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TYPICAL OF THIS predicament is the opening number ("Howdiadoo"), where we meet Georgy for the first time as she plays with a bunch of little kids. The point of the number is to tell us (a) Georgy has rapport with kids and loves them and (b) she is kooky. But it doesn't work because (a) We don't know whether these kids are worth loving or even what her relationship to them is and (b) flip-flop clothing and jumping up and down to the steps of a mundane choreographer don't communicate a real kookiness, but only serve...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Theatregoer Georgy at the Colonial through February 7 | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

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