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...Individualism: '70s to '80s If they fit, wear them. Tailored, unisex and rounded...
...unisex barber shop-think of Steel Magnolias crossed with The Mousetrap-this interactive comedy is one of the best-kept successes in show business. In 1980 Shear Madness was capitalized at $60,000. Since then it has grossed $54 million while playing to 3.8 million people in 23,000 performances in the U.S. (St. Louis, Philadelphia and Austin as well as the cities mentioned above) and around the world (Montreal, Tel Aviv, Melbourne, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Budapest)-but never in New York City, the titular capital of live theater. Many audience members are repeaters, genial cultists; they come back bringing...
Some toilets on Midway Airlines are becoming separate -- and unequal. The airline announced Wednesday that it was transforming many of its unisex bathrooms into women-only restrooms, complete with sanitary seat protectors, hand-painted murals, carpeting and lotion dispensers. Midway says many of its female customers complained about sharing bathrooms with men. While male fliers will be banned from the women-only toilets, women will continue to have access to any restroom on board...
...true that in the 1970s there were two very important unisex bands: Fleetwood Mac and the Partridge Family. But those were about the only coed bands around; now they are common. Even the house band on Late Show with David Letterman has added a female guitarist. The foundation of the recent trend was laid in the late '70s and early '80s by such rock heroines as Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders and Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads -- songwriters and instrumentalists all. Until they came along, a girl with an electric guitar seemed as incongruous...
Shear Madness. Indefinite run. This audience-participant whodunit is about the murderer of a classical pianist who lived over the unisex hair salon where the show is set. Charles playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., Boston. Call 426-5225 for tickets and more information...