Word: superstar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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JUST AS classical music listeners must have been shocked when Mozart metamorphosized into the superstar Amadeus, blues fans might be suprised at the thought of scruffy old John Lee Hooker--alias the "Buddha of the Blues"--making a music video. But ever since the first folk/blues revival took off from Harvard Square, white blues promotors have been packaging Black blues players for white audiences...
Although some of Joslin's coaches were disappointed that the superstar athlete would be unable to play last year, the Admissions Office was not perturbed at her last-minute decision. "During the year off, someone can enjoy broad educational and cultural experiences, think about the direction one wants life to take, and generally gain a new perspective on life," Fitzsimmons says...
...before it reached the stage, and languished for five years between the French and British productions. The original creators, Composer Claude-Michel Schonberg and Lyricist Alain Boublil, owed little to French musical-theater tradition -- there isn't much of one -- and a lot to rock operas like Jesus Christ Superstar. In their 1980 version at the 4,000-seat Palais des Sports in Paris, the show ran little more than half its present length and consisted of a dozen tableaux vivants accompanied by incidental music during ponderous scene changes. A year later Mackintosh heard the record and found the score...
...still a game of toy boats played by millionaires. But no single millionaire, no superstar skipper, can dominate alone. "You have to delegate," says Whidden. "This is a team sport and not a single man's quest for victory." He believes Conner's greatest growth since 1983 has been in his ability to get good people and allow himself to rely on them. Will his team win? Or will Parry and Murray's Kookaburra mates refuse to yield the Cup? As the racing began, most experts favored Conner, but Australian Skipper John Bertrand, who won the Cup in 1983, loyally...
...Lacroix is the new superstar of fashion, the darling of last week's Paris couture shows, extolled by the press and praised by competitors. Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel calls him a "breath of fresh air." Giorgio Armani, whose severe, classic designs are the antithesis of Lacroix's, wishes him luck. "Welcome," he enthuses, "to Lacroix with his fresh follies...