Word: unevennesses
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...program also included Puccini's Gloria Mass, a work written in the composer's student days. The music was decidedly uneven, containing fine lyrical passages such as a strong theme for unison chcorus at the words "et unam sanctam." Much of the music, however, sounded like an Italian version of second-rate Schubert. It was the piece's first and probably last Boston performance...
...appeared in the Advocate, as could have D. J. Hughes' poem, Mallarme at Tournon. In terms of quality, the poetry in the current issue is rather unrewarding, especially compared with the last issue which included Allen Grossman, Stephen Booth and Gregory Corso. Canticle for Simonetta by Richard Sewell is uneven, at times forced, and fails to achieve an essential opposition. What is left is a good idea unsuccessfully worked out and one or two lines like "Beauty alone is less than life should wear...
...Gazzara does a striking virtuoso job as Johnny, and Anthony Franciosa a rewarding one as his brother. But the top performance is Cinemactress Shelley Winters as the wife: she seems like some one honestly groping in a human drama rather than skillfully functioning in an uneven stage piece...
...called upon to juggle, perform magic tricks, and swallow fire, in addition to the normal chores of musical comedy. He does these well, but it is difficult to evaluate his interpretation because Reuben's character is left so vague and undefined. Evelyn Lear as his girl gives a hrikingly uneven performance at various times, she manages to resemble Martha Raye, June Allyson, and Joan Crawford. Kaye Ballard, the brilliant comedienne of The Golden Apple, suffers most from the sparseness of the material. She performs her three songs with gusto and precision, and might have lifted the show far above...
...Rosewall, nervous Vic Seixas rarely got his net play going, was trapped cold by the little Australian's backhand and spectacular lobs, lost in four sets, 6-3, 10-8, 4-6, 6-2. For Seixas, it was the sad climax to a summer's uneven performance; at 32, he was just not steady-handed and agile enough to win. Said U.S. Captain Bill Talbert: "You add eight months [since Sydney] to 32 years, and you've got to come up with less...