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...Paul's acting is almost as good as his music, before which I stand in silent awe. His melodies are simple, but clever and subtle. In their charm and sophistication, they reminded me of the Kurt Weill of The Threepenny Opera. The pit band is generally equal to the difficulties of the music, but the drummer's conventional beats are very inappropriate. You will be missing the early work of a brilliant musical talent if you miss Babel...
Andre Previn and J. J. Johnson: Kurt Weill (Columbia). Previn's triple sec piano and Johnson's sudsy trombone breathe new life into Weill's old tunes...
...RITA WEILL...
Married. Lotte Lenya, 64, widow and singing disciple of Composer Kurt (The Threepenny Opera] Weill; and Russell Detwiler, 37, a plump U.S. impressionist painter; she for the third time; in London's Caxton Hall Registry Office. Said tawny-haired Lotte: "When you are really in love, age just becomes something written in your passport...
...Weill's music (under the direction of Richard Parrinello) always restores the flow. And it is perhaps no accident that the most successful performance in the production (Gerry Ledd's Jenny) is almost exclusively a singing role. The music still has teeth even when the dialogue has lost its bite...