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...knowing that Miss Hart also doubles as the show's choreographer, I couldn't help but sympathize with her. One of my more Portnoy-esque childhood memories is of a kindergarten pageant where I, part of a chorus line, was supposed to dance the Irish jig. No matter how both my mother and the teacher pleaded, I could never manage the damn thing and botched it terribly. When this cast joins in a grand chorus line, all dancing--after just a few hesitations--pretty competently, I could really appreciate the achievement. The cast does less well with their brogues. None...

Author: By Grego J. Kilday, | Title: The Hostage | 7/15/1969 | See Source »

...believable that they are indeed sailors milling about on a ship's main deck. Hammond's talents as a director, though, are overshadowed by his skill as a choreographer; the action became so compelling on one trio that the audience found itself clapping in time to Larson and Davies' jig...

Author: By Jerald R. Gerst, | Title: H.M.S. Pinafore | 4/22/1969 | See Source »

West of Chicago, the scenery was always invigorating. Along the Mississippi, turtles and egrets watched the Empire Builder roll by. Deer and antelope really did play by the banks of the Yellowstone, and the Rockies and Cascades loomed ahead with jig-saw puzzle perfection...

Author: By Eric Redman, | Title: Is Half Fare Only Half Fair? | 3/5/1969 | See Source »

...luck ran out on the Dancer turning into the stretch when Sir Beau, a 28-to-1 shot, cut in front of him and forced him to bump Martin's Jig and Nodouble before finishing third. Sir Beau was equally at fault in the accident but was out of the money in any case; Dancer was placed eighth, behind Martin's Jig...

Author: By Linda J. Greenhouse, | Title: From Bad to Worse: Dancer Has One More Chance to Save Image | 5/20/1968 | See Source »

...Martin's Jig...

Author: By Linda J. Greenhouse, | Title: No Sweet Revenge for Dancer in Preakness | 5/17/1968 | See Source »

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