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...SHOW NEEDS a hook. It doesn't have to grab the audience immediately, but somewhere along the way, a clear idea must take shape. Once an audience becomes hooked, the show can start to move, and the spectators will stay with it until the final curtain, when it releases them. If a show has no clear idea backing it, the cast and crew end up carrying a dead weight. Sometimes a highly talented group of performers and techs manages to breathe life into a show that can't stand on its own feet. More often, as in After Hours...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: Hooking the Audience | 4/30/1980 | See Source »

...routine--what they call in Brown's hometown of Santa Ana a "mellow afternoon." Charlie Santos-Buch and Mark Bingham each belted two hits and drove home two runs. Danny Bowles, a first-time starter for the Crimson, chipped in two singles and made a nifty grab of a would-be triple in left field...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Crimson Derails Engineers; Brown Wins Complete Game | 4/22/1980 | See Source »

Capitalism will face serious challenges in the Third World during the 1980s. The colonial era is only just over; distrust of the old rulers and their economic systems runs high in developing countries. OPEC's price increases are just the first grab by these countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Capitalism: Is It Working...? Of Course, but... | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

Adam Beren then played the match of the day for the Crimson, rebounding from a 6-2 first-set drubbing to record back-to-back 6-2 wins in the last two sets to grab the win in the match. Beren's victory meant the Crimson had tied up the match going into doubles...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Netmen Top Quakers, 6-3 | 4/19/1980 | See Source »

Weston went west to grab his share of the American Dream. He has a plot of land all his own--he walks through the house nude to experience the joy of ownership--two old cars, a chunk of desert land sold to him by a con man, and more debt than he can handle. The dream turns into the nightmare, Weston turns into a drunkard, and the refrigerator stands empty...

Author: By Jonathan B. Propp, | Title: Death of the American Dream | 4/18/1980 | See Source »

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