Word: criticizes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Raved Britain's Sir Arthur Bliss: "He plays with fire and poetry, and gives vitality to every phrase." More cautious, U.S. Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos feels that Van "could rise to Rubinstein's stature, but at the moment it's not fair to compare them." Says Piano Critic Abram (Speaking of Pianists) Chasins: "Van is a born flaming virtuoso...
Most of the people close to him agree with Critic Abram Chasins that, because his basic instincts are "those of a pristine musician," Van will survive the perils of his success. But U.S. music is unlikely ever to be the same again. "What he has given to it," says Pianist Eugene Istomin, "is glamour. He has reminded everybody that we are no longer a cowboy country musically...
...after the bravos, for stars and host alike, there was one sonorous boo from the Washington Post and Times Herald's drama critic, Richard L. Coe. What cooled Coe was the common practice among actors of skipping performances for benefits, TV appearances and the like. That, he argued, is false advertising, since the public is never told in advance that the stars they paid to see will not appear-even when, as in this case, the arrangements were made six weeks...
...public's loss," cried Critic Coe, "is the more ironic because of all recent Presidents, President Eisenhower has done less for the theater than any other. Only once has President Eisenhower been inside a legitimate theater since he entered the White House. That was in New York to pick up his wife after My Fair Lady. He saw the musical's last 15 minutes. But last night at the White House some of the top hits' leading players were willing to disappoint their paying customers to perform before a President of the United States...
...Critic Gilbert then said he had some questions for Miss Crawford, who had been sitting quietly in the back of the room...