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...Listen, there's got to be something on the other side of the rainbow." At other times, he wails, "There must be a place somewhere in the world where the songs are real." But it's 1934, and only stars like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers have anything to sing about. Times are hard. No one wants to buy Arthur's music. An evil bank manager refuses to lend him the money to start up a store. Worst of all, his frigid wife Joan just doesn't like sex. "I want you to cut his thing off," she cries...
This unlikely quintet may not exactly fulfill the ART audience's collective expectations. They sing the original Italian libretto, for instance, and tend to roll about the floor in odd formation--but their capacity to charm and delight is endless. All five are top-flight performers: well-suited vocally for Handel's soft, delicate arias, and passionate and convincing as actors. Sanford Sylvan reveres every syllable he sings as Orlando, and his gentle descent into madness (represented as the planet Mars in this production) is mesmerizing. Janet Brown's rendition of the queen/deb Angelica's melancholy reflection on false hopes...
...women sportscasters surely don't add to the credibility of women sports fans. Phyllis George and Jayne Kennedy, both ex-Miss Americas, share their insights with us weekly. I guess having Bert Parks sing while you stroll down a runway means you know lot about sports...
...knee socks exactly match her huge square purse. She wears the purse on her chest, hanging from her neck. Her eyes sparkle at everything that is said, but she says nothing herself, content to listen to Um Khalil, Aida and the strange foreign man. Mrs. Khalil asks her to sing a song. Hilda responds with I Am a Palestinian Child, words and music by a member of the society. Delighted by the applause, she smiles demurely at the three others to ensure their continued devotion...
...threatened by it," says Cher, 35, of her upcoming Broadway debut in a comedy, Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. "An artist isn't intimidated. Once I couldn't sing. Now I can." In a formidable cast that includes Karen Black, 39 (Five Easy Pieces) and Sandy Dennis, 44 (The Four Seasons), Cher plays a garrulous cocktail waitress who is hired on as an extra in the 1956 James Dean-Liz Taylor movie, Giant, when it is filmed in her small Texas town. The play also marks the Broadway bow of Film Maker...