Word: raposo
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...DARLING OF THE DAY, by Jule Styne and E.Y. Harburg, and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, by Joe Raposo and Sheldon Harnick, in concert revivals...
Many neighbors, while frightened by Furtado’s behavior, felt the situation had gotten out of hand. “Something is wrong with this,” neighbor Joe Raposo told the Globe, “I’ve gotten him out of there a bunch of times. This shouldn’t have happened...
...WONDERFUL LIFE. Joe Raposo, composer of Sing and much of Sesame Street, left a trove of musicals-in-the-making at his death in 1989. This remake of the Frank Capra-Jimmy Stewart film classic It's a Wonderful Life, at Washington's Arena Stage, is as sweet and gosh-darn inspirational as the original. But Sheldon Harnick's book and, especially, lyrics wobble embarrassingly in tone, and the storytelling transition from screen to stage is much less than magical...
...this is not a professional cast. Although a few actors--Nick Raposo (Cenci), Jim Marino (Orsino) and Schuerman--make noble attempts to salvage the performance, most others have difficulty escaping the tendency to recite rather than act their lines...
...Nick Raposo is also hilarious as the mad businessman constantly leaving phone numbers with his answering service. Lucy Soutter's performance as Linda wavers on the wooden once in a while, but she has about her a pleasing nuttiness reminiscent of some of Woody's best leading ladies...