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...been singing at the Met for 16 years, is the answer to an impresario's prayer. He can sing any of 55 operatic roles at a few hours' notice. He has no objection to playing minor roles, usually succeeds in making them seem major. No scene-stealer, he can be counted on to help inexperienced members of the cast. A wonderful example of what the Italians call a basso cantante ("singing bass"), he combines baritone agility with bass sonority and boom. That voice, at the Metropolitan and in concert tours, grosses between...
...underlying theme of "Spring Again" is slow and ponderous at its best, and the play gains deserved honors only because of its fine acting and brilliant dialogue. Both of these are best combined by Michael Rosenblatt, who merits applause as the year's finest scene-stealer in his role as the Hollywood producer trying to buy the "Home Life of the General" for the screen. "Spring Again" provides an entertaining evening, but don't feel badly if you miss the first...
Woolley is more than capably assisted by a cast of able youngsters, each of whom does his best to steal scenes from an incomparable scene stealer--and they come awfully close every once in a while. Roddy McDowell--the youthful Huw Morgan of "How Green Was My Valley"--and Ann Baxter give the old maestro quite a run for his money. And there's a wonderful portrayal of an unstereotyped Nazi officer to round things...
...that went broke, she was originally a singer but ruined her voice giving outdoor concerts, turned to playing in theatrical stock companies. She made her first hits in Broadway's Icebound and The Cradle Snatchers, attracted greater attention in Show Boat. In Hollywood she was a deft scene-stealer, won a reputation as a character actress. She lived alone, rarely took part in Hollywood's whoop...
...addition to Talcott, Yale's Ted Harrison was named to pitch on the first team. The infield consists of Pennsylvania's slugging first baseman, Art McQuillen, who is now playing pro ball; Captain-elect Bart Harvey, of Harvard, the league's leading base stealer, at second; Stan Zarod, Dartmouth third baseman and the only sophomore to make the first team; and Bob Perins, rangy Princetonian, rounding out the inner defense at short...