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Word: musicale (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The abundance of talent in the supporting cast cannot make up for a weak Macheath or Jenny. Morton Pierce stands out as the eminently bribable police chief, a bald-headed buffoon; so does Kathryn Falk as Lucy Brown, his daughter and Macheath's other wife. Falk's delivery of the...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Threepennys Worth--Barely | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

The Leverett House Arts Society kicks off its fall season with Guys and Dolls, that "musical fable of Broadway" and one of the classic musicals of the American theater (the film doesn't begin to do it justice). The small stage might cramp the dances, but nothing can keep down...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Ladies and Gentlemen: Guys and Dolls | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

Mid-terms are getting you down. You need spiritual comfort. You need to feel happy. You just need to get away. The gratification of all three needs is just a subway ride away: Godspell, that joyous musical celebration of the Gospel of St. Mark, is playing in Boston through Nov...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Ladies and Gentlemen: Guys and Dolls | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

Those with genuine talents stand out by maintaining unique musical personalities. They don't have much in common with the true three-riff, blast-their-ears-off punks except that they came along at about the same time. But the middle-aged record company executives, deafened by all the high...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: New Wave's Old Wrinkle | 10/25/1978 | See Source »

Harry's obvious talent has carried Blondie through a musical identity crisis. The tension between the elements of '50s pop and '70s experimentalism which the group tried to fuse made its second album, Plastic Letters, an unsatisfying anomaly. Harry's too-coy but lovable cover of the oldie "Denise" just...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: New Wave's Old Wrinkle | 10/25/1978 | See Source »

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