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...28th America's Cup competition is not just a matter of money. It is a spiritual quest that combines courage and seamanship with hubris and high technology. Yet deep pockets seem to be the common denominator. New Zealand challenger Sir Michael Fay has spent $65 million, Italian industrialist Raul Gardini at least $100 million. On the American-defender side, energy mogul Bill Koch has shelled out at least $60 million. Dennis Conner, the cup's three-time champion, is the poor cousin with a mere $15 million...
Keith Carradine continues in the title role of the musical The Will Rogers Follies, and Cyd Charisse has re-emerged via Grand Hotel. In coming weeks they are being joined in musical stardom by Raul Julia and pop singer Sheena Easton in Man of La Mancha, Peter Gallagher (of the movie sex, lies, and videotape) in Guys and Dolls and Gregory Hines in Jelly's Last Jam, a portrait of composer Jelly Roll Morton. Next month Pulitzer prizewinner August Wilson's subtly tragic and robustly comic Two Trains Running will feature Larry Fishburne from the film Boyz N the Hood...
Cynical commentary on 90s musicals aside, outstanding performances by Raul Julia and Sheena Easton make the show an exciting journey through sixteenth-century Spain, chock full of inspiring idealism a la Miguel de Cervantes...
...Mancha begins with Cervantes (Raul Julia), imprisoned during the Spanish Inquisition, on "trial" before his cellmates. The soon-to-be-major-Spanish-novelist sets out to dramatize the tale of Don Quixote and his romantic quest for the "Impossible Dream...
...Raul Julia demonstrates why he can land a big part in Moon Over Parador as he convincingly alternates between Cervantes and Quixote. His singing, however, is merely competent and pales in comparison to his acting ability. Although he sings the show's famous and inspirational tune, "To Dream the Impossible Dream," his rendition is rather disappointing...