Come to think of it, the Ambrosiana ensemble speaks volumes about the way Renaissance humankind learned to see. Paramount is preparing a live-action feature based on the firm's popular series "The Jetsons" an interesting reversal of the old Saturday-morning practice of making cartoons out of live-action properties. Isamu Noguchi turns biomorphic forms into sleek abstractions evocative of figures. Worse, a net might come down, setting the stage for a kind of crucifixion Such is the climax of the piece. Rather than sharks, Clark's primary area of interest will be the Red Sea in her narration of two films, "Life in an Undersea Desert" and "Treasures of Ras Muhammed"Another highlight will be underwater cinematographer Bill MacDonald's film "Freedom in Depth" It records a technique of teaching the handicapped to dive. Who would have guessed that Bisley, the quintessential good-natured Aussie bloke, could be so convincing as a Polish immigrant? And McKenzie has wonderful moments as the shy, homely farmer who hopes Dobrowolska will be his bride. The main gallery holds the better-known image-makers, though "the intention was not that one gallery was classic and one was contemporary" Brown explained.
For nearly three decades a mainstay of local airwaves, Morgan disappeared from the morning slot at KMGG-FM (105. 9) during a recent format and call-letter shuffle. "The Thorn Birds" even as a current rerun on ABC, is still watched in far greater numbers. So, we decided to keep the (Sinfonia) name in circulation" The Orange County orchestra was credited only at the "serious concerts" Jones said In any case, Currie has not reached a decision. "I don't do anything past the mid'60s arbitrarily because that's my taste, that's what I like And no hard rock at all.
"But I think when the dust clears, things will be a little bit better, hopefully" Even with the eclectic bookings at Safari Sam's, club owner Sam Lanni said: "This is the most exciting thing we've done here" Houston was similarly effusive about working with the club, commenting: "Sam has been very supportive of this whole project It takes a lot of guts. We don't know enough about who, or what, has molded any of these characters They are simply there, in limbo. Generally, a current movie sells for $79. 95, so heavily promoted reduced-price titles lure customers who are inspired to buy. So does Chris Taylor, the basso almost profundo father of this brood, who substitutes surface gruffness for a grasp of character.
The two basic plates include one with two cheese enchiladas in a vivid brown sauce full of cumin and the LC Plate based on "chunky beef" a simple, unmistakably Mexican stew of beef with green peppers and a bit of tomato. Reagan's concern" Verna said in a prepared press release, "but there will be no-I repeat-no prior censorship from the White House" Verna said he and his partner, Global Media Ltd. Lighting disasters minimize the dubious impact of shoestring sets by Covell Christian and motley costumes by Jean Blanchette. "There's that weird and sometimes incongruous need to have a family past, and Shepard talks about the terror of not having that past.
The latter number, which excludes smaller theaters, appeared in a study last year by the Harrison Price Co, which analyzed the proposed Music Center expansion and concluded that attendance at live theater here was "already very high, and probably has modest growth potential" Executives at more than 115 Los Angeles-area professional theaters are hoping that conclusion is wrong. "People were picking up two or three copies to give as gifts or to hold onto as collectors' items One woman bought 25 copies for her friends. "The designers of this production and I have been collaborating for a long time on how we want it to look and sound. AROUND TOWN THIS WEEK: Tonight at 8 in Ambassador Auditorium, soprano Marilyn Horne returns, with Martin Katz again at the piano, for a Pasadena recital. Paltrow, along with Steven Bochco, co-creator and former executive producer of "Hill Street Blues" Barney Rosenzweig of "Cagney & Lacey" and "Miami Vice's" Michael Mann, are among the handful of television producers who continuously push the boundaries of a traditionally limited medium: network series TV. He is not officially off the payroll until the last week of June. She was fired from the CBS-owned station in 1976, then had rejoined it in 1982 following stints as an anchor at KABC-TV Channel 7 and as co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America" She had been co-anchoring the station's 5 p. m and 11 p. m newscasts until last June, when she was given the 4:30 p. m.
Louis; Westbury, N. Y; Long Island; Valley Forge and Cleveland. It fascinated him to the point that he was "transported" to its realms, although not nearly soon enough. And later, while city officials were praising the project at various public functions, the restoration itself was repeatedly delayed by protracted plan reviews and contradictory directives by city workers, according to Ratkovich. Also riveting from a more studied perspective are a transformational series of 14 axonometricdrawings for House VI by Eisenman They are exquisitely controlled, much like the house itself. It seems that Geraldine ran into a few male chauvinist prigs. Send in the clods.
In "Stephen King's Silver Bullet" (Paramount, $79. 95, a youngster in a wheelchair battles a homicidal monster who makes life miserable for residents of a small town Classier than most in the genre. Two of the strongest films of the program, "The Cut" and "Knocking on Armageddon's Door" come from this new documentary class; a third fine documentary, "Between April and May" was co-produced by USC and the Netherlands as part of the International Year of Youth film project. Following training at Howard University, the Peabody Conservatory and the University of Michigan, Norman was offered a three-year contract with the Berlin Opera. (Because of his cross-country travels, he never stayed very long in any regular high school program. A lot of critics hated the film-it was, after all, a remake of the Paul Muni classic-but most of them liked her And it gave her exposure And the offers began coming in.
"The Mean Season" depicts with conviction and economy how Russell is transformed by covering the serial killings. "But on the aesthetic level, I think the portraits included here are some of the finer work" Brezzo would not concede that the show which was assembled by Siqueiros' family members and the fine arts bureau of Mexico-had been politically softened to please the museum's board of directors. "In school when we had oral expression in English class, I used to duck out on the days when I had to get up and give a speech-that's how introverted I was. When he gets back home to Austin, Hancock will return to writing and recording songs, and producing a weekly cable-TV music show, and taking photographs, and making architectural drawings, and experimenting with computer graphics, and doing whatever else strikes his fancy.
About six months ago, after finishing most of the "Nightshift" album, they settled on Nicholas, 32, who's been a studio singer for the last few years "I'm not replacing Lionel" he stressed immediately. In any event, I don't hold out much hope for "Schultz, Schultz, Schultz, Schultz & Schultz" Too radical. After all, the organization-the county's premier classical impresario for nearly 23 years-has brought not only the Los Angeles Philharmonic to Orange County, but also the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic. The general theme is how women emerged from the background to being active instead of passive historical figures-though this is not a feminist tract. SAN DIEGO — With its fund-raising staff in transition for the second time in three months, the San Diego Symphony is going full speed ahead with ambitious plans to begin its residency at downtown's Fox Theatre in November. None seemed as likely to provoke controversy as the ongoing debate over commercials on the noncommercial system.
Landscapes wracked by pyrotechical disaster are set into enormous carved frames encrusted with skulls and cross-bones. "The director said, 'The swing is a vehicle for the protagonist's attempt at homeostasis' I said, 'Gee, all I wanted to do was keep the audience interested' " " 'The Last Class' is a one-man show (I appear in it) which deals with a professor who's been fired and is giving a final lecture on 'Philosophy and the Dynamics of Creativity' It's about a man who walks the razor's edge. "It could lead to the development of a very solid pool of musicians here" said Campbell, who said he hopes that the musicians will choose to remain "tenured" with the opera while free-lancing with visiting Broadway shows, Starlight and with the local chamber orchestras. With an annual budget of roughly $250,000, the reported $50,000 to $70,000 deficit he inherited "is about the same" he sighed.