Word: plaids
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...boites. It's the latest, cheeriest and, for the consumer, most economical show-biz trend: Silly Cabaret. How silly? Audiences get to be part of the foolishness. They can join a conga line at Song of Singapore (1), play Heart and Soul with the nerdish vocal quartet in Forever Plaid (2), be a beauty- contest judge at Pageant (3), hum along at Forbidden Broadway 1991 1/2 (4), be a suspect in the whodunit plot at a Hasselfree murder mystery (5) or stand to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at Prom Queens Unchained (6). For warm- weather theatergoers in search...
...York, though, is cabaret Mecca these days -- a ripe satisfaction for the creators, some of whom toiled five or six years to put on their show. Forever Plaid, a year old, has built a coterie of fans; President Bush's brother Jonathan has seen the show seven times and held his birthday party there. "It's no longer enough to go to the theater and just sit and stare," says Jonathan Scharer, producer of Pageant and Forbidden Broadway. "People have more fun when they can have a drink and relax, cool off and feel comfortable...
...million fee for setting up the purchase of an American movie company by a Japanese high-tech firm -- just the kind of deal Democrats used to excoriate. "Probably in Japan," came the answer. A couple of wags took estimates on the cost of Clifford's flawless Glen plaid suit. High estimate...
Jeremy Nye '94 plays the nerdish studio accountant, Linus Pockets, who speaks in incomprehensible alliterations and wears only plaid. Nye pulls off without a hitch tongue-twisters like this one: "Stu-Stu Studio stock has slipped significantly, suggesting a single, sudden smash success is the solitary studio-saving scenario." Unfortunately, his role is limited to rushing onto the stage with periodic bad news...
Preps are a rare sight in the heart of Manhattan, says McSwain, and Frank's plaid jacket made him extra-special. "It was like, who the hell was this?" she says. "He was adorable. He was very nice and very clean-cut looking...