Word: maria
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a couple of inane digressions into the Forties came the highlight of the show -- "Take a Letter to Maria." Taken from AM radio teeny bop, the Muzak version of this 1971 pop best-seller was actually an improvement on the original. Of course, that's not saying a great deal, but the Muzak arrangement created a surprisingly tolerable piece...
...Take a Letter to Maria" was the only song in the concert that elicited a noticeable response from the Park Street train-waiters. A fat old wino leaning against the wall, waiting for the Ashmont train, swayed blissfully with the melody in oblivious appreciation, without opening his eyes or loosening the grip on his paper-bagged Gallo...
Following that up was a spirited "Midnight in Moscow," easily the second best number on the program. Loud, brassy and energetic, the Muzak rendition of this old instrumental number was nearly as impressive as "Take a Letter to Maria." Both came close to not sounding like Muzak at all -- a high compliment indeed...
...power grew (especially after he engineered the replacement of Ramírez in 1944 with another general, Edelmiro Farrell), Perón's fellow officers cooled toward him. His romance with Maria Eva Duarte, then a third-rate actress of questionable reputation, did not help matters. Perón was a widower when he met Evita in 1943. His first wife, Aurelia Tizón, had died of cancer in 1938. Perón's ungallant epitaph: "Poor thing, she always bored me." Evita never bored him, but her captivation of Perón angered his moralistic, status...
...arduous assignment of dancing all four heroines (La Stella, Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta) went to Cynthia Gregory, 27. Although Gregory emerged only last year as a star of the company, she has already been hailed by Dancer-Choreographer Erik Bruhn as "the greatest American ballerina since Maria Tallchief ." Dancer Gregory brought to Hoffmann an enchanting grace and elan worthy of a Giselle, testifying to her thoroughgoing professionalism. Swedish Dancer Jonas Kage, 22, struggled noticeably as the hero, merely indicating that he was not the only one incapable of getting Hoffmann off the ground...