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Indeed, Ted Agnew's gift of gaffe in spired gagwriters from beautiful down town Burbank to catty midtown Manhattan. Democrats dubbed him "Zorba the Veep." The Washington cocktail circuit relayed countless gags about...
...Greek habit you refer to is long dead. It died when Greek taverns became infested with local and international nouveaux riches, who don't know why, when or how to smash dishes and who, as you state, measure merrymaking's "success by the depth of the debris." Zorba would have smashed only one dish or glass-but with style. Spending no drachma or "buck" either...
...returned their investment; and only two, Plaza Suite and Hair, will return substantial profits.) Usually, a hit is a hit from the outset. This season two Broadway musicals besides Dear World have tried out here; both were well received by Boston critics. As a result, one, Zorba, underwent minor cutting and restaging, but no major changes. The other, Promises, Promises, got three new songs, of which one ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again") was considered an important addition to an already solid show...
...shows' destinies are changed on the road, why do the producers bother with the expense and frustration at all? Harold Prince, Zorba's producer-director, finds the out-of-town critics helpful in suggesting changes that might make a good show better. (His Fiddler on the Roof and West Side Story were perhaps perfected on the road, but his flops, such as Flora, the Red Menace, benefited little from the out-of-town experience...
...ZORBA. Producer-Director Harold Prince seems to have tried to fashion a sequel to his Fiddler on the Roof, camouflaged with a Greek accent. But Zorba isn't Jewish, and the miscasting and bogus bouzouki music scarcely ever evoke the characteristic tone of Levantine lament...