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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Two Tales of One City | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: Not on My Beach | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...what if the "Skid Row" number from Little Shop of Horrors were an hour-and-a-half drama...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Sleaze On Down the Road | 9/25/1987 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Sleaze On Down the Road | 9/25/1987 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Those Losin' Lions | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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