Word: cavernous
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When somebody goes to the bother of naming a cave after a gal, the only polite thing for her to do is sing a little tune in appreciation. Which explains what Pearl Bailey was doing 320 ft. underground in Missouri's Meramec Caverns belting out Hello, Dolly! Off Broadway, Pearlie Mae is an avid spelunker, and she gladly turned up for the dedication of the cavern's "Pearl Bailey Room." As for that cave, which once served as an Underground Railroad stop, it suits Pearl just fine. "That," she pronounced, "is something solid...
Dion said yesterday that he was hopefull of strong support from the parents in light of the response to a letter to Quincy parents soliciting funds for the House's recent production of The Cavern. That appeal raised more than $750, Laurence L. Brunton '69, its organizer, said yesterday...
...creature is stronger than his creator, or so Jean Anouilh would have us believe in The Cavern. The characters insist on their own independent existence, and the unwary playwright suddenly finds himself part of the play, seduced by the vitality of his own inventions...
...good. But even if the author is taken with the work of his hands, the audience isn't, not at least in the Quincy House production of The Cavern. The show chugs along at a level of basic competence, but you wait in vain for the spark that would make Anouilh's premise work...
Frederick Ewers' set achieves a nice delineation of the kitchen "cavern" below and the town house above, though the upper story is a bit cramped and leads to some rather static scenes. --LEE H. SIMOWITZ