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war years, as is the tuneful but dated song “Ac-cen-tchu-ate the Positive.”
Three versatile and well known musicians, soprano Rosa Lamoreaux, tenor Charles Williams, and pianist Betty Bullock, return to the Theatre where they were heard in operetta earlier in the year.
Mr. Williams made his operatic debut at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, and his Metropolitan Opera debut in the role of Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess. The Washington Post said he “always sells a song as if his life depended on it, and it’s always a toss-up deciding whether his singing or acting is better.”
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