Kessner acknowledged Martirano's witty style (an earlier piece, "L's G A" turned Lincoln's Gettysburg Address into a crazy, multispeed sonic collage, and pointed out the jazz flavor of "Thrown" "It starts fairly seriously, then walks the jazz borderline and finally ends up with some straight-forward jazz" The notion that such catering to popular tastes smacks of sell-out finds no sympathy from Kessner. However, filling the great Southwestern desert from Texas to California loomed as the biggest obstacle on Thursday. "I hope you won't take this the wrong way, because I'm your biggest fan" I said to Bob and Ray, who are very nice men. Any weakness in the material could've been minimized with some rip-roaring playing and that's where this album really comes up short. WASHINGTON — Public television stations have agreed to spend $39. 4 million to help produce 26 series, including four new programs Two current programs were not funded by the stations. It features Joan Crawford and has been called one of her two best '50s performances (1952's "Sudden Fear" is the other. "But being a first-time movie director is a bit like being a first-time bullfighter.

2 man at ABC News, and two vice-presidents, Robert Siegenthaler and Joanna Bistany, had seen both versions of the story and agreed with him that neither should be aired and needed more work. With Rudy Ramos, Michael De Lorenzo, Ruth Manning, Ann Hearn, Gregory Wagrowski, Margaret Klenck, Bette Ford and Frank McCarthy. It brings father and son to Paris and Hackman out of protective cover after almost 20 years. Born in rural Tennessee, Armstrong is a startling cultural treasure chest. No issue is without honor except in its own hometown, and until Tuesday night this reviewer had never thought of the Immaculate Heart-Cardinal McIntyre battle as having the makings of a good play Leckey's script shows that it does, without being that play. The painting was purchased with monies from the Ahmanson Foundation, the Board of Trustees' acquisitions fund and donations by Anna Big Arnold, Jo Ann and Julian Ganz Jr and Ray Stark. The journalist and the producer lunched in Manhattan a month before Schanberg's New York Times Magazine piece "The Death and Life of Dith Pran) appeared in January of 1980.

Woodward, a past president of the South Coast Repertory Theatre's board of directors is also on the board of the Friends of the Joffrey Ballet. The committee hopes to persuade the Redevelopment Agency to save part or all of the building and incorporate it into the hotel project"The city hopefully will have the foresight to preserve the building because it is a landmark" said Mike Jacobs, an Orange County band manager and consultant. He has not, for example, elected to make a recording for seven years, because, as he explained earlier this week, "there just hasn't been time. Jill Gomez, soprano; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley Angel Eminence AE-34471 (digital. While she's planning to continue acting on stage, as well as do more teaching and directing, she is also back to being a housewife, at least part-time. While the movie has sparked considerable interest, Pizzi, whose solos have been heard on the sound tracks of such films as "10" "Grease" "Return of the Jedi" and "Back to the Future" has resumed his role as a musical player and currently is gearing toward a bigger part in films-namely, that of composer. "All My Children" was nominated for best daytime drama series along with NBC's "Days of Our Lives" CBS' "Guiding Light" CBS' "The Young and the Restless" and ABC's "General Hospital" last year's victor Winners of this year's Emmys will be announced Aug.

Laughlin gave several reasons for deciding to make another sequel. The plays were successfully offered as a trilogy"The War" "The Murders" "The Gods" collectively called "The Greeks-by the Royal Shakespeare in 1979. "It's going to be one of those places where they spent so much money on the decor that they had none left over for the food" he said wearily. And on the bottom, a scrolling text describes the origins and pleasures of each dish" Also included are "historical anecdotes of a dubious nature (to) enhance the conversational value of the meal-the story, for example, of "the hitherto unsuspected link between cephalopods and the assassination of Julius Caesar" (Something about the Squids of March) Elsewhere on the restaurant circuit (shall we say, New York also has a new Restaurant Hotline and Guide-a system of four phone numbers, one for each of four "quadrants" of Manhattan, which allows the prospective diner, using only his or her telephone dialing pad and receiver, to choose a type of restaurant and price range, hear mini-reviews of three establishments that fit the bill, and even have the call automatically forwarded to the place finally chosen. Equally, it's possible that they'll find her in a couple of days, still sitting at the table. Kroetz may not have meant to leave a loophole, but it only enriches his play. I can't write songs-or, at least, I can't write songs for the '80s. "You have heard his recording of (Vivaldi's) 'The Four Seasons? That was purely commercial.

Doesn't everyone make music under a tree? Certainly not with this aplomb. But, as the time approached, I found I just didn't feel right about it It was uncomfortable on several levels Maybe later. His biggest advantage over so many bland country pop acts is a four-man band that cracked and jumped, swung and rocked in all the right places, making it easy to ignore the leader's occasional Rambo-ish politicizing. The premise is intriguing, but the writing is not even corrupt hack work.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington announced Thursday that they will trade productions this summer. They can't thank enough" "We're not computerized to the extent that other organizations are" a symphony spokeswoman said of the absence of names on renewal notices "It's quite a hindrance not to have a system internally. Goldberg, who was busy leaving "official messages" for NBC Entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff, had a limousine on call, waiting to whisk him away for a quick visit to "Family Ties" where his "Sara" has been affectionately nicknamed the "O. S-the Other Show "Sara" isn't just the "O. S" with the Goldberg team. His work is currently on exhibit at the Laguna Art Museum (through March 14) and in a number of important permanent collections, including the National Gallery, the Library of Congress, the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. Lemmy's misadventures leads him to a series of run-ins with the authorities, who first attempt to kill him with a firing squad and then, more decisively, in an electric chair. Sometimes it's a small thing: the waiter serving you potatoes and green beans, but doin' it the French way, holding those two things-and it's just so right" That capacity for pleasure is easily evident in Tune's work and in person, though he acknowledged that worry is a frequent companion.

for many years, will evaluate the LATC's operations for the CRA, with an eye to bringing costs down He arrives at a propitious time. "We hope to look at the elements that tie architecture, technology and design together" said Westweek organizer James Goodwin "The underlying thread seems to be image-making. He commissioned the abrasive, immensely clever 13-minute title work about a dog sitting in a high chair watching a vacuum-cleaner salesman and his mistress, a slovenly housewife. "My life had just become complicated" she recalled, talking freely in the spirit of someone who hopes her experience can serve as a guide-or warning-to others "I had the success, then my husband (the late Rev Marvin J. In the most obvious departure from the flatness credo, Richard LaFleur joins physically separate rectangles under one unified surface of thick uniform ridges in lush blacks and reds. The choice of Kendrick, a one-time Washington Post assistant managing editor and the Kennedy Center's operations chieftain since 1976, climaxed a nationwide search of more than 10 months for a successor to Len Bedsow, who retired Feb. National Public Radio meets at the Town & Country Hotel in Mission Valley, and American Public Radio's conference starts Sunday at the Hyatt Islandia hotel on Mission Bay.

In December, Worldwide intends to show its appreciation with a television salute. More than Pfister's pending departure, it was fear of politicization on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting board, which has been led for the last nine months by Reagan-appointee Sonia Landau, that had station managers concerned Friday as the Public Broadcasting Service concluded its annual two-day membership meeting here. Each is a spirited yet concise interpretation of elements of Rice's complex book. Domingo, who was to have taken the lead in the Royal Opera's production of Verdi's "Otello" will appear in "Simon Boccanegra".

"Oh, I am tempted to move here" she said on a visit to Los Angeles "I love the enthusiasm here. But it is surprising to learn that here in the mecca of the svelt more people order dessert when they go out to eat than those who live elsewhere. She played most of her set Friday strictly in character, fixing the audience with neurotically intense gazes and linking her songs with stylized stream-of-consciousness monologues. As if searching for ways to enrich or renew the academic ballet vocabulary, three young choreographers developed their works from folk, social and court dancing, as well as from religious ritual-just as Fokine had often done. The premise Pinter lays out is simple enough: Petey and Meg, a retired couple who live in a shabby house in a remote English seaside town with one boarder, Stanley, are approached by two men who need lodging for the night. "The cast and orchestra were, if anything, better in New York than they had been in San Francisco.

Facing debts of more than $200,000 and allegations of mismanagement, operators of Orange County's oldest and best-known concert club, the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, have filed for protection and reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U. S Bankruptcy Code. He is musically sensitive and alert beyond his years, and he communicates directly and intensely. T and ranting Hulkster screamed at the camera, taunting their opponents in a coming tag team match, riotously Rowdy Roddy Piper and Paul "Mr Wonderful" Orndorf Ooooooh, it was terrible The earth shook Mr. After a glance at the lineup for the 1986-87 season-three new plays and two West Coast premieres-no one could accuse Davidson of not trying. The Funny Boys (Jonathon Schmock and James Valley: Actors who've appeared in various New York theater productions and whose television experiences includes co-hosting KNBC's "Hot Sundae" program. He attended the Peacock Network's convention last week in Los Angeles, where jubilation abounded because NBC, after nine years in the ratings celler, finally had moved up to No 2 in prime-time ratings, with ABC slipping to third.

But the people don't ask for our music because they don't hear us on the radio station" Despite their familiarity with American music, the Cardenals' one-month stay in Los Angeles last year did offer its share of culture shock "It's so different from our cities" Katia said "It has a little taste of Mexican in some of the buildings But I don't know. But even "Stairway to Heaven" seems to lose its amphetamine effect when the sun kisses the horizon and the 400 cars up ahead are crawling along Ventura Freeway like arthritic armadilloes. Local museums also have recently begun to acknowledge the presence of artists who merit their attention-the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art with its "A San Diego Exhibition: Forty-Two Emerging Artists" a year ago, and the San Diego Museum of Art with its coming exhibition of works by Theodor Geisel, creator of the Dr Seuss books for children. The mascot of the event is the silhouette of a Herms-style royal figure.

These were the creations of Amy Pressman, formerly of Spago, who recently left for a restaurant in Dallas. Under the original terms, King and the Jacksons would have received 83. 44% of the concert proceeds while Sullivan got 16. 56% and was required to pay the costs for virtually the entire tour out of his cut. He spent years here in the '50s making movies like "The Last Time I Saw Paris" and "The Miracle" and appearing in TV series like "Maverick" and "Ivanhoe" "I suffered terribly from an uptight jaw in those days" he says. There have been one or two truly lamentable films and, again, the sense of too much programmed simply to fill out a catalogue, but there are times when half a dozen offbeat films of integrity can seem like an oasis How they are being screened may be another matter. She could rebound with dramatic performances-like the night I saw her in 1981 at the Kool Jazz Festival in San Diego. Most of them don't like his music, but then he doesn't like most critics.

"We don't know to this minute who had him" Turner said, noting that during his efforts he dealt with 47 different religious, military and political factions of the Islamic Jihad (Islamic Holy War. I'm gonna try to get people from Nashville and Hollywood to do movie locations here; I want to have recording studios, movie studios. Producer Arnan Milchan said he'd put up the $8 million needed to make it Several studios said they'd distribute it. Look for more of Placido Domingo on the big screen after Franco Zeffirelli's currently shooting "Otello" gets its U. S release this spring. It just says, 'Make a joyful noise unto the Lord' So it doesn't matter if it's rock, classical, country or punk. "Now there are private investors like banks and real estate" said Viking Film's Bo Jonsson, a highly regarded independent producer-one of only a few independent producers in Sweden "There were always crazy guys, but now banks are interested There is still no money to talk about, of course A million-dollar budget is considered large in Scandinavia It's peanuts for an American company.

He's so terrifying that you want to laugH"If Tomorrow Comes" begins with a suicide Three minutes later, there is a chase. The theater company outgrew those quarters several years ago, and its first rehearsal hall became what is now the Second Stage in 1980. In belting out such slam-bang screamers as " 'Murder' He Says" "His Rocking Horse Ran Away" and "I'm Just a Square in a Social Circle" the singer was at her best. The word painting, the wide leaps, the phonetic division of words and the histrionic melismas rendered Yeats' poetry into little units of ritual passion. Look at Merrick, the story's true villain, a driven man of demented brutality and sadism, but one whose personal courage and occasional softness ultimately win him some respect and even affection.

"There's nothing he is touchy about-his relationship with what's-her-name or any of it" the publicist said he had been told by a Spielberg aide. Eisenhower, Yehudi Menuhin, journalist Alistair Cooke and actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr all received honorary knighthoods. In fact, it turns out to be one of the most enchanting restaurant experiences I can remember. Owner Bruce Naftaly is sometimes called "the father of Northwest cuisine" It is hard to award this slight, shy man with any title so pretentious, but in his eight years in Seattle he has cut quite a path. We wouldn't have tolerated the death camps on the edge of town We would have smelled the inhumanity, the vileness But there's something in the German character.