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Ullmann achieves the alchemy of a fine actress with this dross. Under her magnetic touch, her commanding presence, her lustrous eyes, the base metal of O'Neill's drudgery seems, at times, to glisten. She is aided by the direction of José Quintero, who has a hand-in-glove affinity with all the works of O'Neill. Unfortunately, in this particular instance he is reduced to the condition of a Boy Scout trying to strike fire by rubbing one stick. T.E. Kalem
Imagine dinner at a grand luxe restaurant. The satiny table linen is blindingly white, the chinaware and Baccarat crystal positively glisten, the maitre d' and waiters are impeccably dressed. The diners sit down, admire the pleasing surroundings, and then comes the piéce de résistance: a greasy hamburger, accompanied by limp French fries and a fizzy concoction dosed with cyclamates. That, roughly, was what it was like at an eagerly anticipated dance event: the gala opening last week of the revitalized Harkness Ballet at the palatial new Harkness Theater near Manhattan's Lincoln Center...
...iridescent wit sometimes did not quite conceal a quality in him that was sentimental and even heartbroken. Nothing vulgar or mawkish, of course-just a sense of life's complicated unforgiveness. These two short plays, which were among his last works and probably not his best, still glisten with the famous Coward talent to amuse. But the evening ends with a certain suppressed sadness...
...then they turn to Frank, who stands poised for action beside the cash register. Short and slight with a round, boyish face, he flashes a timid smile at a student whose face he recognizes from a previous evening. Beads of sweat along Frank's forehead glisten in the fluorescent light from the price board above him. He lightly touches the forehead that is growing at the expense of his receding hairline. "Very good. Mushroom pizza, for here or go?" he asks in a quiet, heavily accented voice...
...change in the group's concert format is concomitant with an evolution in the character of the crowds that flock to see Sha Na Na. No longer do gobs-of-grease coiffeurs glisten as the lights pan over the audience; bobby sox and saddle shoes are practically non-existent...