Word: siretta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...broken watch spring, but his tap and soft-shoe dances possess the style that Walter Mitty's dreams are made of. He looks astonishingly like Eddie Cantor, the show's original star, but his manner is endearingly cuddlesome, rather like Joel Grey's. Choreographer Dan Siretta's dance numbers blaze across the stage like prairie fires, and the smashing chorus girls are a bouquet of red, red roses...
...direction is almost always inventive, often hilarious, and sometimes touching. There were a few times when the staging was too cramped, but one must remember that the sets and blocking were designed for the Goodspeed's restricted space. Incidentally, Edward Haynes's sets are just charming--as is Dan Siretta's choreography...
Very Good Eddie is a picture-post card show, done without a single lapse of style. Kern's songs are sprightly and unhackneyed, Greene's lyrics are clever, and Dan Siretta's dances are period perfect. Everyone deserves the pleasure of this able cast's dandy company, and David Merrick, who used to send out macabre holiday cards, is obviously wishing all of us a happy...