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ON THE AISLE with Harry HAUN
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BACK-TO-BACK BACALL—They don't call her Big-Hearted Betty Bacall for nuttin'—well, come to think of it, they don't call her Big-Hearted Betty Bacall, but the lady rates an L for loyalty. When that last tidal wave of Tony hopefuls hit the Broadway boards at the end of April, LAUREN BACALL lent her considerable glamour two nights in a row to the launching of Titanic and the docking of Steel Pier. The former had a book by PETER STONE, the latter a score by JOHN KANDER and FRED EBB—and 15 years ago, she was their Tony-winning Woman of the Year. You'd think they'd been bosom buddies ever since from the way she sang their praises to anyone within earshot of that throaty alto. And to think she didn't get the Oscar for this year's Best Supporting Actress![[block]]
Critics were less kind. Negative dish must have penetrated their hermetically sealed inner sanctums, discoloring their judgments. You'd never suspect from the notices that Titanic had The Most Thrilling Opening Night in Recent Memory. The audience refused to let the cast off with one curtain call, applauding four minutes before the curtain was hoisted for another. Even the Daily News's hard-nosed MICHAEL REIDEL was astonished enough to write about it, touching off a positive backlash for the show. It is certainly the bravest and most ambitious stage adventure of the year, weathering a full cargo of tradegy, travail and mechanical difficulties before its eleventh-hour turnabout. Such is the stuff of showbiz myth. What's onstage at the Lunt-Fontanne now is eminently see-worthy. [[block]]
Bringing an original musical to Broadway is, by definition, an act of courage—and an inordinate amount of it was summoned to shower the season with three in a sudden, lightning-flash span of four days: Titanic, then Steel Pier (four years in the coming), then a day of rest and The Life (nine years in the coming). ROGER BERLIND produced the last two, the latter with MARTY RICHARDS, SAM CROTHERS and composer CY COLEMAN. The faith and tenacity of all produced the year's most Tony-nominated shows: 11 for The Life and 10 for Steel Pier.
PHOTOS BY STARLA SMITH     5
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Another opening: Titanic book writer Peter Stone and Lauren Bacall are all smiles
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And another: Steel Pier stars Gregory Harrison, Karen Ziemba and Daniel McDonald
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And another: The Life's Lillias White celebrates her opening with co-producer Crothers