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...Baby's heart is a little too much in the right place, its head is very correctly concentrated on the things that should matter the most in a musical. David Shire's score (artfully orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick) is alive and kicking and often whimsically satirical of what seems to be the entire range of contemporary pop styles. The lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. are intricate without being show-offy; his rhymes never lose sight of their reason for being. And the staging, also by Maltby, is rather like his lyrics, fluid and inventive without ever seeming...
...entirety, is a magnificent scene-completely encased in music. There are two separate songs which weave throughout this piece, each evoking its own moods and dreams. It is at once nostalgic, disappointed and good natured. It is also perhaps the best orchestrated song in the history of musicals. Jonathan Tunick has done a spectacular job of orchestration throughout, but "The Girlds Upstairs" tops everything. This song and "Too Many Mornings," a love duct sung by John McMartin and Dorothy Collins, are the best things on the record. Sondheim's lyrics are really magnificent, tender and clever at the same time...
...former selves, wearing the glamorous old costumes and white-faced make-up. There are two bands, a rich Follies orchestra in the pit and a downbeat jazz combo for the party on stage. Choreographer and co-director Michael Bennett has blended the dance steps of two generations, and Jonathan Tunick's orchestrations switch constantly from the Busby Berkeley sound to that of Mahler. Most important of all, the cast is filled with show business old-timers (prominent among them are Alexis Smith, Dorothy Collins, Gene Nelson Yvonne De Carlo, Ethel Shutta, Mary McCarty, Fifi D'Orsay and Ethel Barrymore...
Mention should be made of Michael Bennett's fast and loose choreography, particularly the sardine-can motif with which he conjures up a Second Avenue bar, of Robin Wagner's sensible sets, of Jonathan Tunick's really hot orchestrations, and of Robert Moore's uncommanding but attractive direction. Mention must be made of Marian Mercer, who in a small part does the best musical-comedy drunk in memory...
...Manhattan, Daisy Tunick held thirteen spades in a bridge hand, bid eight spades; the game broke...