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...most of its history, TIME has had only two drama critics: Louis Kronenberger (1938-61) and T.E. (Ted) Kalem (1961-85), who died of cancer this summer. Their successor is Associate Editor William A. Henry III, who this week inaugurates the new theater season with his reviews of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song & Dance and Athol Fugard's The Blood Knot. Henry also wrote a critique on the "Festival of India," a series of events in the U.S. celebrating that ancient civilization's arts and culture...
...most rewarding thing in show business is to become a brand name, presold to audiences, like Agatha Christie or Neil Simon. Andrew Lloyd Webber may be headed toward that status as composer of such glossy, high-energy musicals as Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats and Starlight Express. Lloyd Webber has mastered the trick of seeming to juggle big ideas while actually asking little of his audience beyond a pleasant passing of time...
Thus he can shape a whole evening about Evita Peron that ducks the moral dimensions of fascism and can adapt poems by T.S. Eliot without tackling any metaphysical notion more complicated than an escalator ride into the clouds. No celestial choirs appear to sing in Lloyd Webber's ears, no muse or demon seems to haunt him, and his concoctions cannot bear close logical inspection. But he can beguile even sophisticated viewers into believing for the moment that they are witnessing highflying...
...Hana Mandlikova, 23, hoisted the silver high after overcoming a shared reputation as temperamental talents who tend to choke in major matches. This time, despite a couple of 90 degrees -plus afternoons, they showed no signs of wilting against the best players in the U.S. Mandlikova outpowered Chris Evert Lloyd, 30, in the semis (4-6, 6-3, 6-3), then in the finals wrested the title away from Martina Navratilova, 28 (7-6, 1-6, 7-6), herself born Czech but a U.S. citizen since 1981. In his semifinal match, Lendl ousted Jimmy Connors...
Aside from fifth-seeded Kevin Curren's first-round loss to Frenchman Guy Forget and Mandlikova's three-set semi-final thriller over Chris Evert-Lloyd, he only major upset was eighth-seeded Boris Becker's fall in the round...