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...first glance Queenie Pie hardly seems the stuff from which either operas or hit musicals are made. In storied Harlem, an annual beauty contest for hairdressers is under way, and the proud, haughty Queenie Pie (Teresa Burrell) is on the verge of her 13th consecutive title. Unexpectedly, she is challenged by an upstart from New Orleans, the leggy Cafe Olay (Patty Holley), and is forced to examine her arid life. There is an extended dream sequence on a mythic island, during which Queenie Pie discovers where her heart really lies. At the end, victorious, she magnanimously gives up her crown...
...cooks, however, the broth is delicious. From the opening, on- your-toes Harlem Scat, through the kick-up-your-heels flapper dance of The Hairdo Hop, past the wild jungle dance of Stix, round the sultry, smoky bend of A Blues for Two Women and back home to Harlem for the finale, Queenie Pie is unmistakably the work of the grand Duke. In the pit, the Duke Ellington Orchestra steps through the score's uptown opulence with high style, trumpets growling and keyboards swinging, while onstage, members of Director-Choreograp her Garth Fagan's Bucket Dance Theater juke and okeydoke...
...strong supporter of Walter Mondale's presidential campaign, Larry Tisch has a keen interest in politics and an eclectic taste in politicians. He has recently been host at breakfasts for Representative Charles Rangel, a liberal Democrat from Harlem, and the Rev. Pat Robertson, the conservative preacher and presidential candidate. Says Richard Ravitch, chairman of New York City's Bowery Savings Bank and former head of New York's metropolitan transportation authority: "Most people who seek the White House seek his advice and ultimately his support." Tisch was instrumental in helping preserve the deductibility of state and local income taxes...
...help launch the project, the man who inspired it, New York City Entrepreneur Eugene Lang, was squired through a two-day round of banquets and tributes by Dallas Mayor A. Starke Taylor Jr. Five years ago, Lang promised the 61 sixth graders at his former elementary school in Harlem that he would help pay the college tuition for every one of them who finished high school. Today all but one of the 51 students from that class who still live in New York City are also still in school...
Crack is an "equal-opportunity addiction," says Kilcullen. Crack is as easy to come by on Wall Street as it is in Harlem, and teenagers drive into the city from their parents' suburban homes to stand in line next to yuppies who are furtively handing over $100 bills for crack vials...