Word: loeb
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...life a bit more realistically. To reproduce the Voltairian spirit. Prince engaged Hugh Wheeler (A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd) to re-write the book and Stephen Sondheim (ditto) to furnish some additional lyrics. He also "cast young" in-order to convey the naivete the original production lacked. The Loeb version has added a few direct confrontations between Candide and Voltaire, in which the character and his creator discuss the manifestations of God's will in the world: this dialogue prevents the musical from becoming a mindless circus...
...Symposium on Burgundy--lectures by Ingrid Brainard, Jan Siggins, Arthur L. Loeb, Peter Jordan, Robert Bousquet, Konrad Oberhuber, and Barbara Wheaton; Emerson 210, 10 a.m.-12 noon; Boyiston Auditorium...
...another character. Falk seems to be able to handle the various singing styles and characterizations, but the costume changes at times overwhelm him. Right: The Cilbert and Sullivan Players continue their production of "Princess Ida" this weekend at Agassiz. Below: Voltaire's comedy "Candide" goes up tonight at the Loeb Mainstage. especially the eighteenth-century wigs. Sometimes, he admits, it's "hard to figure out where I left my head...
...Candide--Loeb Mainstage...
...William Loeb-- publisher, Manchester Union Leader, Multi-Purpose Rm., Pound Building...