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THERE ARE SOME bright spots. Twiggy and Tune work well together, as they did in Ken Russell's film of a decade ago. The Boy Friend Twiggy sings in a surprisingly pleasant voice and looks stylish and alluring throughout the show; her costumes and her manner subtly spoof her past as a model, as does an enormous billboard of Edythe's face that fills the stage for much of the show. Star appeal remains the show's great attraction...
...fact, Tune's own Tony award winning Nine succeeds not because of an extemely engrossing story (its ending appears too manufactured), but because it seldom bores its audience. Tune's choreography in that show is consistently exciting, as are the costumes and set. My One and Only possesses a stylish set as well. At times, it also reveals Tune's (or Sellars's, or Walsh's) flair. Tune and Twiggy dance on water, and a group of four elderly gentlemen occasionally appear singing an ironic refrain from an already performed song. The show must quicken and tighten its pace, though...
...because she is the prettiest or cleverest or most accomplished of her debutante crop. She admits that she was deemed ultra-deb partly by default: while her peers went off to college, Cornelia stayed in New York City and spent her time at stylish parties, wearing couture dresses. "Reading books for four years is an excuse not to work," she hazards, "unless you're going to be a plastic surgeon or something." Cornelia earned her high school diploma at home, by mail. "I have an education," she says. "I can add and subtract and read...
Still of the Night is an intellectual thriller; it excites the mind rather than the trigger finger. As such, this stylish and excellently acted film grabs the audience's attention with an intensity reminiscent of Hitchcock's finest, keeping its suspense at a peak from start to finish. The question asked in the film's newspaper ads--"Did she or didn't she?"--is misleading. Only her psychiatrist knows for sure...
...money rolls with reason Evita remains a wonderfully stylish, original and exciting show, its strengths overshadowing its weaknesses, though these are evident in the new production. The musical's lyrics offer a synopsis. Eva Duarte (Derin Altay) ("There was no place she'd been by the age of 15") prostitutes herself to get to Buenos Aires. ("There has never been a lover...who hasn't an eye on...tricks he can try on his partner.") After becoming a radio star, Eva meets Colonel Juan Peron (Robb Alton). ("I've heard so much about you.") With her advice and encouragement...