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SEl. 89. Pan: de la Porre de ~ Pans April 9-12 Contact Bernard Bedc er Commumcac1ons. 161 Boulevard BROADWAY SPRINGS INTO A LIVELY 89 of Michael Anania, Joseph G. Aulisi, Lefebvre. 750 IS Pam. France. and Marilyn Rennagel. 145133-7+50. In director/adapter Stephen SlllMAGIS. Rim1n1 Trade Faw: Rlmn An unlucky 13 productions hit unprecedented 22-week rehearsal Berkoff's Metamorphosis, Mikhail ltaly.!.pril 10-13 Contact EnteAutcno Broadway in the 88 portion of the period, is the $7 million produc Baryshnikov makes his stage acting mo Fiera di Rimini. 47037 Rimn CP current 1988-89 season: the first tion,]erome Robbin's BroadUKJy. debut in the same role that Roman 300. R1min1. Italy. 0541 /782Fiddler on the Roof, the master production. Roland Petit's original Pub. Club. mcl .... Show, Olym that people still talk about with director-choreographer is recreat designs are being reconceived; still pli 2. l..onclth. '9if 11 13 Concac:t Sill wonderment: Carrie, a musicaliza ing the show-stoppingest moments stark, but the palette is being light Manis. Nigec Ud.. fl.IOpa House. St tion of the famous Stephen King from his greatest successes. ened from black to a pentimento Matthew St. Landon. England SW! P novel (and movie) about a teleki As well as being a notable Rob white. 211: 011222-9341 IWC: 011222-1248. netic teen, staged by the RSC's bins retrospective, the show also A number of big-budget musi- · Terry Hands, sank after four recreates the original designs of the cals loom on Broadway's horizons performances and $7 million last eminent likes of Oliver Smith, Jo in April and May. Among them are May. In late December, Legs Mielziner, Alvin Colt, Irene Sharall; Mike, all about legendary Diamond, a splashy 1920s-era Miles White, Raoul Pene du Bois, 1940s-50s showman Mike Todd; gangster musicai composed by and Boris Aronson, Tony Walton, Pa Queenie Pie, a fantasy about a starring entertainer Peter Allen, tricia Zipprodt, and others, super 1920s Harlem hairdresser that opened after two months of ago vised by Robin Wagner and Joseph stars pop diva Patti LaBelle singing nized previews and was gunned G. Aulisi. Jennifer Tipton lights the a never-heard score by the late down by the critics. Much like the production. Duke Ellington; and a stage version West End's Ziegfeld - a similarly Two West End successes bloom of the popular movie and television lavish but essentially empty show on Broadway in the spring and nei series Fame. Among the well - the producers kept Legs stag ther are musicals - for a change. known designers' lending their tal gering on for awhile. Lend Me a Tenor, with a new cast ents to these shows are the eminent Eight revivals made up the bulk of American actors, is being plushly likes of Robin Wagner, Ken Bill of the summer and fall season. remounted in a 1930s screwball ington, Patricia Zipprodt, Alexander Neil Simon scored another bou movie-style by designers Tony Wal Okun, and Tharon Musser. levard success with his new fitrce, ton, William Ivey Long, and Paul Rumors, all about a dinner party Gallo. Ray Cooney stars in his mar MICHAEL SOMMERS gone amok. athon hit Run for Your Wife with The most-eagerly awaited show, expatriate British and Canadian ac bowing in late February after an tors, and an American design team
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Broadway 1988-89 has seen some of the industry§ best designers at work. Willa Kims costumes for Legs Diamond, and William Ivey Long's costumes for the British import Le11d Me a Tenor, all contributed to create a sea son of glorious successes (Jerome Robbins Broadway) and spectacular failures (Carrie).
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