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...goes in this atmosphere of raw capitalism. Marley's rock guitars, the tribal chanting of a group like Burning Spear, even Toots and the Maytals' infatuation with U.S. country-and-western, are allowed inside the reggae big top. Organs, saxophones and flutes often accompany the basic guitar-drum-bass troika...
...chief playing surface at the Olivier is a 40-ft.-in-diameter revolvable drum. This is a most ingenious toy. It can split into two half-moon elevators, with one half dropping to the basement while the other half comes up with a change of setting within seconds. They can be positioned at different heights to create a split-level stage. The third theater, the diminutive Cottesloe (capacity 400) is a simple box. Wood-lined, it is 75 ft. long, 47 ft. wide and 24 ft. high. Experimental in intent, the Cottesloe gives a director the choice...
...lack of tranquilizers around the house. But how is she, really? For all her troubles, very well, it seems. Norman Lear's soap-opera sendup, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, is now in its seventh week, the most talked-about new show of TV's numb-drum season. Most followers of loopy Mary and the other soap-flake characters of Fernwood must indulge their new addiction either in the afternoon or late at night. Shunned by the networks, the syndicated five-day-a-week serial appears on nearly 70 stations, generally in non-prime-time slots; 30 more stations...
...welcoming ceremony on the sodden south lawn of the White House, President Ford and Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin stoically stood bareheaded in the cold rain while a fife-and-drum ensemble dressed in Continental Army uniforms drilled before them. Since Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had been treated to an outdoor reception during his triumphant visit last November, the same courtesy had to be extended to Rabin-rain or shine. "According to Jewish tradition," said Rabin, glancing at the skies, "rain means blessing...
...drive-in theaters owned by her parents. A native of Indiana, she was named after a Midwestern pig-calling contestant known as Twila. "My mother thought Twyla would look good on a theater marquee," explains Tharp. Her ambitious mother also laid out a marathon course of piano, violin, viola, drum, baton-twirling, ballet and tap-dancing lessons that occupied Tharp's childhood. It all paid...