Dr Faustus Puts Audience: Burton Version Disappoints
The Burton adaptation of Dr Faustus is a melodramatic misfire critics say, stripping secondary characters, overdoing visual tricks, and dulling Marlowe’s spiritual tension. Burton and Coghill’s choices disappointment, though Ram Chopra and Richard Carwardine offer the only strong horror notes.
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Richard Burton
Marlowe
Dr. Faustus
Neville Coghill
Oxford
Wagner
Robin
Clown
Elizabeth Taylor
Christ
Jim
Miss Taylor
Ram Chopra
Richard Carwardine
Valdes
Cornelius
Andreas Teuber
Mephistophilis
Walt Disney
Robert Louis Stevenson
Fiddler on the Roof draws audiences with humane sweetness
The piece tours the United States and Europe to strong sales with four million U S playgoers by December 1. London regularly sells out while Finland and the Netherlands sustain multiple companies. Critics note both beauty and criticism, praising its humane themes and blend of music and theater.
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United States
Europe
London
Finland
Fourishing
God
Tevye
Anatevka
Classic 1960s films headlined in weekly cinema lineup
The notice lists festival style showings from February 14 to 31 featuring Blake Edwards Breakfast at Tiffanys with Hepburn and Pard and Neal, Capra Arsenic and Old Lace, Antonioni Red Desert, Juliet of the Spirits, Clouzot Diabolique, Welles Touch of Evil, Frankenheimers The Manchurian Candidate, and Raoul Walsh The Tall Man using Cinemascope.
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Blake Edwards
Audrey Hepburn
Capote
Holly Golightly
George Peppard
Patricia Neal
Cat
Frank Capra
Cary Grant
Peter Lorre
Teddy Roosevelt
Michelangelo Antonioni
Monica Vitti
Richard Harris
Federico Yellini
Giulietta Masina
Sun
Henri- Georges Clouzot
Welles
Charlton Heston
Marlene Dietrich
John Frankenheimer
Frank Sinatra
Laurence Harvey
Angela Kurg
Raoul Walsh
Jane Russell
Clark Gable
Robert Ryan
Barnard stages Amahl and the Night Visitors opera
Ellen Shulman reports Barnard Theater Company presents Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors in St. Paul's Chapel. The amateur cast, led by Roberto Puleo and Janet McNeill, delivers disciplined performances with strong singing and acting. Performances run Friday 8:30 pm, Saturday 3:00 and 8:40 pm, Sunday 8:20 pm. Tickets $1 with CUID.
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Ellen Shulman
Barnard Theater Company
Gian Carlo Menotti
Menotti
Ss Opera
Barnard
Eben Terry
Keith Shango
St. Paul’s Chapel
Roberto Puleo
Metropolitan Opera
Amahl
Janet McNeill
Jeffrey Kurmit
Phillip Ramey
George Alexander
Columbia College
Lois Schwartzberg
Dace Adris
Joel Benjamin
St. Paul's Chapel
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Minor Latham Playhouse
New York
Arthur Bauman
Elizabeth Keen
Yuriko Kimura
David Earle
Rod Rodgers
Ze’eva Cohen
Pant
Minor Latham
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