Word: stage
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...already reading palms to some extent, and I read the fortunes of two gypsies. In both cases neither girl (they were 18 and 20 respectively) had ever had her own palm read, and they were impressed with the skill and accuracy I possessed even at that early stage. They were extremely helpful in increasing my knowledge and in revealing to me some of the secrets of the trade...
...sellout to storybook ballet, Agathe is a wholly original synthesis of a variety of dance arts. Eileen Cropley's every motion depicts the transformation of the girl from maidenly naivete to knowing womanhood; her timid, mincing steps broaden gradually to final exultant leaps. As Satan, Taylor circles the stage like a great, muscular swooping bird of prey, while Dan Wagoner flutters nervously as a sardonic, sanctimonious Angel and Daniel Williams creates a Pan who seems the exact personification of drool...
...symphonic jazz"; of a heart attack; in Doylestown, Pa. Trained in the classics on the viola, yet fascinated with jazz's "abandon," Pops Whiteman arrived at a sweet and golden middle road that pleased audiences everywhere-on million-seller records (Whispering), radio, TV, nightclubs and the concert stage. He took chances on new music (Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue) and new musicians (Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden), but his staple was rich, smooth orchestration that kept his foot-long baton in motion until 1961, when he retired to his Bucks County home, Coda, so named for the last...
...instinctively to their makers, that thematic depth is rarely the product of an analytical intellect working deliberately toward that end behind the camera. The elements in Bonnie and Clyde, on the other hand, have been chosen with some care; each shot has a function largely conceived at a planning stage, and Arthur Penn can give us a reason for any given angle, lens, or shadow. Following in the Ford tradition ("When the fact becomes legend, print the legend"--The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), Bonnie and Clyde succeeds magnificently as American mythology, an intelligent treatment of sensitivity and violence, social...
Ideally the audience watches the show in small groups, and discusses each stage of the game, calling in their decisions. Success with the teenage audience has led to proposals for using televised simulations in high school classroom situations...