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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chased out by guards. In Oakland, police arrested 17 protesters who were part of a group that seized three empty Victorian houses for several hours. Some cities have reacted to the winter plight of the homeless by opening doors that are usually shut after 5 o'clock. Washington's city council last week authorized the use of municipal buildings, including the city hall, as overnight shelters when the temperature falls to 25 degrees. Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago have taken similar action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cold Comfort for the Homeless | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

...single pop song, then as a double album, finally as a 1971 stage show in New York. It was not the first rock musical -- Galt MacDermot's Hair preceded it, as did the Who's "rock opera" Tommy -- but its impact was extraordinary. Lloyd Webber hated Director Tom O'Horgan's lurid, heavenzapoppin' staging, which featured a transvestite Herod, Judas in silver briefs and Christ emerging from a huge chalice clad in a $20,000 glittering robe. Christian as well as Jewish groups protested the show as offensive, but it ran for 720 performances before heading off to the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Magician of The Musical | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

Directed by Danny O'Keefe...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Making a Joyful Noise | 1/13/1988 | See Source »

...SIMILAR problem afflicts the acting side of the show. Sherwin Parikh and Sibel Ergener both display a flair for comedy, using funny accents and clownish movements. But director Danny O'Keefe reduces their amusement value by overusing both techniques...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Making a Joyful Noise | 1/13/1988 | See Source »

Yale has the league's premier goal-tender, Mike O'Neill (a first-team All-ECAC selection last year). But O'Neill can't stop every puck that comes his way. In the meantime, his offense has been camped out in the neutral zone, singing songs and toasting marshmallows...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Yale Finally Breaks the Ice...and More Stuff I Think | 1/13/1988 | See Source »

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