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...Jerry Herman, who built his reputation as the composer and lyricist of Hello, Dolly and Mame, argues that in the theater, "the strongest single force you could have is a larger-than-life lady on the stage." That chivalric premise is supported by two current Broadway delights, Bernadette Peters' act-long vocal solo in Song & Dance and Lily Tomlin's one-woman show, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. The same nothing-like-a-dame thinking underlies Jerry's Girls, a retrospective pastiche of Herman's work, featuring Dorothy Loudon, Leslie Uggams, Chita Rivera and eight...
...Herman's dictum proves regrettably true as an assessment of his own work. Although Girls offers raucous pleasures, they derive more from the skill and exuberance of the leading ladies, all past Tony winners, than from the melodies and lyrics, which are burdened with cliche-ridden predictability, relentless optimism and, worst, a prevailing sameness. Uggams' torchy numbers seem too much alike because the songs do. Loudon's comedy, almost all based on self-mockery for being plump and presumably over the hill, eventually becomes distasteful. Rivera, who could dance the telephone book entertainingly, more or less does just that...
Sources said that the Lampoon was too busy with preparations for its upcoming visit by Pee Wee Herman--who last week arrived in Cambridge to accept the humor society's Elmer Award--to achieve anything that clever or funny...
...Herman estimated that most members spend between $20-25 each month on comics. He said an average comic book sells for about a dollar...
There are not too many women in the Comic Collectors--only about two or three, according to Herman. "Super-heroines just don't make it," he said. "Men get more of a thrill from super-powers than women...