While digging a basement addition under the restaurant the Gracher family found a wealth of Roman kitchen, dining and other artifacts that could only have come from the palace. It didn't take long for the word to build" Before the group leaves, Boehmer has negotiated to bring them back for four more days in July, for a fatter percentage of the take. We had good Russian teachers who trained the dancers in partnering and character dancing as well as classical technique" Most important among the Russians who taught at the Academy was Pyotr Gusev, a former dancer turned teacher and ballet master who had held directorships in the Bolshoi and Kirov companies. WASHINGTON — One of the problems faced by "Fast Times" the new sitcom about high school life, is that it's an NBC show on CBS. Ending speculation that has built up since Lohman and Barkley's final show over KFI-AM (640) last Thursday morning, Roger Barkley confirmed Tuesday that it was he who ended a quarter-century comedy collaboration between himself and Al Lohman. "But to keep what we've got costs a great deal of money, and they can only afford so much more at this point in time". On April 2, "Diary of a Hunger Strike" by Irishman Peter Sheridan begins in Theatre 4 Both are Los Angeles premieres.
If you were lucky, a couple of through freights would roar past the B&H spur while you were switching in Bath. Covered with layers of pictographic art, symbols, poetry and slogans, the west side of the wall that divides Berlin has become a 99-mile-long canvas that receives communications from all who arrive there with spray cans, pencils, marking pens and a passion to express themselves. Developed by Norman Lear at a time when his comedy shows were breaking new ground on U S. will be followed by new episodes of the previously canceled "Foul-Ups, Bleeps and Blunders" "Who's the Boss" and "Hail to the Chief" "MacGruder and Loud" currently seen at 9 p. m, will move to 10 p. m in place of "Moonlighting". As he talked about his experiences in musical comedy, he was still reeling from his show-stopping performance as the wily cat Mistoffelees, a role he danced on Broadway before joining the Los Angeles cast of "Cats" a few weeks ago "I love doing the show" he said. 'Space' thanks to James Michener, is a panoramic view of the American space program over a period of four decades" "The Right Stuff" released in 1983, was based on Tom Wolfe's journalistic account of the experiences of the first group of U. S astronauts. "I liked (writing jingles) immediately" he said recently in his Sherman Oaks studio.
And with an opening weekend box-office take of more than $7 million, "Gung Ho" looks as if it may go over the fence too. Bob Geldof, the Irish rock star who spearheaded the Band Aid recording session, has been trying to put the concerts together since late last year, but it wasn't until after the "We Are the World" momentum that the plans were formalized. After moderating a meeting of producers of medium-size theaters (budgets of $200,000 up to $1 million) from around the state, he found half to three-quarters were unable to pay their actors even minimum Actors' Equity wages. "The Digital Domain: A Demonstration Disc" Elektra. The present offering is more typical than exemplary in 20 smudgy charcoal drawings, agitated paintings on paper and graphics.
"So then I started doing the thing I do best, which I had avoided, and that was Westerns" He had initially eschewed Westerns for fear of jeopardizing his chances at more "serious" roles. (Too bad the film as a whole doesn't have the elegance of Georges Delerue's score) "Maxie" has the material and stars with the intelligence, though perhaps not the old-time glamour, for '30s-style screwball comedy, but it lacks that sophisticated, throwaway ease essential to bringing it off with complete success. Queeg in Herman Wouk's play, "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" He'll stay over a couple of days to attend the U. S. Co-produced by Roger Corman, it's the first Concorde picture in months that doesn't leave you gagging in disappointment, wondering whether Hollywood's old master of the B-with-something-extra hadn't succumbed to the major studio's ailment, Marketing Hook Syndrome. Yet, the camera coverage of spectacular plays in both league playoffs was, well, spectacular If only ABC does as well during the World Series.
This new work-drenched in yearnings for the past-is distinctively Simonian's, but it has undergone a transformation of quite a different kind than might be expected. They generally hark back to a simpler, more pastoral time when gasoline was a quarter. It's the latest commissioned by producer Marvin Worth, who produced the 1972 documentary "Malcolm X" Several treatments for a feature-including one by James Baldwin-didn't work out, and the project lay dormant until 1983, when playwright David Mamet and director Sidney Lumet gave it a go Again, no luck. Does It All" Ira Sullivan; "Live at Fat Tuesday's" Pepper Adams and Kenny Wheeler; "Quietly There" Zoot Sims; "Thelonica" Tommy Flanagan. Elementary school teachers, principals, superintendents and board members from 21 Los Angeles County school districts are convening throughout the city this month for the third Getty Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The Beverly Hills Cop himself, Eddie Murphy, was arrested by authorities in West Hollywood after a barroom brawl at Carlos 'n' Charlie's. So angry has she been over the council's failure to spend the $100,000 allocated last year for a minority arts program that word had leaked that she might not hold a hearing on the arts budget.
There's a 12-ounce bottle of Tabasco on every table, and the back of the menu is an essay on Louisiana food, including instructions on how to pronounce roux and file (roo, fee-lay This is strange Roux and file are two things not served here. Weekly's Michael Ventura, whose "Echo Park" (starring Tom Hulce and Susan Dey) has just been released. "WHAT! 'Old Times' seems to be kicked in the teeth quite a lot" Pinter replied, anguished. If I read 10 books and four mention a certain restaurant, then I'll try that restaurant" The problem with most travel videocassettes is that they're often disguised commercials for various airlines, hotels and restaurants This series carefully avoids those pitfalls.
(And, incidentally, parties arriving a mere 10 minutes late-in a city the size of Los Angeles-shouldn't be considered unreasonable in expecting their reservations to be honored, as Mr Nash seems to. One came when Nash announced that the group's food-drive campaign yielded 700 pounds of donations. But down through January and February It's a very different thing. Traditionally, the present altarpiece was regarded as Bouts' chef d'oeuvre. "Paquita" boasts big stars in this staging: Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones-she rather unmusical in the adagio but always a glittering prima, he making just about everything except lifting look not only easy but perfect. Often bright and occasionally brash, it was eagerly executed by a hard-dancing, obviously talented company The audience liked it a lot. But George Kennan argued in a provocative lecture to the National Defense University (reprinted in Opinion on Sunday) that the two superpowers now have less to fear from each other's aggressions than from the arms race in which both are engaged.
Giovanni Fattori, Odoardo Borrani, Silvestro Lega and Telemaco Signorini are not well-known names in art history, but that may change with the arrival of "The Macchiaioli: Painters of Italian Life, 1850-1900" at UCLA's Frederick S Wight Gallery, Tuesday through April 20. Again, last-minute casting changes, and Paul Douglas was out. The La Cristianita Bowl, 60 acres of undeveloped land donated to the Pageant Assn by Estrella Properties Ltd in Dec. "Or maybe we'll just find a small permanent office space with one gallery for ongoing, modestly sized exhibits, and secure various bigger spaces throughout the year all around town for larger, short-term blockbuster shows"Smiling, Marks admitted that the latter arrangement isn't unlike the one he practiced before moving to Los Angeles while director of the roaming Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle.
Trimble said Reno, who is listed in serious condition, suffered a collapsed lung and possible kidney injuries in addition to the broken leg. "We can't forget that the purpose of theater is to focus communal experience" Glore said "And in a way that's what happened on Tuesday night". Not coincidentally, those two were the only ones who survived a press presentation of screen tests-without eliciting wisecracks from the press. The contraption emits all manner of little electronic hiccups, moans, trills and giggles. Featuring mostly fast and medium-tempo songs with basic romantic themes, the LP is filled with likeable but, for the most part, rather tame stuff For any other artist this would be a triumph But this is Stevie Wonder We expect more from "The Genius" than passable pop. With the censorship limits established by the Indian government, it's hard to find the 6 to 10 movies he wants to distribute each year.
And are these people with depth and integrity or not? So much so that Mary gets last-minute cold feet about marrying Ben, her love of 13 years. Jimenez was at first paralyzed from the neck down, but two operations-to remove pressure from his spinal chord-restored control to his upper body. For now, she said, concerts will be limited to Tuesday through Thursday nights. "I still act, and writing in a room alone can be as terrifying as stepping out on a stage in front of hundreds of people But as a playwright you're master of the universe. Scot Heywood is a Los Angeles artist who paints interlocking, three-panel abstracts in various combinations of black and white. Psychological murder mysteries have come a long way from such silken exercises as "Dial M for Murder" and wasn't it a long way down? "Jagged Edge" is packed with false leads and courtroom shenanigans. That, in fact, is what he's saying in "Iceman" Beware the prophet Suspect the savior Abjure the man who has seen the light.
This new charismatic presence will trigger me, will make me want to discover him as a dancer I'll want to create for him right away. Thus, for us, it's not a problem that Dustin Hoffman in "Death of a Salesman" gives us, as Denby puts it, "not an old man trying to act young, but a metaphor for an old man trying to act young" For us, it's not a problem that the clock on the wall in " 'Night, Mother" is another kind of metaphor. But by the time the movie was finished, I did feel more at ease with him. It's the flip side of the devastating reality Claude Lanzmann reveals in "Shoah: the monstrous truths all these people sealed off.
Help save the goose" Griem's "golden egg" remark referred to the huge success of the festival as a tourist attraction This year's exhibition-and-tableaux event, July 9 to Aug. Unfettered by common vocal narcissism and hoary stand-and-sing conventions, they threw themselves into the challenge with frightening urgency and obvious conviction. At this time, that is more a tribute to the personal charisma of the man, than to the magic of his music And it was a patient group. She is also exhibiting tea bowls with handsomely austere wood boxes. This suggests that the local audience is responding gamely to the risk-taking of two forward-looking arts groups, and that's worth noting in a town where, traditionally, one doesn't tamper with the tried and true. Subs (May 10 at the Olympic Auditorium, Accept and Rough Cutt (May 10 at the Hollywood Palladium. . The brisk, cool Honig sauvignon blanc was the perfect wine for this heat, and I for one was very happy.
Adapted by Robert Auletta, "Ajax" is set in front of the Pentagon after a U. S victory in a Latin American war It will open Aug 3 in La Jolla. "I feel particularly sorry for our janitor, who's been there 15 or 20 years" he said. That hurt me, but I had no choice" Friedrich is best known in America for his television operas: "Salome" with Teresa Stratas and "Elektra" with Leonie Rysanek in the title role, as well as the aforementioned "Tannhaeuser" Still to be shown here-and he says he doesn't understand the delay-are a Bayreuth "Lohengrin" a studio "Falstaff" conducted by Georg Solti with Gabriel Bacquier as the fat knight, and a memento of the Berlin "Tote Stadt" Houston is the only U. S. LA JOLLA — The young man in the new-wave clothing took the stage on Wednesday night to a burst of admiring applause "Good evening" he began.
When it all comes together for him-when form and substance strike a balance as they did, for example, in "And Now My Love" a Lelouch film can be an unalloyed delight. Et Voila, C'est Comme Ca : The "CBS Evening News" will soon be beamed by satellite for viewing in France-Say G'dye, Ted: ABC News says Ted Koppel and his "Nightline" news series now is seen in Australia, albeit on a tape-delay basis at 6:30 a. m. The re-creation at the National begins with native portraits that look a lot like those carnival sets where visitors put their heads in a hole to have their pictures taken with the body of the Fat Lady or a cowboy These portraits are stiff and ornate, like Byzantine icons. "Summer 1985" would be less disturbing if it did not feel like the straw that props up a generally jelling hypothesis that there is an odd ring of intellectual vacuity about MOCA. Before Madeline can open her sensual mouth, though, Orry saves her and Maum Sally from-are you ready-a poisonous snake Then she opens her mouth "You were very brave" Madeline tells Orry. "We should have bought the worldwide rights" says Cary Brokaw, president of marketing and distribution for Island Alive, which is distributing "Kiss" in the United States.
In the end, only one studio, Tri-Star Pictures, was willing to meet Launer's screenwriting price of about $175,000-an outrageous sum for a writer without a produced movie to his credit. Baryshnikov and Anastos had promising ideas-notably the five "Parfum de Nuit" women in shifts and loose hair who materialized as premonitions of Cinderella's entrance at the ball and also provided a glimpse of a more natural femininity in this overdressed, oppressive court But these ideas remained undeveloped or were fumbled. "The more successful you are, the more you have to raise to keep going. Cross, like the rest of the company, seems caught in a trance of respectability that makes this "Caine Mutiny" one of the dreariest and most mechanical on record. 1) and a separate show of photography and conceptual work (to remain intact through Sept 1. After enough visits there, I'd know the ropes and would try not to eat too many rossetti (little bread balls baked in garlic and oil, distracting myself instead with marinated broccoli, green beans or asparagus, cold eggplant parmigiana, a stuffed artichoke.