Word: greasepaints
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cast of The Roar of the Greasepaint-The Smell of the Crowd sings, dances, shouts, and seats its way through two and a half hours of unutterable nonsense. That's why I felt sorry for the actors and actresses in this musical; they pour so much talent and energy into a show that's not worth the effort...
Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, responsible for the book, music, and lyrics of Greasepaint, have returned and rephrased themes from their first show, Stop the World-I Want to Get Off. And the cuteness and originality that made that show a Broadway hit become stupidity and insanity in this...
Newley's Littlechap, in Stop the World, stood for a shallow, self-seeking Britain. The show was simple and amusing enough to rest successfully on its pantomime and song, but the simplicity disappears in Greasepaint. Littlechap, has become Cocky (Newley) and Sir (Cyril Ritchard), who, dripping with social symbolism, play The Game (of Life, get it?). The winner of each game writes the rules for the next one, so Sir, having won the first game, imprisons Cocky in a vicious loser's circle...
...fact, no part of Greasepaint shows any thought by the author. They have picked ideas they considered cute or topical and piled them one upon another. They thought civil rights were a good topic, so in the middle of the second act a Negro runs in and asks to play the game. When Cocky and Sir reluctantly acquiesce, the Negro wins, but by disregarding Sir's rules. He then sings a rousing celebration of his victory, all of which, song and victory, seem irrelevant to what's been going...
ALCOA PREVIEW (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Behind the scenes with Kim Novak on the set of her new movie, The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, Tony Bennett at a recording session, and a preview of Anthony Newley's new musical, The Roar of Greasepaint-The Smell of the Crowd. PERRY COMO'S MUSIC HALL (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Tonight's guests are Danny Thomas and Shirley Jones...