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...THEY don't positively leap on stage with a hoot and a "Down with Jerry Herman!" sign, Burt Bacharach and Hal David nevertheless make a wicked entrance in the proceedings now on display at the Colonial. Each micro-second of music has the Bacharach-David signature: a souped-up piano, an unseen chorus blowing like the wind over solos and ensemble numbers alike, tunes that demand alternately a whisper and a belt, and lyrics that stick so close to life in its physical and emotional details as to leave no room either for clever allusions or technical bravado. The long...
...Finally, Hal David's lyrics deserve an extended analysis, which I won't give them save to say that they're always worth listening to, never in the smallest measure cheap, and possibly harbingers of a revolution in Broadway songwriting. David hasn't completely mastered the medium with his first try, but like Bacharach he can probably count on smooth sailing through the formative stages of his theatrical career. And that's about all even palpable geniuses...
...Then, two months ago, Mark's grandparents agreed to allow the boy a visit with his father, who is now living near Santa Cruz, Calif. Once Mark arrived, Painter filed suit in California to keep him. Mark had told him, "I've made up my mind, Hal. I want to stay in California. I've always been with you anyway...
...YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL brings the Bard to Central Park. Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, plays alternate evenings through Aug. 2. Artistic Director Gerald Freedman guides Stacy Keach as the incorrigible Falstaff and Sam Waterston as the slumming Prince Hal. Then Romeo and Juliet moves into the Delacorte Theater on Aug. 7, with Martin Sheen and Susan MacArthur in the title roles...
...HAL BENENSON...