Word: brooklyn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...show is slightly redeemed by the solid performance of certain individuals in combination with the greatness of Anything Goes itself. While Moony's (played by Ken Herrera '03) Brooklyn accent takes a while to warm up, and while his character's jokes don't always come off quite right, he's got a lot of energy and heart, and it shows. Same for Jennifer Glick '00 (Hope Harcourt)--she starts out a little too plasticky for her character but warms to the task, and eventually shines during the jail scene. In Jac Huberman '01, the performance of Bonnie is made...
...here's the knotty question: Is it possible to recognize a show's base commercial motives and still have a good time? In this case, yes. The show has faithfully reproduced the 1977 John Travolta movie about a working-class Brooklyn kid with big dreams and hot dance moves, with the familiar Bee Gees music (including two new songs written by the Gibb brothers) integrated into the story. One of the pleasant surprises is how well these numbers sound in the theater: How Deep Is Your Love becomes a richly layered love duet; What Kind of Fool is a passionate...
...when she premiered on New York City radio. She has taught at Lehman College, Brooklyn College, Adelphi
This belief is far more important than winning a World Series--although, continuing the Brooklyn-Boston parallel, it should be mentioned that the Dodgers eventually...
...Yankees, of course, were the AL representative. Challenging them was a scrappy collection of Brooklyn players that other teams had rejected. This unit had finished third in 1939, second in 1940, and finally first in 1941. Their reward was a cross-town Series against the best team in baseball...