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...make way for the enormous entourage at the staid, pink stucco Royal Hawaiian Hotel, 40 disgruntled guests were hustled off to other rooms, while 140 other patrons arriving over the weekend were lodged elsewhere. Workmen swarmed over the pentagonal three-room King Kalakaua Suite-overlooking Waikiki Beach to ready it for the President. A seven-ton air conditioner, a monarchic double bed, and several cases of Tab and low-calorie Dr. Pepper were sent up. An ancient freight elevator was refurbished for the President's use with red carpeting and plywood paneling from the Philippines. Signal Corpsmen from Pacific...
...Deutsche Oper has performed Schoenberg's three-hour epic 45 times in six European cities, which makes it one of the most frequently performed of all modern operas. This April -though the staid burghers may not be ready for an orgy scene-the enterprising Boston Opera will give Moses and Aaron its long overdue U.S. premi...
...observed as the rummaging progressed, "I don't have any adhesive tape to put on my pasties with. You think I could go on without them tonight. It's the last performances, they can't close us," she grinned, envisioning the spectacle of the Boston constabulary raiding that staid old brontasaurus, Tremont Street's Music Hall Theatre where she and Blaze Starr were heading up "Those Wonderful Days of Burlesque...
...counters with a real-life Santa who descends a wooden chimney every 15 minutes, talks through a microphone to the kids on the street, and-of course-invites everyone inside. Even the minor squares are dressed to the nines. The graceful Pulitzer Memorial fountain in front of the staid Plaza Hotel and Bergdorf Goodman's sparkles as if electricity were going out of style tomorrow...
...travels or is as signed abroad these days will likely be dismayed to discover that it costs more to visit or live in a foreign city than ever before. Such is the verdict of the annual survey of 23 cities around the world conducted by London's staid Financial Times. The Times reports that the basic cost of food, clothing, lodging and entertaining has gone up almost everywhere-and suggests a few dos and don'ts for the savvy...