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...four closed after runs of three weeks or less; last week's ingratiating revival of a 1959 hit, Take Me Along, folded the day after it opened. The survivors are the umpteenth revival of The King and I and two April entries, both pummeled by reviewers: Leader of the Pack, a rock nostalgia show, and Grind, a $4 million-plus spectacle set in a 1930s burlesque hall. They are to be joined this week by the season's last hope, Big River, an adaptation of Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn...
...Three Musketeers managed only nine performances. Some call for a celebration of show biz itself, but Harrigan 'n Hart, a tribute to two founding fathers of the modern musical, barely lasted a week. Some call for presold songs, performed in low-key review style, but Leader of the Pack is struggling. And some contend the musical should reach for the opposite extreme, dealing with urgent social issues while rivaling Las Vegas in luxury, but the ambitious Grind has suffered a loss in advance sales since opening...
There is nothing wrong with most current musicals, however, that could not be solved by some intelligent storytelling. Grind and Leader of the Pack, for example, each offer rousing songs, appealing players and a wellspring of goodwill. What neither offers is common sense in constructing a narrative. Leader draws its name from an early 1960s rock hit, one of dozens written by Ellie Greenwich, mostly with her then husband Jeff Barry. The book, concocted by a committee that clearly never arrived at any binding resolutions, seems unable to settle on whether it should showcase those mostly upbeat anthems or chronicle...
...still barefoot and 10 lbs. heavier than in Los Angeles, remained close behind in second, often just a nerve-racking whisper away from Slaney's shoulder. But their feet stayed apart, and with two laps to go, the younger runner started to fade as Slaney pulled away from the pack. There were no doubts or tears this time as Slaney, 26, scored a convincing victory in the best time posted this year (8:32.91) and Budd fell back to fourth...
...like 14 greens,” joked Ryan, who fired a second-day 78 and finished in the middle of the pack of the 21-team tournament. “Tiger probably hit 14 greens. I couldn’t putt...