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...small pit of a piano and drums was superb and dealt skillfully with any instrumental problems so that they went unnoticed by most of the audience...
...bass) and Robin Jones (drums and keyboards), all in their late twenties - show themselves to be adept with both traditional melodies and electronic special effects. On "Human Being," for example, they open with a skittering drum machine beat that might impress a Jamaican dance hall producer, and, accompanied by piano, horns and synthesizers, proceed to harmonize Crosby, Stills and Nash-style before they let loose with pounding real-life drums and electric guitar. Mason's baritone is only slightly brighter than Ringo Starr's, and his delivery is just as lackadaisical. His voice is merely the cool whipped cream atop...
...melody of the song she's performing--and unabashedly romantic ones, like a mock Russian folktale that Jamie sings to his beloved on her birthday. The show is too sketchy in spots, particularly in its portrayal of Kathleen. But Brown's music (lushly orchestrated with Brown himself on piano) is the least arid and most accessible of the scores turned out by his generation of Sondheim disciples. This is smart, lyric-driven music that doesn't abandon melody or variety. One number rocks; another harks back to '30s Tin Pan Alley. And a wistful, turn-of-the-century-style waltz...
Lately, it seems, our kids are always graduating from something. This month is crowded with rituals as kids finish up Tumble Tots, nursery school, kindergarten, third grade, middle school, piano class, Sunday school and the soccer season...
...Winners DUDLEY MOORE Queen dubs the comic imp Commander of the British Empire. If England is invaded, Moore vows to make his piano cabaret act extra witty BILL CLINTONE X-Prez, deemed a politician not an entertainer, won't have to pay taxes on his U.K. speaking fees?unless he says something really funny BOY GEORGE Culture Clubber, celebrating his 40th, publishes the Karma Cookbook. That helps make up for decades of dressing like an Amish belly dancer