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Hare's plays usually teem with ideas and political passion. He took on the British justice system in Murmuring Judges, postwar disillusion in Plenty, the church in Racing Demon. Skylight is a more modest piece, essentially a two-character drama about a wealthy restaurateur who arrives at the bleak little flat of his former mistress and tries to rekindle their affair. First we learn, rather tediously, the background of their relationship: they met when she went to work at one of his restaurants; she left him three years ago; his wife has since died of cancer. Then, after some getting...
...Earl and other themers, food, drink and entertainment are just the beginning stages of what they hope will be empires built on a brand name. "I'm no longer a restaurateur," Earl declares in an accent from the Robin Leach school of elocution. "I'm in the business of building trademarks." That's one reason why each restaurant is designed with a merchandise shop to tempt customers to buy such must-have souvenirs as jogging suits, $20 T shirts or baby baseball togs. Or a $399 leather jacket--just add it to the food bill. The logo gear...
...been in the political arena for so many years. He has the knowledge and the background of a seasoned veteran," said local restaurateur Anthony Lawrence. "He would be the man to make the right decisions, not waffling like someone we know...
...Fortunately, more open-minded businesses are beginning to take a keen interest in the students; four were hired before they could even complete the course. One landed a part-time bank teller's position; three others, including Washington, work as shipboard hosts for a dinner-cruise company. Restaurateur Riese himself foresees taking on several. "But I don't think we can hire all of them," he says. "I certainly hope my competitors will take full advantage...
...different world, all right: Vegas-style glam, with a heavy German accent. Indeed, the show--conceived by Berlin restaurateur Hans-Peter Wodarz and a hit in Berlin, Venice and Paris--is stopping in New York City (through March) en route to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. But the show, which offers a meal, a circus and a lot of comic milling for $150 per person (excluding drinks), means to be the ultimate upmarket version of show-biz spectacle. The decor is suitably lavish. The four-course dinner is ambitious, if too heavily salted. And the entertainment is strenuous...