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...tune that Ol' Blue Eyes immortalized could have served equally well as the theme song for the annual economic summit of the world's richest democracies held in Houston last week. Just as the Soviet Union's power to ride herd on its neighbors has been crippled by its domestic turmoil, America's ability to corral its allies has been hampered by two factors: the burgeoning economic clout of Japan and West Germany and the belief that the communist threat to Western security has receded. Today the U.S., Japan, West Germany, France, Britain, Canada and Italy -- known in diplomatese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Singing Along with Ol' Blue Eyes | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

While Broadway producers are humming to the tune of profitable musicals like City of Angels, the plight of drama is downbeat. Theaters that once launched plays by Arthur Miller and Clifford Odets have become hostile territory for non-musical works. With tickets hitting $60, theatergoers typically prefer the full song-and-dance for their money. To rebuild drama's audience, a coalition of producers, unions, theater owners and suppliers has created the Broadway Alliance, a unique agreement that will cut ticket costs by as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENTERTAINMENT: Selling Drama At a Discount | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

...black and brutal exploration of one woman's sexual and psychological "underside." The Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theater's production of the work is not good theater in its easiest definition--no one in the audience will leave with a renewed joi de vie, or humming a catchy show tune. But it is undeniably powerful...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: A Little Boom Boom and Brutality | 7/13/1990 | See Source »

...lines at the microphone, her delivery is well targeted. Bina Martin clomps convincingly through her role as tragi-comic Sally. Her porcelain face betrays just the right amount of suffering. The women do well in the go-go dances, as they bump and grind chairs on stage to the tune of some mean music; their opportunities to do so are unfortunately limited...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: A Little Boom Boom and Brutality | 7/13/1990 | See Source »

...recent years, Joel has finished his shows with a fast tune--"Bigshot," "Miami 2017" or "Keeping the Faith." But on Wednesday, Joel ended with "Piano Man"--a sentimental favorite among young and old alike...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: It's Back to Basics in a Show of Old Favorites | 6/29/1990 | See Source »

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