...book, written by Clem Wood and Jingo Carroll, while not up to the standards set by the score, is consistently competent as a vehicle and perfectly adapted to the cast. The plot--The New Deal a la Luce in sleepy Anygnay, S.A.--is sufficiently irrational to set off the sharpness of the lines themselves, and needs comparatively little further consideration...
...lyrics carried the main weight, however. From overture to final chorus, the songs were the strong point. All types of musical comedy song were well accounted for. "Passport and a Sigh" and "Halcyon Days" are truly fine solo numbers on the popular-song level; "Tomorrow is Manana" and "Anygnay" made exciting production numbers; and the lyrics in "The Best Things in Life Are in 'Life' " and "They Can't Get Along Without Me" made these ensembles the top numbers of the show...
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