Word: duetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year old man who has never kissed a girl but has decided now is the time. Cornelius, shy and lacking self-confidence, requires Dolly's help in wooing Mrs. Malloy; with Dolly's "boost" of confidence, he becomes an instant charmer. Cornelius and Malloy's duet, "It Only Takes A Moment," which rivals the title song as the best in the play, is a serious, beautiful contrast to the humorous wooing of Vandergelder by Dolly...
...Comin' Aroun', a plaintive lament that acts as a kind of fate motive throughout the show (it is heard in the orchestra, for example, when the ne'er-do-well gambler Gaylord Ravenal first catches sight of the sweet, ingenuous Magnolia). Another addition is the charmingly coy duet, I Have the Room Above Her, first heard in the 1936 film version and much the best of Kern's second thoughts...
...most interesting decision concerns Why Do I Love You? Originally written as a duet for Ravenal and Magnolia in a scene that opens the second act, the song is here given instead to the carping old New England biddy Parthy, who croons it to her newborn grandchild. At a single stroke, Parthy is suddenly humanized, and we see in her the tender side that must have attracted her husband, the skipper Cap'n Andy, in the first place. As Parthy, Elaine Stritch is one of the production's great strengths. She has no voice to speak of at this stage...
...times there is too much fuss in the arrangements, and the set includes one clinker -- a souped-up duet with Johnny Mathis on Day Follows Day in which it's obvious the two singers recorded in separate studios. But with a half- | spoken rendition of Sondheim's Old Friend, Horne demonstrates why she may be unrivaled at creating a character in a song. Horne seems rhythmically more daring than she used to be, toying with the beat in Havin' Myself a Time with an assurance that reveals how much she owes to Billie Holiday, the singer who made the song...
Montreal's Dourval Airport was evacuated for anhour Thursday evening while we sat on the runway,a safe distance from the avenging Mounties. Wewere entertained by a lively soprano duet byinfant twins, harmoniously accompanied by a chorusof police sirens. As we settled in the wait outthe bad guys, our experience prompted a reflectionon our luck. A week of vacation. A Fresh issue ofCosmo. Two charming traveling companions...