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Word: sullivans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...book, music and lyrics for Broadway's The Most Happy Fella, the music and lyrics for Guys and Dolls, and scores of popular songs, including Baby It's Cold Outside, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, On a Slow Boat to China; and Actress-Singer Jo Sullivan (real name: Elizabeth Josephine Jacobs), 31, who played Rosabella, the mail-order bride, in The Most Happy Fella; both for the second time; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, may 11, 1959 | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

Sometime in the life of every Gilbert and Sullivan company there arises the onerous necessity of mounting Princess Ida--usually after all other possible expedients have been tried. Unfortunately, only Gilbert and Sullivan have ever succeeded in writing a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, and even they only wrote a few. Ida is second-rate, but authentic; a weak sister, but still one of the family. This production is unlikely to make any fanatical converts, but Agassiz these days is still a pretty good place in which to forget worldly cares...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Princess Ida | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

...Sullivan, Sullivan is always Sullivan, but here he is less so than usual. His pathetic numbers, for one thing, are all sheer glop. On the other hand, as almost always, the pretty tunes are sufficiently numerous to make the reputation of most composers, and to keep the casual whistler supplied for days...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Princess Ida | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

Withal, if you know what I mean, Ida is a pretty good show. People who like Gilbert and Sullivan will probably be reasonably happy with it. People who do not like Gilbert and Sullivan can go to hell...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Princess Ida | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

...Gymnasts moved out of reach after the third, scoring twice in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. Meanwhile, pitcher Bill Sullivan's fast balls were keeping the Crimson bats fairly quiet. Captain John Davis beat out an infield hit in the third and scored on Chet Boulris' lost-in-the-sun fly to right that fell for a triple...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Springfield Nine Trounces Varsity; Weak Defense Allows 12-2 Victory | 4/22/1959 | See Source »

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