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...halfbacks--with newcomer freshman Robert Fritz a pleasant surprise--controlled midfield with intelligent short passing amongst themselves or longer passes to the wings. Freshman wing Mauro Keller Sarmiento played superbly when not dribbling too much, as Ford exhorted him to "turn 'em inside out" from the sideline. Goalie Billy Blood had his finest game of the season, looking comfortable in his role as Fred Herold's replacement...
...Hitting 'Em...
...DRINK. I concurred in the general consensus and elbowed and gouged my way up to the bar in vintage Ed King, clip-'em-on-the-sweep fashion. The bar-tender, a smallish man unaccustomed to such mass displays of joviality, informed me that Scotch and soda was going for $1.90 that night. Ed King, I realized, would run a frugal administration, having already cut back on essential social services. I settled for ginger...
...musical, America's biggest contribution to the stage in this century, relies on a set of givens that has never really changed. Give 'em a couple of big production numbers, a whole lot of dancing, some love and a few funny lines, and they'll go home happy. Unless the book waxes trite beyond belief or the singers are tone-deaf, what you usually need in a musical is a lot of money and the kind of house-filling draw no producer can resist...
King of Hearts has a lot of shtick, boundless energy, and in all probability a bright future. It's the kind of show many reviewers will hate, because of its flaws, but audiences will love it, because it's fun. And that's what musicals are all about. Give 'em the old razzle-dazzle and you'll leave 'em in the aisles, screaming for more, no matter what's going on outside the theater, back there in reality...