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Take your pick of genres and moods. A cabaret evening? Try Haarlem Nocturne, led by lightning-footed Andre De Shields and best described as The Cotton Club with all the terrific dancing put back in. A serious play? In August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, a quartet of black gents sit around talking about music, women, and the demonstrable unfairness of life. Alas, Ma Rainey natters toward its climax like Ibsen gone funky, but it illuminates the talents of worldly-wise actors; one, Charles S. Dutton, spumes anger as the odd man out, striding, not shuffling...
...soft-shoeing his way past a wary receptionist. And watch closely, for in the wink of a camera's eye he is going to be a furious Customs inspector whose bite is worse than his bark. Or a homosexual lisping his way past a posh club's maître d' with a particularly mad invention. Murphy exudes the kind of cheeky, cocky charm that has been missing from the screen since Cagney was a pup, snarling his way out of the ghetto. But as befits a manchild of the soft-spoken '80s, there...
DIED. Leonard Rose, 66, world-renowned cellist, admired for the technical mastery and elegance of his performances in solo work and chamber groups; of leukemia; in White Plains, N.Y. Rose was a brilliant, dedicated teacher whose students included the virtuosos Yo-Yo Ma and Lynn Harrell and many cellists in America's top symphony orchestras...
Even though I have lived on Long Island for ten years, I still long for the polite "Yes Ma'am" and friendly "Ya'll come back" of my native Memphis. I also miss the luncheons, teas and dinner parties that never went out of style down there. There is something to be said for a place like Memphis, where people take the time to mind their manners...
...injuries and was discovered in a pool of blood. The contents of his wallet were scattered on the floor, the front door was unbolted, and a rear window was ajar. Nevertheless, homicide investigators declined to say that the chef was a victim of an attempted burglary. Said Bill Cunin, maítre d' and general manager of Kobayashi's restaurant: "There was no one who was overtly anti-Masa or even upset with Masa...