Word: thespian
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...took a turn with former Ohio Congressman Wayne Hays because of his power "and because he was the sharpest dresser I ever saw," says Liz Ray, 33, onetime Playgirl of the Potomac. Now that Hays has been retired from power and Liz has become a Thespian of sorts, she has discovered someone new. He is Carl Stohn Jr., 55, a producer for the playhouse in St. Charles. Ill., where Ray is appearing in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? "I love everything about him," gushes Liz. "He's always directing me and teaching me, like My Fair Lady. I hope...
...reminds one how fused by the current of high artificiality the aesthetic and sexual fancies of the time were apt to be. Every Parisian male wanted to possess Cléo de Mérode, Liane de Pougy and their thespian sisters-the "great horizontals." But they were also votive objets de culte, focuses of sexual snobbery. In a like way, the most rarefied work of the art nouveau craftsmen was not accessible to a wide public. As the style spread through the decorative arts-furniture making, inlay, bookbinding, jewelry, glass-too much labor and fine material were devoured...
...WORST PART, BY FAR, of the Harvard admissions process is the interview: the deal goes down, kid, and it's time to sell yourself to some state supreme court justice or investment banker or used car magnate. Throw out those board scores, yardage totals, thespian notices--square those shoulders, steel those eyes, or lay your body down...
Caldwell is never more alive than when rehearsing. That, of course, is when she accomplishes most of her actual work. As the lights dim, she will chortle, "Ho ho ho, magic time," and begin to study the stage through those Thespian prisms that pass for eyes. One of her greatest but least appreciated strengths is her sense of proportion, or scale. In The Trojans Sarah made the horse as big as she could on her small stage, but was still not satisfied with the effect. Who finally emerged from the horse? Midgets and children costumed as soldiers. Sarah gets around...
...Neil Simon comedy titled Murder by Death. "The movie will have more special effects than Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist combined," claimed Truman, whose co-stars will include Peter Folk, Alec Guinness and Elsa Lanchester. Has the author of In Cold Blood finally changed his mind about thespian intelligence? "Actors are stupid, but I'm not stupid," he replied. "Anyway, this will give them a chance to carve...