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From: ellen@netcom.com (Ellen (IKOS))
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Russian  theater group looking for creative partners
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:20:20 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)


Hello,

I was recently introduced to a very interesting person - actor,
director, drama teacher from Russia. While giving lectures in NY,
he is trying to establish contact with some of US theaters to exchange
creative ideas, experience, possibly leading to joint productions.
I suggested posting a note to this group, which I quote bellow.

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A Russian theater group - director, stage designer and composer are
looking for partners for realization of joint theatrical project
of drama performance "Utopia" utilizing real space, Russian drama of 1930-50,
playing improvising theater.

Interested actor groups and theater managers please contact:
Oleg Liptsyn
Ukraine, 252030, Kiev
Chapaeva St., apt 1
tel 007 - 044 225 - 5210
fax	007 - 044 274 - 0544


tel in US till 11/21
	(201) 226 - 0544

US contact:
	Margeret Soifertis
	(415) 494 - 3102

any e-mail sent to this acct will be directed to Oleg

ellen@netcom.com

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From: shorts@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Rafi Levavy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Broadway tix.?
Date: 10 Nov 92 04:17:08 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Brandeis University

It shouldn't be hard to get tickets to "Falsettos" (and maybe even
"Miss Saigon") through the normal routes.  Have you tried?  Very few
Broadway shows (based on my experience, anyway) are actually sold out.
As of a few months ago, "Falsettos" was actually on the 1/2 price
boards.

Good luck.  I hope this helps.

					Rafi

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From: junet@informix.com (June Tong)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Broadway tix.?
Date: 12 Nov 92 04:55:17 GMT
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Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

***********************
ATTENTION, everyone...
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I would have e-mailed, but I figured you might all be interested...


rworman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert B Worman) writes:

>The "tickets to everything" type of business here in Columbus quoted me a price
>for two orchestra seats for Phantom, at $150 per; this is a good bit more than
>I had hoped to spend.
>
>     My question to all is : are there any little-known means to get good seats
>at reasonable prices ( <$90, preferably) this close to showtime?

Here are a couple of charity ticket services which you should know about:

Actors Fund     212-221-7300
Broadway Cares  212-840-0770

They are open business hours, approx. 10-5 or 9-6, something like that.  Might
not be open on weekends.  (I apologize for not having more specifics.)

They will charge a surcharge, but it will probably be much less than other
ticket brokers and goes to charity.  One of them is for an AIDS charity, and
the other I don't recall (might also be AIDS).  I believe the tickets are 
house seats donated by the theatre / producer / whatever, and therefore are
released to the general public 48 hours in advance of the show (meaning if you
want to get them through the service rather than take your chances on the line
in front of the theatre, you have to call them more than two days before the
show you want to see - one day in advance they will no longer have the
tickets).  The surcharge may even be tax-deductible (but I'm not sure).

Hope you all found this useful.

June
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Subject: Re: Jobs in theatre
From: eclipse@netlink.cts.com (David Gallo)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 21:33:55 PST
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

destill@mtu.edu (Still) writes:

> 	Can anyone tell me what kind of jobs, specifically, are available
> in the field of technical theatre and/or movie special effects (preferably
> Star Wars fx or Hensen puppetry-type stuff as opposed to Freddy Kruger
> blood and gore)?  What kind of training/schooling/background is suggested
> or required?  Where can I get this training?  And who hires these people
> (ie where can I find a job :) )?  Please e-mail me or respond to this
> newsgroup.  Any help you could give me would be *GREATLY* appreciated.
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I would also be interested in this information....thanks!
       David Gallo
  eclipse@netlink.cts.com

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From: jholstei@scott.skidmore.edu (jeremy holstein)
Subject: Tony Kushner's A BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:27:39 GMT

Does anyone have any information on this play's production history?
I'm especially interested in reviews and impressions.
Has anyone seen any productions?
How was it recieved?

Our production goes up here within two weeks.
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From: dhesi@cirrus.com (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Ticket buying woes... (long)
Date: 11 Nov 92 18:26:50 GMT
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.

In <1992Nov10.221505.6808@news.duc.auburn.edu> morrison@eng.auburn.edu
(Kelly Morrison) writes:

[ a number of complaints about the ticket-buying process ]

I don't have any short-term solutions for you.  In the long term,
however, the situation will be helped by eliminating legal restrictions
on the ticket-selling process.  If anybody could buy tickets and resell
them freely, you would see some real competition.  You would be able to
shop around for good prices and better service.
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From: bunnyman@leland.Stanford.EDU (Edwin Chen)
Subject: _Aladdin_ Soundtrack
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 07:51:55 GMT

I saw today that the _Aladdin_ soundtrack has just been released.
Anyone out there hear it yet?  What's the word?
Ed
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Subject: Re: I need Love Songs that don't really say it.
From: eclipse@netlink.cts.com (David Gallo)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 19:15:03 PST
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

You might also try:
    Till There Was You - Music Man
    If Ever I Would Leave You - Camelot
    On The Street Where You Live - My Fair Lady
    In A Little While - Once Upon A Mattress
    there are some others on my mind, but I can't think of them right 
    now...I'll post them later

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From: by080@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Lynne A. Oconnell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Boston Secret Garden tickets
Date: 11 Nov 1992 23:07:44 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: by080@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Lynne A. Oconnell)
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Does anyone know if The Secret Garden performances currently playing at the
Colonial in Boston are mostly sold out?  What I'm wondering is whether or not
Bostix might have any half-price tickets.  They only operate on an "in person"
basis (ie, not over the phone), and it's not very convenient for me to stop
by their booth on the chance that they might have some tickets for that night.

Thanks.
-- 
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Department of Chemistry
Boston College
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From: murray@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Thomas Murray)
Subject: another NY city tripster... (suggestions?)
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Evanston, IL
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:48:49 GMT

I feel like I have been everywhere *but* New York City.  So I am going
to rectify this, and make a trip out over the Thanksgiving vacation.

Because it's my first time, I could use some suggestions of where to
stay.  Our "annual" discussion about hotels in New York is about due,
so I thought I would initiate it, since I have a direct interest this
time.  Of course everyone mentions the Milford Plaza.  Any other
suggestions?  Or is the Milford probably the best bet?  Experiences?

The shows I am interested in are:

GUYS AND DOLLS (though Nathan Lane will be on vacation)
JELLY'S LAST JAM
FALSETTOS
MY FAVORITE YEAR
WILL ROGER'S FOLLIES (sorry, haven't seen it yet)
OLEANNA
DESTINY OF MES
THE SISTERS ROSENWIG
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
SPIC-O-RAMA (missed it in Chicago - arghh!)


Are most these shows available at TCKTS?  What should I try to order
in advance?  The plays on the list are more recent, so I am
anticipating ticket problems.  Is that correct?  Also, since MY
FAVORITE YEAR will still be in previews, how does one go about getting
tickets?

Lastly, anyone know any good cabaret shows to catch late at night?  If
I have a chance, I would like to see Andrea Marcovicci at the
Algonquin (so sue me - I like her voice).  Any other suggestions?

Much thanks, in advance.

-tom
From: loughlin@jane.cs.fredonia.edu (Tom Loughlin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
Subject: Re: Shows in NY info
Date: 8 Nov 92 18:41:47 GMT
Organization: Math / CS, State Univ. of N. Y. College at Fredonia
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Kimberly,

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From: murray@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Thomas Murray)
Subject: Re: Threepenny Opera in OH and PA
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Evanston, IL
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:00:30 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.174919.7762@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> lschmers@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence S Schmersal) writes:

> I'd travel to New Jersey
> to see Johnny Johnson or Lady int he Dark).

The Goodman Theatre in Chicago will be doing LOST IN THE STARS next
summer (starting in June, I think), directed by Frank Galati (who
adapted and directed GRAPES OF WRATH on B'way a couple years ago).

-tom murray

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From: IMAGING.CLUB@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Imaging Club")
Subject: Re: Cyrano
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:19:08 GMT

Regarding the discussion about Cyrano de Bergerac, there was
an excellent play here in Boston last summer, starring
Susan Goforth.  I think they may have it on video.  I
can check for those people interested.  (It's the English
version, of course.)

Michael.Willett@OFFICE.Wang.com
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From: betsyp@apollo.hp.com (Betsy Perry)
Subject: Worst G&S (was Re: THE MIKADO was great!)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:29:02 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

*My* favorite, since you asked, is *Ruddigore*.  Absolutely
drop-dead wonderful mock-frightening music.  The plot is
a wonderful burlesque of the conventions of melodrama.  Does 
anybody have guesses why *The Sorcerer* isn't revived more often?

In article <1992Nov4.185321.20039@speedy.aero.org> nadel@attatash.aero.org (Miriam Nadel) writes:
>What about worst G&S or at least the most disappointing?  I've always found 
>Yeoman of the Guard to be rather unsatisfying.  Not as
>bad as The Grand Duke with all that sausage roll nonsense, but I don't
>find the story all that interesting and the score is uneven.  

Well, let's assume that *The Grand Duke* and *Utopia, Limited*
go at the bottom automatically -- there's a reason they aren't
revived much.  (I've seen *UL*, but not *TGD*; the libretto
of *TGD* is grisly (gristly?) enough to make me suspicious.)

I find *Princess Ida* annoying, but the music's good enough
to make up for the bad politics.  I think Miriam's dead on about
*Yeomen*.  It drags, the funny bits aren't, and the plot is
rather embarrassing.  

Or, as Lord Peter Wimsey once put it, "I always thought
*Yeomen of the Guard* was sentimental tosh."

Although I wouldn't argue hard with anybody who wanted
to make a case against *The Gondoliers*...
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From: bs895@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Terri M. Librande)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: QL: Schedule on USA for November
Date: 7 Nov 1992 14:30:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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Gee, maybe USA has decided that Leap Back didn't happen, either.
Just wondering.  :-)
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From: mre@kepler.unh.edu (Michael R Escutia)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL: 11/3/92
Date: 11 Nov 1992 04:39:41 GMT
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In article <1992Nov10.214356.5849@das.harvard.edu> jmf@endor.harvard.edu ( ghost ) writes:
>Someone's got to say it...
>Great episode last week! Didn't ever believe they could pull it off,
>despite what Ziggy was saying (& s/he vacillated a bit right up at the end
>there...)
>Hope that evil-leaper-lady isn't out to set *that* wrong...

It is my personal theory that Sam leaped into someone (who, I havn't figured
out yet.) to make sure Clinton won.  It's my guess that, in the original his-
tory/future/timeline, Bush is re-elected and America falls into a depression,
which causes it to fall from being the #1 superpower in the world in 1999.
Of course, Sam was probably there to reconcile two people.
				--MikE

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From: cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Cliff Chen)
Subject: Re: Herman's Head
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:41:35 GMT

In article <168968B53.JC924@uacsc2.albany.edu> JC924@uacsc2.albany.edu writes:
>I actually like the scenes outside Herman's head better than the ones inside.
>I think they could eliminate the gimmick and just do a sitcom about those
>characters.  I especially like "Louise"

	Actually, I don't know.  Some of the funniest scenes from the show
are done within the head.  I think the very first time that I couldn't stop
laughing was Angel's "I want her!" in that sulky voice of hers.

						Cliff Chen
						cliff@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
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From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: Herman's Head Question
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 14:08:55 GMT


MSTBH@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
 >Does anyone recognize any of the actors from anywhere else?

Yea... Molly Hagan ("Angel"), played the young "Miss Ellie" several 
years back in the CBS TV movie "Dallas: The Early Years".  It was a
pretty big part, but I don't remember seeing her again until H.H.

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From: grimmer@nyx.cs.du.edu (Geoff Rimmer)
Subject: Re: Question about news coverage
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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 13:45:21 GMT

In article <9211051734.AA11097@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu> "Mary E. Allison" <mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu> writes:
>
>   Okay - this might seem like a silly question but I was watching some
>   election coverage on ABC news and Cokie(?) Roberts was reporting.

More News questions:
1. Is "Cokie" short for some other name?  I never heard of anyone
   else called that.  (luv her accent though!)
2. Are Forest and Diane Sawyer (both ABC News) related?
3. What kind of salary do Jennings, Brokaw, Rather and Shaw pick up?
4. Are they worth it?
5. What do you consider to be the best news programme around?
   (We get CNN, plus ABC world-news-tonight.  I find ABC does not
   go into any story in any great depth, similarly CBS and NBC
   when we used to get those.  FYI here in the UK we have 2 in-depth
   news programmes: Channel 4 News and the BBC's Newsnight.  Both
   cover all the news but concentrate about half of the 45 minutes
   on an in-depth report and/or interview)

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From: eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL:Interesting Ideas
Date: 5 Nov 1992 19:53:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: eah4@po.CWRU.Edu (Elizabeth A. Hlabse)
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In a previous article, finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Tracy E. Finifter) says:

>imc@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Ian Collier) writes:
>
>
>>I believe that's the point: if Sam appears to be a woman, and some man (who
>>isn't the EL) were to attack him intent on rape, how is that man to know
>>that it is impossible?  What would happen?
>
>Wait a few months and you'll find out the answer in an episode called "Raped".
>
spoilers for "Raped"



Sam leaped in _after_ the rape.  And he beat the nozzle up before he
could do it again.


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From: JC924@uacsc2.albany.edu
Subject: Re: Herman's Head
Organization: University at Albany, Albany NY 12222
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 09:54:23 EST

In article <Bx88ut.L0t@access.digex.com>
bneale@access.digex.com (Brian Neale) writes:
 
>: >     I'm glad that FOX has been playing HH so often on their special
>: >presentation nights because the show really deserves to be noticed, it's
>: >easily one of my favorite shows now.  The latest recurring character,
>: >Elizabeth is incredibly funny and I'm very happy that Herman and Heddy
>: >didn't get together just because Elizabeth is so great.
>: >     If you have been watching Herman's Head, good for you.  If not, at
>: >least give it a try, I don't think that you'll regret it.
>
>I never miss an episode when I can help it.  I agree that the writing has
>really improved.  Although it isn't a great ratings success for Fox at
>present, they seem to be willing to promote it a little.  Hopefully it
>will catch on.
>
>
>:
>:       I love the show myself.  A great cast and good writing to boot!
>: I wish I knew who played Herman's Intellect, Emotion, Lust, and Anxiety.
>:
I actually like the scenes outside Herman's head better than the ones inside.
I think they could eliminate the gimmick and just do a sitcom about those
characters.  I especially like "Louise"
From: langbein@pilot.njin.net (John Langbein)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Home Improvent Answers(was ?)
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:05:37 GMT
Organization: Information Builders, Inc.

In article <1992Nov12.141748.6330@gw.wmich.edu> x92ochs1@gw.wmich.edu writes:

> In article <1992Nov5.164458.18257@ncsu.edu>, mgtaylor@eos.ncsu.edu (Mary Molly G Taylor) writes:
> > In article <1992Nov1.134827.1613@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> troberts@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
> >>In article <1992Oct30.154710.6078@gw.wmich.edu>, x92ochs1@gw.wmich.edu writes:
> >>> I have noticed that on the show "Home Improvement" that they never actually
> >>> show the next-door neighbor's face(Wilson,played by Earl Hindman I believe) 
> >>>  below his eyes.
> >...
> 
>     I would like to thank the people who gave me many thoughts to the answer
>  to this question.  Most people said pretty much what I had thought.
>  I figure that they will probably show Wilson's face on the last show of
>  the series, just as Daryl and Daryl spoke on the last "Newhart."  

Well, I believe the origional credits showed his whole face. If I
remember correctly, there was an interesting story behind not showing
his face. It started, if I remember, out of necessety for some reason
(Injury or something like that), and it wasn't intended to always be
like that. Later on, they just kept him behind the fence because
people loved the gimick. 
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From: firenza@wpi.WPI.EDU (Timothy Mark Collins)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Law&Order vs LA Law
Date: 5 Nov 1992 05:38:17 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: na
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  Is it just me, or is L&O the show to watch if you want good writing and
acting?  After comparing the two so far this year, LA Law makes me sick.  It's
about at the point where it should end.  L&O, on the other hand, is still on
it's upward trend.  

firenza

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From: firestar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lipton Ann Meredith)
Subject: Re: murphy brown - excellent!
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 20:53:40 GMT

Well, I didn't get to see the show, and I would like to know the name -- if
you don't want to post, could you email it to me?

Firestar

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