The black swan's 32- fouette variation in "Swan Lake" has nothing on Mistoffelees' frisky display of pyrotechnics in "Cats" Torcellini, like many San Diego performers, began his training at the San Diego Junior Theater. What unfolds on the Manny Rice stage of the Tom Bradley Theatre is-you guessed it-a metaphor: Life as TV, interchangeably. After a brief return to the symphonic idiom in the mid'70s with "Jaws" and Williams' hugely successful "Star Wars" sound track, the hit mentality has returned-with a subtle and disturbing new wrinkle, according to Bernstein "In the '60s, it was strictly a matter of commerce" he said "I think executives still knew what a good film score was. Here Karl-Lorimar tries to capitalize on Cosby's current reign as King of TV by dusting off a forgettable 1971 program that looks as if it may have been the pilot for an unsold children's series. This was food meant to bring out all the nuances of the wine, and it did just that, displaying the cassis nose of the young Jordan, the slight mintiness of the Phelps. Morrison's opening act was veteran Mose Allison, whose music has been an influence on both Morrison and, especially, the colorful narratives of Tom Waits.

/In a very nice place" is an innocent enough line from "Sleeping Beauty" a song about a romantic fantasy. The play begins well enough, with William Campbell and Shelley Taylor Morgan delightful as the disbelieving narcissists "evil people go to hell-not actors" they lament) and Groundling Doug Cox an absolute scream as a nepotistic assistant director. He has told cable-TV operators that if NBC gets the commitments it needs from them by then, it would be prepared by June, 1986, to start up a 24-hour cable news operation akin to Turner's CNN Dec 31 is D-Day for Turner. "The Tonight Show" has always been good for some late-night giggles, though It's the only show that would book Hulk Hogan, Mr Rogers and Dr Ruth for the same evening. "Hey, not bad" says the female professor when she comes in and sees the beefcake shot. Elsewhere" and David Vogel, formerly with "Tales From the Darkside) said: "How do you walk up to Clint Eastwood and say, 'You're spending too much time" The answer is, you don't.

Rather than respond to what was happening in Africa and to try to head it off in the name of humanity, people saw an opportunity to manipulate the conditions in Africa towards ideological goals or to political ends. "It's one of the 10 best pictures of the year-without question" said ABC-TV's Joel Siegel These are not quotes in a movie ad. "That's why we're bringing four of his works" These are "Icarus" "Piaf" "Songs for Chile" and "The Land Is Dying" Hoving's "Icarus" premiered in 1973, is based on the Greek myth of the youth Icarus who crashed fatally after flying too close to the sun on the wax-bound wings his father, Daedalus, had fashioned. We want it to be a cultural point of reference for the entire county, a forum for both artistic creativity and social issues" And the festival should reflect the Santa Ana College community itself-an area that ranges from the inner-city enclaves to the suburban-hill developments.

'What I Had at Home Wasn't Enough'Housewife Judy Kerr was 36 when she left her husband and children to become an actress She didn't have any money. "I'm just trying to make enough money to get a surfboard" All the people who work here look like they'd rather be surfing. But you wouldn't want to wish on anyone the role of the school's thickheaded superintendent, even though Warren Berlinger, who can be funny in happier circumstances, tries hard to make the best of it. But when San Diego Symphony music director David Atherton programmed his orchestral salute to spring, he clearly had in mind a more violent vernal transition than that usually experienced in the British conductor's adopted city. The remaining two productions for the season, the Ahmanson's 19th, have not yet been determined. So far as I know, he didn't discriminate" "The Lemon Grove Incident" will be repeated on Channel 15 at 2 p. m Thursday and at 1 p. m Saturday. .

The boat tells us about the imaginary occupant's childishness. Then he hung up the phone and went back to his bouillabaisse. And so, as it must to any N, death comes to the big one. Prospective shareholders have until Tuesday to submit their offers. Producer Susan Dietz agreed to pay the cast 15% of the gross if the show was a hit.

You know what I mean" In today's "Schoolbreak" story Zal plays Alfie, a level-headed, very intelligent girl who must cope with her sister's terminal illness and with her mother's (Millie Perkins) belief in evangelical faith healers. Most of the other side is devoted to a long piece that's a fusion of remixed parts of ancient 10cc hits like "Rubber Bullets, "Life Is a Minestrone" and "I'm Not in Love" How committed are they to music now? "It's hard to say" Creme replied. Stone relief panels show a wine press, a rabbit nibbling grape leaves and other subjects. Called Cranberry Records, the label will give Abdul-Jabbar the opportunity to sign at least two new jazz acts each year as well as oversee re-issues of a host of jazz and blues records now in MCA's catalogue. Their performances are both joyous and beautifully contained, and they never presume to do anything more than enrich the fabric of their play, however thin it may be You'll never forget having seen them here.

But it soon became apparent that Binder wasn't going to be able to line up those artists. If LATC can't have its own restaurant and bar, why not follow the example of New York's Public Theatre and offer a nice selection of pastries at intermission? Plus coffee with real cream, instead of the present powdered junk. Herman, 72, and his band then took the stage for a longer-than-scheduled performance. You know what I mean" In today's "Schoolbreak" story Zal plays Alfie, a level-headed, very intelligent girl who must cope with her sister's terminal illness and with her mother's (Millie Perkins) belief in evangelical faith healers. This weekend at two San Diego locations, cartoon lovers can catch a glimpse of the vintage Warner animations or take a look at 16 films that have a decidedly contemporary flavor. Brady (another standing ovation) and official White House spokesman Larry Speakes. But she was above all a woman whose whole life, the bruises and the triumphs alike, informed and enriched her performances.

Instead, this collection of songs, dances and recitations for soloists and ensembles is formless, surprisingly mild, and very American. Peter O'Toole created a leaping, swashbuckling Hamlet, virile if loony, to open the National Theater. The urban setting is unequivocally on target: a room in disarray that looks like a bunker (designers are Thomas Fichter and Alan K Okazaki. It tells the story of a 1965 Ford Mustang, from assembly line to the present, as well as its owners, the history and music of two decades, using original masters from Motown recordings.

Hosts of nervous-looking people wandered through a lobby area, carrying briefcases stuffed with resumes and plastic-cased slides of their work. As her outpouring of letters begins, she is given by her father into a loveless, brutalizing marriage to a widower with four children. I could not come up with one valid reason why this character has to be English. Not that "Summer 1985: Nine Artists-opening today to museum founders and Sunday to members-is geared to entertainment. The Pentagon denied permission, primarily citing military security-the same reason it gave when it kept reporters out of Grenada for 2 1/2 days, having first barred them from accompanying U. S troops when the island was invaded.