European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday june 5,1990 a City of Angels a a grapes of Wrath a top plays from wire reports Broadway named a City of Angels the years Best musical sunday night at the 1989-90 Tony awards while a grapes of Wrath won honors for Best play and a a Gypsy Star Tyne Daly was named Best actress in a musical. Maggie Smith was declared the Best actress in a play Lor her performance in a let tick and lovage a overcoming Competition from film Star Kathleen Turner now appearing in the Tennessee Williams classic a cat on a hot tin roof Quot Early in the evening a City of Angels won several awards with by Coleman and David Zippel cited for Best original score and Larry Gelbart for Best Book for a musical. On top of Dalys anticipated award a a Gypsy was named As the year s Best revival with producers Barry and fran Wissler Kathy Levin and Barry Brown accepting the honors. Tommy tune took two tonys Best director and Best choreographer for a grand a City of Angels a a musical about Hollywood and a writer of stylized detective novels took awards for Best Book Best original score and Best Scenic design. The shows James Naughton won As Best leading actor and Randy graft won As Best featured actress. A the grapes of Wrath a a dramatization of the John Steinbeck novel took the Best play award after Tough Competition with pulitzer Winner August Wilson s a the piano a a grapes director Frank Galati also carried off a Tony. Robert Morse As expected won Best actor in a play for his return to Broadway after a 13-year absence playing Truman capote in a grand hotel a the Only musical that offered a real Challenge to a City of Angels for Best musical honors won notice with tunes awards and with the Best featured actor award won by Michael Jeter. Turner now playing Maggie the cat in a cat on a hot tin roof on Broadway was Host of the show and a big daddy Charles Duming made a growling acceptance of the Best featured actor award in the same play. Special awards also were Given to Alfred Drake Star of a Oklahoma a and a kiss me Kate a for excellence in the theater and to the Seattle repertory company for outstanding regional theater. The company received a $25,000 prize donated by american express co. Awards in 19 categories were voted by 661 members of the theatrical profession and journalists. Phil Collins cancels concert a sore Throat forced pop Singer Phil Collins to cancel concerts sunday and monday nights at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford no. The shows will be rescheduled for aug. 10 and 11, said Michael Rowe executive vice president of the new Jersey sports amp exposition authority which operates the Arena. A it was cancelled due to illness a Throat problem a he said. The sunday show was sold out and mondays was expected to have sold out Rowe said. The Arena holds about 15,000 people for concerts. Not Chicken to race five time National speedboat Champion Al Copeland says he Hasni traced in More than a year because of Fried Chicken. Copeland owns Popeye a Fried Chicken and Bor Jin y ony ony Tony awards Tony awards a on awards Tony award winners from loft James Naughton Maggie Smith Tyne Daly and Robert Morse. Rowed nearly $500 million last year to gobble up competitor churches Fried Chicken. But Copeland a new creditors did no to want him to race his boat As Long As his debt was outstanding. A the lenders did no to want to risk something happening to me and asked that i not race for awhile Quot Copeland said. A it was a handshake Deal. Worse than signing a contract because there Arentt any Copeland who won the world super boat title in 1986 and has won the National super boat Crown five times said head like to participate in a race on saturday at new Orleans. But actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris will step in if lenders persuade Copeland to stay on land. Actors Don Johnson and Kurt Russell also Are expected to race. Statesmen not salesmen South african journalist Donald Woods says the United states suffers from a a cult of conservative selfishness that propels a a salesmen into Public office. Woods who wrote the biography of anti apartheid activist Steven Biko gave the keynote address saturday on the Boston Campus of the University of Massachusetts. Woods who lived in exile for 12 years said american economic sanctions against his Homeland contributed in part to Nelson Mandela a release. A i have always had Faith that once the mass of americans know the facts they end up doing the right thing a said Woods who received an honorary doctors of humane letters degree. He railed against the a cult of conservative selfishness Quot in America which he said propelled to office people who Promise Short term gains a salesmen in dear Abby the letter concerning the minister who on receiving a a pair of leather gloves for services rendered was disappointed a until he tried them on and discovered a $ 10 Bill stuffed into each Finger reminded me of this Story. A Young Man from a wealthy family was about to graduate from High school it was the custom in that affluent neighbourhood for the parents to give the graduate an automobile. A a Bill and his father had spent months looking at cars and the week before graduation they found the perfect car. Bill was certain that car would be his on graduation night. Imagine his disappointment when on the eve of his graduation Bill a father handed him a gift wrapped Bible Bill was so angry that he threw the Bible Down and stormed out of the House. He and his father never dear Abby saw each other again. It was the news of his fathers death that brought Bill Home again. As he sat one night going through his fathers possessions that he was to inherit he came across the Bible his father had Given him. He brushed away the dust and opened it to find a Cashiers Check dated the Day of his graduation a in the exact amount of the car they had chosen together. Beckahm Fink Texas dear Beckahm i Hope Bill read the Bible cover to cover for it contained much he needed to learn. A a foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore proverbs 17 25 dear Abby 1 am a Young widow 38 bom in the Middle East and am told i am very Good looking. 1 met a gentleman 45 who after the first Date told me that i am the kind of woman he would like to marry but first he must find out what kind of a Lover i would make. Stead of still Woods has Hopes for Young people in the United states. A i sense that Young americans. Seem to be snapping out of the blight of conservatism of the past 10 years and to be keen on rejoining the real world and on that i base my Hopes for the world a Woods said. Untimely death reports reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. Not Elvis but close the Kings Friend James Kingsley a longtime reporter for the commercial Appeal in Memphis. In a be is for Elvis Quot the new guide to the King of Rock no Roll there is a premature announcement of Kingsley a death a by suicide. A i was shocked a said Kingsley. A i did no to know what to to the Book a James Kingsley a Friend of Elvis Presley who had grown up in the same North Memphis neighbourhood As the Star was a reporter for the commercial Appeal. A Kingsley wrote about Elvis frequently and broke Many news stories concerning his activities. On feb. 22, 1989, Kingsley died of a self inflicted gunshot the person who actually died of a gunshot wound on that Date was another James Kingsley 51, who was a Friend of Elvis who was a movie stuntman. The reporter Kingsley said he did not grow up in Memphis but his family and the Presley knew each other in Tupelo miss. The two Kingsley were not related. Kevin Mulroy an editor for the publisher new american Library said he was trying to Contact one of the authors to find out what went wrong. Ippu Gnu Tii a Quot a Quot i am the kind of woman who will make love Only to her husband so what should i Tell him when he s g gets going on a weekend trip with him yorker dear new yorker Tell the gentleman exactly what you have Toifl a he might be Wise to take a Gamble. While putting j to the test he could fail it dear Abby a a inn e May we add our 2 cents Worth about older p v getting College degrees Cir a dents my husband and i both Black graduate St j. Have a very special Friend Jennie Lander o n Moon Bay Calif. Jennie is a courageous Black who is legally Blind arid hearing impaired la y she received her masters degree in gerontology san Francisco state University. Jennie is 84 be can anyone top this a Gdaly City Laur dear Delight and Kofi no Facuri. Mean if anybody can i will surely hear about. While congratulations and kudos to Jennie la Universal press Syndicate
