The New York Drama Critics Circle met last week and managed, with little dissent, to pick its favorites of the season. The best U.S. play: Death of a Salesman, a deeply human story of a typical American who so craves success that he is fatally crushed by failure (TIME, Feb. 21). The best foreign play: The Madwoman of Chaillot, an enchanting fantasy about a wacky countess who, Pied Piper-like, rids Paris of its human rats (TIME, Jan. 10). The best musical: South Pacific, a sort of child of Madame Butterfly by Mister Roberts, brilliantly produced with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza...
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