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Word: duet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...audience, of course, doesn't see. But even without a developed plot they convey with perfect clarity the confrontation of two strangers who wake up together uncertain of each other's motives. Kean and Bundy work best together, always creating a dramatic situation rather than simply singing a duet...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: Fluffy But Filling | 3/5/1981 | See Source »

...fundamental shortcomings. There are almost a dozen flashy sets, and many use television--remember, Tess is an anchorwoman--to give the stage a busy, electronic feel. And Craig as a cartoonist yields an elaborate set of video projections of his work, including one song during which he does a duet with an animated version of his own cartoon. For all the technological hoopla, the song characteristically falls flat--for the simple reason that a poor singer is doing a dreary tune. The most sophisticated set in the world can't help that...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Back Page | 2/10/1981 | See Source »

...humanity amidst all the clutter on stage. Helga, Tess's heavily Teutonic maid (Grace Keagy), has the best lines in the show and steals every scene she plays. And Jan, dowdy wife of Tess's first husband (Marylin Cooper), shares the best moment in the show with Bacall, a duet called "The Grass is Always Greener," in which the two women enviously examine each other's lives. Add a quality chorus (which is on stage far too little, given the musical talents of the leads), and Woman has many of the acoutrements of success but none of the fundamentals...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Back Page | 2/10/1981 | See Source »

...seem at all confused-or at least don't care if they are-are the millions of fans who have given Diamond, by his own reckoning, 20 platinum and gold albums and over 30 hit singles, including 1978's You Don't Bring Me Flowers, a duet with Barbra Streisand. Diamond loyalists right now are making their boy's latest efforts two of the year's hottest records. Love on the Rocks, a typically canny Diamond ballad, is currently No. 2 on the charts, while the album it comes from, The Jazz Singer, is fifth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bandmaster of the Mainstream | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

...Simon and David Levine recruited talent as diverse as Bette Midler, James Taylor, the Doobie Brothers, Linda Ronstadt, Lindy Waldman and Carly Simon (the co-producer's sister), and let them loose in the realms of whimsy. The results-especially by Taylor, Midler, and Dr. John in a duet with Libby Titus-are easy to take and danceable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sounds for the Solstice | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

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