Word: britishly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. MIKE OCKRENT, 53, British director whose perky retro-musicals, Me and My Girl and Crazy for You, were hits in London and on Broadway; of leukemia; in New York City...
Certain properties in popular culture fasten their fangs on our pants leg and never let go, no matter how we kick and yell. The story of Anna Leonowens, British tutor to the numerous progeny of testy King Mongkut, ruler of 19th century Siam, is perhaps the most persistent of these terriers...
Polly Wanna #&?%?! Percy, an Amazonian green parrot, gets blue before being axed from a British kiddie play...
...Everything about this production flows together as mellifluously as its singing and dancing; from the winsome one-liners and funny accents (Hungarian, British, and good ole'American Southern), to the costumes (ranging from floor-length gold lamE ball gowns to leather fringe vests with cowboy hats to Vegas-style showgirl getups complete with gold-and-purple accented capes), Crazy for You is a rare production that leaves the audience with a smile plastered on its face, humming the tunes and tapping its feet as it boisterously exits the theater. And let's not forget that well-deserved standing ovation...
...Another scene-stealing pair are the Fodors (yes, the ones of travel book fame), a British couple on a mission to write a guidebook about the American West who find themselves staying in Lank's so-called hotel. As Eugene Fodor, Jonathan Dinerstein '01 is ideally cast, complimented by first-year Laura Durso in the role of Patricia Fodor. The Fodors add yet another comic twist to the plot and capture every scene in which they appear...