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...Lausanne, she plays hostess to any of her favorite people who happen to be passing through: Truman Capote, Yul Brynner, David Niven, Noel Coward. At Lake Worth, the Guinnesses can usually count on people in the Kennedy orbit, including the fun-loving Kennedys themselves; at one party, held when Jacqueline Kennedy was in Florida recently, Gloria and Mrs. Kennedy had a high old time doing the Twist* on the tile floors by the patio. Says Gloria: "It's a gay, amusing life...
Sail Away (Original Broadway Cast; Capitol). Noel Coward's strenuously hedonistic lines sound a little weary here, and his wit is Princeton Tiger '24 ("If you want to play strip poke /With the girls in cabin B/ Come to me, dear boys, come to me." But in a couple of songs (Where Shall I Find Him?, Later than Spring) Elaine Stritch whoops it up as if she were really riding a winner...
...calmly joyous. A bustlingly rustic fugue hurries the shepherds towards Bethlehem, where they celebrate the Nativity in an awkward but loving dance. Mary croons a soft lullaby, and Joseph sleeps contentedly by her side. Simeon prophesies the wonders of the Messiah's coming; a boys' choir sings an awestruck Noel, the chorus a mighty, antiphonal Alleluia...
Died. John Chapman Wilson, 62, canny, urbane theatrical producer and director, a onetime bond salesman who talked Noel Coward into making him his business manager, went on to direct the Coward hit Blithe Spirit, plus a clutch of other successful Broadway shows, including A Connecticut Yankee and Kiss Me Kate; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
Sail Away, a new Coward musical sometimes too reminiscent of the first Noel, with superb choreography, delightful lyrics, and, fortunately, Elaine Stritch. At the Colonial Theater in Boston...