Word: lorenze
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bolster this piffling book, veteran Tunesmith Richard Rodgers, 61, has fashioned a score of romantic witchery-most hauntingly, The Sweetest Sounds. Doubling as his own lyricist after four decades with the late Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers is less assured, more studied than spontaneous, less caught up than caged in his own words...
...Lorenz Hart was at his pithy best, and Richard Rodgers had not yet flowered into his fluffy and roseate bloom. The final issue of their union was Pal Joey, the story of a down and out entertainer, based on some stories by John O'Hara. The show itself is positively charming--combining Hart's wistful but razor sharp wit, with a musical sophstication that Rodgers was never again to achieve. Drumbeats and Song's production last night took advantage of all of Joey's heady potential. It was slick, sexy, delightfully witty--all in all, great...