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...eighth annual Kennedy Center gala in Washington, the honorees--avant- garde Choreographer Merce Cunningham, 66, Actress Irene Dunne, 81, Comedian Bob Hope, 82, Playwright-Lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, 67, Composer Frederick Loewe, 84, and opera's Beverly Sills, 56--were wined and dined for two days, but not quite as usual. Cunningham, "the non sequitur of the evening," said his publicist, was served special macrobiotic dinners. And Dunne, disappointedly, was unable to attend the grand finale after back-pain medication made her ill. Hospitalized, she sent word that "the show should go on," and that it did, in a star...
...Parks notes that one council member, Valerie Terrigno, 32, has been indicted on federal embezzlement charges. Another, Stephen Schulte, 39, has posed for a gay magazine, a third, Mayor John Heilman, 28, sprayed a blue stripe in his hair and dressed in a flowing white robe for a political gala. On top of all that, the whole council attended a $4,000 group "leadership"-therapy session with a psychiatrist. "This is not the sort of behavior," Parks sniffs, "that inspires confidence among investors...
IDEALLY, GILBERT AND SULLIVAN plays should be gala affairs, lively and entertaining. Fair maidens and young gents dance on stage, singing quick-paced songs and sporting loud costumes. But The Sorceror, one of the duo's less known musicals, just doesn't live up to this expectation as presented by the Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players at Agassiz Theatre...
What do President Reagan and Prince Charles have in common? They are both probably going to Harvard next year but with no prospect of ever getting a degree. Both men have been invited to speak at one of three convocations in next year's gala 350th anniversary celebration. Both heads of state will speak on one of the first two days. But our very own Ronald Reagan has been denied top billing--Prince Charles has already accepted the number one spot--and both have been denied degrees in an alleged attempt to prevent Reagan from being honored...
...National Gallery of Art to verify whether you are on the guest list for their black-tie soiree. If all else fails, there is probably still time to scribble out a $10,000 check to the United World College of the American West and attend the gala dinner in Palm Beach...