Clive Barnes
Clive Barnes
Clive Alexander Barnes CBEwas an English writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of Broadway productions...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth13 May 1927
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It benefits from its nine-person cast, superb from top to bottom, and, let's face it, expectations so reduced as to be almost minimal.
anthology basically exceptions few iconic musicals
With few exceptions ... most jukebox musicals need a story line. But 'Ring of Fire' is basically just a Cash-and-carry anthology of an iconic singer.
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Dance has become an exclusionary enterprise. To participate, one must be thinner than thin, of pleasing form, flexible, athletic and young. If you are not all these things, you will be allowed to dance in the privacy of your own living room. You just wouldn't dare to put yourself onstage.
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One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.