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...memo, Hughes glimpsed that his mind was not functioning properly. "Bob, I have only three really serious problems that might prevent an activation of the mining properties, the new hotels, the automobile race track, and even a few more Nevada projects. These three are: 1. The new Showboat [a rival Las Vegas casino]. 2. The race track legislation which
...candy and small toys; a couple hours of pleasure. By this definition, a good musical is not a political, revolutionary art form, although Hair has some pretensions in this area (they failed). Probably the most stirring musical that also happened to be good was the original 1932 version of Showboat, when Paul Robeson changed the racist, stereotypical lines of "Old Man River" into a song of defiance, causing Oscar Hammerstein, the lyricist, to stomp off the practice stage muttering "Let the son of a bitch write his own goddam song...
...cuisine, usually served buffet style, runs to the bland and hearty: beef, chicken, salads, garden-variety vegetables and one or two trifling desserts. Although chefs are not touted on the marquee, the quality of the food, say theater owners, is crucial. "You could do a staggering production of Showboat," says Play Packager John Bowab, "but if there is a guy sitting there for two hours wishing he had an Alka-Seltzer, you're dead...
...Showboat at 8 p.m. and Dancing Lady at 10, Friday and Saturday, April...
...production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hedda Gabler at Canterbury, and replaced an ailing Lotte Lenya in a production of the Weill-Brecht The Seven Deadly Sins in Edinburgh. Currently she is starring in a London revival of Show Boat, where her breathy, pulsating Bill is a showboat-stopper. Her musically adventurous nature has also led her to give lieder recitals, try some of Dankworth's offbeat settings of Shakespeare Sonnets and Bach inventions, and sing the role of Eve in Arena, a futuristic opera by Britain's George Newson, at a 1971 London Prom concert...