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...Peter Pan is not all pure gain as a musical, one reason is the indifferent quality of the music, which has nothing better than the tinkling prettiness of Tender Shepherd or the straightforward lilt of I've Got to Crow. And with the original Barrie story very much cut into but seldom seeming cut, Peter Pan comes off a bit more of a long show than a fully sustained entertainment. Barrie and Broadway are not quite an ideal couple. But their marriage has been celebrated with truly festive splash and animation...
...Arcadian Chloris, has a magnificent voice and a most engaging manner. She makes Chloris a good deal more than the vapidly pedantic cipher that might be fashioned by a less accomplished actress. In her opening scene with the well-intentioned artist, played by Peter Sourian, Miss Sielewicz is quite tender and understanding, giving the impression of being inspired, but not inspiring, Sourian matches this performance with, what seems at first (and may be, since it is consistent throughout), a generally plodding interpretation, without verve or vigor. In terms of the play this is precisely the wanted effect, and this same...
...mere nightclub singer named Juliana Larson." After acting distracted last year in France, testified Helene, Arpels announced to her that "he didn't have much time to live and wanted to spend it with Juliana." Shortly after that, Helene, idly rummaging through Arpels' pockets, discovered a shockingly tender letter written to "Lulu, my angel, my adored one." The letter was signed "J." Of Helene's testimony, Juliana snorted indignantly: "Just cheap, slanderous insinuations dreamed up by a former 'mere French mannequin.' " Meanwhile, Helene stuck to her demands: a separation decree and about...
...Tender Trap (by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith) is the usual trap set for bachelors-with the usual outcome...
...HUGE SEASON, by Wright Morris (306 pp.; Macmillan; $4.25), takes a set of characters that might have been found in F. Scott Fitzgerald's wastebasket and imagines what became of them in the harsh morning after the tender night. Among the characters: a young, rich Greek god from the Middle West who is soul-sick for no clearly apparent reason; a flapper who literally sinks her teeth into nice young men; a nice young man; a Jewish intellectual who can't make up his mind whether he wants to be a quarter-miler or just a social climber...