Oscar nominations in 1980 face weak field year
Hollywood insiders forecast a slim slate of nominees for the 1980 Oscars with 189 eligible features. Favorite bets center on Ordinary People for best picture, De Niro for best actor, Spacek for best actress, Scorsese for best director, and Cathy Moriarty plus Joe Pesci for supporting roles.
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Vernon Scott
Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood
Motion Picture Academy
Academy
Mr. Chips
Mr. Smith
Washington
Ninotchka
Stagecoach
The
Robert de Niro
Jack Lemmon
Clinit Eastwood
Peter O'Toole
Robert Duvall
Santini
John Hurt
Donald Sutherland
Tommy Lee Jones
Cissy Spacek
Ellen Burstyn
Mary Tyler Moore
Shelly Duvall
Nastassia Kinski
Tess
Goldie Hawn
Private Benjamin
Robert Redford
Brubaker
Martin Scorsese
Raging Bull
Roman Polanski
Richard Rush
Alan Parker
Fame
Michael Apted
Joe Pesci
Timothy Hutton
Michael O’keefe
Jason Robards
Melvin and Howard
Judd Hirsch
Robby Benson
Cathy Moriarty
Lee Remick
Mary Steenburgen
Melvini and
Howard
Blythe Danner
Debra Winger
Sissy Spacek
Joe Pescibest
Bring Back Birdie opens on Broadway February on Birdie cast
Donald O Connor and Chita Rivera rehearse the new musical Bring Back Birdie, returning characters from Bye Bye Birdie twenty years later. Rivera, age 47, reprises her role. O Connor, making his Broadway debut at 55, plays the part once held by Dick Van Dyke.
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Donald O’connor
Chita
Birdie
O’connor
Dick van Dyke
Theatre briefs announce winter and spring student offerings
The Lege Theater adds three student productions this season. Will Stutts presents The Seasons of Man on February 21, with permission from Sir John Gielgud. Delaware County Dram Co stages Look Homeward, Angel March 12–14 and 19–21, and McCarter Theatre Co presents Orson Welles Moby Dick Rehearsed on April 4.
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Lege Theater
Will Stutts
John Gielgud
Delaware County Drama Company
Thomas Wolfe
McCarter Theater Company
Orson Welles
Town and Country Tour Trolleys Warm Winter Philadelphia
Philadelphia city trolleys offer a warm winter tour through Historic Olde City Antique Row and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Town and Country Tour runs twice daily with a mansion stop, departing 10 am and 2 pm from the Tourist Center at 16th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Fare is 3.50 for adults and 2.50 for children.
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Philadelphia
Fairmont Park
Olde City
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
16Th Street
John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Franklin Plaza
Bellevue Stratford
Leisure Calendar highlights local music venues this week
Daily Times leisure notes list Glen Mills Hal McKay at Media Inn and Marriott Hotel venues on weeknights, Firehouse Tavern Philadelphia hosts Bill Deal and Joey Luca to Jan 31, Tower Theater features Elvis Costello and Squeeze, Bijou Cafe brings Gil Scott Heron, Buddy Rich appears at Grand Opera House, The Baker's Dozen quartet performs Saturday, Delaware County Community College hosts Robert Metcalf Jazz Quartet, University of Delaware bills Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music with Ralph Stanley on Feb 6, and Navy Steel Band performs at Granite Run Mall.
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Media Inn
Media
Hal McKay
Marriott
Firehouse Tavern
Philadelphia
Bill Deal
Joey Luca
B.B
Tower Theater
Elvis Costello
Bijou Cafe
Phila
Gil Scott and Heron
Grand Opera House
Wilmington
Del
Buddy Rich
Granite Run
Middletown
Baker's Dozen
Delaware County Community College
Marple
Robert Metcalf
University of Delaware Newark
The
Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music
Ralph Stanley
Clinch Mountain Boys
Red Clay Ramblers
Arts events show across Philadelphia region museums and theaters
Multiple institutions from Swarthmore to Philadelphia list art exhibits and performances. Prints by Wright Cushman Tunick Yow shown. Brandywine explores 18th 19th century mourning customs. Perky Edgerton figures. Baich Institute hosts legally blind artists. college and university shows include Studio Faculty of the Arts Lawrence Hall Gallery and many others. theatre schedules include Diso Frankenstein and performances at Walnut Street Theater Playhouse Theatre and Arden two by two.
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Swarthmore Public Library
Josy Wright
Swarthmore
Anne Cushman
Wallignford
Joy Tunick
Sally Yow
Brandywine River Museum
Chadds Ford
America
Swarthmore College
Perky Edgerton
Baich Institute
Chestnut Road
Paoli
Lawrence Hall
Crossroads
Ray DiJohn
Marian Luthrie
Dennis Park
Dorothea Flood
Delaware Art Museum
Kentmere Parkway
Wilmington
Drexel dancers to perform at four day festival in Mandell Theater
Drexel University and seven colleges stage a four day dance festival with performances at Mandell Theater located at 33rd and Chestnut. A Saturday starting at p m features the showcase by student dancers from multiple colleges.
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Drexel University
Mandell Theater
Chestnut
Special Events Highlights for February and Gala Night
Drexel University marks Chinese New Year with a Saturday 8 p.m. gala in the Main Building auditorium at 32nd and Chestnut. Also, the Newtown Square Marple Newtown Historical Society hosts an open house on February 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. In Philadelphia, the Academy of Music hosts a Miniature Show on February 6 and 7 starting at 9 a.m.
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Brubaker
Willie
Phil
Guyana
Gilda Radner
Bette Midler
Tom
Drexel University
Newtown Square
Marple-Newtown Historical Society
Academy of Music Phila
Philadelphia
Rosemont College presents Sleeper with Woody Allen
A Rosemont College screening of Sleeper starring Woody Allen is set for tonight at 8 p.m. near Yale University. Baker's Dozen singers will present a concert Saturday at 7 p.m.
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Rosemont College
Woody Allen
Yale University
Classical and Opera Recitals Highlight Area Concert Week
Swarthmore College Contemporary Players present Stravinskys Septet and Schoenberg Fantasy for Violin and Piano in a free Feb 1 Lang Concert Hall recital conducted by Julius Rudel. The Tales of Hoffmann sung in French tonight and Feb 3 at 8 p.m. Stars include William Lewis James Morris and Faye Robinson. Community Arts Center Wallingford hosts a guest oboist Richard Woodhams Feb 1 at 4 p.m. Also featuring Toby Blumenthal and the Phil Arte Quartet. Bryn Mawr College Mendelssohn Club invites area choristers to Faure Requiem and Brahms Schicksalslied Feb 1 at 2 p.m. at Thomas Great Hall. University-Drexel Madrigals perform Feb 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Se. Longwood Gardens Kennett Square hosts Marc Cheban Organ Recital Feb Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the ballroom. Curtis Institute Free lunchtime concert Feb 4 at 12:30 p.m. La Salle College Soprano Barbara Shanno Elizabeth Boggs Narpsichord Robin Heyvik flute Paula Rothman clarinet in a Chaucer themed program at 12:30 p.m. Feb a Cabrini College Janus Trio performs Feb 5 at 8 p.m. Snowdate Feb 12.
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Swarthmore College
Penn
Stravinsky
Schoenberg
Lang
Academy of Music Phila
Julius Rudel
Opera Company of Philadlphia
Offenbach
William Lewis
James Morris
Faye Robinson
Community Arts Center
Wallingford
Richard Woodhams
Philadelphia Orchestra
Toby Blumenthal
Philarte
Bryn Mawr College
Mendelssohn Club
Philadelphia
Faure
Requiem
Brahms Schicksalslied
Thomas Great Hall
Ee Ae University
Drexel Namaers Madrigal
EEN Ae
la Salle College
Barbara Shanno
Elizabeth. Boggs
Narpsichord
Robin Heyvik
Paula Rothman
Chaucer
Lectures on Paternalism At Bond Neumann College
Reverend Bruce Titter speaks on Runaway Children on February 1 at 2 30 p m in Aston Rev. Haverford College hosts Kenyatta discussing Race Rights and Liberal Education at 8 30 p m in Stokes Hall with free admission on February 4. On February 5 Charlie Adams of
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Neumann College
Aston
Bruce Titter
Haverford College
Kenyatta
Stokes Hall
Charlies Adams
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Ekine Arts
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Women Behind
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Drunken Sisters
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