The Michigan Daily-Thursday, November 17, 1977-Page 5
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..THE WEEK IN REVIEW
Nureyev meets Fozzie Bear
Home space movies
Look out 'Star Wars'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rudolph
Nureyev, ballet dancer and star of
"Valentino," will make a guest appear-
ance on "The Muppet Show," Nureyev
will dance with a six-foot ballerina
Muppet pig in one sequence - called
"Swine Lake."
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Bloody cake for Dracula
LONDON (UPI) -, "Star Wars"
fever is spreading across the Atlantic.
Although the movie doesn't get its of-
ficial British debut until next month, an
8-minute home version of the science-
fiction powerhouse. already is setting
sales records.
"The demand is fantastic," said
Peter Burt, co-director of Mountain
Films Ltd., which sells the 8-minute
films for $34 each retail.
"We got 1,000 prints of the movie in,
and sold them in 48 hours. It's unheard
of"
"Personally, I think it's bloody
crazy," Burt said of people willing to
spend so much for 8 minutes of viewing.
That didn't stop him from ordering
3,000 more abbreviated versions of
''Star Wars."
He said the "Star Wars" home ver-
sion undoubtedly will surpass previous
best-seller "Sound of Music," of which
3,000 copies were sold in two years.
The full-length movie, which has $176
million gross sales in the United States
to date, will premier in London Dec. 27.
NEW YORK (AP) - Tuesday night
marked the potentially historic
premiere of Close Encounters of the
Third Kind, Steven Spielberg's fantasy
- exploration on the possibilities of ex-
isting extraterrestrial life. The film has
received nothing but unqualified raves
thus far, and may prove to be this sea-
son's Star. Wars.
Close Encounters should reach this
area by Christmas.
NEW YORK (UPI) - Bride of Drac-
ula: The case of the Broadway show
"Dracula" produced a black and white
wedding cake - with just a tasteful
touch of red - Wednesday night for
Frank Langella, who plays the. blood-
thirsty count, and Ruth Weil, his bride
of two days.
Among those congratulating the
couple were Dom DeLuise, who attend-
ed a matinee of the show and stayed for
the party at Martin Beck Theater.
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Alex's pop found?
ATHENS (AP) - An ancient tomb of King Philip II of Macedon, father of
discovered beneath a village street in Alexander the Great, the Greek Arch-
northern Greece may be the burial site aeological Society announced Tuesday.
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Beatles statue will stand
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - City
officials in Liverpool have reversed an
earlier decision and voted to erect a sta-
tue in the city center honoring the Beat-
les, the Liverpudlian quartet that dom-
inated Western pop culture for a
decade.
The council vote acknowledged the
"musical achievements of the Beatles
and the worldwide fame that has ac-
crued to Liverpool as a result of their
talent."
An Evening with Shakespeare, Congreve,
Dickens, Chekhov & Coward; starring
Nicholas Pennell and Marti Maraden
by arrangement with Stratford Shakespearean Festival Foundation
Devised by Michael Meyer
Proceeds from these performances will go toward Theatre Student Scholarships. Reserved
Tickets-$5.00 to $3.00
Trueblood Theatre, 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat., November 18-19
The University of Michigan " Professional Theatre Program
Tickets at P.T.P. Office-764-0450; and at Hudson's Stores
NOON LUNCHEON
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Friday, Nov. 18
PERRY BULLARD, Democratic Congressman, MI
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NEW YORK (AP) - Nipsey Russell,
costumed as the tih Man of Wizard of Oz
fame, strolls beside one of the ramps of
the Cyclone Roller Coaster at Coney Is-
land in New York. Taking part in the
movie of The Wiz, the long-running
Broadway musical currently being
like home
filmed by Milos Forman (One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Russell, as
the Tin Man, is born at the bottom of the
roller coaster and discovered by
Dorothy as she follows the path of the
Yellow Brick Road.
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8 o'clock PM
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admission $1.50
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When Billy Joel completed his recent SRO 108-
date tour, he stopped just long enough to write
and record his best album ever, "The Stranger."
Backed by his great tour band, and with help
from some top New York sessionmen, "The
Stranger""is filled with the same power and
honesty that have made Billy one of the most
compelling performers of our time.
"The Stranger." New from Billy Joel. On
Columbia Records and Tapes.
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Say Goodbye To Hotlywood Stop in Nevada Taeten"Payer
Mami 2017 (Seen the ights go out on Broadway)
The 350-voice University Choral Union and the
University Symphony Orchestra open the
Christmas season with ... .
Handel's
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This annual concert traditionally opens the holiday season for
thousands of concertgoers, as it has for almost one hundred
years. Donald Bryant will conduct the University Choral
Union and University Symphony Orchestra with soloists
Kathryn Bouleyn, soprano; Linn Maxwell, contralto; Dan
Marek, tenor and Joseph McKee, bass. Tickets sales are
underway for the three presentations of this popular concert.
Tickets at $2 to $5 are available at Burton Tower.
Friday, December 2 at 8:30
Saturday, December 3 at 8:30
Sunday, December 4 at 2:30
.in Hill Auditorium
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