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ENGAGED. Nelle Nugent, 42, a top Broadway producer (Amadeus, Nicholas Nickleby, The Dresser); and Jolyon Fox Stern, 42, insurance company magnate; in New York City. The couple, who met 2½ years ago when he sold her a policy, plan to be married in April...
When Director Roman Polanski (Tess), 48, was mulling over candidates to portray Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the upcoming Paris production of the Broadway hit Amadeus, he cast his eye near and far, and finally settled on near. He chose himself. After all, who better to capture the essence of the young musical prodigy with the libertine air than a child actor turned acclaimed adult director with a sometime taste for the reckless moment. Polanski, who will direct the play, which stars Francois Périer, 62, as Mozart's nemesis Antonio Salieri, and Actress Sonia Vollereaux...
BORN. To Jane Seymour, 30, British-born actress of stage (Amadeus), screen (Somewhere in Time) and television (East of Eden), and David Flynn, 32, her business manager: her first child, his second; in Los Angeles. Name: Katharine Jane. Weight...
...McKellen, late of Amadeus and the Royal Shakespeare company, struggles in vain to play the part of the genius, falling several deciles short of the score. His Lawrence is less the Martyr of British Censorship than he is martyred by Alan Plater's offensive and vapid screenplay. At the mercy of lines such as."We writers, we're supposed to be brave," or "Better peoplethan me have been crucified," he tempts us to ask why tuberculosis could not have claimed him sooner and so spare us the pain...
...amplitude just happens, then turns out to be a help. It is especially useful to a gifted but lesser known journeyman such as Pat Mines, who after 29 years in show business is at last in a Broadway hit, playing the wily courtier Count Orsini-Rosenberg in Amadeus. Says he: "I'm sure there is a 'fat list,' perhaps even written down, that producers consult. You like to think you're hired strictly for your abilities, but I know my size has gotten me jobs." Among actors who might be on any producer's list...