STOP THE WORLDI WANT TO GET OFF
Book, Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
That whiny, petulant exemplar of aching self-pity, Littlechap (Everyman writ exceeding small) is back on Broadway after 16 years of blissful absence. This time the wind-up toy clown is played by Sammy Davis Jr. As thimbleful-deep in wisdom as it is mountain-high in pretentiousness, this musical means to imply that he is life's clown, as aren't we all.
Davis gives the role everything he has, which is both too much and not enough. Like Liza Minnelli, who was in...
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