Word: goer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their subject. If it is unfair to ask that CRIMSON drama critics understand in detail the ways and means of stage production, as I can understand it might be, I do not think it so to ask that they confess their views to be those of the "average theatre-goer" rather than those of a professional critic. Mark H. Bramhall President, Harvard Dramatic Club...
...fair, by all means, but keep in mind that Flushing Meadow is filled with hundreds of pavilions, rides, restaurants and hawkers, all competing for the fair-goer's attention, time and cash. The way to get the most for all three is to start with a plan. A few pointers: not all the best shows are at the end of the longest lines, and it can be safely assumed that the line will be half as long inside as out; admission to most pavilions is free, but where it is not, the charge is usually $1 or less...
...more harassment at annual meetings. Kappel has special controls behind the rostrum at which he stands to cut off any speaker who becomes too windy or unruly. But he delivered his most effective cut with out benefit of switch at the April 15 annual meeting, where a professional meeting-goer asked a seemingly endless round of questions, including one seeking to know how much A.T.&T. gave to charity. Told that the amount was $10 million last year, the woman said: "Mr. Chairman, I think I'm going to faint." Replied Kappel coolly: "That would be helpful...
...Marx's very presence as a performer, and the natoriety of his unorthodox tone, had steeled many in the audience for an onslaught. As the first few notes burst from the bell of his oboe the remaining faces, already beginning to harden into that controlled boredom of the concert-goer's mask, registered something between discomfort and shock...
Welles's Othello has something for everybody and should not be missed. The humanitarian can test his English 124 training by trying to detect the cuts. The dramatist cannot fail to be impressed by Welles's from the exhibit of camera technique. And the average Brattle goer is sure to enjoy an evocative chase in--guess where--the Cyprus sewers...