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...sings passionately, he wears the look of a man who has swallowed a very hot chili. Migenes-Johnson, of Puerto Rican and Greek descent, is an exotic beauty, but her voice is inappropriately bland, and for all her enthusiastic writhing, she emerges as less the femmefatale than a one-night stand gone wrong. Bizet's potent mixture of blood, sand and song needs fire in the belly, as well as in the loins. -By Michael Walsh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COUNTRY: From Heartland to Heartthrobs | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

Crown Cruises offers a one-day excursion from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico, for only $75. From New York City, Fantasy Cruises has a four-night trip to Bermuda for $395 and a one-night "cruise to nowhere" that goes out into the Atlantic and back for $85. To attract a broad clientele, Fantasy advertises its voyages on posters on New York subway cars. Other companies feature special cruises to suit individual tastes, including trips with wine-tasting sessions, film festivals, exercise classes and bridge tournaments. In January, Cunard Line will offer a Trivial Pursuit cruise from New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Excursions: Low Fares on the High Seas | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

...screenplay of his novel Harry and Tonto and psychic bruises from the failures of unluckier projects. In the Freudian setting of a studio men's room, producers trade angst-drenched conversation about whose career is bigger. Aging men who cannot control their appetites go in search of one-night stands and "kosher diet tacos." A rabbi pronouncing a eulogy reaches his apogee with the solemn question, "And who of us does not love show business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hustler | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...Charles Grodin as his best friend too consistently play in the depressed-repressed mode. There needs to be some open frenzy in their madness. Still, there is more off-the-wall originality in the film than audiences can find in a dozen typical commercial comedies. It is a one-night stand one might actually remember in years to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Feb. 13, 1984 | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

...other companies. Preparations took three months. Director-Choreographer Michael Bennett, 40, restaged the show for the anniversary, moving the various players in and out of their roles and gathering everyone for an untoppable 332-strutters-strong finale. Cost of the gala: $500,000, quite a bit for a one-night stand, but affordable considering that over the years more than 22 million fans have seen A Chorus Line, paying $260 million for the pleasure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Record: Oct. 10, 1983 | 10/10/1983 | See Source »

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