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6 LehurehobokypigestMay 15, 1986 1 "Execution of Justice" didn't last very long on Broadway, butit was namedout- standing "resident play" in competition11111 for Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, D.C. PRODUCTIONS The experimental American National Theater company at the Kennedy Center won the most (5) of 18 awards presentedperformance artists' late last month. Awards for Montreal has one observation tower under were presented last month in NY in a first- construction, and another is planned, but ever ceremony. The "hard to define" per- it has some opposition--from the Olympics formance arts includes theater/comedy/vid- Installations Board, which is building the eo/dance/music and more (NY Times) , and $90 million tower that opens a year from its stars range from Lily Tomlinnd Whoo- now. The tourist attraction is estimated pi Goldberg to Allan Kaprow, June Paik and to draw 800,000 visitors a year, half of I Charlotte Moorman. which could be lost to a rival tower. It * * * * * * * * was 10 years ago that the Olympics were The Chicago Bears pro football team, and in Montreal; work stopped on the tower at the White Sox baseball team have been that time because of costs and engineer- looking for new homes in the suburbs so ing problems. city officials have opted for a $255 mil- * * * * * * * * lion stadium complex that's convertible Details of the Disney/French deal for a when stands are moved. Neither team has Paris Disneyland are surfacing (Fortune) given a "go-ahead" for the South Side re- and the 30,000 jobs--plus estimated $300 development project. The design is Simi- million a year in tourism expenditures-- lar to one used at Denver's Mile High Sta- dium for a decade (Engineering News-Record led to "lavish" incentives by France, 5/1) . from tax breaks to a new transit line. The government also will use "eminent do- As Expo begins, Calgary hopes to promote main" to sell Disney and partners 4,400 its 1988 Winter Olympics. Construction acres (over protest of farmers' at a frac- is at the half-way mark on the $21 million tion of market value. Disney and partners skating oval on the campus of the Univer- will put up $250 million, borrow another sity of Calgary, which will own the track. $750 million ($400 million of that from The Greater Cleveland Domed the French govt) . Plans stretch out fo. Stadium Corp. has two firms competing for 20 years, include 15,000 hotel rooms-- design of the football/baseball/trade Paris has about 60,000 total--plus luxur; show facility, with retractable roof apartments, similar to Disney World. Tampa's new Performing Arts Center won't open until next year, so the Youth Orche- stra practices at the University of South Yes, Virginia has a wine country. It's Florida while fund-raising and construc- relatively young, and so the area is going tion continue. IBM's gift of $100,000 is all-out July 12-13 for a festival in Cul- the latest to the four-year-old campaign; pepper that features the U.S. Equestrian total raised is just under $20 million. Team riders, and the bounty of 24 wineries. * * * * * * * * Last year's event drew about 12,000 to the Facility managers from the U.S. and Can- Blue Ridge Mountains area. VA's senators ada will meet July 19-22 at the Edmonton John Warner and Paul Trible have a recep- Convention Center in Alberta province. tion June 11 to announce winners of the The annual conference is for the Intl Governor's Cup wine competition Assn of Auditorium Managers Inc. (IAAM) , Houston's Anheuser-Busch brewery has a 500 N. Michigan Ave., #1400, Chicago, IL new tour center which opened last month 60611. (312) 661-1700 Burning as part of the brewery's 4-year expansion Tree Club in a Maryland suburb of Wash- program which will make A-B the largest ington, D.C. has lost its tax exemption brewery in Texas with capacity of 8.5 mil- because it is men-only; the club won a lion barrels (currently its 3.8 million) . court fight but lost the legislative bat- tle. * * * * * * * * Bridgeport may be Connecticut's largest South Florida regional theaters are going city, but its image has need a boost to attract business and industry.to give summer theater another try; it So civic has been 2 years since bad reviews and officials have been promoting such ameni- poor boxoffice ended the off-season ex- ties as the city's 2.5 miles of open water- periment. Now "offbeat series" aimed at front--the longest stretch between NYC a new, younger audience is in the works Boston. Also touted: the 340-acre Se for Boca Raton's Caldwell Theater, West side Park. Now for theaters, museums. . Palm Beach's Repertory Theater, and Burt * _ * * * * * * Reynolds Jupiter Theater, among others (Variety) .