ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Music by Cy Coleman
Give 'em the old razzle dazzle.
Razzle dazzle 'em.
Back since the days of old
Methuselah,
Ev 'ry one loves the big
bamboozala.
—From the musical Chicago
Watching this two-hour show train rumble by is about as much fun as getting stranded on a station platform. But it does have razzle-dazzle aplenty. This Twentieth Century Limited is such a glistening mass of art deco chrome that one almost expects the cast to wear sunglasses. The set moves like a centipede on wheels, sliding and swiveling even when the book...