Word: sondra
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...event of the current season. This second look at Barrie's fable confirmed the remembered excellence of Jerome Robbins' production and the believable make-believe of Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard. It also enabled viewers to see that perfection does not stop with the stars: Sondra Lee was totally right as Tiger Lily, leader of the superbly choreographed Indians; Kathy Nolan's Wendy was witty as well as winsome, and even such spear carriers as the animals and Captain Hook's foolishly wicked crew had personality and flair...
...transition from scene to scene by integrating the stage changes into the opening moments of each succeeding scene. The chorography, under the direction of Hanya Holm, is responsible for the best number in the show, a ballad sung by Reuben and pantomimed by an extraordinary pair of dancers, Sondra Lee and Timmy Everett. Miss Holm has also staged a wonderfully humorous street fight, as well as a terrifying yet lovely ballet in an insane asylum. But these redeeming features cannot rescue Reuben, Reuben from a disastrous fatc-sheer incomprehensibility. STEPHEN ARNOLD