In Woody Allen's new movie "Hannah and Her Sisters" he hilariously captures the universal tensions of a first date when, years later, he reminds Dianne Wiest of the night when "we did everything but exchange gunshots" In less talented hands, however, those tensions are expressed by the aspiring comic who says he hates paying a hooker "for the same thing I can get in a bar for $8 to $10 worth of drinks" This, I fear, is the outgrowth of the leering, sniggering attitude in a flood of juvenile teen sex films in recent years "Porky's-1 through 3, "Weird Science" and any movie with the word "Summer" in the title) and the TV sitcom-appealing to the lowest common denominator, which seems to get lower every year. In a back corner of the gallery is another startling vision that knowingly merges art and social criticism. But for Konchalovsky, this couple's story is not a case history for which therapy is much needed, but rather an attempt to discover through them whether love truly possesses redemptive, enlightening powers. Peter Brook's latest project since he brought "Carmen" to Lincoln Center was the talk of the Avignon Festival last month. One had the distinct impression his ideology was as impenetrable to his German audience as to an American onlooker.

Now that half the population of our abundant nation is moping around on self-imposed starvation diets aimed at diminishing a little of that recently accumulated holiday avoirdupois, it might be time to think another thought about all those millions of people around the world for whom starvation diets are not a matter of choice. with taped coverage of its own "switching on" ceremonies that are being held today. Los Angeles chefs have actually been inventing a whole new dessert style. I tried George Orwell and Sci-fi burgers; a THX-1138 pasta salad. There's a good reason, Giaquinto explained, for that May 22 release date: "Home-video business is down during the summer and it doesn't pick up until the end of August We wanted it to be out long before that slow period started.

"A lot of (Orange County) groups are bringing in records to me every day. Baryshnikov's 1976 production of the beloved Christmas ballet was last danced here by ABT in 1978 at the Music Center, but has been seen in a television version annually for the past few years. Rather than perform a lot of the glitzy pop or covers of well-known tunes that have characterized her recent albums, she continued to focus on graceful, gentle ballads about her upbringing in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. "Papp doesn't seem to want anything as dark as threat, or even sexiness" wrote Alisa Solomon in the Village Voice, faulting him for failing to acknowledge the "artificial blatancy" of the play's happy ending. Once Venice's town hall, it now houses the Beyond Baroque Foundation, a literary arts organization where a poetry reading is the sine qua non of career building for local poets But first you have to get there. They paint these communicators as such paragons of suave cunning, superhuman seduction skills and fashion sense, they almost seem to have a crush on them.

Mason (of New York's Circle Rep) with the Taper (which staged Wilson's "Talley's Folly" "Fifth of July" and "A Tale Told. How do you celebrate 20 years of doing business at the same address? For the Mark Taper Forum and Gordon Davidson, its artistic director since it opened in 1967, you do more of the same, better At least you try. One rock 'n' roll tradition that rarely crops up during (Blue) Gene Tyranny's concerts is the shouting of requests from members of the audience. For instance, it can play Chopin's "Minute" Waltz in 44 seconds. It was not clear at press time what position, if any, the national NAACP has taken on the local protest. "In Fred Astaire's terms" Mueller says, "the glory that was Hollywood ceased to exist". They just know me as Mike in 'Chorus Line' and Mistoffelees in 'Cats' But everyone (in show business) knows me" During a recent interview from his dressing room at the Shubert Theatre, Torcellini, 26, confessed to being high on life as a song and dance man. "Some of my flavor combinations" he admits, "are influenced by the tastes of my California childhood" Carter specializes in creative inventions like mango and brandied cherry pate or cream of coconut and strawberry "soup" He also makes a popular frozen apricot sabayon on a bed of apples, almonds and raisins. It is no surprise to discover that Southern Californians are more fitness-conscious than people in any other part of the country.

John Candy tells of being inspired by Jackie Gleason; Patty Duke talks about working for Fred Coe in two productions of "The Miracle Worker" Most touching of all, Jim Henson pays homage to Burr Tillstrom, the man who gave us "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" and helped motivate Henson to create the Muppets. Robbins, whose character's name is Gary Cooper "Not the dead one-I'm alive" he chirps, and Persky actually sing show tunes while on the road, ranging from "The Age of Aquarius" to "Button Up Your Overcoat" Cusack has a glorious drunk with some cow-town reprobates (George Memmoli, Sunshine Parker, and Zuniga fends off the usual sleazy guy (Garry Goodrow, hilarious as always) who's given her a ride. Sets, Bruce Monroe; lights, Dorian Vernacchio; costumes, Kasia Stefaner; scenic design, Robert Joyce Orchestrations, David Siegel and Kevin Stites Musical director, Phil Reno Choreography, Michael Lichtefeld Director, Susan H Schulman. Do they really commit mass suicide? There's an argument about that. It's an iron law of the present marketplace, of course, that it's young, with something like four-fifths of the steady goers not yet 30. As originally conceived by Romero, Celso is the classic Latino sinverguenza , the town drunk who lives, as he himself puts it, "according to the Gospel of the Holy Grape" Scorned by villagers, he has assumed a comic sense of superiority, related in colorful tales of adventure that range from a shocking desecration of a Sunday Mass to an encounter with La Llorona, the Southwestern Medea said to roam the mountains wailing for her lost children.

The cops are certain Della's guilty because they're dumb and also because the apparent killer was seen fleeing in one of her dresses, and one of her earrings was found in the victim's hand It looks grim for Della. For American choreograher Henry Le Tang, Glover is a natural. Buchmuller says he picked up the idea from a friend's visit to a Mormon church where film-on-dummy is used to resuscitate the prophet Joseph Smith. Although "Frontline" usually airs Tuesdays, PBS is wisely airing these hour programs on consecutive evenings (Tuesday-Friday, 9 p. m. This arrangement has worked well for college stations in most radio markets, Butler said. 1 on the R&B charts in 1953, meaning that blues fan Elvis most certainly heard it.

And although he claims the musical theater as his first love, he's had extensive experience in other forms-notably during a 15-year stay in London, writing songs for other performers, for cabaret and television. I just had this feeling that if I didn't continue pursuing professional theater, I'd end up just working within the church environment doing theater that wasn't quality. But you had to endure almost nine sluggish innings before getting to the winning home run. "We have a really chauvinistic attitude, almost like we were males" says Pierce. Others-including 'Melrose' with its cute little transparent fish window-have the impact of shower curtains.