Word: duet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi never stops moving or talking. She is the star of three hit shows on three separate networks; before the day is over she will discuss rape with a young feminist author on one show, play a piano duet of Lady of Spain on another and rehearse a review of the week's Top Ten songs for a third. Every weekday afternoon about 10 million viewers see her on the 45-minute Tetsuko 's Room, Japan's first and most successful daily talk show; each Thursday night 30 million fans tune in to the 60-minute...
...Hughes). Tony gets the job because, as the musical's choreographer tells him, "you have anger and a certain intensity. And that's what I need to make this show work." Sure enough, by opening night Tony has the starring role. The youngster impulsively turns the final duet into a solo and comes back a star...
...other actresses particularly stand out and while McNamara as April and Belle Linda Halpern as Hoanne could not portray more divergent characters, each conveys idiosyncrasies with infinite charm. As the blond ditsy April McNamara reveals her beautiful sopraho in the duet "Barcelona" with Robert. And dark haired dark eyed Halpen as the cynical drunken Joanne displays a stunning voice in two numbers- "The Little Things," which mocks the supposed bliss of marriage and the solo, "The Ladies Who Lunch," which evinces a hearty disgust with pretense...
...practices all over the stage during his solo "Am'I Alone and unobserved? And Sullivan's Grosvenor mocks all handsome heroes with his marcissism powered by a stage presence that would sweep even the audience off its feet. Sullivan and Thrope prove excellent foils in brisk repartee during their duet. "When I Go Out of Doors," as Bunthorne tries to convince Grosvenor to become more homely. All of the songs are enjoyable, but none sticks in our minds: the show consequently becomes a pleasant blur a perfect G&S aperitif...
Close and Dotten are two of the standouts in this production. Close, with a voice like the young Stevie wonder, knocks the audience out with his bluesy numbers as Jupiter, and again as the Sun, in an amusing duet in which he and the North Wind (Paul Stickney) compete to see who can remove a young man's coat the fastest...