Word: superstar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kean was the first superstar, an Olivier onstage and an Errol Flynn off, a rake, a wastrel and yet an actor, as Critic William Hazlitt said, who had "a gleam of genius." If he were at the end of his career today, he would be writing his memoirs in Malibu and growing rich off Polaroid commercials. In Sartre's play, however, he is dodging creditors, juggling mistresses and in his spare moments asking himself that old existential question: Who am I? Sartre's answer, given with stylish wit, is that Kean is like all of life...
Late spring is the silly season for New York balletomanes. Both the American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet have been performing at Lincoln Center, and the gossip has centered on Mikhail Baryshnikov, who is dancing at City Ballet after four years as A.B.T.'s superstar. Did he get along with Partner Patty? Or did he miss Gelsey? Did Gelsey cancel most of her A.B.T. schedule because she missed Misha? (To their fans, dance stars, like dogs and cats, have no surnames.) Was Mr. B. snubbing Misha by not creating a new ballet for him? Was Misha...
...plot condenses the turmoil of the 1960s, exploring dislocations between generations, races and cultures. Lev, a Russian dissident, joins his family in the U.S. after 20 years of imprisonment. He finds that his disaffected son Yuri is entangled through a girlfriend in a feud with a Muhammad Ali-like superstar named Olympion. The feud erupts in a ritualistic race riot in which Yuri is nearly killed. Under its impact, all the relationships in the opera are splintered into despair and confusion...
Both teams played good lacrosse, but the Minutemen were better in winning their third straight game. "We're hot now," superstar attackman Brooks Sweet exclaimed after the game. UMass defensive standout Roger Coe explained, "The better the team we play the better we play...
...incident typified Harvard's intimidating, quick-checking defensive play. Haywood Miller was particularly effective in shutting down the Wildcats' lone offensive superstar, John Fay. Fay scored only once all afternoon, and that tally came midway through the second period with Miller sitting in the penalty box for slashing. Yesterday's scoring: By periods: 1 2 3 4 Harvard 2 5 1 3--11 UNH 2 3 1 0--6 Individual scoring: HARVARD G A pts. Norman Forbush 2 4 6 Faught 4 4 0 4 Ward 3 0 3 Egasti 2 0 2 Bill Forbush 0 2 2 Wiggiesworth...