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Forget this week's meager Tony awards in the Broadway musical category. It has actually been a wonderful year for musicals. Indeed, with just a little stretching of the Tony rules, a whole stageful of prizes could have been bestowed. Best new musical: Zip! Goes a Million. Best actress: Judy Kaye as the Gay Nineties chanteuse in Sweet Adeline. Best supporting actress: Jane Connell as the inebriated Quaker aunt in Oh, Boy! Best eccentric dance: Mia Dillon for her daft balloon ballet in Music in the Air. Best orchestrations: John McGlinn for Leave It to Jane. Best book and lyrics...
...names and titles are unfamiliar, it is because the shows were produced a few blocks from the hoopla of Broadway, on the concert stages of Carnegie Recital Hall and Town Hall. Five of the musicals opened originally on Broadway between 1917 and 1932; the sixth, Zip! Goes a Million, closed out of town in 1919 (and thus could have been eligible in the Tonys' "new musical" category). All have a witty ebullience that would merit revival even if they did not boast some unforgettable songs: I've Told Every Little Star, Till the Clouds Roll By, Bill, The Song...
...those willing to brave the proverbial "dirt waters," the Charles is a veritable playground. Crew shells zip up and down, sailors tack to and fro bikers crust along the edges...
...tree fell in their path. They stopped their car, but others rammed them from behind. Hovland figured he could win on several points: a tree in rotten condition, a poorly designed roadway and cars without headrests. After a seven-week trial, the jury deliberated only 1 1/2 hours. Verdict: zip...
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