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"In Lieu of Reviews"
For background on how this previously
unpublished series—introducing all mainstream New York shows between 1970 and
1975—came to be and its relationship to my three The Encyclopedia of the New York Stage volumes (covering every New
York play, musical, revue, and revival between 1920 and 1950), please check the
prefaces to any of the earlier entries beginning with the letter “A.” See the
list at the end of the current entry.
BE KIND TO PEOPLE WEEK
[Musical/New York]
B/M/LY: Jack Bussins, Ellsworth Olin; D: Quinton Raines; CH: Bobby Lee; S:
Bruce Monroe; C: Kathy Dyas; L: Anguss Moss; P: J. Arthur Elliott; T: Belmont
Theatre (OB); 3/23/75-6/14/75 (100)
A “this-is-what-it’s-like-to-live-in-New York” type show, Be Kind to People Week was a mediocre
musical about a woman’s (Naura Hayden) travails in the city as she tries to
round up 1,000 signatures to institute what the title signifies. Obviously, New
Yorkers are less than kind to her and, after numerous mishaps and scrapes, she
gets almost no one to sign.
Lacking were decent satire, meaningful lyrics, comical moments,
and worthwhile music. Clive Barnes said, “A typical lyric goes: a smile is up
and a frown is down.’ Call it the frowning musical.” The cast included the
soon-to-be well known Nell N. Carter.
Previous entries:
Abelard and
Heloise
Absurd Person
Singular
AC/DC
“Acrobats”
and “Line”
The Advertisement/
All My Sons
All Over
All Over Town
All the Girls Came
Out to Play
Alpha Beta
L’Amante Anglais
Ambassador
American Gothics
Amphitryon
And Miss Reardon
Drinks a Little
And They Put
Handcuffs on the Flowers
And Whose Little
Boy Are You?
Anna K.
Anne of Green
Gables
Antigone
Antiques
Any Resemblance to Persons Living or Dead
Applause
Ari
As You Like It
Augusta
The
Au Pair Man
Baba Goya [Nourish the Beast]
The Ballad of Johnny Pot
Barbary Shore
The Bar that Never Closes
The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel
The Beauty Part
The Beggar’s Opera
Behold! Cometh the Vanderkellens
