Word: musicale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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But I did hope there would be no academic championships or effigies. Unlike Winthrop Sargeant I will not lament the absence of an identifiable tradition as a terminus ad quem. I agree with Stravinsky that the nonexistence of the past is necessary for anyone wishing to start from scratch. Musical...
SWEET CHARITY. Shirley MacLaine is sometimes cute, sometimes arch in this overblown musical about a dance-hall hostess searching for love. A lot of money and a lot of energy have been expended on this superproduction, and most of both has gone to waste.
IN ANY attempt to understand Bob Dylan's works, one ought to consider his music, his lyrics and his singing style separately, since each of these three elements has different history in the development of his art. Their conjunction--in the various stages of each's evolution--is responsible for...
SWEET CHARITY. This adaptation of the Broadway musical about a heart-of-gold "hostess" fairly bursts its seams with misdirected stylistic energy. Shirley MacLaine is a commendable Charity, and some of the tunes are catchy, but the result is sadly lacking in vitality.
IT'S RATHER disorienting to watch a musical parody of a medieval fairytale when you saw the queen sitting behind a desk of radical literature earlier in the day. But Dudley House's Once Upon A Mattress is entertaining enough to overcome the audience's unspoken question of "Why am...