Word: pizzazz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stodgy," said others. "No pizzazz...
Even though my opinions on such matters should matter little to you, I felt that the costumes, designed by Lindsay Davis '75 and Alison Taylor, were very impressive, glittery and colorful. The dance numbers (in the first act, at least) lacked a certain pizzazz (although the '50s-style "T.V. Love" song-dance combo was a show-stopper, and I'm told that the disco-oriented "Travolta-clone" scene in Act II was equally memorable). And while all of the actors did creditable jobs within the horrible confines of the format, there were a number of unquestionable standouts (at least...
...pizzazz, Sha Na Na's return was a disappointment. Four years ago at Rindge Tech, the group gyrated through 32 nostalgia-filled numbers in a greasy tour de force of The Coasters, Danny and the Juniors, et. al. Of course, that was when the group was still reaching for the big time, when it was still groveling for a few scraps of attention. Last Friday the old vitality was gone. Sha Na Na performed about half as many numbers as four years ago, and most of those were short, flat, systemized, and impersonal. The band played for an hour...
Bunting and Chayes are only slightly less excited. Bunting did confess however that "I've had a hope that someone would come along with a position like McGovern's but a little more pizzazz." And when asked how he rated McGovern's chances realistically. Chayes--clearly irritated at the pessimism surrounding his candidate--replied quickly: "Better than everyone else rates them realistically...