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...CROWLEY'S SET DESIGNS Paul Simon's Broadway effort, The Capeman, may have been a turkey, but it was dressed like a peacock. Even bad plays look good when designed by Crowley. Good plays, like The Judas Kiss and Twelfth Night, positively shimmer. Crowley knows how to stun and to enchant. He understands that showmanship need not be showy and that one of the things that draws us to the stage is the way a good set mirrors and enhances a play, yet never overpowers...
...Tony-winning Carousel (a small town in idyllic greens and blues), the kid from Cork, Ireland, showed the breadth and iridescence of his gifts. This year he had three new Broadway shows: Twelfth Night, the Oscar Wilde bio-play The Judas Kiss and Paul Simon's The Capeman. Amid the rubble of Capeman's reviews, Crowley earned praise for his expressionistic perspectives of uptown tenements and upstate jails. He is now at work on four projects, including Hytner's film of the show Chicago (with Madonna and Goldie Hawn); a London revival of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, directed...
PAUL SIMON Gutsy career move never comes together; trouble-plagued Capeman to fold with $11 million loss...
...Capeman, PAUL SIMON's new musical about a New York City gang killing in the 1950s, had a long, troubled road to Broadway, and its troubles didn't end on opening night. Some last-minute doctoring helped a bit (especially in the doo-wop-flavored first act), but the show never comes to life onstage, and it was drubbed by critics. Yet its backers are vowing to keep the show running at least until the Tony nominations in May. "We're obviously disappointed," said DAN KLORES, one of the producers. "But we're going to fight." A determined group...
...unneeded luxury. While admitting that it's not Broadway's usual practice, Simon defends his approach of nailing down the music first. "People kept saying, 'You're doing it backward.' But if the sound isn't right, how can I hear the characters?" Says an ex-member of The Capeman team: "Paul's philosophy is: if the song is right, the moment is right...