Word: rea
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...John A. Rea...
...Rea of Hope...
Southern Connecticut's number one man Billy Rea played the role of the Pied Piper with a four-over par 75, one stroke ahead of the Crimson troika. Another Southern Connecticut player strung together a 74 but was officially ineligible to play because of his transfer status...
...peasant girls. But then the trouble starts. One of these brothers turns out to be the long-lost king of Barataria, but good Venetian egalitarians that they are, neither of the supposed brothers wants to be the ruler or knows which actually is. All of which gives them good rea on to sing clever songs about people who do not believe in monarchy but must be king. And this, after all, is the only important point. Gondoliers opens with 20 solid minutes of singing, and may just be the lightest, frothiest, most musical musical G & S ever wrote...
...Niro brings formidable energy and intensity to Jimmy's goofball streak, his sulks, his frustrated rage. But the rea son such a character, as written, should interest us remains as elusive as the Lost Chord. De Niro is unable to move the role beyond the capsule description by the bandleader (played by Big Band Vet eran Georgie Auld, who also supplies the sax solos on the sound track) who first hires Jimmy. "Jimmy plays a barrelful of sax," says the leader, "but he's a top pain...