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...Moines, Babbitt bypasses the Savery Hotel, the venerable political hot spot, and stays instead in the spartan Kirkwood, with its scuffed furniture and worn carpets. No luxury suites here. One night, when Hattie Babbitt settled into bed at the Kirkwood, she asked her husband, "Do I smell mildew?" But the odor was not the hotel linens. She laughed. "It was his T shirt...
...Toyota Celica and moved up to a Mercedes-Benz, later a BMW and now a 1986 Porsche 944. Shapiro pays only about $450 a month for the Porsche -- considerably less than the $800 a month he figures a conventional auto loan would cost him. Tom and Dede Spencer of Kirkwood, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, decided to lease their 1987 Dodge Caravan for $367.50 a month. They can spend the money they would otherwise use for a car down payment for new carpeting and the delivery-room bills for their new baby...
...consider an auspicious beginning. But it turned out to be just that in the case of Legends, starring Mary Martin and Carol Channing as a pair of feuding veteran stage actresses. Without benefit of critical acclaim or a stint on the Great White Way, the comedy by Playwright James Kirkwood (A Chorus Line) has grossed nearly $10 million since starting its 23-city run last January. This January the stars will end their touring in Palm Beach. "I was 73 the other day," says Martin. "My body doesn't have the resilience. People think it does because that...
...CONSISTENTLY CATCHY and poignant score, with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban. James Kirkwood, and Nicholas Dante still holds up. Only one number falls flat: "And..." which was rightly omitted from the best-selling album, is a dragging combination of monologue and medley that leaves the viewer cold...
...result is a newer, more topical Godspell and one Kirkwood says he enjoys watching as much as producing. "That show just does something to its audience," he marvels. "When you walk out of the theater you can't help feeling terrific. Jean E. Engelmayer