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Last week the scene-Paris' Theatre des Champs-Elysees-and the principals were the same as at that uproarious premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in 1913, and again there was bedlam. But this time the composer stood in his box, bathed in spotlight glare and the audience's acclaim, clasping his hands together like a victorious boxer. The tohu-bohu did not abate until Stravinsky marched onstage to buss Conductor Monteux on both cheeks. Said beaming Pierre Monteux: "There was just as much noise the last time, but of a different tonality...
Charlie Durakis, Bob Mello, and Pete Dow led the Crimson scorers to a 91 1/2 to 481/2 victory over Brown at Providence Saturday, but Bob Twitchell stole the spotlight with a brilliant 21-second 220 performance. The freshmen also romped over the Brown yardlings...
Hyphenated Candidate. The basis for the slogan had existed in Wisconsin ever since Warren entered, but now the spotlight was focused on Warren-Eisenhower, the hyphenated candidate. Warren insisted he was running on his own. But the core of his slate was made up of old Progressives, including ex-Governor Phil La Follette, who are Eisenhowermen at heart. They turned to Warren because they could...
White is at his best in the bitter lament, Strange Fruit, with the power that only this type of singing can achieve. The room is dark except for the lone spotlight which shines from above. The audience is quiet with an intense silence. White finishes the song, the spot goes out, and there is no movement for almost a minute. And then applause...
...eyes. The microphone boom collided several times with the light pan, produced one bang so resounding that the actors looked up and momentarily blew their lines. Even the electricians went haywire: as Viveca composed a farewell letter to her lover, the lights went on, then off, and finally a spotlight eerily picked out the coffin of her illegitimate son. Viveca gamely went on writing her letter...