Word: hals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! When Hal Holbrook shuffles off the stage at the end of his one-man show, it is as if one were bidding good night to the incorrigible Clemens himself. An extraordinary physical impersonation and uncanny dramatic recreation of one of Americana's keenest humorists...
April being the cruelest month, Actor Hal Holbrook, 41, rummaged through the collected wit of Samuel Clemens and inserted an apt crack into his one-man virtuoso performance, Mark Twain Tonight!, at Manhattan's Longacre Theater. "What's the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector?" mused Holbrook-Twain. "The taxidermist takes only your skin...
...Director Hal Prince knows where he's at, and Superman is smoothly and competently staged. But while production seems to be all it takes to make a musical a hit, It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! will have to take its place in musical history on gross receipts value alone...
MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! Hal Holbrook takes three hours putting on his Mark Twain makeup, and he has spent more than 13 years getting into Mark Twain's psyche. The result is a one-man show that is wise and witty...
MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! Hal Holbrook takes more than three hours putting on his Mark Twain makeup, but he has spent 13 years getting into Mark Twain's psyche. The result is a one-man show that is wise, warming and witty...