Word: sing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other two twins--Antipholus of Syracuse, and Antipholus of Ephesus--George Comtois and Robert Croog (a) look alike, (b) act okay, but (c) sing a little short of the mark. Comtois has a couple of funny moments with his double's mate...
There are only so many good musicals in this world, and The Boys From Syracuse isn't one of them. The Rogers and Hart score, with a few exceptions like "Sing for Your Supper" and "This Can't Be Love," is only fair, and George Abbott's book must be counted right down there with the worst of them, proving again that one of Broadway's smoothest comedy directors never could write...
...with most modern composers, Paul Hindemith's music is very difficult to sing. He takes full advantage of the emotional effects of modern consonances; but, unlike most, he never relies on purely intellectual contrivances, written more for the pleasure of musicologists than of audiences...
This was more than made up for, however, when the Glee Clubs combined with the orchestra in Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass. Haydn is easy to sing, and conductor Elliot Forbes took advantage of the situation to reveal a dynamic power and expressiveness that no one who heard the first half of the concert would have guessed the singers possessed. Particularly striking were the crescendo-decrescendos in the Sanctus, the contrasts in the Benedictus "Osanna in Excelsis," and especially the pianissimo "Dona Nobis Pacem" in which the singers produced one of those beautiful, sensuous sounds that are pleasurable in themselves...
...Glee Club led to an ugly incident while the Club was on tour in the South. Epps, one of the best singers in the Glee Club, was scheduled as one of eight members to perform over a Southern TV station. The management of the station refused to let Epps sing, and Epps quite legitimately cried discrimination. But his musical penchant has had a brighter side also, and Epps is advisor of the Leverett House Opera Society which produced Cosi Fan Tutti last year and is now presenting Don Giovanni...