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...plot, he tells a fragmentary tale of a Candide-like rock singer, Billy Shears (Ted Neeley), who meets and marries Strawberry Fields (Kay Cole)-the characters are christened from Beatles' songs. But Billy loses her to death and his own integrity to Maxwell's Silver Hammermen, Jack (Allan Nicholls), Sledge (William Parry) and Claw (E.G. Gibson). They are dressed in something resembling chain mail and apparently represent the Hell's Angels of the commercial music business. Billy's true bete noire is an extremely comely black temptress named Lucy. She is played by Alaina Reed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Contagious Vulgarity | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

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