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Apart from its unprecedented success, A Chorus Line played a vital role in sustaining Papp's nonprofit New York Shakespeare Festival, the premier off- Broadway showcase. During its 15 years, the show generated some $277 million in revenues, of which $37.8 million was paid to N.Y.S.F. as producer. This year, however, it began losing almost $50,000 a week. "I don't know how we will replace the revenue from this show," said Papp, "but I know there will never be another A Chorus Line...
According to Oscar Wilde, who had plenty of reason to think so, all history is gossip. By that definition, Liz Smith is one of America's premier historians. From Palm Beach, Fla., to Santa Barbara, Calif., via her syndicated column and New York City television show, she catalogs the follies and the triumphs of the famous, able in the wink of a cliche to make careers and unwrap reputations. Some folks can't wait to lap up her latest morsels; others think she ought to have her typewriter confiscated. "She has the power to get people to pay attention," says...
Under a new Soviet law, more than 20 homes will be turned over to the Health Ministry. Only Gorbachev and Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov will retain their country residences. Says Ella Panfilova, a commission staffer: "We've already had people calling to complain. Some are really angry...
...next day, Nov. 8, Lenin appeared before the Congress of Soviets, rejected all talk of a socialist coalition government and insisted on an all- Bolshevik Cabinet. He became Premier, with Trotsky as Foreign Minister. This was not because the Bolsheviks were the biggest or most popular party. In elections for a constituent assembly, they won only 25% of the votes, in contrast to about 62% for various moderate socialist groups, notably the peasant-backed Socialist Revolutionaries, and 13% for various bourgeois parties. Dismissing that as a "formal, juridical" matter, Lenin simply disbanded the constituent assembly after one meeting...
...election date was advanced from May 6 to March 18, as Premier Hans Modrow warned that the economy was worsening and that the government could no longer ensure public safety. Nine reform groups agreed to each name a Minister Without Portfolio to join Modrow's Cabinet. Former leader Erich Honecker was arrested and then released, being too sick to remain in jail. The homeless ex- President and his wife Margot are staying with the village pastor of Lobetal, near Berlin. Honecker will be tried for treason in March...