Word: presenting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...petrify if it does not proclaim the Good News. Christians have been told to "Go out and preach the Gospel!" The injunction is not " 'Go and celebrate services!' 'Go and edify yourselves with the sermon!' 'Go and celebrate the Sacraments!' 'Go and present yourselves in a liturgy, which perhaps repeats the heavenly liturgy!' 'Go and devise a theology which may gloriously unfold like the Summa of St. Thomas!' Of course, there is nothing to forbid all this; there may exist very good cause to do it all; but nothing, nothing...
...make the Waldorf more profitable, Hilton plans no cut in its present service. But he hopes to keep occupancy at a peak by feeding it business from his hotels outside New York. And, by giving the stately pile a warmer atmosphere, he hopes it will appeal not only to potentates-but to ordinary travelers as well...
...most of Hollywood, security is a will-o'-the-wisp, but there are exceptions. Last week 47-year-old Darryl F. Zanuck, starting his 15th year as 2Oth Century-Fox's production boss, signed up for 20 years more. The new contract will keep Zanuck at his present job for another ten years, will then claim his "exclusive service in an advisory capacity...
...debut at the Colonial, however, "Regina" is not receiving the production it deserves. Costumes, set, and potential singing and acting talent are lavisbly present. Jane Fickens has a good voice and enough unpleasantness for the mean role of Regina, and Brenda Lewis has singing ability and desperation for the unhappy Birdic. The other players seem quite adequate. But Robert Lewis' direction is seriously incpt and gross. Birdie begins too many of her songs lovingly stroking the back of a satin chair. The frollicking little Negro boy is nothing but trite, and Regina's daughter, Alexandra, is far more...
Blitzstein's musical does not need these exaggerated operatic cliches. It is a pity that the present production suffers from such unsophisticated treatment...