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...best of the lot may well be the pert, piquant French import, Irma La Douce, with delightful Dynamo Elizabeth Seal. The holdovers-not counting the perennials such as My Fair Lady and The Music Man-are topped by Fiorello!, an unpretentious reminiscence of the Little Flower, and Bye Bye Birdie, a sprightly spoof of an Elvis-type monster...
...edged category, Carnival, a musical based on the film Lili, boasts a blue-chip billing of Producer David Merrick (twelve moneymakers in his last 16 attempts), Director Gower Champion (one for one), Composer-Lyricist Bob Merrill (two for two). One of the book writers, Michael Stewart, proved himself in Bye Bye Birdie; the other, Helen Deutsch, is untested, as is Star Anna Maria Alberghetti...
...Michigan newsmen, Williams raffled off his vicuna. "We were cleaning out one of our closets before moving out of our house, and there it was," explained Soapy. "At first, we thought it was nothing more than an old piece of burlap." Exited Williams, to a serenade of "Bye, bye, Soapy...
...wonders. But he has plainly written a comedy. It takes place on Christmas Eve instead of evoking St. Bartholomew's Day. It deals with a period of adjustment rather than with exclamation points of cannibalism and castration. It has a happy ending, with everyone going beddie-bye, husband and wife, husband and wife. Indeed, in Period of Adjustment Williams is specifically writing of how to stay married, after one night or five years...
Among last season's plays with a strong grip on this season's playgoers are: The Miracle Worker, Toys in the Attic, Bye Bye Birdie...