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...major event was the American premier of The Burnt Flower-Bed, written in 1952 by the late Italian dramatist Ugo Betti. Betti has been hailed as a greater playwright than Pirandello; he is certainly not that, but he does deserve a place among the most important modern writers for the theatre. This play deals with the problem of present-day nihilism and international political diplomacy. If it did not lapse periodically into propagandistic sermonizing, it would be a masterpiece...
...Fair Lady, with Edwardian charm, The Music Man, with mid-American corn. and Flower Drum Song, with Oriental flair, make a trio of memorable musicals. Redhead cuts a nifty caper-and the fanciest footwork is Gwen Verdon...
...reaches its fullest flower among the political writers and columnists. Many of them buy blocks of space from their publishers, reap tidy subsidiary fortunes by reselling it-at higher rates-to anyone in the market for their wares, which can be either adulation or silence. Among the buyers are minor government officials, politicians and industrialists. The national railroads are steady customers, happy to pay for the privilege of keeping minor train wrecks out of the news; press faultfinding with Pemex rose sharply after the state-owned oil company dropped its annual reporters' subsidy of 9,000,000 pesos...
...switched from oils to woodprints only two years ago. Characteristically, he minimizes the realism of his dream-tossed horses (see color): "My real interest is not so much in horses as in the wind. I am fascinated by the way the wind can change the form of things-a flower, the hair of a girl, the mane of a horse...
...Fair Lady, with Edwardian delight, The Music Man, with mid-America homeyness, and Flower Drum Song, with Oriental charm, make a trio of memorable musicals. Redhead cuts a pretty figure-and the best of it is Gwen Verdon...