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Hostile Audience. Streisand appears as Esther (here surnamed Hoffman), an overnight rock sensation. This is a reckless casting choice. Streisand is a showboater, a sort of one-woman Hippodrome whose roots are in the brassiest tradition of the American musical theater. Hearing her light into a rock song is like listening to Al Jolson sing Leadbelly. In partial anticipation of this problem, Streisand, who gives herself a credit for "Musical Concepts," has laid on a score that is only supposed to give the impression of rock 'n' roll. Instead, it will probably put off her fans and cause...
...York's numerous theaters-Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway and then some-remain among the most vigorous in the world. Broadway's lineup now includes A Chorus Line, Equus, Neil Simon's California Suite, Chicago, a revival of My Fair Lady and Julie Harris' one-woman performance as Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst. Tickets can still be obtained for most shows, except A Chorus Line. After 3 p.m. on the day of performance, half-price tickets for many shows may be available at the TKTS booth on Broadway at 47th Street...
...First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. "My feeling was, 'Who is this lady in the funny hats who runs all over the place?' " confesses the actress. Now the lady in the funny hats is Heckart, 57, who opens this week at Ford's Theater in Washington in a one-woman biographical play titled Eleanor. Besides body padding and capped buck teeth, the Eileen-to-Eleanor transformation required extensive background study. Heckart listened to old broadcasts by the First Lady, spent three days at the family's Hyde Park home and read more than two dozen books...
...Belle of Amherst. Julie Harris is superb in this one-woman show about the life of poet-recluse Emily Dickenson. Probably sold out, but might be worth checking out. At the Colonial Theater 106 Boylston St., through April 19. Performances evening at 8 p.m., with a matinee Saturday...
...Belle of Amherst. Julie Harris is reportedly magnificent in this one-woman show about the life of Emily Dickenson. At the Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., through April 17. Performances evenings at 8 p.m., matinees Wednesday and Saturday...