Word: torches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...show seems set up as a parody of the musical comedy medium, the child of all of the "serious" musicals that we have. LaZebnik inflates the institutions of musicals--torch songs, soft-shoe, romantic ballads--and then colors them with subtle witty lyrics and musical jokes: the entr'acte is a fourfold repeat of one song, and typically Show-type" harmonies are colored with dissonance or humorous rhythms. One of the greatest problems in most musicals is the transition from dramatic scenes to musical numbers. The history of shows displays a constant struggle to find new, unexpected ways to introduce...
...Vehicles and government buildings were burned, including the offices of Thanom's son, Colonel Narong Kittikachorn, who was suspected by many students of maneuvering to be Thailand's next Prime Minister. I watched the modern office building that houses the national lottery being put to the torch. Explained one student: "It's good that we burn the lottery, because it only robs the poor people and makes the generals more rich...
...real star of the show is likely to be Maria Muldaur, who two weeks ago gave a week of Passim's best concerts ever. Her voice lands somewhere in the middle of country, blues, torch music, and folk. A charismatic performer who just started singing solo, Muldaur is unlikely to play second bill to anyone for very long...
Producer Norman Lear of All in the Family became a fan when he saw her singing a torch song called Garbage in an off-Broadway revue. He cast her in several TV sketches in the late '50s, and when he created Maude, Arthur was his first and only choice for the title role...
...1960s the torch was passed from age to youth, but in the 1970s the torch is being handed back again. Youth -the obsession of a few years ago, the hope of some, the fear of others -no longer makes great waves. While the 1969 rock festival at Woodstock was hailed as an epic event of liberated youth, the even bigger 1973 festival at Watkins Glen was considered a casual outing. Between these two festivals youth somehow lost its mystique...