Word: spumoni
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Something More! is masquerading as a musical comedy. It is tune-deaf and laugh-free. Lyrics like "tortoni, spumoni, and oh, my, minestrone" are better eaten than heard. The setting is Portofino, Italy, but the mood is about as authentically Italian as frozen pizza...
...Spumoni Sodas. Fresh and cleanshaven, U.S. coffeehouses have emerged from Beatsville to branch out in a dozen directions, becoming everything from Great Books clubs to theaters for silent movies; but most significantly they have become intimate showcases for nascent theatrical talent. Greenwich Village's celebrated Phase 2 offers a sprightly 30-minute review. The present one is called Pass the Nuts, and includes a wonderful satire on Method acting: a student actor pretends he is a seed growing into a tree. Stewed Primes, the long-running revue at nearby Take 3, was so good that it moved into...
...Maid and the Thief and a revue based on the cartoon characters of Jules (Sick, Sick, Sick) Feiffer. Renaissance imitations have appeared all over Sunset Strip-the Unicorn, Pandora's Box, Chez Paulette, the Bit-but the closest approximation is Positano at Malibu Beach, where patrons sip $1 spumoni sodas, play Monopoly and pingpong, and take in entertainment that ranges from productions of G. B. Shaw to a nudist-colony director answering questions...