Word: singed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like Borge to share a stage, but he can be marvelously droll in bickering with the competition. Over his squirming body, he permits the silky-tongued Marylyn Mulvey to sing "Caro nome"-between his mischievous interruptions. Several times he tartly forbids her to touch the piano. Sopranos bend pianos, he tells the audience, by leaning against them. At one point he confides that the singular of Portuguese is Portugoose. For the singular Borge there is no known plural. - T.E.K...
...honest slice of prison life, and it is completely devoid of the mawkish hand wringing that has characterized most other American jailhouse movies. There are no bad-guy guards to hiss at, no latter-day Birdmen of Alcatraz to root for. Writer Miguel Pinero, who served five years at Sing Sing for armed robbery and is currently under indictment for other crimes, asks the audience to see his characters for exactly what they...
...Chris Smither and Kevin Roth--Passim at 8:30 Molly Malone--Back Room at the Idler at 9 Chuck McDermott and Wheatstraw--Jonathan Swift's at 9 Foxfire--Springfield Street Saloon at 9 Gigolo, Sue Gordan and Company Coming--Sword-in-the-Stone at 9 FSSGB Group Sing--Interfaith Building...
...studios, effectively captures the dynamism of Paxton as a performer. He differs from his Village contemporaries in his master of direct communication with his audience; he borrows neither Bob Dylan's detachment nor Phil Ochs' alcoholic trance. Rather, he is akin to Joni Mitchell, who cajoles her audience to sing along because "the more out-of-tune voices on a song, the better." Paxton, too, encourages participation, seeking to bridge the gap between artist and idolator. And by explaining the motivation behind the composition of each song, Paxton secures an Intellectual bond with his listeners...
Bing and Callas sparred continually over her roles and her schedules. In 1959, after she refused to sing Traviata and Macbeth in the same week, Bing fired her. Callas snarled publicly about "those lousy Traviatas that he wanted me to do." Bing riposted: "Mme. Callas is constitutionally unable to fit into any organization not tailored to her own personality." By 1965 almost all was forgiven. Bing brought her back for two Toscas. Justly they became the hottest tickets of the season, for Callas' Tosca was revelatory, not so much a posturing, jealous bitch, as a woman unsettled by fear...