Word: best
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...verse is flexible as other things are rigid. Stuart Vaughan's sound staging and Norris Houghton's shapely set make for helpfully stylized effects, although a cast that includes Florence Reed, Lillian Gish and Fritz Weaver tends to act in varying styles. The cast, understandably, come off best where Eliot did-with the language...
...Pittsburgh (4-1-1)-contained Army's offense (statistically the nation's best), dominated the second half with a wide-open attack...
...general obviously seeks perfection. But at show's end, Vicki and Berto tied for sixth in the individual rankings, a highly creditable performance in competition against the world's best horsemen. Father Mariles had obviously produced a pair of successors Mexico could be proud...
...office attractions, none of them can compare with a Callas or Tebaldi, and certainly not one of them commands the fanatical personal devotion Caruso once enjoyed. But their presence at the Metropolitan means the difference between a minor and a major opera house. Among the Met's best...
Richard Tucker, 44, today the world's best tenor. A Brooklyn boy, Tucker sang as a cantor in the neighborhood synagogue, for years owned his own textile business, broke into the Met in 1945 with almost no previous operatic experience. He freely confesses his lack of acting talent, but under proper direction he has produced some fine dramatic characterizations, e.g., Don José, Turiddu, Farrando in Così Fan Tutte. He has a big, warm, sensuous tenore robusto...