Word: lindsays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worth seeing again and again. This means taking Gilbert and Sullivan more seriously, as if they really were worth spending a lot of time and energy thinking about and producing. This production of The Mikado seems vaguely ashamed of itself; its hesitance is the product of defensiveness. Director Lindsay Davis contents himself with drabness in order to escape being accused of outrageousness or extravagance; the cast camps in order to escape being accused of taking itself too seriously. If only they relaxed and went overboard once in a while, everyone might have more fun--since fun, nowadays, is the only...
...must do our share of "coping" too. But, alas, unlike the political wife, I can never reserve time for our family life. I can only be tempted by Mary Lindsay's approach to privacy-remove the phone from the hook for1½ hours each night. Do I dare...
...TECHNICAL aspects of the show are consistently impressive. Lindsay Davis's costumes are very becoming and fit well. The lighting, engineered by Chris Taylor, often adds considerably to the mood of a scene. Joe Mobilia has designed flexible sets, including a very impressive summer house, that never dominate the scene or interfere with staging...
...kind of man who has been acceptable," says Lindsay Kemp, and so far, no one has really given him an argument. Kemp, 34, is the Scottish creator, director and star of an unusual Broadway entertainment called Flowers, in which bizarre, dream-tinged themes involving homosexuality, masturbation, drag parties and transvestism are set forth in mime and in music. On opening night Mick Jogger sent Kemp a basket of lilies, and the critics sent Kemp a bouquet of reviews in which outrage mingled with fascination. "I don't want to shock people," retorts Kemp. "I want to astonish them...
...minor miracle, given the problems, some wives survive and even thrive in politics. To do so, they must set some of the rules and reserve some time, space and independence for themselves. One way is to insist on the primacy of the home. Except during a crisis, Mary Lindsay took the phone off the hook at Gracie Mansion for 1½ hours every night of the week during her husband's mayoralty. While all callers-county bosses, job seekers and cranks-got busy signals, John Lindsay had an interval of enforced leisure during which he could catch up with...