Regarding The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote The Music Man (for which Willson also wrote the lyrics) is an astonishing creation. It came in a spurt of brilliance. It is shot through with originality, verve, and-why not go all the way-genius. People love it, can't get enough of it, can't stop performing itand they are not wrong. For closing in on a half- century now, The Music Man has been performed continually, in every American city, town, and village, and in other parts of the world as well, not excluding Peking.
Quotes about peking (8 Quotes)
The Peking man was a thinking being, standing erect, dating to the beginning of the Ice Age.
I am afraid (if the present trend in Vietnam continues) that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.
This will be a grand occasion because it will create a two-way street with Peking University so that students can study there and learn not only Chinese language, but also China's politics, culture and history, so that when they come back to the United States, they will be able to represent China's point of view much better.
Poem for Liu Ya-tzu I cannot forget how in Canton we drank tea and in Chungking went over our poems when leaves were yellowing. Thirty-one years ago and now we come back at last to the ancient capital Peking. In this season of falling flowers I read your beautiful poems. Be careful not to be torn inside. Open your vision to the world. Don't say that waters of Kumming Lake are too shallow. We can watch fish better here than in the Fuchun River in the south. Summer 1949
We are conveying the idea that Peking Opera is also part of fashion. Of all our customers so far, some were Peking Opera admirers like Lu, and the rest came simply because of our art photos.
My understanding of opera is like how foreigners look at Peking opera. Love it but have no deep understanding.
A certain number of Americans are already in Peking and most of us here feel that it would be very useful for the United States and especially for the Left-wing progressive movement in the United States if groups of students such as you mention could make a tour of China.