https://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com Essays on Theater and the Arts Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:44:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.33 https://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com/archives/2271 Mon, 21 Mar 1988 23:51:01 +0000 http://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com/?p=2271 The New York City Opera production of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man,” at Lincoln Center’s New York State Theater, is a sad failure. Bob Gunton is a versatile and accomplished actor—I’ve enjoyed watching him in Shakespeare, musical comedy, and contemporary drama. Earlier this season, he even managed to snatch a bit of victory from the jaws of “Roza,” in the unlikely role of a prizefighter turned transvestite. So I had hopes for his performance as Professor Harold Hill; at any rate, there were hopes mixed in with whatever fears I had about seeing anyone other than Robert Preston in the Continue reading]]>