Word: singe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when the game ends we'll sing again...
...Portia's song "Tell me where is fancy bred..." This song is not an ornamental time-waster but an essential piece of narrative; it enables Bassanio to choose the right casket (the one made of lead) by listening to the rhyme-words--"bred," "head," "nourished." Perhaps Portia couldn't sing...
...prop, but I won't perform," insisted New York Senator Jacob Javits, 71, agreeing to pose for photographers with Daughter Joy, 27. Javits, who had come to Boston's Charles Playhouse to see his offspring sing and dance in the stage musical Diamond Studs, managed to keep his senatorial cool while Joy pranced about in bowler hat and tights. Despite Javits' solemnity in front of the cameras, Joy attributed her vocation to Papa's own love of fancy footwork. Said she: "He's a great ballroom dancer...
Free and Loose. It became apparent that Dylan, now 34, has not been this free and loose since the days when he was putting folk rock on the map, way back in 1965. He seemed most carefree when he and Baez joined to sing such old Dylan classics as Blowin' in the Wind and I Shall Be Released. And why not? As they put their heads together in front of the mike, Joan would put her arm around Bob, mop his brow, kiss his cheek. Most important were several new songs that indicate that the creative fires...
...found a bird but it cost $185," remembers Sills. "At that price, I decided to call Sarah. Sarah said, 'Could you bring the bird close to the telephone?' So I brought it close and gave it a wind. Then she said to me, 'Now sing.' I said, 'Are you some kind of lunatic? I'm in a store full of people on Madison Avenue.' " What Sarah wanted was a bird that sang a cadenza Sills could imitate. And so Beverly chirped into the phone. The mechanical bird was bought and on opening night...