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New Yorker August 4 1986 ' GOINGJ ON ABOUT TOWN A CONJCIENTIOU5 CALENDAR OF EVENT5 OF INTEREST THE THEATRE through Sunday at 7:30. Matin6es Saturday S• M •T ' •T '• F• 5 and Sunday at 3. Closes Sunday, Aug. 3.) PLAYS AND MUSICALS SweetCharity—A musical that, with very little Arsenic and Old Lace—Jean Stapleton, Polly 30 31 1 2 alteration, has mysteriously improved with Holliday, and Tony Roberts are the leading age. Directed and choreographed by Bob characters in.this farce bv Joseph Kesselring 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fosse, it has a book by Neil Simon, songs by which was a big hit back in 1941. It is still Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields, settings by pretty funny and so worth devoting an idle Robert Randolph, and a star in the person of summer evening to: (Reviewed in our issue of Debbie Allen. (5/12/86) (Minskoff, 45th St. Lafayette St. 254-4370. Tuesdays through west of Broadway. 869-0550. 'Tuesdays 7/7/86.) (46lh Street Theatre, 226 W. 46th Fridays at 8; Saturdays at 7 and 10; and Tuesdays through Saturdays at through Saturdays at 8. Matin(;cs Wednes 8. Matinees Wednesdaysand Saturdays at 2, Sundays at 7. Matinees Sundays at 3.) days and Saturdays at. 2. and Sundays at 3.) and Sundays at 3.) Sills & Company—The return of Severn Darden Today I Am a Fountain Pen—A play by Israel Cuba and His Teddy Bear—Robert De Niro is a along with several other distinguished alumni Horovitz. (890 Theatre. Broadway at 19th Hispanic drug dealer (cocaine), who is of Paul Sills' "Second City" in Chicago, in an St. 239-6200. Tuesdays through Saturdays at bringing up his teen-age son. Reinaldo evening of cheerful improvisation. (Actors 8:15. Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdavs at Playhouse, 100- Seventh Ave. S. 691-6226. 2:30, and Sundays at 3.) Povod s first play is considerably better than Tuesdays through Thursdays at 8; Fridays at promising; Mr. De Niro's performance is 8:30; Saturdays at 7 and. 10; and Sundays at Long Runs—big river: William Hauptman and remarkable, and he is well supported by Burt 7. Matinees Sundays at 3.) Roger Miller have drawn an agreeably sen Vourig, Ralph Macchio, and Paul Cafderon. timental musical out of "The Adventures of Social Security—With his first Broadway com Huckleberry Finn," and Mark Twain in W.w" 48th St. 239-6200.(6/2/86)Wednesdays(Longacre,through220 edy, Andrew Bergman proves a worthy Heaven has reason to be satisfied with the re- Saturdays at 8. Matinees Sundays at 3 and successor to the Neil Simon of "Barefoot in O'Neill, 230 W. 49th St. 246- Saturday, Aug. 9, at 2.) the Park." The fine cast includes Mario Thomas, Ron Silver, Olympia Dukakis, Joan "mfies Wednesdaysthroughand Saturdays at at 8. 2 Mat- and Honky Tonk Nights—A musical directed and na Gleason, and Stefan Schnabel. (4/28/86) choreographed by Ernest 0. Flatt, with a (Ethel Barrymore, 243 W. 47th St. 239- Sundays at 3.). la cage aux folles: A mu score by Michael Valenti and a book and sical about a pair of tenderhearted middle- ^rics by Ralph Allen and David Campbell. 6200. Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8. Previews through Wednesday, Aug. 6. Opens Matinfees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2, clubrhfh in Saint-Tropez; "Y"''the productiona clrag-queenis oneofnight officially on Thursday, Aug. 7. (Biltmore, 261 and Sundays at 3.) the most beautiful—and extravagant—ever W. 47th St. 582-5340. Tuesdays through The Sovereign State of Boogeuy Boogedy—Andrd to reach Broadway. Jerry Herman wrote the Saturdays at 8; opening-night- curtain at De Shields in a comedy by Lonnie Carter. music and lyrics; the book is by Harvey Fier- 6;30. Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays at (Henry Street Settlement's New Federal 2, and Sundays at 3.) Theatre, 466 Grand St. 598-0400. Thursday 2626.T1uesdaysh'"'' through Saturdaysatat- 47th St. 8. Mat-757- The House of Blue Leaves—A superb revival of John Guare's brilliant, ferocious comedy with Swoosie Kurtz, among, other fine performers. Jerry Zaks was the acute, perceptive director. (3/31/86) (Vivian Beaumont, TABLE OF CONTENTS Lincoln Center. 239-6200. Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8. Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2, and Sundays at 3.) THE TALK OF THE TOWN Light Opera of Manhattan—Through Sunday, "GHOSTLY" Aug. 3: Gilbert and Sullivan's patience.... Starting Wednesday, Aug. 6: William H. Smith's THE DRUNKARD. (Cherry Lane, 38 Com merce St. 989-2020. Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8. Matinees Wednesdays at 2, and Saturdays and Sundays at 3:30.) AREPORTER AT LARGE (THE VOYAGER) „' Mummenschanz—A return engagement by the mime-and-mask trio. (Helen Hayes, 240 W. THE SPORTING SCENE (GOLF) ^ Bernstein 37 44th St. 944-9450, Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8. Matinees Wednesdays and AROUND CITY HALL l^erbert Warren Wind 54 Saturdays at Z, and Sundays at 3.) THE ART WORLD The Mystery of Edwin Drood—The novel that Dickens left unfinished at the time of his DANCING 72 sudden death has been turned into a splendidly nonsensical musical by Rupert books " " Holmes. The big cast is headed by George BRIEFLY NOTED James Lardner 84 Rose, and the direction is by Wilford Leach (12/16/85) (Imperial, 249 W. 45th St. 239- 86 6200. Nightly, except Sundays, at 8. Mat COVER: Roz Chast inees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2.) Nunsense—A musical comedy by Dan Goggin. DRAWINGS: Mick Stevens, J. B. Handelsman. George Price t p. i (Sheridan Square Playhouse, 99 Seventh Ave. William Steig, James Mulligan, J. J Se^Z n fTf' S. 924-7100. Tuesdays through Fridays at 8; ToaContinentalbanker,this isa sweatsmt. Saturdays at 7 and. 10; and Sundays at 7, Ziegler, Barney Tobey Robert Weber / c Schoenbaum, Jack Matinees Sundays at 3.) Funk. 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