Shlemiel the First

[ROBERT A ROTHSTEIN <rar...>]

> I was talking to some friends just last nite who saw it in Boston.  They
> are both very musical and are familar with Klezmer.  They thought the
> show was very poor from the musical point of view. Just "Second Avenue
> Nostalgia".  I know that doesnt match the revue in the Times and last
> week's Newsweek, but you wanted a first hand revue.

As S. J. Perelman once said, "de gustibus ain't what dey used to be."
I saw the production in Cambridge before it went to Philadelphia and
New York and enjoyed it immensely.  IMHO Hankus Netsky did a fine job
of adapting old standards and writing new music.  As the NYTimes reviewer
pointed out, the geography song (set to "Rumania") is worthy of Gilbert
and Sullivan.
                        Bob Rothstein

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