Word: staging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White House photographers watched Ronald Reagan through their long lenses in the final campaign hours as he sat on the stage in Long Beach, Calif., tiny American flag clutched in his hand. His 77 years and his flight west had wearied him. He had a wistful look, the collected melancholia of his political ending suddenly gripping him. Then came his turn on the podium...
After the stage run closes Nov. 27, the production is expected to be taped for TV. It may work better in that format. Even onstage, if audience members can forget the Beckett masterpiece that is being obliterated, this Godot calls to mind some of the best surreal comic sketches on Saturday Night Live -- a show on which all the principal actors except the pristine Abraham have appeared...
...REMEMBRANCE (ABC, Nov. 13-23). Cast of thousands! Cost of millions! Makes Roots look like a sapling! The mammoth sequel to The Winds of War closes out its 18-hour fall campaign this week and sets the stage for a twelve-hour- plus conclusion next year...
...candidates stood in the wings of the stage, Ailes and Bush looked across at Dukakis and his debate coaches Bob Squier and Tom Donilon, their faces half shrouded by darkness. Ailes waved flamboyantly to his opposite numbers, and Squier raised his hand. Dukakis frowned and folded his arms tightly across his chest. Seeing Dukakis' tenseness, Bush smiled...
...come on the scene until later in the season; first we had to get through the preliminaries. And that meant Ohio State, and me doing my best Archie Griffin impersonation. Jason was just a little bit too fast for the Ohio State secondary most games, and that set the stage for the showdown. The Rose Bowl. The Grandaddy of them all. McDevitt against Barron. Leach against Davis. This was big time...