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>From the New York Times Book Review:
Books on Broadway
By Henry Alford
When they say "book" on Broadway, sometimes they really mean "book."
Within the past few months, musical adaptations of "High Fidelity,"
"How
the Grinch Stole Christmas!" and "Les Miserables" (a revival) opened on
Broadway, neighbors to that long-running page-to-stage success, "The
Color
Purple." Can the marriage of Alice Munro and precision choreography be
far
behind? Here are a few songs from productions I'd like to see.
>From "Lolita!"
Ripe and nubile
Juvenile.
O, Lolita
What a cheetah.
She's covered in lace an'
Then James Mason.
Really hinders
Shelly Winters.
World enraged:
Underaged!
Tension heightening:
Picnic, lightning!