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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fights a contrary pipe and indulges in literary guttersnipery. Soupy also fits cozily into the part of such irregular guests as a hooch-soaked Private Eye who couldn't find a clue in a roomful of corpses, an effete cowboy named The Lone Stranger, or a goateed bop musician who faints at the mention of Lawrence Welk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Soupy's On | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...first-rate as the unsuccessful misogynist Benedick. He is as adept a comedian as he is an Iago. His diction and timing are exemplary, and he is a master of the nuanced inflection. Much of his Shakespearean prowess is, I think, the result of his being an excellent musician...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Much Ado About Nothing | 8/8/1957 | See Source »

...indictment charged. At times they dealt directly with Soble, an importer of bristles and animal hair who acted as a sometime boss of Russian espionage in the U.S. on the direct orders of the late Russian Secret Service boss, Lavrenty Beria. On other occasions they worked with Russian-born Musician and Hollywood Producer Boris (Carnegie Hall Morros, 62, an unwilling courier who was trying to protect members of his family behind the Iron Curtain, was put in touch with Soble by Elizabeth Zubilin, wife of a functionary in the Soviet embassy during World War II. In 1947 Morros went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: Ever-Widening Ring | 7/22/1957 | See Source »

...would be a mistake to regard Thieves' Carnival solely as a play. Anouilh went back to some of the Moliere works and resurrected the term comedie ballet. For its full effect, this show relies heavily on dancing. The roles of the Musician, the two policemen and the nursemaid are all dancing parts...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Thieves' Carnival | 7/18/1957 | See Source »

...most important of these is the Musician, a dancing clarinetist who weaves in and out of scenes, connects scenes or bridges the passing of time. I once saw this part executed by a fellow who danced while actually playing a clarinet; but such a combination is hard to come by. In this production, Tom Hasson (who devised all the choreography as well) is the Musician. Elmer Gordon's perky and carefully articulated music is expertly played offstage by the talented young clarinetist Paul Epstein, who is also called on to play the tambourine. Onstage, Hasson fingers a clarinet silently...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Thieves' Carnival | 7/18/1957 | See Source »

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