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...wistful Two Trains Running; Judd Hirsch; Alan Alda; Jane Alexander; Raul Julia; Gregory Hines. It has been a season of bountiful musicals -- Crazy for You for Gershwin nostalgia, Jelly's Last Jam for show-business angst and racial relevance, Falsettos for AIDS poignancy and artistic perfection, Man of La Mancha and The Most Happy Fella for old times' sake...
Keith Carradine continues in the title role of the musical The Will Rogers Follies, and Cyd Charisse has re-emerged via Grand Hotel. In coming weeks they are being joined in musical stardom by Raul Julia and pop singer Sheena Easton in Man of La Mancha, Peter Gallagher (of the movie sex, lies, and videotape) in Guys and Dolls and Gregory Hines in Jelly's Last Jam, a portrait of composer Jelly Roll Morton. Next month Pulitzer prizewinner August Wilson's subtly tragic and robustly comic Two Trains Running will feature Larry Fishburne from the film Boyz N the Hood...
...Mancha...
There are many excellent performances in Man of La Mancha. Tony Martinez, who recently celebrated his two-thousandth performance as Sancho, is indeed a Sancho among Sanchos. He sings a charismatic version of the humorous "I Really Like Him." The Padre (David Wasson) gives a beautiful rendition of "To Each His Dulcinea," expressing unerringly the simplistic ideal of the show: "How lovely life would seem if every man could weave a dream to keep him from despair...
Although less light-hearted and memorable than your typical musical, this top-notch revival of Man of La Mancha rekindles what little idealism we have left...