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...Misbehavin'--Wilbur Theater...
MUSICAL REVUES are the stage craze of the hour, at Harvard and in professional theaters. Last fall two student-written revues in the Houses played to big audiences; Ain't Misbehavin', a set of Fats Waller numbers, won the Tony for Best Musical of 1978 and just opened in Boston; and last week this hardy genre of theater made it to the Loeb Mainstage in the form of Ellington at Eight, a collection of Duke Ellington classics. It shivered a bit in the Loeb's vasty spaces, but perked up its head and boldly smiled on. Despite occasional lapses...
...times it seemed more a showcase for the performers' undeniable talents than a celebration of Ellington's genius. Aside from the title and the song "Duke's Place," the show never referred to Ellington himself; neither the program notes nor the staging made even the minimal attempts Ain't Misbehavin' does to educate its audience. Still, in the end there's no substitute for hearing these songs, and if they don't excite you about the life and times of their author then no amount of background information will. The staging, the dancing, the acting sometimes fitted together and sometimes...
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