Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...show. In the rare moments when the play lagged, Miss Hallowell's forceful humor picked up the action and lent the show new life. Perhaps the most triumphant moment came in the second act when Ruth led the chorus in an exciting delivery of "Swing," the play's fast-moving jazz number...
...this play which depends to such a great extent on a fast pace and sustained humor, the contribution of the chorus is essential. Although occasionally awkward and at first somewhat limp, both the male and female choruses soon found their stride and by the climactic scenes of the second act, successfully projected their spirit to the audience. Their singing and dancing of such numbers as "Swing" and "Conga" was not only circusy but buoyant. Jim Fadiman's Valenti, the sleezy operator of a Village nightspot, was perhaps the outstanding member of the chorus...
Junior guard Mike Donohue was usually the fifth starter, although Dave Grayer took his place several times. A ferocious hustler, Donohue barely missed double figures for the year, as he netted a 9.8 average. His speed on fast breaks was often decisive, but his fiery spirit got the best of him on several occasions, and near-fights ensued...
...March 7 Black Saddle (NBC, 9-9:30 p.m.). A meaningless title conceals a western about a lawyer (Peter Breck) almost as fast with his mouth as he is with his gun. It is all good, unwholesome...
...mile, the Crimson's Jed Fitzgerald found himself in the unfamiliar situation of leading the pack through a very fast first quarter. Fitzgerald couldn't keep up the pace he set for himself, however, and he faded badly...