Word: splendid
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...four sorceresses are splendid: Plowright in high Lady Bracknell form, accommodating herself to happiness; Walker, sensationally poised and pretty, radiating a soigne sexiness; Richardson (Dance with a Stranger) as a sad Madonna doomed to fidelity; and Lawrence, a TV comedy star, as a liberated slave gaily savoring her freedom...
Frank Lloyd Wright's masterwork gets a splendid overhaul...
...AMERICAN BALLET THEATER'S PROduction (Romeo and Juliet) was lovely, the music (Prokofiev) splendid, and the principal dancers (Laurent Hilaire and Sylvie Guillem) enchanting. But the roiling applause at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House went mainly to the man who was making his U.S. debut in the orchestra pit, RUDOLF NUREYEV. Now 54, the century's most celebrated male dancer has got a leg up on a new career as a conductor. Admirers who feared that he could not achieve so radical a transition without embarrassment may rest easy. Nureyev, who started conducting both ballet and stage performances with considerable...
Junior pitcher Ray Desrocher (2-0 ) hurled a splendid four-hitter, walked none and struck out six. He allowed only six baserunners and retired the BU side in order in the first, second, fourth and fifth innings...
...addition to Robbins' splendid portrayal as Mill, Altman scores a coup by getting nearly one hundred stars (with names like Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis, Cher, Nick Nolte and Angelica Huston) to act in his movie for scale pay (which was in turn donated to charity). It speaks well of Altman's prestige among actors...