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...evenings before, L.A.T.C. artistic director Bill Bushnell was accosted by a gang of toughs as he left for an opening-night party, but he got away without incident. Although patrons rarely encounter trouble, it is little wonder that even Bushnell refers to the theater's environs as "Skid...
...community of Venice conjures up carefree images of roller skaters, street performers and muscle-bound beachcombers. Now Venice is coping with an unwanted new reputation: as a sunny campground for 2,000 homeless people. A tent city on the beach has spurred fears that Venice will become an oceanside skid row. A neighborhood group has been organized to protest a planned soup kitchen and shelter in the Rose Avenue residential area; some claim that an increase in petty crime is driving away both tourists and businesses...
...what if the "Skid Row" number from Little Shop of Horrors were an hour-and-a-half drama...
...life on the street. Darlene's weakness is an overpowering naivete, which Grad conveys with nervous energy, a squeaky voice, a too-loud laugh and a skyward gaze. She is usually effective, though her histrionics sometimes reach the point of parody and make her look like Ellen Greene's skid-row princess in Little Shop of Horrors...
...losing streak, or The Streak as the Columbia campus has come to refer to the four-year skid, is about to reach record proportions. If the Lions keep on losing, and lose at Princeton on October 10, Columbia will have lost 35 consecutive games...