Times Square fails as musical despite New York grit
Janet Maslin reviews the Pamela Pearl and Nicky Marotta film as a rocky satire with a rock score, finding the plot insincere and the characters unengaging. The topless bar scene and DJ character Tim Curry’s performance underscore the film’s misfit tone and artificial Times Square setting.
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Times Square
Pamela Pearl
Nicky Marotta
Eastown N
New York
Pamela
Nicky
Johnny
Trini Alvarado
Patty Duke
Robin Young
Alan Moyle
Jacob Brackman
Montreal
Paramount Review Roury Delights With Silent Film Night
The veteran organist presented an exemplary evening of music paired with silent film and pop fare. Innovations included animated slides, a Beale Street Blues spoof, a hokum home movie, and color landscape slides enhancing the Cedar Rapids Theatre Organ Society sponsored concert.
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Cedar Rapids Theater Organ Society
Koury
Jimmy van Heusen
Larry Leman
Stan Laurel
Theater listings and film showtimes across Iowa area venues
A compact rundown of current screenings across multiple theaters including Private Benjamin and Song of the South with various showtimes. Other venues feature Caddyshack Airplane Ordinary People Somewhere in Time Terror Train Times Square Electric Horsemen Willie and Phil The Great Santini Oh God Book II Herbie Goes Bananas The Creeper Meatcleaver Massacre Flesh Gordon and Summer Camp with multiple daily showings.
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Iowa
Benjamin
Plaza — “Caddyshack
Eastown I
Eastown II
Times Square
Westdale Mall
Electric Horsemen
Willie
Phil
The Lettermen Thrill Paramount Audience With Medleys
The Lettermen delivered a three hour show mixing oldies from the sixties with current hits at the Paramount Theatre. Gary Pike Don Buttala and Tony Buttala showcased strong solos and banter while audience participation and moving Broadway numbers like Send in the Clowns and What I Did for Love heightened the evening. The reviewer notes the trio’s showmanship and the crowd’s warm response despite potential repetitiveness.
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Gary
Don Pike
Tony Buttala
Don
Michael Jackson
Lynn
Broadway
Chicago
Lettermen
Showmen
Sharona
Tony
Beverly Sills Tours Iowa City With Verdi La Traviata
Beverly Sills bring New York City Opera touring troupe to Hancher Auditorium. Elizabeth Pruett as Violetta leads a polished cast with 27 piece orchestra and authentic sets. William Livingstone sings Alfredo, Vernon Hartman is Germont Sr, Barry Ellison Douphal.
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Les Zachers
Iowa City
Beverly Sills
New York City
Elizabeth Pruett
Violetta Valery
Christina Jaqua
Flora
William Livingstone
Alfredo Germont
Vernon Hartman
Germont Sr
Barry Ellison
Baron Douphal
Violetta
Pruett
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