Word: pleasers
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...then decide I don't want the single piece in my repertoire to sound sad. Well, that, and the chords are too hard. I settle on one of my favorite Sinatra songs, Rodgers and Hart's The Lady Is a Tramp. It's lighthearted, recognizable and such a crowd pleaser that I may have to master another tune because that one calls for encores! Plus, I agree with the lyrics: much of California is cold and damp...
...then decide I don't want the single piece in my repertoire to sound sad. Well, that, and the chords are too hard. I settle on one of my favorite Sinatra songs, Rodgers and Hart's The Lady Is a Tramp. It's lighthearted, recognizable and such a crowd pleaser that I may have to master another tune because that one calls for encores! Plus, I agree with the lyrics: much of California is cold and damp...
Susan Schulman's revival of this classic musical was widely praised in the mainstream press. USA Today, Time Magazine, and Newsweek positively bubbled over with appreciation for 'a good, old-fashioned crowd-pleaser.' In fact, the production has many things working in its favor. Although he seems engaged in a constant struggle not to mimic Robert Preston's performance in the original production and the film, Craig Bierko is a reasonably charismatic leading man. What his renditions of the classic songs 'Trouble' and '76 Trombones' lack in depth character, they more than make up for in energy. Rebecca Luker delivers...
While all group representatives were applauded, the biggest crowd-pleaser was Undergraduate Council President Fentrice D. Driskell '01. Through cheers and long applause, Williams introduced Driskell to first-years as being possibly the council's first female, black president...
...almost charmingly unprepared for the task of public endorsements. Julia Roberts explained her support for Democrats over Republicans by way of her study of the definition of those two words in the dictionary. Her line that she found "Republican" right between "reptile" and "repugnant" was a an easy crowd-pleaser, but seemed oddly incongruous in the new Lieberman era. Salma Hayek was so enthused with saying "Al Gore rocks!" that she walked offstage forgetting to introduce the next act, and had to dash back to announce Jon Bon Jovi. Perhaps the most enthusiastically received line of the night came from...