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...reputation, there is a crocodilian element to his plaint, "I am probably better known in Singapore than in the United States." It is that very anonymity that allows him to pursue his chosen field. Recently, in his own Manhattan Ping Pong parlor, Reisman greeted a player who had journeyed uptown to knock off the old pro in Billy the Kid style. Reisman, attired in boots, electric blue suit and matching cap, hesitated. His arm ached, he said, his vision was blurred. Nevertheless, he agreed to spot his opponent 15 points per game. After an ostensibly titanic struggle, a series...
...when he is in town opening a new play, and the regular New York stopover for a host of luminaries from the world of art, music, film and fiction, who, along with its dozens of regular residents, prefer the funky, faded chic of the Chelsea to more contemporary quarters uptown. Perennial Chelsea guests include the entire Fonda clan, Director John Houseman and Actors Al Pacino and Timothy Bottoms. Boasts the hotel's managing director, Stanley Bard: "It is the greatest assemblage of creative people under one roof in the world...
...city for better protection of the grubby Great White Way. It was claimed that actors could not step outside the greenroom without getting goosed or mugged. Today, says A Little Night Music's Hermione Gingold, "There are far less evil-looking people around." Two days later, an uptown precinct tried to persuade the visiting Moiseyev troupe of folk dancers that Central Park was safe. Not a bicycle thief was in sight when Patrolman Murray Trelford and eight of his colleagues challenged the 30 Russians to a Frisbee game on the Great Lawn. Then they all linked arms...
...Uptown in the Park is presenting a most amazing festival of soul this Sunday over at White Stadium in Boston's Franklin Park. Sly and the Family Stone are headlining these proceedings, but that's just the beginning. Along with Sly you get a dose of a solid Tower of Power, a taste of the superb jazz of Donald Byrd, a handful of easy rhythms from the Hues Corporation ("Don't Rock the Boat"), and some of Richard Pryor's street-wise comedy. Boston hasn't done anything to deserve such a treat, but don't look this gift horse...
...exhorts his congregation, "We need more romance and less hot pants." Cosby is affably anxious, but Poitier's idea of comic acting is to bulge his eyes out, as if doing a Mantan Moreland impression. It is said of some movies that they look like photographed stage plays. Uptown Saturday Night looks like a photographed radio show...