Word: chorused
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...variety troupe one-nighting through the South with Negro Singer Nat "King" Cole featured. For the musky-voiced baritone, born Nathaniel Adams Coles in Montgomery, this was almost a home-town audience; he spiced Autumn Leaves with an extra lilt, then crooned into Little Girl. With the second chorus came pandemonium...
Working with a small stage, Brooks has expertly handled the problem of the chorus, ably led by Richard Smithies. In this play the chorus functions not only as a group of commenting onlookers but also as Elders of Colonus who participate in the dialogue. The distribution of lines among them is wisely varied: they speak sometimes singly or by twos, sometimes in unison. The celebrated ode in praise of Colonus comes off especially well...
...production as a whole holds together nicely, and credit must go to director Karl Heider, as well as choreographer Adele Hugo, who has again made the complex chorus patterns seem unrestricted by the small stage. This year the Winthrop Society has made a bigger production of their annual event, especially noticable in the lighting shifts used, generally successfully, for added dramatic effect. But the increased over-all polish makes any rough spots, although not serious, all the more obvious. For example, the chorus' white gym shoes appear out of place in contrast with fine costuming and striking make...
...very convincing feigned ugliness. The part of the author, played by Hugh Amory, is honest, and therefore very incisive and highly amusing. Unfortunately for George Montgomery, an Indian brave, his lines apparently call for modern comment on the ludicrous action, thus making him the play's weakening link. A chorus of various boy and girl Indians intone explanation and prediction of future action, in case anyone in the audience hadn't guessed for himself. Costumes and lighting as usual are modest because of the players' skimpy budget, but they in no way detract from a generally very entertaining show...
...performance last week an inflated nine-foot lobster and a cardboard octopus of grand design decorated the stage of Cincinnati's Music Hall as schoolchildren and proud parents filed in to hear the Cincinnati Symphony do Sea Secrets, a Cantata for Speakers, Chorus and Orchestra...