Word: glossed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Seldom truly raffish, the show is often just plain dull. There are some attractive Hammerstein lyrics, and the Rodgers score ranges pleasantly from the lilt of A Lopsided Bus to the schmalz of All at Once You Love Her. But the production adds little gloss: the dancing is uninspired, the performing?except for William Johnson as Doc?unimpressive. TV's Judy Tyler is little more than a pretty ingenue, and as the madam, Opera Singer Helen Traubel is wildly though likably miscast...
...Inheritance is part and parcel of a larger problem of exploitation, and we shall use this debate as a discussion of property relationships," George J. Gloss said last night on behalf of the Party...
When asked whether he was a leader of the Boston Socialists, Gloss replied that the party "does not look to men on horseback to solve problems. We merely have officials for the perfunctory carrying out of delegated tasks," he said...
...Manor Bron" sketch and the concluding bit could both be shaved again, but with the changes already made in the show, these slow-ups are by far the exceptions. The pace is dazzling now: director Ed Golden being responsible for the production's sharp aim and high gloss...
...characters, the author's only problem is to work through the second and third acts to get to that end. This involves another ball-gazing session (Mr. Edwards is as ingenious as he is indulgent of authors' whims) and a fair amount of comedy in the second act to gloss over its basic similarity to the first. When, despite everyone's attempts to subvert its ends, Fate proves too wily a customer for mortals, the final curtain rings down on what has been an enjoyable, if not particularly exhilarating, evening. Although the subject is obviously fascinating, it has been handled...