Word: stagings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fans of German composer Kurt Weill, best known for his incomparable score of The Threepenny Opera, might be very interested in Down in the Valley. Weill composed this one-act opera in 1948 expressly for amateur groups. Stage Space, a neophyte Brookline company behind this production, is an amateur group in a technical sense only; the "Phoenix" praised the competence and the excellent voices of the performers. The story tugs at the tear-ducts, with events ending unhappily for two star-crossed lovers in Appalachia. But the music is superb, utilizing old folk songs and ballads; most viewers will recognize...
...song like "Just One Look," one of the weaker compositions before Ronstadt's touches, comes off fairly well because it gives Ronstadt a chance to belt out the lyrics. And that energetic vocal thrust, hardly what you'd expect from a shy, playful, innocent-looking singer who stands on stage clutching the microphone, rarely strutting about, even on the boldest tunes, gives Linda Ronstadt the power to captivate an audience. In it's February 1977 cover story on Ronstadt, Time called that vocal power "torchy rock." Well, you can choose your own descriptive term; whatever you want to call...
...main goals of U.S. policy at this stage is to lure Jordan's reluctant King Hussein, the Saudis, and possibly even Assad into the peace process. Ever wary about deciding in haste, Hussein has asked Washington for a long list of clarifications about the Camp David agreements as they apply to the West Bank. The State Department is busy complying, even though one high U.S. official impatiently observed that the King was being "a bit precious." Syria's participation in any talks with Israel seems remote, but Congress provided a bit of bait by approving $90 million...
...Choice of material: boyhood favorites. Yet Old Showman Joe Papp, producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival, won raves from the audience attending his professional singing debut last week at a Manhattan cabaret called the Ballroom. "I'm making a public display of myself at this stage of my life," Papp, 57, began. Then he whipped out a top hat and cane and even mouthed a harmonica. After the finale and a flurry of roses at his feet, the star collapsed in his dressing room and sighed: "I could act Hamlet easier than this any day of the week...
...Twelve Angry Men and The Defenders, is not Mr. Light Touch. The film's only flair comes from Director Lamont Johnson, who tries to force-feed sophistication into the proceedings. Johnson has shot the film at a fast pace in romantic Manhattan locations, and he has recruited outstanding stage actors, notably John Wood and John Glover, for the secondary roles. He provides at least the illusion of slickness...