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...success, Kiss is also -- and here is the hook that intrigues Broadway -- a proven flop. An earlier version received a multimillion-dollar 1990 tryout off-Broadway -- about 25 miles off, at a suburban campus of the State University of New York. The producers implored critics to stay away because the work was in development, but reportorial instincts prevailed. Reviewers came, saw and slaughtered, halting Kiss and killing its sponsor, a fledgling agency set up to nurture musicals. Prince now says, "Irony of ironies, the fiasco may have helped. The show's political consciousness is much better suited to this moment...
Designer Sirlin's biggest challenge was the jail cell, which in the tryout occupied the entire stage. Now it is an authentically crowded 8 ft. by 10 ft., with two beds, a sink and a toilet. Says Sirlin: "A musical about two guys singing to each other in a cell . . . well, it has limitations. Then I realized confinement can be a kind of infinity. There is no end to the enigmatic pieces of jail you see. I wanted many layers of seclusion that you could still see through, to symbolize the lack of privacy and to turn the layers into...
Another member of the Crimson who may be on the '94 Olympic team is junior Brian Farrell. The fourth leading scorer on the team with 10 goals and 23 assists, Farrell was invited to a preliminary tryout last week held by Taylor and USA Hockey Technical Director Dave Peterson...
Both teams were very encouraging. The Rockies said I could get a tryout simply by sending a letter and self-addressed stamp envelope to Major League Scouting Bureau, P.O. Box 1330, El Toro...
...national treasure be devalued right in front of our noses. Some say expansion is good because it gives people like Florida Marlin Scott Pose a shot at being a major league baseball player. But how much is that worth, when teams half-seriously consider giving a tryout to a Harvard sophomore who can't hit a curve ball...