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Wednesday. November 11. 1987 DAILY NEWS 3 DDQuDDDi Total is up to eight in effort to preserve beauty of Broadway district area Once a building is designated by the Landmarks Commission, it cannot be torn down or altered without the commission's approval. The Broadway area is currently under intense real estate development pressures, and many owners of theaters have protested the landmark-ing, saying that the designation will not allow them flexibility in making construction changes needed for new productions and renovations. However, Commissioner Anthony Tung, a supporter of the landmarking, said yesterday that such designations are needed, pointing to the demolition of the Helen Hayes and the Morosco theaters, which were torn down without public consent Last week, the Landmarks Commission designated five theaters as landmarks.

They are the Barrymore, the Booth, the Belasco, the Brooks Atkinson, and the Martin Beck. Herbert Krapp, one of the most prolific architects of Broadway theatres. The interior of the Biltmore and Barrymore were designated for their proscenium or traditional stages, ornate plaster work, and box seats on both sides of the stage. The exterior of the Barrymore was designated last week. The Broadhurst, at 235 W.

44th St, was built in 1917 and was also designed by Krapp. mark designation, designated the interiors of the Barry-more and Biltmore theaters, both on W. 47th St, as well as the exterior of the Broad-hurst theatre, on W. 44th St The commission has tabled 35 theaters for designation, which will be aired at public hearings within the next few weeks. The Biltmore, at 261 W.

47th St, was constructed in 1926 and the Barrymore, at 243 W. 47th St, was built in 1928. Both were designed by By JOAN SHEPARD and BARBARA UPPMAN Daily News Staff Writers In a continuing effort to preserve the beauty and history of the Great White Way, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated three more Broadway theaters as landmarks yesterday, bringing to eight the number of houses designated in the theater district The commission, which is considering every single Broadway theater for land If By JOAN SHEPARD Manhattan Cultural Affairs Editor The New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus will hold a public hearing tomorrow to examine funding and policy decisions for nonwhite arts groups by the New York State Council on the Arts. At least 40 speakers, including representatives of black, Asian, Hispanic and native American arts groups, are scheduled to testify at the hearing, which will be held at mmgmt mmiiuWm surds gmm to In addition, the assemblyman said, he thinks there should more nonwhites in middle-management positions on the state council. Speakers will also question state council policy that according to Marta Vega, director of the Caribbean Cultural Center, "places a higher value on Western European culture." "There is an exclusion of nonwhite culture in all areas," said Vega.

"But all of the taxpayers are not white." by the caucus will present figures on the amount of funding for nonwhite arts groups. The council does not have a breakdown on distribution of funding according to ethnic or racial classification, according to a council spokesman, who said, "This is a touchy subject" Although no representative of the council will testify, Kitty Carlisle Hart, council chairman, is expected to attend. "Council funding is not in the Schomburg Library in Harlem, at 135th St. and Lenox Ave. The all-day hearing will start at 10 a.m.

Representatives are expected from the Caribbean Cultural Center, El Museo del Barrio, Black Spectrum theater, the Vital Arts Foundation, and the Negro Ensemble Company. In addition, there will be speakers from all over the state, according to a caucus spokesman. A task force commissioned IS Bounds! Mtramdl final feir Minnie- ELifttoirainii Then Malcolm beats her home to Paris line with the demographics especially of New York City," said Assemblyman Roger Green, who will chair the hearing. Hearing worked Green said that last year a similar public hearing resulted in an increase of funding, with an additional $2.5 million designated for nonwhite arts groups. Green said he felt that at least 35 of the council's $40 million budget should be earmarked for nonwhite groups.

Mme. DanieHe Mitterrand iiilt iifisiiii1 i husband Norman Mailer, celebs and art lovers wandered through some 15 figurative works. Dubbed "Sonoma Garden Party," they're a combination of beach scenes, chil-dren on bicycles, some portraits in colors brighter than a sunset The exhibit is open to the public BRITAIN'S PRINCE ANDREW IS HEADED BACK TO THE SEA as well. According to the Defense Ministry, he's slated to up anchor in May 1988, as a watch officer aboard the destroyer HMS Edinburgh. (Currently, Andy has shore duty as a helicopter warfare instructor with experience dating back to his Falkland war days.

NOW THAT BOB DOLE has formally declared his presidential aspirations, the campaign trail is revving up. Wife and former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole will be in town Dec. 7 for a $500-a-plate lunch at Maxim's co-hosted by Charlotte Ford and Elizabeth Graber. What are they dishing up? Some serious political talk on the issues. There is even an interesting rumor floating.

Just suppose Bob Dole is not the nominee. Would Elizabeth Dole be a good vice-presidential candidate? By KATHY LARKIN Daily News Society Editor MME. DANIELLE MITTERRAND, First Lady of France, flew in for a few days' visit and ended up lunching Monday with Malcolm Forbes she was on his yacht, the Highlander, for the State of Liberty festivities-Donald Trump and a few other guests at Forbes Magazine. Before that, she wound up at Carnegie Hall the other night where Joanne Woodward and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. chaired Music for Life, a benefit concert which raised a whopping amount, close to $L7 million, to care for people with AIDS.

Onstage: performers Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Home, Yo-Yo Ma, Leontyne Price and more. In the audience (and later at dinner in the Equitable Tower) were Michael and Dian-dra Douglas, Ashford and Simpson, Martin Segal, Judy and Sam Peabody, Joan and Sandy Weill and William Shatner. Mitterrand's official visit ended last night, but Malcolm Forbes has already beaten her home. Yesterday he was in Paris interviewing Mitterrand's spouse, the President of France. Nothing like keeping it all in the family.

PEOPLE MAGAZINE rated Cher's short black dress "three thumbs down" on chic, but she wore it anyway when she filled in for Glenn Close (on location with Keith Carri-dine in Arizona) at the tribute to the late Johnny Mercer, tossed by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Waldorf. Andy Williams, (who starts a national tour at Jane Powell, Harold Nicholas, Johnny Green and Bobby Short were onstage at the bash cohosted by Tristar CEO Victor Kaufman. So was jazz singer Diane Schuur, who filled in magnificently for an ailing Rosemary Clooney, felled by bronchitis. It was, in fact, Clooney who called Schuur with an SOS. In the audience of 750 people paying each: Christopher Plummer, Sam Cohn, Celeste Holm and more, applauding the movie clips and Cher's quick banter with Henry Mancini as they emceed the tribute.

SHE TAUGHT ART IN AR-KANSAS and she's been painting for 20 years, so last night Norris Church Mailer opened her own one-woman exhibit at the Central Falls Bar Restaurant and Gallery. From 9:30 p.m. to midnight, 1 illlllll JT HI 4.