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Every Broadway season looks in prospect like an ingenue in a bridal gown, and in retrospect like a naked iguana. Somehow, the paper promises -the mere names, titles and themes - are always unbearably alluring; but it is much easier to develop a good idea for a show than to develop a good show, and Broadway never looks better than it does in August, just before it starts down the aisle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway: The New Season | 8/30/1963 | See Source »

Night of the Iguana, Tennessee Williams' often moving drama about yet another assortment of sick, sick people, played by a strong, though not star-studded, cast including Mark Richman, Vicki Cummings and Irene Dailey. Philadelphia; Latham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Jul. 19, 1963 | 7/19/1963 | See Source »

...swampy area for 3½ days. In the Panama Canal Zone their jungle training is enlivened by tarantulas and real but friendly Indians, who pursue them, try to steal their hats as a symbol of having slain them. The Commandos learn to hunt, cook and eat the loathsome-looking iguana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: U.S. GUERRILLAS: With Knife & Strangling Wire | 5/24/1963 | See Source »

...dramatic playbilling goes to The Night of the Iguana and A Man for All Seasons. Iguana is Tennessee Williams' gentlest play since The Glass Menagerie, and the wisest play he has ever written. Seasons is a play of wit and probity about a man of wit and probity, Sir Thomas More. Emlyn Williams is less effective than Paul Scofield was in the role. A Thousand Clowns lives up to its title, and Jason Robards Jr. rings merry changes on the slightly tired subject of nonconformity. In its second season, Jean Kerr's Mary, Mary remains a wisecracking play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Sep. 14, 1962 | 9/14/1962 | See Source »

...Before fall brings to Broadway the fresh offerings of a new season, the tried and true veterans sing their September Song, hoping by virtue, popularity or sheer ambiance to win a place in the new theatrical year. Top dramatic playbilling goes to The Night of the Iguana and A Man for All Seasons. Iguana is Tennessee Williams' gentlest play since The Glass Menagerie, and the wisest play he has ever written. Seasons is a play of wit and probity about a man of wit and probity, Sir Thomas More, with Emlyn Williams less effective than Paul Scofield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Aug. 31, 1962 | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

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