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Finally, Sly has Able announce his death, and the comedy takes a quan tum jump and delirium risibilitatis sets in. Returning to Broadway after an absence of ten years, Arthur Penn directs the evening's proceedings with the bounce of a trampoline. He must be good for his superb cast, for no one does any thing remotely wrong. Larry Gelbart's book is a naughty treasure laced with sassy one-liners and the ambience of bawdry that he brought to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. As for the formidably gifted George C. Scott...
...through a plan for the Conrail system that subsidizes formerly unprofitable Northeastern railroads . . . Urges thorough congressional reform of airline regulation; wants carriers to be freer in setting fares . . . As Chairman of the House Budget Committee, has deftly negotiated precarious compromises between big spenders and conservatives . . . Episcopalian . . . Married, four children . . . Superb tennis player...
...former Secretary of State Dean Rusk called Vance "a superb appointment," praising his "direct and exceptional experience, sound and solid judgment," as well as his administrative ability. Former Under Secretary of State George Ball said Vance was "a very natural choice because he is so well equipped; he is also a fellow without enemies." Even Henry Kissinger was known to approve of him. Lunching with TIME editors not long ago, Kissinger was asked whom he preferred to be his successor. He needed to think only a few seconds before saying, "Cy Vance. He has the experience, the intelligence...
...choruses were superb. Particularly beautiful was the "Many A New Day" number's staging which had the kind of choreography only inspiration provides. It was a lovely moment. One singer especially, Caroline Noel Franklin, injected enough charm and personality into her negligable part to make herself a permanent lesson to anyone who thinks of the lines as back-drops...
...presence of violinist and conductor Oscar Shumsky. Shumsky is a prominent faculty member of the Juilliard School and an honorary director of the Violin Society of America. Yet he is not well known outside musical circles or beyond the New York area. He should be. He is a superb violinist and a superb music coach, as the concert revealed. Shumsky has a clear sense of professionalism, and evidently instilled the same sense in HRO, which became an unusually responsive body under his direction. He employs an instructive rather than brilliant technique; he knows exactly what he wants to achieve musically...