Word: atkinson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gypsy (book by Arthur Laurents; music by Jule Styne; direction and choreography by Jerome Robbins) opened to breathless rave reviews. Burbled the Herald Tribune's Walter Kerr: "Best damn musical I've seen in years." Said Brooks Atkinson of the Times: "Most satisfactory musical of the season." The critical fan-farenade for what is, at best, a so-so show would be a puzzler if the answer was not blazoned on the marquee. The answer: Ethel Merman. They all love Ethel, but the love is sorely tested in her latest role as the most monstrous stage mother ever...
...eight innings bearded Reilly Atkinson set down the feared CRIMSON batting order which sportingly scoffed at his repeated use of a spitball...
Then, in an ill-advised burst of courtesy, the Technicians sent Atkinson to the tubs and called on "Shanks Shenefield to retire the Crimeds in the ninth and protect their 2-0 lead...
...sliding-scale sum that may reach $400,000. A long Broadway run was assured when the seven critics of the Manhattan dailies, seemingly under the sway of collective hypnosis, unanimously hailed the Williams drama. Said the Herald Tribune's Walter Kerr: "Enormously exciting." The Times's Brooks Atkinson called it "one of Mr. Williams' finest dramas." The most startling display of devotion came from the Post's Richard Watts, who said the play had a "haunting fascination" but poked three logical holes in the script, then concluded: "It must be a tribute to the play that...
Last year a sacroiliac condition began to bother Atkinson. Three times in the last eight months he had to give up his mounts and rest. Fortnight ago at Florida's Tropical Park, the pain became unbearable. Last week, at 42, on the advice of his physician, he retired. Said he: "I guess I've been around the world a couple of times on horseback in the afternoon. Maybe that's enough...