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...sixth, Zip! Goes a Million, closed out of town in 1919 (and thus could have been eligible in the Tonys' "new musical" category). All have a witty ebullience that would merit revival even if they did not boast some unforgettable songs: I've Told Every Little Star, Till the Clouds Roll By, Bill, The Song Is You, We Belong Together, dozens more. But the music is precisely the reason these delightful shows have returned to the spotlight. For this is Jerome Kern's centenary, which has cued a celebration that promises to last all year and spill over national borders...
...thousand or so songs he composed, the only familiar one not written for a show or movie was The Last Time I Saw Paris. He mercilessly cut any song that did not fit its situation. Conversely, he was a great hoarder and tinkerer. Alter just a few bars of Till the Clouds Roll By and presto! it becomes Look for the Silver Lining. Invert the melody, depress the tempo and voila! the Cotton Blossom theme from Show Boat is alchemized into Ol' Man River...
...hate a day when I sleep till one." Nadkarni says, but he rarely rests so much. He has played three years for the Harvard Classes, a barn-storming campus basketball club. After a frustrating freshman year playing with Harvard's IV team "in front of only three fans." Nadkarni jumped to the Classics and even assumed coaching responsibilities, handling the delicate task of coaching ex-varsity players with his JV background...
MARBLE has, however, affected their sleep schedule. "I can only go to sleep when it's light out," Elvy claims. When pressed to give a realistic schedule, they admit to missing most of their classes and usually catching the tail-end of lunch each day. "About 10 till two each day, I say to Elvy, 'Marc, we have to get up. We have to make lunch...
While most professors present the facts cut and dry, a handful of scholars go out of their way to make their classes "fun." And while many courses draw huge crowds because they are noted "guts," and while many of the introductory courses till the largest lecture halls, there are a few courses at Harvard that students flock to simply because they are "fun" to attend...