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...third act winds up the show in a frenzied carousal--with Three Men in Blue (transformed from gold)--through some fast and furious renditions of Sha Na Na's best numbers...
What the change in format, the more relaxed atmosphere, the new material indicate is a marked shift toward the theatrical in Sha...
...show, which Sha Na Na promoters are boosting for a run on Broadway, opens in the traditional Sha concert style. Highlighted by the Three Men in Gold, the band blitzes through a series of oldies--from "Yakety Yak" to "Tell Laura I Love Her," from "Splish Splash" to "Tears on My Pillow...
From there, though, Sha Na Na heads off onto a whole new tangent that is more theater than concert. The second act, "Sha Na Na Hits the Street," features props and backdrop assimilating a New York streetscape, complete with lit lamp post, brick wall scrawled with initials and obcenities, and a clothesline dangling scraggly threads. Act two then moves to a hop and ends with a dance contest emced by Bowzer in which three members of the band choose partners from the audience...
...more important to the revival of Sha Na Na than the change in format, is a new attitude and style. The group has slowed down its entire performance. Sha Na Na no longer sprints through its program like a runaway street car. The songs that had become mechanized and two-dimensional are now calmer and more personal. Of course, the group has had to sacrifice quantity for quality, but it is a sacrifice that rock and roll lovers everywhere should welcome...