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just seen.“Fancy Free,” Bernstein’s music set to the choreography of Jerome Robbins in the American Theater Ballet production, starred the original “sailor” in the |K*rson of American Ballet Theater leading dancer. John Kriza, who was ably supported by th Christine Mayer, the ballerina, | re!Co II. Ch inf poCorePi'teifirmitoithteiCloflofScmand Lawrence Gradus, Frumeth Hirsh. Basil Thompson, Judy Berk, with John Barker as the silent, non-dancing bartender. Kriza and company performedthe rollicking tale of three sailors on shore leave in search offeminine company with skill andeffectiveness. Particularly well done was the work of sailor BasilThompson.The third and final portion of the program featured the entire cast, singers and dancers, in selections from the Bernstein musical theater music. These included selections from “On thejqu Town, “Peter Pan, Wonder-j ful Town, with a superb duet bv Misses Alexander and Hensley, “Candide and the unfor-gettable West Side Story.”It was noticeable throughout .that the Bernstein stamp was there in everything he wrote, and that each successive venture, Including the opera itself, bore the foreshadowing of the music of “West Side Story.” Even the leading dancer, JohnKriza, bears a resemblance to the famous conductor-composer!The show fell short for some persons who discreetly took their leave between the first and second acts and again between the second and third. But those who remained throughout were well rewarded with the Broadway group. Civic Lubbock’s season closed quietly but with unusual and valued interest.desiiJiwiPiccreWipiRnctiibiEa.tii
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Lubbock, Texas, US

Fri, Mar 15, 1963

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