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...play is about that common sequel to marriage, adultery. To define it further, it is also about that common sequel to adultery-how to keep the spouse from finding out. Silvers is the cuckold. His wife (Bernice Massi) has spent part of the night with a prized employee of his. Among sexual detectives, Silvers rates on a par with Dr. Watson. Only the final curtain brings light to his cloudily creased forehead...
Sandy Dennis as Teresa Phillips and Phil Silvers as Frank Foster are the outs. It is her husband. Bop Phillips played by Richard Mulligan, and his wife, Fiona Foster played by Bernice Massi, who are having all the fun. Frantic to avoid discovery of their adultery, Fiona and Bob involve the Detweilers to explain away nights spent on the town. Meek Mary and wiggy William Detweiler tiptoe into the confusion, unaware that they are being used as excuses by the lovers. Sin is fun, and in the end Teresa and Frank discover the truth, but not before the cuckoos have...
...Sandy Dennis as Teresa Phillips was a bit too convincing as the awful housewife who drives her husband to drink and other women, and we were glad we did not have to see more of her. On the other hand, we wish that we had seen more of Bernice Massi, for she was every bit the type of woman we would like to be driven to. Richard Mulligan as Bob Phillips and Jeanne Hepple as Mary Detweiler were good, but Tom Aldredge as William Detweiler over-acted his part, forcing laughs from the audience, which subtracted from the thoroughly professional...
...room at the top of World Wide Studio. At musical's end, he is faced with the topman cliché: "You're all alone, Sammy Glick." As Sammy, Steve Lawrence moves with the wary savage grace of a jungle cat, and when he claws, he claws. Bernice Massi, the banker's daughter Sammy marries, matches him in velvety ferocity. In a subplot romance, Robert Alda and Sally Ann Howes seem to be going through motions rather than emotions. The two best songs in the score are sexy: A Room Without Windows ("a room without doors...
Barbara McNair and Howard Keel receive the support of an excellent cast. Bernice Massi plays the part of Comfort O'Connor, a tempestuous tornado from Tulsa, with show-stopping vitality. Her sizzling rendition of "Be My Host" was one of No Strings best songs. Beti Seay, a Playboy Bunny type, exudes sex as a French pastry named Jeannette Valmy...