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...disappointing season for new plays, Manhattan stage producers are relying on a gimmick to sustain interest in current hits: hiring pop-identifiable personalities to take over major roles. To wit, Debbie Reynolds will replace Raquel Welch who replaced Lauren Bacall in Woman of the Year. Teenswooner Andy Gibb is now headlining Broadway's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and yes, no less than Bert Convy, the chirpy host of TV's Tattletales, is replacing Raul Julia for two weeks in the musical Nine. Of all the recent replacements, however, the most interesting may be Morgan Fairchild...
Since the 1964 retirement of Sir H. A. R. Gibb, British scholar, the History Department's instruction in the Middle East has come from junior faculty, visiting professors, and professors with joint appointments...
Keenan attributed the department's long period without a senior Middle Eastern specialist to the difficulty of finding a replacement for Gibb in what he called a "somewhat exotic field...
...three Gibb brothers, known as the Bee Gees, live in a wealthy enclave in Miami Beach. Barry Gibb's wife Lynda had her purse snatched. The trio's father Hugh Gibb was mugged. "No woman should be alone in this city," says Barry. "Or man," adds Bee Gee Brother Robin. Residents of nearby Golden Beach obviously agree: the city council voted last month to close six of the seven streets leading into town, and place a gate and a guard at the seventh...
...today include such entries as Farrah's replacement Angel, Cheryl Ladd, and WKRP in Cincinnati's Loni Anderson, but Muppetdonna Miss Piggy is way up on the charts too, as a kind of ham amid the cheese. Beefcake has sold as well, including young Rock Stars Andy Gibb and Leif Garrett, John Travolta looking disco-feverish and NBC's heart throb Highway Cop Erik Estrada posing with his CHiPs down. Alas, such posters may soon be passé. Manufacturers report a swing away from pictures of individuals and a renewed interest in, of all things, outdoor scenes...