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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THIS COMING YEAR will be another time of innovation for David Ross and the ICA. In an agreement with the Sack Theatres, the ICA will be free to screen film art work at one of the eight new cinemas to be built by Sack at Copley Place. Ross believes that film has been and will be one of the most important mediums for artists. Another major change will occur with scheduling at the ICA. Soon exhibitions will run in a more linear direction through time as opposed to space. The ICA's current building on Boylston St. across from...

Author: By Kathleen I. Kourfl, | Title: On the Cutting Edge | 5/11/1983 | See Source »

...that neither Greek pan pipes nor Elizabethan sack buts could ever carry a really good Broadway tune. Richard Rodgers' score is overflowing with delightful melodies that are by turn jaunty and sweet. Harnessed to Lorenz Hart' witty and graceful lyrics, they pull the show along at an exhilarating clip, and in between numbers, George Abbott's book provides just the right mix of Shakespearean vaudeville and vaudevillian Shakespeare. Large chunks of iambic pentameter are carelessly tossed across the stage, only to be nimbly undercut by an outrageously topical reference or a wonderfully bad pun. And since its 1938 world premiere...

Author: By Jean CHRISTOPHE Castelli, | Title: Live From Syracuse | 2/25/1983 | See Source »

...master of ceremonies announces two more goodies for the now utterly indifferent throng--one pound of David's Cookies and two more Sack Theater passes...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn and Catherine L. Schmidt, S | Title: Twistin' the Day Away | 2/22/1983 | See Source »

...first of a series of exoduses to the refreshment tables begins. The dancers are milling around--some are sitting, but a surprising number are still on their feet. Our first intersession also brings two lucky winners door prizes: a gift certificate for Ruggles Pizza (won by #689) and two Sack Theater passes (won by #22). But all too soon the DJs start spinning their records and, hurriedly gulping one more cup of diet soda, we bounce back to the floor...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn and Catherine L. Schmidt, S | Title: Twistin' the Day Away | 2/22/1983 | See Source »

Brooks and his group deserve support but have had little success so far, in part because local papers have not adequately covered the boycott. Citizens should support the efforts of the disabled to gain dignified access to Boston movie theaters. Even better would be letters to the Sack management or to newspapers demanding a bit more civic-mindedness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Attacking Sack | 2/5/1983 | See Source »

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