Word: singeing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sets, and soon the face of Nina van Pallandt, Irving's elegant traveling companion in Mexico, blossoms on both screens. Edith leans forward to watch with aggressive intentness. "She's going to be on David Frost and David Susskind," someone says. Marmon: "Will she sing or talk?" Sher wood: "She'll sing. She can't talk. She's too stupid...
...merely walk out on the stage, she takes possession of it, just as she did during her last public performances in 1965 (Tosca at the Met and Covent Garden). With each student, she proceeds as she did last week with Korean Soprano Kyu Do Park. She let her sing all of Mi chiamano Mimi (They call me Mimi) from La Boheme, then went to work, singing phrases back to show how to put meaning into them. When Callas came to the word "Mimi," her rich, smoky voice swelled with emotion. "Have no doubt about who you are," she explained...
Today Twiggy and Justin are in the movie business. Twiggy is the star of Ken Russell's overblown but engaging film The Boy Friend (TIME, Dec. 20), and she will be the lead in a musical she and Justin want to do about the '30s, entitled Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance. Justin, though credited as "Production Associate," at one point found himself persona non grata on the set of The Boy Friend, and is taking no chances with the new movie they are planning-he will be the coproducer. "We don't talk to agents or read anything...
Mahalia Jackson never sang the blues. "Blues are the songs of despair," she liked to say. "Gospel songs are the songs of hope. When you sing gospel you have the feeling there is a cure for what's wrong." Mahalia had the gift of making her audiences feel there was a cure too. She began her performance with a Bible reading ("to give me inner strength"), then just seemed to brim over with music. Shaking her head till the combs flew out of her hair, whacking her hands together or stretching her arms ecstatically over her head, she raised...
After all present have been seated by the ushers, the head proctor reads the general rules and introduces the assistant proctors, dressed in black and white striped shirts, who then distribute the exam papers. The proctor again addresses the assemblage: "Ladies and gentlemen, will you please rise and sing our national anthem." When the applause and cheers at the conclusion of the song have subsided and a quiet anticipation has settled over the crowd, the proctor blows his whistle to start the clock and the writing...