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No Strings (Ralph Burns and Orchestra; Epic). Some composers' romantic fancies need the sheen of strings, and some do not. Dick Rodgers' ballads do. Conductor Burns, who orchestrated the show, here mixes in the strings that are missing on Broadway. The Sweetest Sounds, Nobody Told Me and the...
Critics seem to agree that Pal Joey represents one of the high points of the American musical theatre. The production which opened at the Carousel Theatre in Framingham on Monday evening calls to mind some of the reasons for the belated but immense success of this last of the Richard...
The importance of Pal Joey in the history of the American musical theatre derives from its being probably the most significant work to be produced in the tradition of realistic musical comedy. It was in this tradition that Rodgers and Hart did their best work, seldom diverging into the separate...
Just as the musical comedies of Rodgers and Hart are at the apex of the realistic tradition in American musical comedy, Pal Joey stands as their fullest realization of their art. Besides the usual virtues of closely integrated book lyrics, and score, Pal Joey offers a singularly compelling study of...
One high spot of the production must be singled out, The performance of "The Flower Garden of My Heart" by Miss Lynn and the chorus and dancers offers one of the most hilarious and telling parodies of the conventions of romantic operetta that one is ever likely to see. It...