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...there are plenty of good songs, many of them turned out by the old and not-so-very-old pros who stick close to Broadway-Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Harold Arlen, Frank Loesser, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer. But the million-dollar "pops" that feed the gluttony of the nation's 550,000 jukeboxes, slip through the hands of its several thousand disk jockeys, and shake the walls of dormitories and rumpus rooms are written for the most part by little-known men. They are more familiar to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Income Tax Division, than...
...Most Happy Fella is Frank Loesser's latest musical. Although not another Guys and Dolls, it's good for a two year run in New York and an enjoyable evening. At the Shubert...
...Frank Loesser could ever hope to get away with this offensive drivel, based on Sidney Howard's They Knew What They Wanted, is mystifying. But he does, with some success, and the achievement is a tribute to his resourcefulness. The Loesser book is virtually non-existent, his music often ordinary, and his lyrics scarcely distinguished. However, the production itself, directed by Joseph Anthony, is lavish and superbly polished. Though the play lacks the three or four show-stopping songs which make a musical into a classic, through its immensity of scope and professional flashiness, it is a success...
None of the Loesser score is truly bad, and the middling level of the music is sustained throughout. The most satisfying songs are written for vocal trios or quartets or the entire ensemble. Probably the best, which may well be disk-jockey bait, is "Standing on the Corner, Watching the Girls Go By." Other good tunes include "La Pudanza," "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance," and "I don't Know Nothing About Her." The rest are generally dull, and because the show has no pretension to comedy, the production must lean heavily on its music...
...Most Happy Fella is generally pretty cheerful after the Boston critics' reception earlier this week. Cracked ecstatic Eleanor, "It should make everyone connected with it the most happy fellas for a long time to come." But Frank Loesser's new musical has originality, stars Robert Weede, and features several pre-Hit Parade songs. At the Shubert, this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. and tonight...