TAPPING INTO 'DOLITTLE' THOUGH FLEET OF FEET, TUNE CAN'T PLEASE ALL.(U)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: February 24, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Evan Henerson Theater Critic

THERE WAS a time when Tommy Tune didn't require the smash-bang effects of Vegas or a mustached pink snail the size of a small barn to hold an audience entirely captive. By himself, the man was an enormously charismatic, tap-dancing whirlwind who also happened to be a striking 6-foot, 6-inch beanpole. A performer of that mold may indeed have been tough to cast, but when he took the stage, by gum, you didn't take your eyes off him.

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