Word: broadway
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crime- busting adventures in Action Comics and Superman Comics (as well as in some 250 newspapers), 13 years of radio shows, three novels, 17 animated cartoons, two movie serials of 15 installments each, a TV series of 104 episodes, a second animated-cartoon series of 69 parts, a Broadway musical and five feature films (not to mention a hoorah of shows featuring Superboy, Supergirl and even Krypto, the Superdog; not to mention, for that matter, a plunder of spin-offs and by-products: Superman T shirts, Superman rings, Superman bed sheets), the man of steel is now, well, unique...
...myth, the American myth," says Screenwriter David Newman, who collaborated on the Broadway musical and three of the films. "When we first started writing Superman I, some friends said, 'What are you doing that for?' And I said, 'If I were an English screenwriter and I were writing about King Arthur, you wouldn't be asking that.' " John Byrne, who actually is an English-born writer but now turns out the monthly scripts and drawings for the Superman comic books, calls his hero the "ultimate American success story -- a foreigner who comes to America, and is more successful here than...
Since 1938 the man of steel has appeared in comics and films and on radio, TV and Broadway and has permeated U. S. pop culture. Ever changing, he now works out with weights and may help the homeless. But amid festivities and analysis (Is he a god? Is he a virgin?), Superman' s fans celebrate his enduring, unique embodiment of the best in the national character. See SHOW BUSINESS...
...recently produced a Gilbert and Sullivan production, The Gondoliers, on campus, says that although he likes producing shows, he doesn't intend to make the stage his career. "It's something I really enjoy, but I don't intend to use it as a career or go to Broadway recruiting...
Says one returning alumnus, Leonard Clark '59, who attended opening night, "I've been to the show a couple of times. I think they do a good job with the show because you feel you can relate to the show. It's almost like an Off-Broadway show...