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Like others of its genre, the show stands or falls largely on the basis of its music. Leonard Bernstein's score is characterized by its eclecticism; complementing the melancholy strains of "Ohio" and the lyricism of "It's Love" are the Latin American rhythms of "Conga," the Irish jig "My Darlin' Eileen" and the jazzy "Swing." While Wonderful Town is no West Side Story, its finest tunes, like "Ohio" and It's Love," are definitely hummable...
Cadiff's production is enlivened by Gary S. Gluck's striking art deco sets and generally fine choreography. Especially well done are large chorus numbers like "My Darlin' Eileen"--which features the rich harmonizing of a strong male chorus, ably performing Irish jig steps--and "Swing," a '30s number in which black-skirted and leotarded dancers slink their way across the stage...
...musical. It was recently smashed to dust for Earthquake. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." Oz orders Dorothy when she comes wise to his act. "I'm a very good man, it's just that I'm a very bad wizard," he says when the jig is up. But the jig is not up in Hollywood because the wizards have learned how to read charts and work computers. Just because of that this may be the twilight of the old movies--in fifty years there will probably only be revival theaters. Everything will be piped home, first...
...turned down an invitation to attend Leonard Bernstein's premiere of the Symphony No. 2 in New York. But he did venture into the kitchen and listen to the broadcast on the maid's radio (he did not own one himself). Delighted, he came out dancing a jig...
Though the enthusiasts that braved the cold windy weather to watch the game were not rewarded with finesse or a goal-scoring duel, they saw a strong and conditioned Harvard team run all over a weak, often hapless, MIT, giving hints of the jig-saw puzzle that coach George Ford has been quietly piecing together in the last few weeks...