Word: lyrical
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...tale had been a trilogy. The show is incredibly poky and protracted; it just won't keep movin' along. Nor has it very much more of musicomedy's factitious lure than of the old Hudson River Valley's drowsy charm; only here & there is a lyric sprightly, or the dancing gay. As Ichabod, angular Gil Lamb is likable and pleasant, but by no means a tide-turner. Best thing about Sleepy Hollow is the singing, which does a lot for the next best thing-the songs...
Most of them are just on hand for the fun of it-a fine dancer (Paul Draper) who wants to be a comic; a lyric poet (Reginald Beane) of the hot piano; a cop (Broderick Crawford) so kind-hearted he wants to hand in his badge; an old Arab (Pedro de Cordoba) with exquisite hands and a diagnosis of the world's ills: "No foundation all down the line." The bartender is Bill Bendix at his gentlest...
Kirkland House residents had a new ditty to sing for their supper tonight, when the following anonymous lyric to "When I Was a Lad" from H.M.S. Pinafere appeared on the Deacon's dining hall bulletin board...
Rolling Stone. For the opening address of the Crusade, Milan's Lyric Theater had been jampacked, and thousands more heard loudspeakers in the square outside. On the stage Father Lombardi stepped from behind the red curtains, nervously rubbing his hands-a tired-looking, unimpressive little priest. When he spoke, his listeners forgot what he looked like...
Farrebique. A year on a French farm becomes fine epic and lyric film poetry (TIME, March...