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...winners bathe in the box office spoils of victory, while the losers pray that a sufficient number of out-of-towners will drop by. This year, many of the hangers-on won?t be hanging around. ?Aida? closes next week, followed by ?After the Fall? and ?The Boy from Oz? (in two weeks) and ?Wonderful Town? (five weeks). At least the spouses of prominent Republicans will be able to catch these shows. Two others didn?t wait for possible G.O.P. spillage. Last weekend rang down the final curtain on ?Caroline, or Change,? the most affecting musical play I?ve seen...
...American College of Sports Medicine suggests drinking 17 oz. of water or a sports drink two hours before exercise and then downing more at regular intervals during exercise. At all times, drink enough so that your urine is light in color. Try putting pitchers of water in every room and eating watery foods like watermelon, cucumbers and Popsicles. Avoid caffeine and alcohol (they are diuretics), and if you're on diuretics or a low-sodium diet, ask your doctor whether you should adjust your diet during hotter seasons...
...remake now in the works is Tetsujin 28-go (Iron Man 28), based on one of Japan's oldest and best-loved comics, which ran from 1956-66 and was also made into a cartoon. The title character is a remote-controlled robot who looks like the Wizard of Oz's Tin Man on growth hormones. When the remote is in the hands of a schoolboy named Shotaro Kaneda?the story's real hero?the Iron Man is an unstoppable defender of justice, whooshing in ? la Mighty Mouse to foil villainous schemes. There's plenty of mayhem but never...
Credit the bitchy wit to screenwriter Paul Rudnick, the knowing tone to director Frank Oz and the cluttered ending to the focus groups. The snazzy cast--including Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler and, as the makeover masterminds who have "top-secret contracts with the Pentagon, Apple and Mattel," Glenn Close and Christopher Walken--really sinks its fangs into Rudnick's poisoned apple...
...flawed but rewarding show about a flawed but noble process, The Jury comes from Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana, of Homicide and Oz. Those dramas focused on the human, fallible side of the criminal-justice system; they were good preparation for this most idiosyncratic aspect of the trial process. Even for these producers, this could not have been an easy pitch. ("You've got 12 people in a room talking, and--guys? Hello?") To liven things up, The Jury cuts antically to the trial, lawyer negotiations and meetings in chambers. In this sense, it resembles Law & Order, which must have...