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...bore. Everything conceivable has been done to make it seem that Playwright Behrman has really written a play. The sets are charming. The incidental music is lively. The costumes are gorgeous. Above all, Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne-he at his most swashbuckling, she at her most mischievous-romp and cavort for all they are worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Dec. 7, 1942 | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

...music was by Stravinsky, the choregraphy by Balanchine, the costumes by Norman Bel Geddes. But New Yorkers weren't swooning over a new ballet; they were in Madison Square Garden watching 50 elephants in pink panties cavort at The Circus. They were gaping at bright blue and red tanbark, girl rope climbers who looked like Ziegfeld chorines, wedding-cake beautifications, Peter Arno drawings in the programs, refreshments passed on china platters. If they were old or sentimental enough, they were wondering what had become of the pink lemonade, the gold-toothed lady bareback rider, the gaudy, dirty, bewildering oldtime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Spring Has Come | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

Blondes for Defense" will be the title of the Pi Eta Club's 72nd annual show to be presented on March 17-21. A chorus of 16 and a ballet will cavort through three public performances, and a special rendition for the soldiers at Fort Devens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annual Pi Eta Offering Set For March 17 to 21 | 2/25/1942 | See Source »

With God on Bill Bingham's side and fair weather prevailing, close to 40,000, the biggest crowd in the stadium since the Yale game two years' ago, should be on hand to watch the undefeated Middies cavort. One of the strongest teams that has come forth from Annapolis in years, the eleven future admirals have gone unscored upon (technically) in four games while concocting a 129 point total of their own. The team is so good they even have scored against themselves-two points on a safety against Lafayette...

Author: By David B. Stearns, | Title: CRIMSON LEVELS ITS SIGHTS ON MIDDIES | 10/25/1941 | See Source »

...freaks still parade, the clowns cavort, the chariots race, the elephants lumber, the band blares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Greatest Show | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

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