Word: lerner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...commend the writer on the brilliant character study of Lerner and Loewe. It is one of the few times a TIME article has given an honest picture (three dimensional) and insight into the character and personality of celebrities! Most times there is a tendency to glorify those at the pinnacle of success in the theater. It is good to see that they are just as neurotic as we down here at the bottom (healthy neurotics, if there is a difference...
...full failure of our society can be seen in your article on Lerner and Loewe. What standards have we set that men who have made their mark are forced or compelled as peasant boys to boast, to proclaim their sexual prowess? Have we reached a state where stud ability has become the endorsement of a successful career...
There are some flaws, to be sure. Even though the show has been pared considerably, it is still too long. Perhaps Lerner and Loewe will not admit that an overdose of goodness can be almost as numbing as a large amount of badness, but the theatregoer begins to realize it towards the end of the two-hour first act and again in the middle of the second. Too many of the songs, especially in the first act, sound the same; often, when the orchestra plays an introduction, you can't be sure whether a new song or a reprise...
...lighting by Feder and choreography by Hanya Holm to produce several extremely effective scenes. In a way, it's a case of something being so far Out that it's In: often, one is repelled by large amounts of money spent on garish costuming and lavish sets, but producers Lerner, Loewe, and Moss Hart have obviously spent so much money, and spent it so well, that the result is a pleasure...
...Lerner's book, based on the novel The Once and Future King by T. H. White, renders the Arthurian legend in humorous, gentle, and somewhat modern style. It traces the history of Camelot from its formation to its breakup on account of Guinevere's attraction for Lancelot, with just the right proportions of boisterousness and pathos...