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THE along with several other distinguished alumni S' M •T •T • F-5 of Paul Sills' "Second City" in , in an PLAYS AND MUSICALS evening of cheerful . (Actors Arsenic and Old Lace—A slam-bang revival of a 13 14 15 16 Playhouse, 100 Seventh Ave. S. 691-6226. (lit comedy of the early nineteen-forties. The Ttiesdays through Thursdaysat 8; Fridays at cast is headed by Jean Stapleton, Polly 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 8:30; Saturdays at 7 and 10; and Sundays at Holliday, and Tony Roberts. (Reviewed in 7. Matinees Sundays at 3.) our issue of 7/7/86.) (46th Street Theatre, Social Security—A lively, conventtonal comedy 226 W. 46th St. 221-1211). Tuesdays ningham, Debra Mooney, and Charlotte by Andrew Bergman, well acted by Mario through Saturdays at 8. Matinees Wednes Moore is very good. John Tillinger directed. Ihomas Ron Silver, Joanna Gleason, Stefan days and Saturdays at 2, and Sundays at 3.) (4/14/86) (Astor Place Theatre, 434 La bchnabeL and Olympia Dukakis. (4/28/86) Cuba and His Teddy Bear—Robert De Niro is a fayette St. 254-4370. Tuesdays through Fri Barrymore, 243 W. 47th St. 239- Hispanic drug dealer (cocaine), who is bring days at 8; Saturdays at 7 and 10; and Sun 6200. Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8. ing up his teen-age son. Reinaldo Povod's days at 7. Matinees Sundays at 3.) Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2, and Sundays at 3.) / nosed my new Isuzu NPR into the first play is considerably better than promis Rags—Teresa Stratas and Larry Kert in a mu ing; Mr. De Niro's performance is remark sical with a score by Charles Strouse, lyrics Sweet Charity—-A hit twenty years ago and alley. Alley?! Iwas lookin' down a slot able, and he is well supported by Burt by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Joseph deservedly a hit today. has been Young, Ralph Macchio, and Paul Calderon. that made a billy goat chute look like a Bill Hart directed. (6/2/86) (Longacre, 220 Stein. The director is Gene Saks. Previews (book)fhn ?V Cyr- pieman''^^'sLedand byDorothyNeil SimonFields \V. 48th St. 239-6200. Wednesdays through through Wednesday, Aug. 20. Opens officially (songs), and Robert Randolph (scenery) The boulevard! Any other truck, it'd take a Saturdays at 8. Matinees Sundays at 3 and on Thursday, Aug. 21. (Mark Hellinger, 237 Saturday, Aug. 23, at 2.) W. 51st St. 757-7064. Tuesdays through Sat T' singer-dancer-gamine miracle to unload a monster ofa 19th urdays at 8; opening-night curtain at 6:15. named Debbie Allen (5/12/86) (Minskoff, The House of Blue Leaves—A superb revival of Matinfees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 45th St. west of Broadway, 869-0550. century roll-top desk back here Ya John Guare's brilliant, ferocious comedy with and Sundays at 3.) Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8, Matinfees Swoosie Kurtz, among other fine performers. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2, and gotta hand ittothe NPR. It has a tun Jerry Zaks was the acute, perceptive director. A Raisin in the Sun—A revival of the 1959 (3/31/86) (Vivian Beaumont, Lincoln Center. drama by Lorraine Hansberry. Previews ActorsAr^nr^-^V'IFund Sunday,c SpecialAug.performance17, at 7:30.)for the ing capacity you have to experience to 239-6200. Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8. Wednesday, Aug. 13. Opens officially on Today I Am a Fountain Pen—A play bv Israel Malinfies Wednesdays ana Saturdays at 2, Thursday, Aug. 14, and will run through believe. Impressive. And to think, a one- and Sundays a-t 3.) Sunday, Sept. 7. (Roundabout, 100 E. 17Lh Tuesdays through Saturdays at R15 ]?; , ?• T"pdays through Saturdays at ton truck with a powerful 4BD1 diesel Light Opera of Manhahan—Through Sunday, 8. Matinees Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Wednesdays and Saturdaysat Aug. 24: William H. Smith's the drunkard! Sundays at 2.) 2:30, and Sundays al 3.) engine and big rig features like the rug (Cherry Lane, 38 Commerce St. 989-2020. Long Runs—big diver: A musical version of"The Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8. Mati Sills&Company—The return ofSevern Darden ged reverse Elliot I-beam front axle and nees Wednesdays at 2, and Saturdays and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Twain's Sundays at 3:30.) tilt cab. All that on half the fuel of my Me and My Girl—A 1937 London musical by Noel Gay (music) and L. Arthur Rose and old V-8 gas guzzler Douglas Furber (book and lyrics), with a revised book by Stephen Fry. The cast is TABLE OF CONTENTS We backed up to that freight elevator headed by Robert Lindsay, Maryann with inches to spare. And on time Plunkett, and George S. Irving, and the THE TALK OF THE TOWN director is Mike Ockrent. (Marquis, Broad Amazing. But important. Particularly way at 45th St, 947-0033. Tuesdays through "DUTY" Saturdays at 8. Matinees Wednesdays and Vickt Covmgton 22 when you don't know how tough your Saturdays at 2, and Sundays at 3.) "THE LEHER SCENE" . ...i'vlM't Susan Sontag 24 next delivery's going to be Mummenschanz—A return engagement by the "ARABIAN NIGHT" (POEM) , mime-and-mask irio. (Helen Haves 240 W James Merrill 26 44lh St. 944-9450. Tuesdays through Satur REFLECTIONS (LANGUAGE AND ANIMALS—PART I) „ days at 8. Matinees Wednesdays and Satur ' Hearne 33 days at 2, and Sundays at 3.) THE THEATRE The Mystery of Edwin Drood—Old-fashioned OFF BROADWAY Brendmi Gill 58 • ISUZU TRUCKS mock-Viciorian nonsense, with book and Oliver 58 OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS Amazing, wnforH^T direction bv (CHARLESTON, SUSSEX) •> Rf.tl' 11 mcludes George Mollie Panter-Downes 60 For information, call 1-800-255-2550. m?,nothingh^rof the audience itself, whichSwit,is putto slyto JAZZ wtri ' II work in ihe second aci (12/16/8'^) fTmnp IV/iUney Balliett 68 rfh 239-6200. Nightly, ex- BRIEFLY NOTED , Updike 70 rd sSaysaf2.t Wednesdays 72 Nunsense_A musical comedy by Dan Goggin. SquarePlayhouse, 99 Seventh Ave. COVER: Marisabina Russo S. 924 7100. Tuesdays through Fridavs at 8' Saturdays at 7 and 10; and Sundays at 7. DRAWINGS: Bernard Schoenbaum, Edward Frascino j r, Matinees Sundays at 3.) Zicgler, J. J. Sempe, Michael MaZ Robin wT'r Olympus on My Mind—A larky little musical based on the Amphitryon legend,with Martin Vidnovic. doubling as the General and the usurpingJupiter, and with Elizabeth Austin, Nl T IT RE as a chorus girl who happens to be the "wife" —" -Ti J2l ol one of the "producers." Music by Grant btunale. and words (book and lyrics) by parn- Harman, who also directed. ('Reviewed THE NEV YORKER '^-ambs, 130 W. 44th St. 997- 25 WEST 43RD STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y, 10036 ^Nightly, except Sundays,, at 8. Mat inees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2.) (212) 840-3800 The Perfect Party—A. R. Gurney, Jr.,'s deliber liLSUli•••?!:: ately mannered comedy about a professor who IS obsessed withperfection is often disap- CHANGE OF ADDaE5J pointing, but just as often Mr. Gurney's wit and high spirits break through the Wildean In ordering a change of address, sub-scrihers should give four weeks' notice nr„„i,lin K,u

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