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...singing on the other hand, does do adequate justice to the fine match of John Kander's score and Fred Ebb's lyrics. Master of Ceremonies Mark Meredith plays a convincing Satan-like figure, and he is suitably disconcerting as he belts out a mighty anthem to "The Fatherland." His two bizarre, but rather lightweight, numbers. "Two Ladies" and "If They Could See What I See" are enacted with commendable energy. His "Money, Money", done with one of the Kit Kat Klub Girls, is strong, but lacks the vitality of Joel Grey's exquisite film rendition...
Notwithstanding the criticisms, Mark Clark was a soldier of brilliance and integrity. At the Italian campaign's lowest ebb, Eisenhower told him from London, "You are writing history that Americans will always read with pride." Ike's words were echoed by President Reagan last week: "We are free because of men like him. His professionalism and dedication will be the standard of every soldier who takes the oath to defend our nation...
...President, in his first days, had to move against the climate of uncertainty. With our military strength at the ebb and our economy in trouble...
...Rink, the Kander-Ebb musical that opened last week on Broadway, is set on the ragged fringe of the New York show-biz world: in a Coney Island of the mind where Anna Antonelli's roller-skating rink is about to be demolished, and with it Anna's sour memories of life with her runaway Lothario of a husband and her painfully shy daughter Angel. Terrence McNally's script might suggest a domestic minidrama swathed in poignancy-A Tree Grows in Brooklyn mixed with Terms of Endearment. But from the moment the curtain rises on Peter Larkin...
...eats co-stars for breakfast. Thus it is partly noblesse oblige and partly the instinct for survival that keeps Liza Minnelli (Angel), the bigger box-office attraction, out of Chita's way. Minnelli steps to center stage only to belt out three or four of Kander and Ebb's snazzier songs, while the rest of The Rink skates along on the momentum of uninspired professionalism. But Chita Rivera's high-voltage presence and performance act as saving shock therapy for a catatonic show-biz form. -By Richard Corliss