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Harvard (6), Worcester Tech (0). L.W., Kern; l.i., Pearson; c., Heisler; r.i., Potter; r.w., Scully; l.h., Corrigan; c.h., Mavor; r.h., Curtin; l.f., Day; r.f., Knowlton; g., Harshman...
Last night the Cambridge Summer Theatre under the guiding hand of Robert Perry attempted to give Cambridge a hint of the nostalgia of by-gone musical comedy days by presenting Jerome Kern's one-time hit, "Oh Boy!" Such an effort deserves only commendation; however, one is unable to give the present production a good mark for anything except effort...
...greatest fault in this week's show is a woeful lack of music. True, there is an abundance of the lush tunes of Mr. Kern, but even the music of that able composer must suffer when there are no voices to do it justice. Miss Patti Pickens, the star, struggles bravely, but is unable to make much headway against a cast of non-singers, attempting to talk the tunes...
...step out of character for the number. Their dance duets are the best since Astaire and Rogers split. Scene after scene, even the troublesome Manhattanites in their splendid lairs, have a remarkable authenticity of emotion, place, atmosphere and character. So do most of the sets, costumes, dance routines, Jerome Kern tunes and Ira Gershwin lyrics...
...look back on it," says Grace Moore, "I've had quite a bit of leg trouble. Managers seemed never to consider the voice as a separate entity from what went on below." Her first bigtime job was as an understudy to Julia Sanderson in Jerome Kern's Hitchy...