Word: joey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dykes' magic worked that Piersall has yet to be bounced from a game this year. And Piersall has brought more to the Indians than a somewhat mellowed manner. Concentrating on his hitting, he has stopped undercutting the ball and has picked up pointers from an ex-Indian infielder, Joey Sewell. Says Piersall: "Sewell's made a thinking hitter out of me. Now I vary my stance according to what the pitcher throws." Last week, at the end of a blazingly-game stretch in which he hit .515 with 34 hits in 66 at bats, Piersall was doing exactly...
...carries the reader with you. If you don't like it, you have to sustain the reader's interest. Two of the most delightful evenings I ever had in the theater were at the English production of The Importance of Being Earnest and a revival of Pal Joey. Both times I had a 102° fever, all of which proves that if something is good, it has nothing to do with how the critic feels." What disturbs Kronenberger about Broadway today is that it "has become so dependent on adaptations as opposed to original plays. Adaptations almost always...
Students have charged that the Faculty Committee has an unreasonable projudice against having musical productions in the Loeb. They point out that the Gilbert and Sullivan Players were unhappy in the Loeb, and that Pal Joey was discouraged from applying...
...excellence of last night's show depended primarily upon the skill of the principal characters. Actually, the show is Joey's, and the profiency of Richard France in that role was the most important element. His flawless stage presence and general savoir faire held the production together, and seemed to impart to the other players the confidence they so surely indicated. Mr. France played the part to at; his voice was serviceable and clear, his dancing dazzling...
...lesser principals were also consistently delightful. Charon Lee Cohen acted the part of Linda, Joey's girl, with pert assurance, and sang with engaging naivote. Laurie Could performed the role of Melba, the demon girl journalist, with the sort of fire and ice that has made her well-known to Harvard audiences. Andy Hiken, as the ncredible Ludlow Lowell, cavorted in the proper Runyonesque manner...