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These lines from the opening number of Zorba, the current offering at the North Shore Music Theatre, sum up the show pretty well: a capable cast and memorable score combine with a methodical, well-crafted book for an evening of entertainment—that and nothing more than that...
...Zorba, Kander and Ebb’s musical comedy based on the novel which became an Academy Award-winning film, tells the story of a larger-than-life Greek (Zorba) and his traveling companion (Nikos...
Together the two men find and lose loves, attempt to open an old mine and philosophize about life. Set on the island of Crete, this straightforward musical makes no attempt to use Greek culture as anything more than a backdrop. This is a musical about Zorba, his simple wisdom and the profound effect it has on those around him, namely Nikos...
DIED. ANTHONY QUINN, 86, vibrant, passionate force on stage and screen, remembered most for his Oscar-nominated turn as the fiery peasant in Zorba the Greek; in Boston. Quinn won two supporting Oscars (Viva Zapata! in 1952; Lust for Life in 1956) and played the sideshow strongman in Fellini's first international hit, La Strada (see Eulogy...
...marriage to Iolanda (with whom he already had two children), the wedding ring was lost. In a desperate search, he exclaimed to his kids, "Come on, help me find the ring. Don't you want me to marry your mother?" I always think of Tony dancing in Zorba--so strong, so happy, so full of life. I will never lose that image...