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Jamie (John Raitt) is a young Irishman who, when offered three wishes by the Queen of the Fairies, chooses travel, a lovely bride and a son who shall speak Gaelic. His first wish granted, Jamie gains his second (Anne Jeffreys) near Atlanta, Ga. But his bride turns out to be barren, and the third wish takes a lot of plot...
Despite its Irishness, Three Wishes is raspberry syrup without a drop of poteen. John Raitt sings handsomely, but Ralph Blane's tunes seldom seem hummablel without also seeming familiar. There are nice George Jenkins sets and Miles White costumes, and there is at least one thoroughly gay dance number. If wishes were horses, the show might go at a fast enough clip to be fun; as it is, it just ambles from one mild scene to another...
Three Wishes for Jamie Anne Jeffreys and John Raitt in a pleasant musical tinged with the blarney. Ends today at the Shubert...
...John Raitt was disappointing as the male lead. His voice did not stand up against the difficult score, and the numbers he delivered suffered through his rendition. This was amply demonstrated when co-star Anne Jeffreys did the reprise to a number called My Heart's Darling, originally sung by Raitt. Miss Jeffreys, charming throughout, gave a certain grace to this song that was clearly lacking in Raitt's unmelodic, muddled version...
...Radcliffe debate team of Jill Raitt '53, Nancy Barrow '53, and Elizabeth B. Mulholland '52 hested three Oxford men on a quiz program broadcast over WCOP yesterday...