Word: romps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weekend opened with Comic Pianist Victor Borge, whose show was the familiar, funny and overlong romp. It closed with admirably durable Rosalind Russell once again going through the invigorating setting-up exercises of Wonderful Town. CBS gave it two hours, and the TV version of the Broadway musical turned out to be just as whackily brilliant as the original. When the camera zoomed in on Roz and Sister Eileen (Jacquelyn McKeever), huddled in their virginal Manhattan bed and wailing Why Did I Ever Leave Ohio?, the old Town never seemed more wonderful...
...third opera put on at Dallas was a repeat of Rossini's rarely performed romp, L'ltaliana in Algeri, introducing 23-year-old Spanish Mezzo-Soprano Teresa Berganza. The possessor of a silvery, dulcet voice, she acted the title role (an Italian girl imprisoned by a libidinous bey) with a kind of fresh, provincial charm. A onetime pianist, Mezzo Berganza has toured Europe in recitals but has had little operatic experience. The Dallas News's Critic John Rosenfield noted that L'ltaliana in Algeri had "ended up as a love affair between prima donna and patrons...
Fresh from its 7-1 romp over B.U. on Wednesday, the varsity soccer team will encounter Brown, the doormat of the Ivy League, here today. The game is scheduled to start...
...Louisiana State (5-0)-Halfback Billy Cannon ran for 108 yds. and two touchdowns in a 32-7 romp over Kentucky...
...Cole Porter's Parisian romp, kicks up its heels in Detroit, with Genevieve, the "Miss Innocence" of the Jack Paar TV show...