Book Reviews Highlights Madness and The New York Center Drama
United Press International reviews multiple titles. Going Crazy by Otto Fride drick surveys famous and unknown figures driven to madness across eras, noting writers Fitzgerald and Hemingway among others. Last Row by Jean Dalrymple covers 25 years of New York City Center of Music and Drama, praising its pioneers and later shifts. The Secret List of Heinrich Boehm by Michael Barak is a fast-paced Soviet spy thriller about missiles aimed at oil capitals. Hot Paper by Gerald Astor traces a 1969 Wall Street securities theft and its shadowy trail. Decorating American Style surveys American home fashions through history with visual guidance. The Jewish Woman in America by Baum, Hyman and Michel examines immigrant women's resilience and diversity. Beginnings by Ellen Galisky reflects on birth, hospitals, and care in a candid tone.
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Otto Friedrick
Simon and Schuster
Harvard
Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Newbold Morris
Morton Baum
Morris
New York City Council
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Mecca
New York City Opera
Laszlo Halasz
Julius Rudel
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine
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Morrow
Gerald Astor
Saturday Review
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America
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Sonya Michel
Dial
Portnoy
Mamma
How Dare You and Other Rock Records Review
A 1970s rock column surveys 10cc How Dare You noting lush ballads and witty lyrics alongside strong vocal harmonies. Nils Lofgren Life an Authorized Bootleg is praised as a top live set despite limited pressings. Lou Reed Coney Island Baby is seen as a cohesive comeback potential after Velvet Underground era.
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Paris
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A&m
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San Francisco
KSAN
Record Plant
Lou Reed
Coney Island Baby
RCA
Detective Fish Adapts To Tennis And Life In Hollywood
Hollywood veteran Abe Vigoda, famed as Detective Fish, pivots from his slow speech to embrace tennis in California while staying active with jogging and ball games. Married to Beatrice for eight years, they live in Beverly Hills as Vigoda weighs a possible Fish spinoff and its impact on his career.
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Fish
Barney Miller
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New York
California
Bea
Carol
New Jersey
New Yorker
Tessio
Jimmy Durante
Ed Wynn
Vigodas
Beverly Hills
Greenwich Village
Flag origins questioned as 13 stars era noted
The Sixth U.S. Army states the flag with 13 stars and 13 stripes, often linked to Betsy Ross, was scarcely used 1777 to 1795 and mainly as a naval ensign. The piece blends historical note with a tangential profile of Abe Vigoda and family life in Hollywood including Las Vegas visits and casual attire.
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U.S. Army
Impressions of Al Bowlly recalls a mystery icon
London report notes BBC release of Impressions of Al Bowlly a record from a TV documentary exploring the life of the famed British singer. It details Bowlly's elusive origins mismatched memories and a career spanning Calcutta London and the United States ending with a 1941 bombing death.
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London
UPI
Bing Crosby
al Boully
BBC
al Bowlly
Toulouse-Lautrec Show To Feature 500 Works In St Louis
The Marmot Tan Museum will host a four month Lautrec exhibit including works from Albi Museum, with early sketches to late posters. notable pieces such as Au Moulin Rouge and Au Cirque Fer nando will be absent. The show highlights youth sketches and major posters toward the artist's death.
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Paris
UPI
Marmottan Museum
Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec
Lautrec
Albi
American Ragtime and Jazz Revival Praised in Bicentennial Year
The article surveys traditional jazz in New Orleans and ragtime's revival, noting Scott Joplin's influence and peers like Lamb and Scott. It discusses Max Morath’s The World of Scott Joplin Vol 2, Eubie Blake, Paul Pratt, William Bolcom, and Gershwin’s orchestral works as pivotal in American music history.
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United Press International
New World
New Orleans
French Quarter
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Royal
Scott Joplin
Joplin
Joseph Lamb
James Scott
Vanguard Everyman Srv
Max Morath
Lamb and
Scott
Eubie Blake
Paul Pratt
William Bolcom
Morath
Wall Street
Paragon
Lamb
Evergreen
Eubie
Blake
Bolcom
George Gershwin
Gershwin
Paris
Ivan Davis
Lorin Maazel
Cleveland Orchestra
London
Leonard Bernstein
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