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...ride-for-life, of course, is a horsebound version of those great chases across the English countryside in which Buchan heroes, and their heirs and assigns, foiled pursuit in everything from Bentleys to borrowed bicycles. The true Francis classic (Dead Cert), pitted the jockey hero, up on a splendid horse named Admiral, against the forces of darkness who chivvied him about in a swarm of radio taxis. By contrast, Bonecrack's ride is modest. The trainer, galloping prodigally crosscountry on his best racer, tries to head off the sulky boy-jockey from inadvertent assassination by one of his Mafia...
...humanity and of pity. The actors do him proud, seeming to have traveled every step of the way, from adolescent victory to middle-aged defeat, laughing and crying together. Director A.J. Antoon, who directed Cymbeline in Central Park last summer, has wrung a triumph of ensemble acting from these splendid players. To Joseph Papp, "Bravo!" once again. Serious drama has no finer friend. ·T.E.K...
...heaven breaks loose on the stage. This cast is so agile that it defies the laws of gravity, and the singers have such richly resonant voices that they could bring down the walls of Jericho. Everyone is splendid, and Micki Grant may prove to be a major find for the musical theater. Her lyrics for this revue-styled musical are witty and intelligent, her tunes melodiously winning. She is also a marvelously gifted performer who can sing her own numbers as if they were intimate love letters addressed to each playgoer in the house. She helps to make this...
...major railroads have no trouble borrowing to buy new cars: the cars make splendid collateral if a loan goes into default. The result is that the companies operate modern covered hoppers, flatcars and gondolas over roadbeds that are rapidly deteriorating. The roads have been able to show what profits they have largely by deferring maintenance that is essential. For example, rails are being replaced on a schedule that assumes the average rail will last 120 years, although it actually remains serviceable for only half that long...
...brand-new Carmen starring Marilyn Horn, with Leonard Bernstein conducting and Gentele himself directing. Bing also spent a probable $700,000 on his swan song, last March's new and spectacularly good production (by Franco Zeffirelli) of Verdi's Otello, when the nine-year-old and commensurately splendid Eugene Berman production was in perfectly good shape. That indulgence (including 100 costly costumes that were never used) will not help Gentele at all in the current labor negotiations he must settle by this summer if the Met is to open...