Theater: New Musical on Broadway

Do Re Mi (book by Garson Kanin; music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green) has certainly its good things—though not enough to make it a good musical. Its top draws, Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker, greatly compensate for how little else—actually, just the best lyrics—is top drawer. But other things prove of use; and the general setup—Silvers as a little man aching to be a big shot and inducing some old slot-machine racketeers to muscle in on jukeboxes—has a promisingly raffish air.

Actually it is the setup that pulls the...

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