-The American premiere of "Ladies in Waiting" a new play on women's suffrage by Canadian playwright Ellen Fox, will open at the Fig Tree Sept 12 Sherry Landrum directs. But as the leader of a theater, Brown had to communicate the goals of that theater again and again, not only to outsiders, but to new people on the board, to new kids in the scene shop. No doubt the current Presley media blitz will include more "inside-dope" accounts. Though the three stations have resumed playing Warners records, Pandora's box is now wide open. over Channels 2 and 8: the Midwest Regional from Reunion Arena in Dallas-Oklahoma (31-5) vs.

AROUND TOWN: At 83, Claudio Arrau shows no signs of slowing down. I got to react privately, all by myself"As Sherr and the other journalists on the space beat worked the Challenger tragedy, officials with the Journalist in Space program at the University of South Carolina in Columbia continued their selection process without knowing what impact the day's horror would have on their plans. It's hard to believe that "Jedi" would do better in February than it would during the holiday season when many shoppers turn into spendthrifts. But Cagney was one of that slim and fast-diminishing group of movie pioneers who were born in the 19th Century, and it is more than a statistical curiosity.

It too sounded unduly reticent, and the orchestra seemed not quite comfortable with the characteristic cross-rhythms, despite Cumming's clear beat. . the ideal artist from a record-label point of view"Less favorable: "He may be more business-oriented than music-oriented and that scares me a little; "He's the master of being all things to all people and that kind of thing doesn't last People get tired of you. Almost every other pop station in Los Angeles seemed to pick up Culture Club, Duran Duran and other Carroll "discoveries" KROQ deejays played what they wanted and the Carroll discipline disappeared. Charlie Clements" Skylight Pictures; Alan Edelstein, "The Wizard of the Strings" Seventh Hour Productions. Would they also boycott Levi Strauss or Fruit-of-the-Loom if a criminal wore their products? To TransWorld Concerts, the "organizers" of the canceled Duran Duran-Culture Club concert that was to have been held next month at Anaheim Stadium and beamed around the world via satellite broadcast.

Its slanted base might be borrowed from a carnival's tilt-a-whirl, except that curved risers above it also suggest an amphitheater. "He's most comfortable when he's in control of the situation, and this sort of situation is out of his control" Details of the new agreement were sketchy as outlined for the press by Enrico and Dileo Tuesday. Alvarez and the California Hispanic Cultural Society are winners of the El Cesar award, presented by ASTEPA (Panamerican Theatrical Assn. Most folks just shuffle their feet nervously and walk sheepishly away. I just think it's a shame he's gotten so big he's got to play football stadiums. "Amadeus" will be in close to 600 theaters by Friday, according to Cheren. This is because Mell publishes a small newspaper and the paper's name is copyrighted The paper's name is the Chicago Post.

It's about a year old and very flexible, with minimal salary requirement$150 for a full workweek, $100 for a short workweek-a little less than what Joey Bishop usually commands. The group's overall approach may be overblown, but its sound is often sensational. Third-place ABC and first-placed NBC announced theirs earlier this month. . She was eagerly standing in line to ask just one more question after the "Spokesong" Dialogue, not the least concerned with being one of the youngest among the group. The 10-year-old institute, the only federal agency providing operational support for basic museum services, currently receives $20. 5 million.

Although no one can provide a figure, there are a lot fewer Americans in Cannes this year. The award is given every few years for outstanding contributions to charitable causes. It was an eyeful and a mind full, replete with shining splendors and surprises, and a simply wonderful way to experience China past and present For example, Cantonese fare includes monkey brain soup Ah, but you probably knew that already "Do You Remember Love" CBS. And they talk about the spirituality of form created prior-the fact that the artists of the '20s acknowledged the importance of their African heritage and worked to imbue their art with the same power and vital force" as their ancestors. The chairman of his board gushed of "the end of an era of fabulous excellence" An executive of the Performing Arts Council helped unveil a commemorative portrait of the maestro, declaring: "We don't intend to let him go-ever, ever, ever" Everyone's momentary hero beamed, indulged in a little Wagnerian horseplay and basked in hemidemisemi-funereal adulation A tiny child brought him flowers. "Frankly, anytime I hear about an 'important' film, I run in the opposite direction, toward something that won't feel so much like homework" said Brickman, "but it's not a light-hearted jaunt through Plutoniumland, either" The film, scheduled for release June 13 at 800 theaters nationwide, stars John Lithgow as a nuclear weapons designer who unintentionally provides a precocious young friend with access to the plutonium he needs to complete the bomb for entry into a science fair.

Morrison is one of the few singers and writers who lives up to the term Even in his early days, he didn't fit the rock stereotype For one thing, he didn't have the temperament for it. He continues to jet-set from Europe to Venezuela to Los Angeles and back to his headquarters in Manhattan, pursuing his primary source of income: promoting big-money boxing matches. Harry's search for the truth launches a free-wheeling and superbly sustained odyssey as distinctively surreal and satirical as that of "Brazil" So outrageous and offbeat is "Bliss" that it had trouble getting a release in Australia. If you saw Mickey Mouse running around your house, you'd jump on a chair and yell 15. That's why cassettes are so nice-nothing is cut" MORE OLD MOVIES: The 1949 Italian film, "The Bicycle Thief" which always gets votes when critics assemble their all-time Top 10, is available this week, only with subtitles, on Corinth Video for $69. 95. Simon Hosein, the store's general manager, sees the "compact disc only" concept as an idea whose time has come. "I know it is terribly difficult to separate religion from this program, especially since the mystery of Hindu beliefs carries such a strong pull and has intrigued people for so long" said Santucci, who is also a Cal State Fullerton professor of religious studies and linguistics "But I want people to look from an aesthetic point of view.