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1. Theater.

Author

Story, R.D. and Morgan, M.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Presents a fall preview for theater in New York, including `James Clavell's Shogun the Musical,' a $6-million extravaganza that recreates snowstorms, shipwrecks and even an earthquake.

Published
1990

2. Open for inventory.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. `Six Degrees of Separation' written by John Guare and directed by Jerry Zaks, `Price of Fame' starring Charles Grodin in his first play, and three plays from Chicago's International Theatre Festival.

Published
1990

3. Onstage.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Presents the (Tim) Zagat theater survey which rates shows on and off Broadway, exclusively for `New York.' INSET: The top tens.;Ratings rialto..

Published
1989

4. A clash of cymbelines.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Discusses Joseph Papp's production of `Cymbeline' directed by JoAnne Akalaitis. Also covers Wm. [sic] S. Leavengood's `Florida Crackers' and `Yankee Dawg You Die' by Philip Kan Gotanda.

Published
1989

5. The uses of fantasy.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater reviews: `Ghetto' by Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol; `Largely New York' by Bill Irwin; `Approaching Zanzibar' written by Tina Howe and directed by Carole Rothman.

Published
1989

6. The way we don't live now.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Discusses Cy Coleman's and A.E. Hotchner's new musical, `Welcome to the Club,' `Temptation,' directed by Jiri Zizka and `Peer Gynt,' produced by Mark Lamos with his Hartford Stage Company.

Published
1989

7. A handful of dust.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the play `The Art of Success' by British playwright Nick Dear, the musical `Romance in Hard Times,' by William Finn and the play `Kingfish,' by Marlane Meyer. Also reviews the play `Sunshine' by William Mastro Simone. Comments on the legacy of playwright Samuel Becket who died in 1989.

Published
1990

8. One for the money.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews two recent theater presentations. The tenth `Young Playwrights Festival' in New York; The Indiana University School of Music's production of Cole Porter's `Jubilee' in Bloomington, Ind.

Published
1991

9. The hollow croon.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Discusses `Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Dress Casual' and `The Quintessential Image.' Comments on performances and characters.

Published
1989

10. The entertainer.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Gives a short profile on Laurence Olivier and the many role s he played. Also covers `The Pixie Led,' by playwright Christopher Harris.

Published
1989

11. Coach-and-four.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Covers `Up 'n' Under' by John Godber; `The Good Coach' by Ben Siegler; and `Showing Off' by Douglas Bernstein.

Published
1989

12. Anti-romances.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Discusses Terrence McNally's slightly revised 1985 tragicomedy `The Lisbon Traviata' and Bernard Shaw's `Arms and the Man.' Cast; Plots.

Published
1989

13. Myself when young, twice.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Discusses Paul Zindel's `Amulets Against the Dragon Forces' and `The Forbidden City,' Bill Gunn's new play.

Published
1989

14. Jammies session.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Covers productions of `The Pajama Game' and `The Heidi Chronicles.' Also reviews the performance of Ute Lemper, 25, a German singer at Rainbow and Stars. Plots; Commentary.

Published
1989

15. The bug and the bugged.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. `Metamorphosis' by Steven Berkoff; `Measure for Measure' at Lincoln Center; `What the Butler Saw' by Joe Orton; `Run for Your Wife!' by Ray Cooney.

Published
1989

16. Our funny valentine.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Discusses Willy Russell's `Shirley Valentine,' `Other People's Honey,' by playwright Jerry Sterner and `Love's Labors Lost,' directed by Gerald Freedman.

Published
1989

17. In circles.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Discusses `Brilliant Traces' by Cindy Lou Johnson and `Dalton's Back' by Keith Curran. Plots.

Published
1989

18. As good as a mile.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Discusses Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli's `Black and Blue'; Larry L. King's `The Night Hank Williams Died.'

Published
1989

19. Long Island longueurs.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Theater review. Discusses `Eastern Standard' by Richard Greenberg, `Heathen Valley' by playwright Romulus Linney, `Faith' by Israel Horovitz, `Hope' by Terrence McNally, and `Charity' by Leonard Melfi.

Published
1989

20. Land of sunrise, lands of shadows.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews four New York theater productions: `Shogun, the Musical' starring Philip Casnoff; William Nicholson's `Shadowlands'; Barbara Schottenfeld's `Catch Me if I Fall'; `King Lear' starring Hal Holbrook.

Published
1990

21. Sorry, wrong flavor.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the double bill at the Public, written by Caryl Churchill, entitled `Ice Cream,' and `Hot Fudge.' Also reviews the play `Prelude to a Kiss,' by Craig Lucas. Briefly reviews the play `Accomplice,' and the musical `A Change in the Heir.'

Published
1990

22. Maggie & Margaret.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the play `Lettice & Lovage,' by Peter Shaffer, starring Margaret Tyzack and Maggie Smith. Also reviews the plays `Making Movies' by Aaron Sorkin and `The Crucible' by Arthur Miller.

Published
1990

23. Flesh merchants and dream peddlers.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the stage production of `The Merchant of Venice' by the Peter Hall Company with actor Dustin Hoffman portraying Shylock. Also reviews the musical, `City of Angels,' directed by Michael Blakemore, and the play `The Tenth Man,' directed by Ulu Grosbard. Briefly reviews the monodrama `True,' starring Robert Morse.

Published
1990

24. Beelzebubee.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the two one-act plays called `The Devil and Billy Markham,' and `Bobby Gould in Hell,' by Shel Silverstein and David Mamet, under the collective title `Oh, Hell.' Also reviews the plays `Hyde in Hollywood,' `Baba Goya,' and the musical `Up Against It.'

Published
1989

25. Serene `Circle,' soggy `Tempest.'

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the play `The Circle,' starring Rex Harrison and Glynis Johns and Shakespeare's play `The Tempest,' directed by Jude Kelly and starring Frank Langella and B.D. Wong.

Published
1989

26. With reservations.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the Broadway musical version of `Grand Hotel,' and the play `A Few Good Men' written by Aaron Sorkin. Also reviews the new production of the musical `Gypsy,' and the play `The Talented Tenth,' by Richard Wesley at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Published
1989

27. Here is thy sting.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the New York revival of Brecht's `The Threepenny Opera' entitled `3 Penny Opera,' starring Sting as Mackie. Also reviews the plays `Mountain Language' at CSC, and `The Widow's Blind Date,' by Israel Horovitz; The musicals `Closer Than Ever,' and `Prince of Central Park.'

Published
1989

29. Glossy Gloucester, shoddy Chicago.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews several current stage plays. `Park Your Car in Harvard Yard'; `In the Jungle of Cities'; `A Piece of My Heart'; `Rodgers & Hart Revue.'

Published
1991

30. Upbeat, downbeat.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the plays `On Borrowed Time,' by Paul Osborn and `Babylon Gardens,' by Timothy Mason.

Published
1991

31. East of Suez, South of Lexington.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews three New York Theatre events: `Song of Singapore,' a musical play starring Donna Murphy and Freddy S. Lyme, directed by A.J. Artoon; Constance Congdon's `Casanova,' a play at the Public Theatre; Jane Anderson's `Food and Shelter,' a play about a homeless family that spends a night and day at Disneyland.

Published
1991

32. `Mafia-something.'

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews three New York theatre events: Tom Dulack's play `Breaking Legs,' Congreve's `The Way of the World,' staged by David Greenspan at the Public Theater; The Ensemble Studio Theatre's `Marathon 1991.'

Published
1991

33. Leaden butterfly.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews two New York theater events: Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's shrewdly-concocted musical `Miss Saigon'; `I Hate Hamlet,' a play directed by Michael Engler that stars Adam Arkin.

Published
1991

34. Low couture.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the American Jewish Theatre's revival of the 1962 musical `I Can Get It For You Wholesale,' the Pearl Theatre Company's double bill of Schnitzler's `The Farewell Supper' and `Countess Mitzi,' and a reading of Hofmannsthal's libretto for the opera `Elektra' at Carnegie Hall.

Published
1991

35. Two from the heart, two from hunger.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews several New York theater events. `A Room of One's Own,' starring Eileen Atkins as writer Virginia Woolf; `The Big Love,' Tracey Ullman's one-women show; Keith Reddin's play `Life During Wartime'; Arthur Kopit's play `Road to Nirvana.'

Published
1991

36. The learned laddies, or the imagery invalid.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews three New York theater events: Lincoln Center's `La Bete'; `Mule Bone,' a three-act play at the Barrymore; Alan Ayckbourn's 1974 comedy `Absent Friends' at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Published
1991

37. From Broadway to Berlin.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews two New York theater productions. Clifford Odet's `The Country Girl' starring Karen Allen and David Rasche; Tony Kushner's `A Bright Room Called Day' starring Reno and Frances Conroy.

Published
1991

38. Wire swingers and wordslingers.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews three New York theater productions. `Peter Pan' starring Cathy Rigby; John Patrick Shanley's `The Big Funk'; Richard Greenberg's `The American Plan.'

Published
1991

39. Twice on this island.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews two New York theater productions. Brecht's play `The Caucasian Chalk Circle' at the Public Theater; `Nightingale,' Elizabeth Digg's play about Florence Nightingale at the Vineyard Theater.

Published
1990

40. Lake Wobegon.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews two New York theater productions. Michael Weller's `Lake No Bottom,' a play about the relationship between author and critic and Spalding Gray's thirteenth performance piece, `Monster in a Box.'

Published
1990

41. Schlock around the clock.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews three New York theater presentations: `Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story' starring Paul Hipp; Tom Mardirosian's new play `Subfertile'; Philip Kan Gotanda's comedy-drama `The Wash.'

Published
1990

42. Penned in and pent up.

Author

Simon, J. and Rajmil, M.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews `De donde?' a theatric docudrama by Mary Gallagher, a Festival Latino production at the Public Theater. The State Theater's `A Little Night Music' is also reviewed.

Published
1990

43. Murder most foul.

Author

Davis, P.G.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews John Moran's `docu-opera' `The Manson Family,' which was recently performed at Lincoln Center's Serious Fun! festival. Also discusses the Boston Symphony's performance of Tchaikovsky's `Queen of Spades' at Tanglewood and Italian mezza-soprano Cecilia Bartoli.

Published
1990

44. Large aims, small achievements.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews Bob Merrill's new musical `Hannah...1939,' starring Julie Wilson and directed by Douglas Aibel. Also reviews the play `A Quiet End,' directed by Tony Giordano.

Published
1990

45. Sol, la, ti, mo.'

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the stage production `Further Mo' starring Vernel Bagneris, Topsy Chapman, and James `Red' Wilcher. Also reviews the play `What a Man Weighs,' by Sherry Kramer. Briefly reviews the play `The Tower of Evil,' produced by Carey Perloff at CSC.

Published
1990

46. Graveyard shift.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the play `The Cemetery Club,' by Ivan Menchell, starring Elizabeth Franz, Eileen Heckart, and Doris Belack. Also reviews the production Mikhail Bulgakov's second play `Zoya's Apartment,' and the play `Each Day Dies with Sleep,' by Jose Rivera.

Published
1990

47. Anything goes.

Author

Tobias, T.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the American Ballet Theatre's production of `Birthday Offering,' performed at the Met. Also reviews the commemorative display `American Ballet Theatre: The First Fifty Years, 1940-1990.'

Published
1990

48. Full justice.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the docudrama `Mountain,' starring Len Cariou as Justice William O. Douglas. Also reviews the play `Starting Monday,' at the WPA and the Rustaveli Theatre Company's Georgian-language version of `King Lear,' subtitled `A Tragedy in Two Acts.' Reviews the play `Spare Parts,' and the musical `Of Thee I Sing.'

Published
1990

49. Oklahoma, Tennessee, and beyond.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the Steppenwolf stage production of `The Grapes of Wrath,' directed by Frank Galati and starring Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney and Lois Smith. Also reviews the Tennessee Williams play `Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' now on view at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, starring Kathleen Turner. Reviews the play `Bad Habits,' by Terrence McNally, revived by the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Published
1990

50. Bodying forth.

Author

Simon, J.

Subjects
*DRAMATIC criticism
Abstract

Reviews the play `Prelude to a Kiss,' starring Mary-Louise Parker and Alec Baldwin. Also reviews the revival of `The Sound of Music' by New York City Opera and the monologue `A Mom's Life.'

Published
1990

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