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...pickings are slim for would-be U.S. producers, the diet is considerably more nourishing for audiences. Stargazers can see Eartha Kitt in a revamped version of Stephen Sondheim's musical Follies, Wendy Hiller aglow in the American comedy Driving Miss Daisy and, starting next month, Rex Harrison in a revival of The Admirable Crichton. Those with a taste for undeservedly obscure classics can see two sprightly, acerbic Restoration comedies at R.S.C. headquarters in Stratford-upon-Avon, George Farquhar's The Constant Couple and William Wycherley's The Plain Dealer, plus Noel Coward's Easy Virtue, ably done in the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: London's Dry Season | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

Kentucky: These guys are here, also. And it was because of guy named Rex, who was fouled by a Maryland player and still managed to make a three-point bucket...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Sweet Sixteen | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

...team passing overhead, one of nine to compete this morning, is led by Major Bob ("Cowboy") Dulaney, 36, from Homestead A.F.B., Florida. His teammates, all Air Force captains from Homestead, follow in a prearranged sequence: Rex Carpenter, 28, Steve ("Wheels") Wheeler, 29, and Nick Anderson, 26. Each was graduated first in his pilot class and has an amiably arrogant opinion of himself as a hot "throttle jockey." At Gunsmoke, every pilot feels that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nevada: A Rodeo for Throttle Jockeys | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...Rex Dean, who founded Jazz for Life five years ago, crooned a melancholy, Nat King Cole-esque "Stardust." Bryan Simmons sang a broodingly beautiful "Round Midnight," and Daniel Banks an equally melancholy "Angel Eyes...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Nourishment for Hungry Ears | 2/16/1988 | See Source »

...only autumn, and with the perennial spate of "serious" autumnal films comes the customary barrage of gushing reviews and banner-size ad copy. "Oscar quality." "A shoo-in for Best Picture." "Academy Award material." And Rex Reed can't be blamed for all of these, though he has managed to skriek more than his fair share of superlatives...

Author: By Paul R. Simms, | Title: Oscar the Grouch | 11/24/1987 | See Source »

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