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...Fair Lady still leads the musical field, with The Music Man a close second, and Redhead (Gwen Verdon up), followed by Flower Drum Song, just about rounding the box-office turn...
WILLIAM DIAMOND'S DRUM (311 pp.) -Arthur Bernon Tourtellot-Doubleday...
Sunday Showcase (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). The network continues its impressive series of prime-time specials with another big one: What Makes Sammy Run?, Budd Schulberg's vitriolic story of a young heel on the make. With Larry (Flower Drum Song) Blyden, Barbara Rush and Sidney Blackmer. Act I, with the second coming up next week...
Candlelight flickered against the low ceiling of Washington's Showboat Lounge one night last week as a mild-mannered Virginian named Charlie Byrd started strumming the strings of his guitar. With bass and drum accompaniment, he played his own composition, Spanish Guitar Blues, went on to a hot-swinging number called Yoti Took Advantage of Me, and then pulled a 180° switch-two solo Bach gavottes, sedate Frescobaldi variations, Villa-Lobos' rolling Prelude in E Minor. At 33, Byrd is that rarity, a musician so versatile that he qualifies as one of the world...
...Fair Lady, with Edwardian charm, The Music Man, with mid-American corn. and Flower Drum Song, with Oriental flair, make a trio of memorable musicals. Redhead cuts a nifty caper-and the fanciest footwork is Gwen Verdon...