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...years ago, François Truffaut stood in the wings of Avery Fisher Hall at Manhattan's Lincoln Center, chatting with an admirer while waiting to go onstage to speak at a tribute for Alfred Hitchcock. On cue the lights went down and scenes from Hitchcock films flared onscreen. Stopping himself in, midsentence, Truffaut exclaimed, "Oh! La projection!" and turned, eyes bright, to a peephole that gave access to the magic images. The old lure was irresistible for this French movie master who was, first and forever, a child of the American cinema...
...rigorous gaiety of a Peter Brook circus, the majesty of a Trevor Nunn midnight Mass-Hands has turned Shakespeare's most popular comedy into a dream play with music and dance. Each line of dialogue (not just "Speak low, if you speak love") sounds like a song cue from the loveliest libretto ever written. Each move seems choreographed to the playwright's verbal arias; the actors glide across Designer Ralph Koltai's gleaming Margard floor as if they were skating on a frozen ebony pond. Through the translucent bower at stage rear...
...heading into its third year this fall, the council, which is funded by a $10 charge on each student's term bill, has experienced a dramatic rise in candidates for its 88 seats, with 175 undergrads vying for spots. The rest of us could do well to take a cue from the increased enthusiasm of those who would be reps, and take the 90 seconds or so necessary to cast our votes...
With his private validity, Bailey is a forerunner of Kennedy's later outsider heroes: the romantic Legs Diamond roaring confidently through the '20s, gun in hand; Billy Phelan conquering Albany with bowling ball and pool cue; and Phelan's father, Francis, a tormented bum stripped of everything except his will to endure...
Mondale should challenge Reagan to a debate without notes, cue cards, TelePrompTers or Nancy Reagan...