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LOS ANGKIlkS ? In the past 25 years,
many of television's biggest stars have worked
for producer Ellwood "Bud" Kiescr in
local and syndicated productions, but it took
him that long to make it to the networks.
ABC will broadcast his network debut,
"The Fourth Wise Man," as a one-hour
Easter special on Saturday, March 30. It
cfttrc \/fCl,?an U0I.-.I1 n..ll'.ro? Alan
Arkin, liilecn Brennan, Richard Libertini
and Lance Kerwin.
It is a first for a Roman Catholic priest and
a Catholic production company, for producer
Kieser is the Rev. Kllwood Kiescr, the
head of Pa . st Productions. Since I960 he
has been the executive producer of "Insight"
and is the president of the Human F;amily Institute,
which awards the Humanitas Prizes
cam ycoi .
In the drama, based on a short story callcd
"The Other Wise Man" by Protestant
Minister Henry Van Dyke, Sheen plays a
magi who studies the prophecies and hopes
to find the Messiah, fie pursues him for 33
years, only to miss him at every turn, until he
finally finds Christ.
Kieser is developing other movies for the
networks and producing a syndicated series
called "Buchanan H.S.," set in a high school
newspaper office.
African famine
By Robert O'Connor
Is it just me, or arc all those African relief s
ing as starvation itself?
livery time I reluctantly decide to turn on the
pop singers are singing their hearts out presurr
starving people in Africa and hthiopia and gait
for themselves. Somehow, I cannot help but f<
those without food and shelter will turn out tc
trend.
Why did Lionel Richic and crcw dccide to wj
help dying people? These Africans have been
since time began. However, fashion has not dei
needy until now.
IT ALL SEEMS so hopelessly ironic and ur
The Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof kicked i
teaming together a group of British person
winter's "Do They Know It's Christmas." The
not bad, nor were the reasons behind it. Now
Richie, Cyndi l.aupcr, Michael Jackson and
teen are gaining international acclaim Tor the ir
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And that's not all.
"Don't Let Them Starve" will be released in
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"Insighi" was for many years Kicscr's
vehicle for spreading spiritual values. It was
tne most widely televised religious TV series,
and at its height was seen on 274 stations. It
tackled such subjects as the plight of the
working man, prison reform, genetic
manipulation, child abuse and the theology
of liberation.
But television's deregulation has made it
more difficult to get good timeslots. "Insight"
is still being distributed, but no new
shows have been made since 1983.
"For years it seemed that our best investment
was "Insight," " he said, "and now if
seems to be movies. As one door was bein*
closcd, another was being opened."
Kieser was born in Philadelphia in 1929.
He became a Paulist priest in 1956. Although
he continues as an active priest at St. Paul the
Apostle Catholic Church in West Los
Angeles, he devotes most of his time to production.
He has also led prominent Catholic
laymen on visits to famine-stricken areas of
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subcommittee on Africa.
'"The Fourth Wise Man' is an ambitious
production," he said. "I would have been
frightened at tackling a movie of the week
two years ago. Now, I wouldn't. We're
releasing 'The lourt Wise Man' internationally
as a 90-minute movie. It's a costume
drama with 25 actors."
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the egotistical pairing of 1950s and I960 s doo
Bruce Springs- Vikings and The Cadillacs. Not ti
icredibly sappy John is attempting to group toge
to join the stylish bandwagon. 5
rap soul song haa been released
late April by a hungry.
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The long rows of empty scats circled the B
.-enter stage. On stage 14 actors rotated their b(
leads in synchrony to Hcrbie Hancock's w
'Rockit." One actor, a blackbclt, tuned his h
nuscles with karate. They exercised their si
bodies from head to toe then curled up on the
floor like fetuses. Later, an eerie throng of
/oices echoed through the halls of Longstrcct a
rhcatcr as the actors flexed their vocal cords. w
rhey were seriously gearing themselves for a P
:omcdy. "
This was how it was a week before the open- I:
ing night performance of Shakespeare's t(
"The Taming of the Shrew," as the all-male it
:ast went into rehearsal. The play is set to li
run March 22-24 and again March 31. a
"This js not a romantic comedy as many y
ceil lobe," said director Ellanor I'ruitt, a r<
graduate student in directing in the Theater u
and Speech Department. She added, "It's
about the war between the sexes. A man in a
woman's role makes it less brutal and ai
releases parts of the script to be comic. We C
arc also approaching this with a historical I
perspective. None of the actors in I
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The play includes the induction, a scene ignored
in many productions, where a drunk h
named Christopher Sly is made to believe he n
is a lord. A play is presented before him by a n
troupe of actors. The play within the play l<
revolves around the Italian nobleman Bap- a
The Swimming Pool Qs will perform tonight and
group members J.E. Garrett, Anne Richmond Bosti
lionable, but tir
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wilt admit that tlx
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from rock singers
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A SOLUTION
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millions. Michael
-wop groups such as the Del- returns from "Tf
o be outdone, Olivia Newton- Springsteen or C
ther fellow Australian singers clothing because t
Someone even told me that a
concerning the plight of the The songs arc p<
everyone. Howevc
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sta's two daughters, Katherina and Bianca.
ianca is well-loved but cannot be married
cforc the older Kate. Kate, "the lusty
ench',' is in a word, a fiend. Much of the
umor arises from the efforts of Bianca's
litors to get Kate married.
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Lithe and muscular, Harold Odom makes ^
11 unlikely Kate, but at rehearsals, his Kate
as excitingly vinuu*. niic in.v>c>, >|m> uiiu
acks a wallop that sends fellow actors
alfway across the stage.
Kate's feisty suitor Petrucchio is played by
>avid DeWitt. He said about his fellow ac)rs,
"We're having a ball. All the actors in
ic cast feel a lot of freedom not having to
vc up to traditional expectations." He said
bout his role, "Any role you take on helps
ou grow. It's excellent training. Much of my
:>le developed out of working with these ac- ^
jrs who give so much of their own."
Also notable in the cast are Kevin Barber
nu tfrian laylor as manca s suitors, uaryl
,'oleman as Bianca, Alex Skidmore as
iianca's lover Luccntio, Don Graham as
iaptista. and Bernard Addison as Cirumio.
Whose laughter rings loudest remains to be
icard at l.ongstreei Theater, hut the great
naster himself wrote, a little "merrilent.
. .bars a thousand harms and
mgthens life." Take his word for it. These
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an, jeff Colder, Billy Burton, Bob Elsey.
esome, trend
not a fro/en, emotionless organ. I felt pangs
uld not finish a plate of lima beans. And I
; initial idea was a noteworthy one.
: end? When will African aid songs become
society?
isider me apathetic toward the world's prosey
Kasem soon be dishing out a countdown
ngs? Will K-Tel produce an "African Relief
fort and offer a Ciinsu Knife collection?
::tniopia uescrve any aiu mat can possioiy De
it the pompous display of pseudo concern
is unnerving at best. These people invoke
thing they know nothing about.
to the problem could be donations from
can afford to disrobe themselves of a few
Jackson is nearinu the billion mark on
iriller." And I seriously doubt that Bruce
,'yndi Lauper wear toned-down or thrift
hey have a low checking account balance.
jpular because they strike a humane nerve in
:r, the only nerve they strike in me is anger.