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Reputation on rise Though Williams spent his last 20 years trying to recapture the lost magic of his halycon days when he wrote "The Glass Menagerie" (1945), "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947) and "Cat on a Hot Tin (1955) it appears that his reputation is again on the rise. Monday would have been his 90th birthday, and though no one planned it, Atlanta's playhouses are having a kind of accidental Tennessee-fest. At Marietta's Theatre in the Square is "A Streetcar Named Desire," starring Jessica Phelps West as Blanche DuBois. An AfricanAmerican version of "'The Glass Menagerie" is on at PushPush Theater, with Carol Mitchell-Leon as Amanda Wingfield. A vivid "Cat" just got its final per- ry.
And the Atlanta Shakespeare Company will stage "Streetcar" at the New American Shakespeare Tavern from May 10 through June 3. Top revivals "There's a kind of zeitgeist going on right now," says PushPush Artistic Director Tim Habeger, referring to the recent Broadway successes of forgotten masterpieces such as Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" and Williams' "Not About Nightingales." "'What is incredible is that things that were considered huge failures back then are actually some' of our top revivals right now." Habeger is among the school of young theatrical producers who believe that Williams' early and late works, some of them highly experimental, are ripe for exploration. He has already staged one festival of short Williams plays and would like to do more. The one-acts make sense, because the expense of hiring the big casts to do some of the larger earlier works can be daunting. "Nightingales," Williams' second play, would have languished in the vaults of the University of Texas had Vanessa Redgrave not gone there to sift it out.
In 1998, 60 years after Williams wrote it, the drama got its premiere on the London stage, then moved to Broadway, where it was nominated for several Tony Awards. Ben Brantley, chief theater critic of The New York Times, raved that a "feverish, full-strength compassion for people in cages makes 'Nightingales' fly toward the realm of pain and beauty that is the province of greatness." Williams based the script on a newspaper story about a group of inmates who suffocated in the AP file photo American playwright Tennessee Williams in his New York apartment in 1942 at age 31. steam room of a Pennsylvania prison, and it was that same image the outsider, the dispossessed, the misfit that was to become his great theme. Peggy Fox, the New Directions editor who has been overseeing the publication of Williams' work in recent years, attributes his literary longevity to that very passion: "I think he really just touches a chord of championing the person who is marginalized for whatever reason whether it's because he's an artist, a person who doesn't really want to abide by society's rules or has sexual problems of one kind or another. My personal theory is that no matter how successful you are, secretly everyone thinks he is marginalized, so they identify." OK not to be 'normal' It couldn't have hurt that stars such as Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Vivien Leigh and Montgomery Clift became the stage and screen vehicles for Williams' seething postwar melodramas.
Such incandescent characters as Blanche, Stanley, Maggie and Brick became branded on the national psyche with the deftness of a white-hot iron and made us think that perhaps it was OK to Slick looks back on '60s with few regrets She doesn't have a trace of Her threads are hardly be known, she's downbeautiful. Her eyes are stunningly blue, with a sparkle belies all her hard living. unless you tell people the famous Grace Slick, is going to recognize she's cool with that. She's one of those aging rock stars to hang on. done it.
I had a great But by the time I was 45, up on stage was boring. I leaping around imitating who was 30. If in your 50s screaming 'I you, you look fool." days, Slick leads a quiet in Malibu, hanging with friends and painting. SUBURBAN SOUTHWEST QUARRY 14 (708) 444-FILM 63rd Hodgkins 6 HEARTBREAKERS (PG-13) (4:10) 7:10 9:55 THE BROTHERS (R) (2:40 5:00) 7:20 9:45 SAY IT ISN'T SO (R) (2:45 5:25) 7:45 10:10 ENEMY AT THE GATES (R)(ON 2 SCREENS) (3:00 4:00) 6:10 7:00 9:10 10:00 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (ON 2 SCREENS) (2:15 3:15 4:35 5:35) 6:50 7:50 9:05 10:05 15 MINUTES (R) (2:00 4:45) 7:30 10:15 SEE SPOT RUN (PG) (2:55 5:15) 7:35 9:50 THE MEXICAN (R) (3:40) 6:45 9:35 DOWN TO EARTH(PG-13) (220 4:30) 6:55 9:20 CHOCOLAT (PG-13) (3:50) 6:40 9:30 TRAFFIC (R) (3:20) 6:30 9:40 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN (3:30) 6:20 9:15 CHICAGO RIDGE(708) 444-FILM. 95th at Ridgeland Chicago Ridge HEARTBREAKERS (PG-13) (1:00 4 00) 7:10 10:00 ENEMY AT THE GATES (R) (1:20 4:10) 7:00 9:50 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (12:50 3:10 5:30) 7:50 10:10 15 MINUTES (R) (1:10 3:50) 6:50 9:30 SEE SPOT RUN (PG) (12.40 3:00 5:20) 7:30 9:40 THE MEXICAN (R) (12:30 3:40) 6:40 9:20 CRESTWOOD (312) 444-FILM 13221 RIVERCREST Cicero just south of 83 NOW ALL STADIUM SEATING! SAY IT ISN'T SO (R) (12:20 2:40 5:30) 7:50 10:30 THE BROTHERS (R)(ON 3 SCREENS) (11:30 12:10 1 20 2:10 2:50 4 00 4:40 5.20) 6.40 7:20 8:00 9:15 10:00 10:40 HEARTBREAKERS (PG-13) (130 4:30) 7.30 10:15 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (ON 3 SCREENS) (12:00 12:50 1.40 2:30 4:20 5.00) 6:10 6:50 7:40 8:50 9:35 10:20 ENEMY AT THE GATES (R) (ON 2 SCREENS) (11:50 1:00 3:00 3:55) 6:20 7:10 9:10 10:10 15 MINUTES (R) (1:15 4:10) 7:00 9:50 THE MEXICAN (R) (12:35 3:40) 6:35 9:25 SEE SPOT RUN (PG) (11:35 2:00 4:15) 6:15 8:30 DOWN TO EARTH (PG-13)(1 5.40) 8:10 10:35 HANNIBAL (R) (12:45 3:45) 6:55 9:45 CHOCOLAT (PG-13) (12:05 3:05) 6:05 9:00 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (PG-13) (11:45 2:20 4.50) 7:25 9:55 TRAFFIC (R) (12:30 3.30) 6:25 9:30 SUBURBAN SOUTH RIVER OAKS (708) 444-FILM 159th Torrence Ave.
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The tabloid life makes for good entertainment. But the only thing that mattered to this playwright were those authentic moments when the curtain goes up, time slows down and art informs the soul with eternity. As he wrote in "'The Timeless World of a Play," the beautiful philosophical essay that introduces "'The Rose "About their lives people ought to remember that when they are finished, everything in them will be contained in a marvelous state of repose which is the same as that which they unconsciously admired in drama. The rush is temporary. Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human It's what every writer yearns for: to be heard, and remembered.
By Lydia Martin Knight Ridder Newspapers MIAMI Grace Slick, that pill-popping, booze-downing, hard-singing diva of the 1960s, is sitting at an outdoor cafe, eating a veggie focaccia and getting a major kick out of the Prada set. "Hey, nice implants! Man, she has the lips, the cheeks, all of it. I'd get the whole thing, too, if synthetic painkillers worked on me. The only thing that does is straight morphine, but you can't get that, so I have to look like this." She is a rock 'n' roll legend, the star of Jefferson Airplane, a major voice of the Peace, Love and Happiness generation. But not a soul stops the Gucci parade to gawk.
Then again, she's 61 now, her snow -white hair in an old-lady SUBURBAN NORTH GARDENS CINEMAS AT OLD ORCHARD (847)444-FILM Golf Rd. Skokie Skokie HEARTBREAKERS 4:10) 7:00 10:00 ENEMY AT THE GATES 4:20) 7:10 10:10 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (12:50 3:00 5:30) 8:00 10:40 15 MINUTES (R) (1:40 4:50) 7:50 10:35 THE MEXICAN (R) (1:50 4:40) 7:40 10:30 TRAFFIC (R) (1:00 4:00) 7:20 10:20 CHOCOLAT (PG-13) (1:30 4:30) 7:30 10:15 GOLF (847) 444-FILM 9180 W. Golf Niles ENEMY AT THE GATES (R) (4:10) 7:00 9:50 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (3:40 5:50) 8:00 10:10 GET OVER IT (PG-13) (3:20 5:30) 7:30 10:00 15 MINUTES (R) (4:20) 7:10 9:40 THE MEXICAN (R) (4:00) 6:50 9:30 TRAFFIC (R) (3:30) 6:30 9:20 SUBURBAN NORTHWEST '(312) 444-FILM 4520 N. Harlem Norridge THE BROTHERS (R) (5:00) 7:30 10:00 HEARTBREAKERS (PG-13) (4:50) 7:40 10:20 SAY IT ISN'T SO (R) (5:10) 9:30 7:20 ENEMY AT THE GATES (R) (4:30) 7:15 10:10 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (ON 2 SCREENS) (4:20 5:40) 6:40 8:10 9:00 10:30 15 MINUTES (R) (4:10) 7:00 9:40 THE MEXICAN (R) (4:00) 7:10 9:50 SEE SPOT RUN (PG) (4:40) 6:50 9:10 DOWN TO EARTH (PG-13) (5:50) 7:50 9:45 SUBURBAN NORTHWEST 7 LOEWS THEATRES AT (847) 444-FILM STREETS OF WOODFIELD 601 N. Martingale, Schaumburg All Stadium Seating! All Digital Sound! 20.
Screens! HEARTBREAKERS (PG-13) (ON 2 SCREENS) (2:00 3:45 4:45) 6:30 7:30 9:15 10:15 SAY IT ISN'T SO (R) (3:00 5:20) 7:40 10:00 THE BROTHERS (R) (1:15 3.30 5:50) 8:10 10:30 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (ON 3 SCREENS) 20 (1:00 1:40 2.40 5:00 5:40) 00 8:40 9:40 ENEMY AT THE GATES (R)(ON 2 SCREENS) (1:10 3:10 4:10) 6:10 7:10 9:10 10:10 15 MINUTES (R) 10:25 GET OVER IT (PG-13) 4.05) MEXICAN (R)(ON 2 SCREENS) (1:35 2:15 4:50) 6:40 7:25 10:05 SEE SPOT RUN (PG) (1:30 3:40) 6:25 8:50 DOWN TO EARTH (PG-13) 4:30) 6:45 9:05 WEDDING PLANNER (PG-13) (4:15) HANNIBAL (R) 25) 6:15 9:00 CHOCOLAT (PG-13) (1:45 9:35 TRAFFIC (R) 9:50 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2:10 4:40) 9:45 RECESS: SCHOOL'S OUT (4:00) CAST AWAY (PG-13) (3:35) 6:35 9:30 CERTIFICATES ON SALE AT ALL BOX bun. makeup. flashy. Truth right that But she's nobody her. And not trying "I've time.
getting wa's somebody you're wanna like a These life out SUBURBAN WEST STREAMWOOD (630) 444-FILM 1500 Buttitta -Barrington Rd North of Irving SAY IT ISN'T SO (R) (12:35 3:00 5.20) 7:40 10:05 HEARTBREAKERS 4:20) 7:10 10:00 THE BROTHERS (R) (12:00 2:30 5:10) 7:50 10 20 ENEMY AT THE GATES (R)(12 45 3:45) 6.50 9:50 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (ON 2 SCREENS) (1:10 2:20 3:30 4:40 5:50) 7:00 8:10 9:20 10:25 15 MINUTES (R) (1:50 4:30) 7:20 9:55 GET OVER IT (PG-13) (12:50 2:50 5:00) 7:25 9:40 THE MEXICAN (R) (12:40 3:20) 6:30 9:30 SEE SPOT RUN 2:35 4:45) 6.55 DOWN TO EARTH(PG-13) (12:10 2:10 4:10) 6:20 8:30 10:30 RECESS: SCHOOL'S OUT (G) (12:00) HANNIBAL (R) (1:00 4:00) TRAFFIC (R) (1:15 4:15) 7:15 10:15 CHOCOLAT (PG-13) (1:50 4:30) 7:30 10:10 NORTH RIVERSIDE (708) 444-FILM 7501 W. Cermak, North Riverside THE BROTHERS (R) (ON 2 SCREENS) (4:00 5:00) 6:30 7:30 9:00 10:00 SAY IT ISN'T SO (R) (5:20) 7:50 10:10 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (4:40) 7:10 9:30 15 MINUTES (R) 7:10 9:50 DOWN TO EARTH (PG-13) (5:40) 7:40 9:40 OAKBROOK 5-7. (312) 444-FILM Rt: 83 22nd Oak Brook 6 BLOW DRY (R) 7:30 9:50 FOLLOWING FILMS PRESENTED IN STADIUM THEATRES 15 MINUTES (R) 7:10 9:40 0 BROTHER, WHERE ART 6:45 9:20 RICE LAKE SQUARE (630) 444-FILM Butterfield of Naprvil Wheaton 1546 HEARTBREAKERS (PG-13) (12:30 3.30) 6:30 9:30 SAY IT ISN'T SO (R) (1:05 3:15 5.30) 7:45 ENEMY AT THE GATES (R) (1:00 3:55) 6:55 9:40 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (12:35 2:45 7:25 15 MINUTES (R) (1:10 4:00) 7:00 9:45 THE MEXICAN (R) (1:15 4:05) 7:10 10:00 SEE SPOT RUN 3.00 4:55) 6:50 9.05| DOWN TO EARTH (PG-13)(1 20 3 5.20) 720 920 CHOCOLAT (PG-13) (12:50 3:40) 6:35 9:25 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN (12:25 2:50 5:10) 7:30 9:55 WOODRIDGE (630) 444-FILM 10000 Woodward Woodridge Stadium Seating! Ail Digital Sound! 18 Screens! SAY IT ISN'T SO (R) (3:50) 6:10 8:30 10.45 THE BROTHERS (R) (2:40 5:30) 8:00 10:30 HEARTBREAKERS (PG-13) (ON 2 SCREENS) 4:40) 6:20 7:30 9:20 10:20 EXIT WOUNDS (R) (ON 2 SCREENS) (3.00 4:10 5:20) 6:30 9:00 7:50 10:10 ENEMY AT THE GATES (R) (4:00) 7:00 10.00 15 MINUTES (R) (5:00) 7:40 10:35 OVER IT 5:50) 8:10 10:25 THE MEXICAN (R) (4:15) 7:10 10:05 SEE SPOT RUN 5:15) 9:55 DOWN TO EARTH 5-40) 10.40 HANNIBAL (4.20) 10:15 CHOCOLAT (PG-13) (4:30) 7:15 9.45 TRAFFIC (R) 6:40 9:50 CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON 6:50 (3:40) 9:30 CAST AWAY (PG-13) (3:15) 9:15 RECESS: SCHOOL'S OUT(G) 450) 935 She was in Miami at the end of February for a show of her work at the Bal Harbour Gallery that just ended. Most of her drawings and paintings are of herself and her rock 'n' roll contemporaries. Among the portraits are Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia -icons of the '60s who are now dead from drug overdoses and bad living.
Slick is like a gritty old soldier who saw it all, did it all and somehow survived. "Taking drugs is like spinning one of those wheels in a casino. You can land on 'Had a great time, got up in the morning and went to Or you can get 'Killed somebody drunk Reason people die is that sometimes it says, 'You're going to kill She's totally on the wagon now, she says, a model 12-Stepper except for the cigarette smoking. But she's never going to be the spokeswoman for "Just Say No." "I would love to say I'm happy now that I'm sober. And Ilike be- TWO DAY.
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But I don't think there's anything morally wrong with it. What I liked was cocaine, but that was mostly to keep a Quaalude high One day, she went cold turkey and that was that. "One day when I was 56, I got up and sat there and shook by the side of the bed all day and thought, 'Man, this is out of line. I'm too old for So did she have a death wish? "Maybe a psychiatrist would say that subconsciously I did. But I did drugs because I happen to like different forms of consciousness.
You know, feed your head." She's quoting her famous song, "White Rabbit," an anthem for her feel-good generation. "Feed your head meant just that. It meant feed your consciousness. It didn't mean do it every day and kill yourself. Everybody's always talking about the bad angle of drugs.
But the fact is, cheese gives you heart disease, clogged arteries, cancer. It can literally kill you, but people keep eating it. I'm more afraid of cheese than of Quaaludes." And in some twisted way, it's good to know that she may be 61, she may be off drugs, but Slick is still a 1960s rock star at heart. She's one of the pioneers who paved the way for everybody else. And it does seem like everybody in the world wants to be a rock star.
"Sure they do. For the same. reason I did. You get to have a lot of fun, it's cool music, you get to do whatever you want, you get paid really well, you get to travel and you get to a lot of neat people. What's wrong with that picture?" Twi-Lite Discount Price Mo-Fr(ex.
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