"I was driving across the Oakland Bay Bridge" recalls John Adams, "and I saw a giant tanker sitting in the water. One of the tapes sticks to Dysart's sleeve, carrying the tube with it. They were offering what seemed like a poignant performance of Bach's "St Matthew Passion" The qualifier, alas, is important Seemed like. But its offer, made at a time when ABC was struggling in the ratings and strapped for cash after its costly conversion to color television, drew strong opposition on antitrust grounds from the Justice Department, and from some members of Congress who cited other reasons. SUPER BOWL SHUFFLE: With all the media hoopla surrounding today's Super Bowl extravaganza, it comes as no surprise to find MTV getting into the act too. AP and UPI will have darkrooms on the premises for quickie photo processing. They have made the small space seem larger by emphasizing high ceilings and surrounding the wood-burning oven with an airy open kitchen.
"Max, Mon Amour" stars Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins and a chimpanzee and is rumored to be the most shocking film since "Last Tango in Paris" (Oshima also directed the hair-raising "In the Realm of the Senses) It is about a menage a trois- husband, wife, chimp-and Silberman doesn't much like the "Last Tango" comparison. The line is there, but none of the emotional climate that accompanies Nightspore's desperate cry, "Why was all this necessary" None of this makes Sossi's attempt any the less audacious It just doesn't go far enough Even its abstractions frequently feel earthbound. He said, " 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' was a classic example of a high-concept movie with a great hook and a lot of topspin" My story was on its way. We've reached a point where there are so many wonderfully accomplished artists, technically, that it has almost no meaning.
Because I knew she wanted me to do the role, I felt I had the support to overcome my Sarah Lawrence looks"The daughter of theatrical director Gordon Hunt (who is also her acting coach, Hunt has been working since she was 9. If the Cypress College Republicans are good enough to take a chance on doing this show, we'll be good enough to play for them" Because the concert benefits a club that supports conservative politicians who are generally anti-punk, even Morris admits that the teaming of punk with right-wing politics is somewhat incongruous. It is as if they transformed themselves into kids when the mistress left the house. If you want a plate, you'll have to order one of the items that come with rice and beans, but I personally would eat this rice (faintly flavored with aromatic lard) and these beans (sweet and simple boiled beans, not refritos ) off wax paper any day. Nonetheless, it became a prize-laden, critical and box-office success on home ground, outperforming even "Rambo" Yet "Bliss" which director Ray Lawrence and writer Peter Carey adapted from Carey's 1982 novel, whipped up a storm of controversy at Cannes. They have also established a foundation to support contemporary art and converted one of the chateau's old buildings into an exhibition space as sleek and handsome as anything in Paris or New York (though, of course, a good deal more charming on the outside.
After four years of studying acting in college, many students leave with a diploma in hand and no idea of what to do next, he added. It is a dirty job, but someone has to do it. It's the score for the life of Buddy and Connie Villa, a happily married pair of studio extras who have graduated to bit parts-playing maids and gardeners. I can still picture the yellow squash charmingly cut into the shape of lutes Desserts are rich and handsome. Happily, there is nothing sketchy about Richard Schraier's musical direction or the fine work of the 17-piece live orchestra, which offers a reminder of the endurance of Loesser's score. This may be the rare political thriller where the psychology moves you as much as the history.
She calls the new place Zapotec, after the Mexican Indian tribe of the same name, which hails from the vicinity of Oaxaca. — The Shubert Theater, home to the world premieres of all of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's musicals, may soon be bringing its curtain down on summer shows only a year after a $5. 3-million face lift. Dalton returns to the Crazy Horse Steak House in Santa Ana on April 15. Assistant conductor David Commanday will conduct the season finale Sept.
What happens next? "My set is up" said "Fatty" producer Hal Grossman, who raised $35,000 for the production starring Art Metrano as Fatty Arbuckle and featuring Joey Bishop "All the designs were made for this theater. One man's good vibes turn out to be another's bad vibrations 10 p. m The concert is nearly over. Caroline Park doesn't do as well with the American, perhaps because she was still polishing her lines as of last Friday The set is only halfway there. And if you get lost" he added with a playful smile, "never say so" Film commissions draw attention to their states in a number of ways: They publish slick, production manuals that are mailed to studios, producers and production managers; they place ads regularly in the trade newspapers, make trips to Los Angeles to meet with producers and studio executives and throw lavish dinners for them in trendy Los Angeles restaurants. . The Santa Monica Museum of Art is being launched as part of a new Main Street retail and office project. To date, the only "Imagination Celebration" festivals in California were held in Marin County in 1983 and 1984, chiefly at the Marin Center in San Rafael. Walking around the Doolittle's art gallery during intermission, you find trinkets that have nothing to say except "Aren't I amusing" O'Neill doesn't want to amuse you He wants to improve you But not to hype you.
Now Garfield's in Huntington Beach, a disco-video music club since it opened in 1984, is turning to live concerts to counter sagging mid-week attendance. In "Fledermaus" he will be Frank in Chicago in 1987 and at Covent Garden in 1988. Under the proposal, the district would include a new 10,000-square-foot fine arts gallery and 350-seat auditorium on the city-owned Bowers grounds, plus three additional museums supported by other organizations and situated in the same North Main Street sector. Medley of three original song nominees: "Surprise, Surprise" with Greg Burge, from "A Chorus Line; "Miss Celie's Blues" with Tata Vega, from "The Color Purple" and "Separate Lives" with Stephen Bishop and Mariyn Martin, from "White Nights" Cher presents the supporting actor Oscar. "We have nothing to lose in waiting to see what he might come up with (from European governments. Most probably, the maid wanted to see a movie star right up close.
I just loved his energy on stage and the fact that he just seemed so happy with his job and he made us all feel so happy. Next month, RCA/Columbia is releasing two episodes of the "The Burns and Allen Show" from the 1952-53 TV season. A hapless misfit (Moni Moshonov) in the company is driven to self-destruction, remorselessly exemplifying Darwin's survival-of-the-fittest theory. RCA/Columbia, which is releasing "Ghostbusters" just made a clever, strategic move.
Abrams said that there are only about 100 facilities in the country capable of making the transmission. I think it's too easy, in our day, to embrace Jacques' cynicism; the play says 'yes' to love in spite of it. But in some instances, I think we were so busy striving for perfection that I forgot about characterization" Certain critical eye-brows will no doubt arch when it is discovered that two of the test pieces on the record, "Ernani, involami" and "Tacea la notte placida" from "Il Trovatore" lack the customary cabalettas. Each of the finalists so far had been disappointing; in each case, a second hearing, and closer scrutiny, had revealed blemishes, not beauty marks What happened next could not have been predicted. What anybody in the business needs is for someone to open a door" Actor Peter Strauss, the evening's host, concurred. "From about 1977 to 1984, everything I had written started with almost the identical quietly pulsating chord-kind of the way Bruckner began all of his symphonies.
He added that he hoped the assembly's focus on livability "will benefit millions of Americans whose state arts agencies will support the involvement of artists in environmental planning and design". Such is the case with Larry Shue's "The Foreigner" which has its West Coast premiere Tuesday night at South Coast Repertory. Like Patrick, Ethan Wayne made his screen debut in a frontier epic with his father. Can love and laughter triumph over blood and guts? Is the skateboard mightier than the biceps? It's a neck-to-neck ticket battle between "Back to the Future" and "Rambo: First Blood Part II" Universal Pictures distribution pres Bill Soady believes "Back" will take the lead, making it the year's biggest box-office success so far. Edelstein draws nicely but in a narrow range that is not extended here despite energetic effort (Ruth Bachofner Gallery, 804 N La Cienega Blvd, to March 16. .
I was a young mother pretty much stuck at home, but I didn't want to write on the nose about women's liberation I didn't want to get into labels. Someone taught him how to sing real fast-and he got real good once he started doing ballads" Who was your favorite artist when you were growing up"Oh, no doubt about that: the trumpet player Louis Armstrong He was my idol In fact, I think we owe all this (rock) to him. Though played for laughs, such stereotypes feed a rigid Cold Warring, us-versus-them attitude that may be suicidal in the nuclear age and could lead to a dead end in East-West relations. The others are: -In Washington, the American Legal Foundation is preparing to defend the CIA's efforts to contest the ABC broadcast, and the FCC is suiting up to defend its conclusion that ABC violated no federal regulations despite engaging in what one commission member, James Quello, tagged "shoddy journalism" -In New York, the American Civil Liberties Union is considering taking the FCC to court for allowing federal agencies to file fairness-doctrine complaints against TV and radio broadcasters. "Spontaneous ornamentation is a matter of taste, experience, expertise-and knowing what musicologists have uncovered in their research" Huszti added "Performers 20 or 25 years ago were afraid of research.
Julia was more than merely a good nurse, she also made his coffee. " Ford claims that Volpe told the sales staff that if prospective sponsors asked about the source of the ratings, they were to say the numbers came from "A-R-B" Those initials are commonly used in the television and radio industry to refer to Arbitron Ratings Co. A Top Gun instructor once told me there are only four occupations worthy of a man: actor, rock star, jet fighter pilot or President of the United States. I mean, there are a lot of guys out there who are complete bull, who have nothing to their act, who are just doing it to do it, just like there are girls out there who are doing it to do it.
"Hollywood in Trouble" (at the Monica 4-Plex) has no trouble living up to its name. "And I, for one, would like to see more Hispanic plays in mainstream American theaters. "You Send Me" was such a sensation that Cooke was booked onto the Ed Sullivan TV show and into the classy Copacabana nightclub in New York City, but the engagement-according to Allen Klein-was such a bomb that Cooke turned his back on the white club world and even TV for years "Sam was just destroyed at the Copa" Klein said "He just was not prepared He tried to go in with this 'white' act. There's another quality that money can't buy for a singer and this one may be the most important of all: character Or, if you prefer, soul. The other songs on the album range from playful to melancholy reflections on elusive love.
"He said, 'No pictures-you take my picture and I'll break your back with this rock' He used profanity" Cottrell said "We asked what's the problem. Incredibly, at age 79, Calloway has not lost a single volt of his remarkable energy. These talented independent dancer-choreographers are ready to fight back with the weapon they wield best-modern dance. This year's Pageant of the Masters and Festival of Arts will run from July 9 to Aug 28. Stephen Goldstine, chairman of the California Arts Council and president of the San Francisco Art Institute, said it was "sad" that in a time of state budget plenty, he had to be presiding over a meeting where he had to recommend taking from one arts program to pay for another.
The money had been awarded on her charge that the station's management made fraudulent promises when it recruited her from station KEY-TV in Santa Barbara to co-anchor KMBC's 6 p. m and 10 p. m newscasts in 1981. Edwin Binney III, a celebrated collector of Turkish and Indian art, has given 128 rare pieces of Ottoman Turkish art to the County Museum of Art. The brain is the organ of sensation, perception, conscious experience"What about thought, Jaworski wonders "Including thought" Goldman-Rakic says firmly. Jiacoletti, a superb technician, is one of the most sought-after independents in town. SAN DIEGO — More is less in the stylized world of dance. What's her appeal for Charlie? If it's mystical sex, Croxten's too flinty; if it's the intellectual clarity of a wise old head steering a frightened kid toward the confidence of self-realization, their exchanges are too cursory; if it's sheer loneliness-as we've seen in the above-mentioned Capote play-we're not led to feel it. This puts the arts up there with our other industries, including R J. "I have too much fun" Although he turns 30 this week, Rourke seems older.