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...Republican extravaganza is a faithful mirror of the party's supreme confidence, a confidence as great as it was when Ike was running and Dick Nixon was considered at best a liability -someone was always trying to get him off the ticket. Now each succeeding poll shows the G.O.P. candidate pulling farther ahead of George McGovern (see story, page 15). The news is so good that the President's supporters scarcely dare believe it-or so they say. "We're really running scared," says a White House aide, "for about one inch. People are running around...
Broadcast live from Hollywood, Miami Beach and Las Vegas, with various taped inserts, the 23-hour extravaganza will be the equivalent of a whole season of half-hour specials, or 46 shows featuring more than 170 name performers (among them: Henry Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, Andy Williams, Dionne Warwicke, Henry Mancini, Robert Goulet, Milton Berle and Sally Kellerman). The only commercials will be soft-sell pitches for the party: "If you're up at this hour and can't sleep because you're worried about your oil-depletion allowance, this program is not for you." The organizers hope...
Senator George McGovern's surprising primary triumphs have left the Democratic Party somewhat divided, so McGovern Enthusiast Warren Beatty staged "Together with McGovern," his fifth fund-raising extravaganza. At prices of $5 to $100, some 20,000 people flocked to New York's Madison Square Garden, to be ushered to their seats by such notables as Paul Newman, Shirley MacLaine and Julie Christie. But Beatty's piece de resistance was the reunion of three split-up groups of stars: Peter, Paul and Mary, sounding as unified as ever; Mike Nichols and Elaine May, delivering their own deadpan...
This year's extravaganza got under way with a parade down Lexington's main street with bands, floats and real live jackasses. George Wallace's float, naturally, was a yellow school bus loaded with his mock delegates toting serious placards: REDNECK POWER. Another realistic touch was a token mob riding in a Jeep bearing the sign: MOCK
Playing the Festival theme of cooperation between the arts to the hilt. "Invalid" will share its set with another mainstage extravaganza, Mozart and DaPonte's "Don Giovanni," performed by the Leverett House Opera Society. Jon Miller designed the set that will be used for both shows. His main concept of the design is that "both works spring from the Renaissance, even though they date from a good deal later, and I wanted to give that feeling. The Moliere has to be something light, with lots of doors and tricks, 'Giovanni' should be something quite different...