Search Details

Word: mostel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...clutch of musicals caters to the best and worst of tastes. The astringent wit of Abe Burrows fuses How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and the impish energies of Robert Morse provide the explosive for an evening of delight. Multi-aptituded Zero Mostel brings his masterly clowning to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, an uproarious burlesquerie, lewdly adapted from some plays of Plautus. Also still in season: Camelot, Carnival and (closing Sept. 1) the venerable My Fair Lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Aug. 31, 1962 | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

...clutch of musicals caters to the best and worst of tastes. The astringent wit of Abe Burrows fuses How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and the impish energies of Robert Morse provide the explosive for an evening of great delight. Multi-aptituded Zero Mostel brings his masterly clowning to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, an uproarious burlesquerie, lewdly adapted from some plays of Plautus. And there is still plenty of verve and joy left in the grande dame of Broadway musicals, My Fair Lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Aug. 17, 1962 | 8/17/1962 | See Source »

...Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Initially conceived by Plautus and cunningly performed by Zero Mostel, his fellow clowns and six delectable houris, this zany burlesquerie is good for high, low, and furrowed brows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Cinema: Jun. 22, 1962 | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

...Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. This musical marriage of vaudeville and burlesque has been gamily adapted from Plautus; the girls owe their best lines to nature; and Zero Mostel is master of the hilarious revels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Jun. 15, 1962 | 6/15/1962 | See Source »

...Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. This musical marriage of vaudeville and burlesque has been lewdly adapted from Plautus; the girls owe their best lines to nature; and Zero Mostel is master of the hilarious revels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Television, Theater, Books: Jun. 8, 1962 | 6/8/1962 | See Source »

Previous | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Next