Word: vocalization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vocally, the play builds in volume and intensity as it progresses. Babe has wisely chosen to have his actors underplay, forcing them to perform with self-discipline. The acting is amazing, considering that four of the five east-members are usually employed on the Harvard stage as comedians, and the fifth as a dancer. Emily Levine gives a spine-chilling performance as the mother, easily her best to date, and not once does she lapse into any of the mannerisms that have marked her last three performances. Susan Channing plays the daughter. Her sheer technical skill is amazing...
...flavor, much like Sholom Alcichem's dairyman Tevye before Broadway got to him. But the resemblance--the good humor in despair, the pleading with the marvelously impotent gods, the befuddled good intentions--is in Brecht's script as well as Kaplan's portrayal. Miss Archer has warmth, a versatile vocal range, the ability to switch swiftly between the two parts she must play, and good legs...
...NATO "two-key" system. For another, it would enable France to keep troops in Germany, which, in French minds at least, serves to dampen the resurgence of their old enemy's aggressive spirit. Whether De Gaulle will be impressed by those considerations remains to be seen. Despite his vocal "suspicion" of American intentions in Europe, he is nonetheless counting on the U.S. to shield France from aggression no matter how much mischief he stirs up. He admitted as much in a recent meeting with Erhard. When the Chancellor protested that "we cannot live without the protection...
Virginia Morris, the object of his bristling affections, strutted and slutted with a cynical sort of gusto. Though gifted with no greater vocal ability than others in the cast, she carried her songs with her eyes and Lenya-esque phrasing. Susan Levenstein--her daughter--made the most of a single joke, played the piano when necessary, and displayed her garters to advantage...
Beverly Sills (Aricie) contributed her usual competent performance, handling the scattered ornaments (such as the arpeggios in the Act I finale) with total assurance. Sills keeps her voice rather supple and unfocused, resulting in dazzling, blended trills, but also a general blurring of the vocal line. Thus she is far more impressive in pure coloratura than in Rameau's customary cantabile style...