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Abdnor's rival is Democratic Congressman Tom Daschle, a boy-next-door charmer who has relentlessly criticized the incumbent for claiming that farmers should "sell below cost for a while" and for supporting Reagan's ineffective 1985 farm bill. In one of his more rousing speeches, Daschle harks back to...
First Manassas was such noisy, nostalgic fun that the organizers are talking about staging the battles of Cedar Mountain and Antietam next year, Gettysburg in 1988, the Wilderness Campaign in 1989 and Appomattox in 1990. In the meantime, there is no danger of peace breaking out and boring everyone. If...
The harried committee, facing a 1988 deadline, hopes to produce a revised hymnal that will offend no interest group among the liberal denomination's 9.2 million members. High on the agenda is eliminating any language that might be deemed sexist--not least because by the end of the century a...
Nonetheless, Sweet Charity is no masterpiece. Neil Simon's book is more often predictable than funny, and the second act neither coheres nor makes much sense. Dorothy Fields' lyrics are much too witty to come from the dim characters. Cy Coleman's so-so score provides two rousing standards, which...
However, that tune aside, theatergoers who expect a traditional musical, complete with happy-ever-after ending and rousing final chorus, should beware. Pippin is a true product of the anxiety-ridden '70s, and its conclusion offers no false hopes.