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Spinal Tap is not a med-school training film, not a slasher movie set in a clinic, not the latest permutation of break dancing. Spinal Tap is, in the words of one enthusiast, "the world's loudest and stupidest heavy-metal band." Formed in the early '60s by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cold Metal | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

Nevertheless, Ruddygore is eminently entertaining, filled with the usual assortment of rapid-fire patter, romantic solos, and melodramatic ditties by the choruses. Perhaps one of the least known operettas, it has an intricately woven, often convoluted plot that contains more horror and violence than standard G & S fare such as...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Visual Feast | 12/7/1983 | See Source »

Resnick, as Robin, is unfortunately the hardest to hear. He has occasion to sing numerous solos, most of which get drowned out by the frequently overpowering orchestra. Resnick has an excellent stage presence and he delivers his dramatic lines well, strongly conveying his character's unwillingness to accept his role...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Visual Feast | 12/7/1983 | See Source »

The Jews have a word for what it took to make this movie: chutzpah. Barbra Streisand-the producer, director, co-writer and star of Yentl-spent 15 years turning Isaac Bashevis Singer's 20-page story Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy into a 2-hr. 15-min. musical extravaganza. At...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Toot, Toot, Tootseleh | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

And the players in the Musical Theatre Company of Cambridge bring this complex musical alive on the small stage of the Agassiz Theatre. Under the musical direction of Gerald Moshell and the staging and choreography of Scott Collishaw, Thomas Jones portrays a charismatic Robert, magnetic enough to become the believable...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Semisweet Sampling | 7/12/1983 | See Source »

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