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...performance of "No Time At All," Pippin's requisite show-stopper, has the audience literally singing right along with him. And even those who've never heard the music before can participate; the words to the chorus are in the program. Can you sing "It's time to start livin'," boys and girls...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Spring's Here and So Is Pippin | 4/30/1986 | See Source »

Having established themselves as utterly clueless, this oddball crew proceeds to deliver a rousing number, in which they equate the whole operation with a religious football game. ("We're special-teamin' for the Lord...") Their energetic pep-rally-cum-war-anthem is the production's first real show-stopper...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: The Heat Is On at the Hasty | 2/19/1986 | See Source »

...female actors) tell their stories to a wide variety of music. The audience never knows what to expect next. They tell their father of Joseph's demise in the form of a country-western ballad and protest the innocence of Benjamin to a Carribean beat. The absolute show stopper, however, is definitely "Those Canaan Days," performed with outrageous "Fronch" accents in the style of outdoor cafe singers during the fin-de-siecle. If for nothing else, people have to see Joseph for these great ensemble numbers...

Author: By T.m. Doyle, | Title: Amazing Joseph | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Hardington, the stopper for the Harvard men's soccer team, had a bone to pick with Penn's playing tactics Saturday at Ohiri Field. With his team down 1-0 in the second half, the senior booter scored the tying goal moments after complaining about the Quakers' dirty play...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Booters Rally to Stick Quakers in OT, 3-1 | 11/12/1985 | See Source »

...combination would really be a show-stopper. We could have the finest collection ever assembled to show man's development in this hemisphere," Perot said...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Peabody Asks Texan To Rent its Artifacts | 7/4/1985 | See Source »

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