Night That Made America Famous Opens With Chapin Charisma
Harry Chapin dominates a disorganized Broadway premiere with warm audience rapport and a flexible cast led by Delores Hall and Kelly Garrett. A mixed review notes mishaps and roving cameras but praises Chapin's lyrics in Taxi and Cat's in the Cradle and reports a standing ovation from opening night patrons.
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Harry Chapin
Chapin
Delores Hall
Kelly Garrett
Stephen Chapin
America
Gilbert Price
Tom Chapin
Brother Harry
New York
Bill Starr
Harry
A View of TV News
A close look at local TV news teams reveals a friendly, cohesive unit delivering daily broadcasts. The piece humorously notes on set rituals, cheeky banter, on scene interviews, and a running menu of stories while questioning whether the show informs as well as entertains.
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Jim Jensen
United Nation
Security Council
Turkey Salad Brings Broadway Flops to Lively Octagon Show
The Octagon Theater presents Turkey Salad a revue of Broadway flops from Anyone Can Whistle to Rainbow with Sondheim Herman and Kander and Ebb. Six performers deliver witty banter strong singing and clever choreography as audience members guess show origins and the closer notes the revival’s brief run.
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Stephen Sondheim
Vincent Youmans
Oscar Hammerstein
Octagon
Sondheim
Jerry Herman
Bert Wheeler
Hotel
Dixie
Turkey
Flo Ziegfeld
Rick Atwell
Max Ernst Celebrated in Guggenheim Retrospective
The Guggenheim hosts a retrospective honoring Max Ernst on the 50th anniversary of Dada for a show running through April 20. The painter sculptor, born 1891 near Cologne, blends surreal imagery with nature and symbolism across about 300 works.
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Deborah Sorcher
John Russell
Max Ernst
Guggenheim Museum
Ernst
Cologne
University of
Bonn
Picabia
Duchamp
France
Giorgio de Chirico
Chirico
Diane Waldman
Guggenheim
Ore
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