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...world get invited to function as the Festival Chorus. The latter distinction was bestowed recently upon Harvard's Collegium Musicum, a collection of 70 amateur vocalists who combine to form a chorus of undeniably professional caliber. The mixed chorus of 70 who, as one member put it, "like to sing more than just about anything else," will present their first concert of the season this Friday night in St. Paul's Church...
...president, the atmosphere was tense. Ervin and Baker, says Dash, traded country-lawyer stories to entertain the others. When Talmadge jokingly asked if they should all stand up when the phone rang, Baker betrayed a slightly different character in his reply. "I suppose we should, and then all sing 'Bail to the Chief,'" Baker said...
Rocky is a slum fairy tale, its plot simple even by Hollywood standards. A broken-down neighborhood fighter, who boxes, "because I can't sing or dance," is picked as a last-minute replacement to fight the heavyweight champion of the world, mainly because the champ sees the promotional possibilities of the hero's monicker: "the Italian Stallion." The hero produces a rousing fight and, of course, finds love. The movie is fun- ny, unpretentious and relentlessly upbeat, sort of what Mean Streets would have been if Frank Capra had made it. Its only message-endure, reach your...
...OTHER CHARACTERIZATIONS are competent, but not as strong. Terry Knickerbocker as Senex, Hero's lecherous father, delivers his lines in a gutteral huff, and his singing is so stiff as to be wooden. Diane Nabatoff as Domina, his wife, does a generally good job, but is hampered because she and Knickerbocker never seem to develop the right rapport. Jim Pullam brings only braggadocio to his characterization of Miles Gloriosus; it's a tough role to sing, but Pullam can't quite hit the bass notes...
...seems that if you are drawn to acting you head towards straight drama, and if you can really sing then you are drawn to opera. But if you can do a little of both, then the musical is your forte. One could argue that the cast of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum had an easy task anyway--great lines, those wonderful Sondheim songs--but they can do more than just a little singing and acting. In fact, they are very competent, and the musical is highly recommended. It's entertainment...