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...enigmas, which Berger compares to items ranging from a leaf to a television set. While many verses contain cliches and predictable rhymes, "Next Time" and "What Do They Mean?" exhibit more interesting imagery. Though less memorable than the lyrics, the music, also written by Berger, maintains an agreeable tempo. Only the rocker "Do It Now" is hummable, probably because it sounds vaguely familiar. Bue's beautiful tenor carries his songs, but the rest of the company desperately needs voice lessons. Roffner sings powerfully but not pleasantly; Harper and Genovese lag off key more often than...
...they did not want to spoil it with the crazy beat that sent their Denver audience back to the box office. They kept a lid on at first. The audience sat unimpressed. Then the bandleader tossed aside all caution and the band cut loose with a swinging dance tempo and a set of upbeat numbers like the "King Porter Stomp." The young audience got to their feet and went ape. Kids across the country heard the joyful noise on their radios. Benny Goodman had a name. From then on, he would be known as the King of Swing...
Benny Goodman kept his band's contagious new music around the top of the charts; he swung and America listened. Imagine one foot of one out of every ten Americans wagging up and down to the same tempo when "Stompin' at the Savoy" came at them over the airwaves. Imagine one out of every ten American pulses beating in four-four time. If it had social significance, it would have been a revolution. But it was a prescription for only temporary relief of discomfort brought on by social unrest. It solved nothing, but dancing to a swing band...
...tempo was established early in the contest as Cornell's John Stornick ripped a 20-footer past All-American goaltender Dave Magnarelli at 1:52. The tenaciously fast, hard-hitting pace never subsided...
...play drags in its coda. Because the faces can barely be seen, one hardly can recognize or identify with the characters emotionally. As the tempo lags, the trio slips into acoustical imbalance: Claudy's voice lasts longer, often stronger and more distinct than the other two. Even if slightly bored, one can realize intellectually that the slowdown might be intentional: sonorously and endlessly, consciousness endures. But in that case, the final line of the play is screamed unnecessarily. To be intellectually satisfying, the play needs no punctuation. And because of the nature of Krieger's production, the screaming...