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A I I I I I I I Old-timers ners By JACK O'BRIAN NEW YORK In the theater whenever disaster occurs, small or cataclysmic, first thing is to check if anyone concerned, or the theater wherein the disaster struck; ever had anything to do with a production of Seems Bill Shakespeare, or some kibitzing spoilsport, 1 laid on a curse forevermore wherever and whenever "Macbeth" is performed; sometimes, even merely planned. Ergo, someone concerned with "'The Dresser," the great London hit starring Tom Courtenay, due on Bdwy. imminently, may have been unplanned Jonah who lugged from London the Macbeth curse inasmuch as the Brooks Atkinson Theater suffered on Oct. 28 a disastrous fire which almost razed the theater and the entire physical production of "'The Dresser. Somebody should check the show's retinue to determine if anyone sever had defied the Shakespearean curse by connecting in any production of Oh, the N.Y.

firemen cursed the electric wiring as the "accidental" cause; but old-timers credit "Macbeth." It was all set to open at the Brooks Atkinson Theater; and Aha! The Brooks Atkinson is the only Bdwy. theater ever named for a drama critic; and however distinguished Brooks is, and he is, he certainly covered dozens of "Macbeth" productions in his great day going back to 1925. Whether Shakespeare or some MOVIE TIMETABLE Information for the movie timetable is provided by theater operators. Since movies are subject to change it is recommended that. readers call the theater to confirm correct times.

MONMOUTH COUNTY ABERDEEN CINEMA 34 Rich and Famous (R) 7:30, 9:40 ST STRATHMORE CINEMA I Body Heat (R) 2:00, 7:20, 9:30 Monmouth County Arts Council presents the WAVERLY CONSORT 10 brilliant singers and players Performing on authentic medieval and renaissance instruments Rare and beautiful music of the 12th through 18th Centuries Saturday, Nov. 21st, 1981 8:30 P.M. Tickets: $13, $11, and $8 Student, Senior, Group Discounts partially, funded by MidAtientic States Arts Consortium with Md. State Council on the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts Monmouth Arts Center 99 MONMOUTH RED BANK BOX OFFICE 842-9002 VOICE OF BROADWAY hypothetical dead king rose in anger, it could have been at Brooks delivering either a knock or a boost; it's never been figured out why Macbeth gets madder than Mickey Mouse each time a production looms. Macbeth Curse takes many, any, forms; there are countless versions of what might happen mad versions, animadversions, which might make the criticalBrooks Atkinson suspicion valid.

this time the management of the Atkinson, by newish Bdwy. entrepreneur Jimmy Nederlander, who also is one of the producers of "The Dresser," insists the fire had STRATHMORE CINEMA I Arthur (PG) 2:00, 7:20, 9:20 ASBURY PARK NEW 4TH AVE. THEATERDeep Throat (XXX) 7:30, Insatiable (XXX) 8:45 LYRIC Outlaw Ladies (XXX) 12:05, 2:30, 7:15, Midnight Desires (XXX) 1:15, 8:30 ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS ATLANTIC CINEMA Body Heat (R) 7:30, 9:30 EATONTOWN COMMUNITY! (R) 2:00, 7:35, 9:30 COMMUNITY I- True Confessions (R) 2:00, 7:20, 9:30 FREEHOLD FREEHOLD QUAD Time Bandits (PG) 2:00, 7:20, 9:30 FREEHOLD QUAD II The French Lieutenant's Woman (R): 2:00, 7:15, 9:35 FREEHOLD QUAD III Only When Laugh (R) 2:00, 7:20, 9:30 FREEHOLD QUAD IV Halloween (R) 2:00, 7:35, 9:25 HAZLET PLAZA Paternity (PG) 7:30, 9:20 (R) 1:15, 3:15, 5:15,7:15, CINEMA II Body Heat (R) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 HOWELL TOWN So Fine (R) 7:30, 9:30 COUNTRY Endless Love (R) 7:10, 9:25 KEYPORT STRAND A Scent of Heather (XXX) 12:05, 2:30, 7:15, Ultimate Pleasures (XXX) 1:15,8:30 LONG BRANCH LONG BRANCH MOVIES I Only When Laugh (R) 2:00, 7:20, 9:35 LONG BRANCH MOVIES I- Fantasies (R) 2:00, 7:45, 9:30 MIDDLETOWN MIDDLETOWN I- Only When Laugh (R) 1:00, 3:15, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 UA MIDDLETOWN Halloween (R) 1:00, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15,8:00, 9:45 UA MIDDLETOWN III Time Bandits (PG) 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 UA MIDDLETOWN IV Confessions (R) 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 COME US BY A BUS A 1 FIRER 5 IN RECEIVE QUARTERS $10.00 AVAILABLE TO PERSONS 18 AND OLDER UPON BUS ARRIVAL BORO BUSSES SUPER EXPRESS TO BALLY'S PARK PLACE Regular departures 7 days a week Only $11.50 FOR INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS CALL 741-0567 Boro Busses Terminal SHREWSBURY 445 Shrewsbury Aver 8:30 am ARRIVAL AT BALLY'S PARK PLACE 10:00 am Tickets also available at the following locations: EATONTOWN LST Travel, Monmouth Mall 542-2800 HAZLET Vista Travel, Hwy. 36 739-2424 BALLY HAS THE JACKPOT SLOTS Bally- progressive slot machines have paid this year to date $874,735. as of Bally has 48 different types of popular slot machines BALLY'S PARK PLACE CASINO HOTEL ATLANTIC CITY.

NEW JERSEY SHREWSBURY, N.J: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1981 The Sunday Register C11 'Macbeth Curse' for theater fire somewhat less than a Gothic Horror' creation; what does Jimmy know? All the N.Y. Fire Department could report was that at some dark moment past midnight fire struck. Jolyon Stern, who insures most Bdwy. productions, came tripping along directly when he learned of the apocalyptic near-tragedy with insurance checks in hand not only for damages from the fire but for the "Business Interruption," as "The Dresser" was in previews and a performance had ended only a short time before Macbeth struck. Fire examiners promptly labeled its cause an "electric VA MIDDLETOWN Raiders of the Lost Ark (PG) 1:15, 3:20, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 UA MIDDLETOWN VI- Chanel (R) 1:15, 3:20, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 UA MIDDLETOWN VII The French Lieutenant's Woman (R) 1:15, 3:20.5:30, 7:45, 10:00 OCEAN TOWNSHIP SEAVIEW SQUARE CINEMA I Please call theater schedule.

SEAVIEW SQUARE CINEMA I Please call theater for schedule. MIDDLEBROOK I- Rich and Famous (R) 2:00, 7:15, 9:30 MIDDLEBROOK I So Fine 2:00, 7:30, 9:25 RED BANK RED BANK MOVIES I- Time Bandits (PG) 2:00, 7:15, 9:30 RED BANK MOVIES I- Gallipoli (PG) 2:00, 7:25, 9:35 SHREWSBURY SHREWSBURY PLAZA CINEMA I Paternity (PG) 2:00, 3:50, 5:45, 7:45, 9:45 SHREWSBURY PLAZA CINEMA II The French Lieutenant's Woman (R) 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 MIDDLESEX COUNTY EDISON MENLO PARK CINEMA I- The French Lieutenant's Woman (R) 2:00, 4:50, 7:20, 9:30 MENLO PARK CINEMA 11. Only When Laugh (R) 1:00, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35,9:45 ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS CINEMA 291-0148 ALL SEATS $1.50 WILLIAM HURT KATHLEEN TURNER BODY HEAT arthur PC ORION AC TURES Thru WARNER BROS A warner Communications Company C) 01981 Or on Pictures Company Ar Rights Reserved AMBOY EIGHTPLEX CINEMAS SAYREVILLE 721-3400 STRATHMORE MATAWAN 583-4142 NM Music Makers Theatres MOVIES RED WHITE BANK ST. TIME 747.0333 BANDITS didn't make history, they stole it! MOV'ES Exclusive WHITE ST. RED BANK Showing 747.0333 From a place you never heard story you'll never forget.

GALLIPOLI Eatontown Circle: COMMUNITY 1 ALL NEW EATONTOWN 542.4200 HALLOWEEN I COMMUNITY 2 Eatontown Circle, EATONTOWN 542-4200 DE NIRO, ROBERT DUVALL. true Confessions MOVIES OCEAN WEST END AVE. Marsha Kristy 870-2700 Mason Only When I 'Laugh MOVIES Bo OCEAN WEST END AVE. Derek 870-2700 FANTASIES RT. MIDDLEBROOK 35 RICH OCEAN TWP 493-2277 and FAMOUS $1.50 MIDDLEBROOK RT.

35 OCEAN 493-2277 TWP. RYAN O'NEAL: PLAZA 34 Middle Rd HAZLET HE WANTS YOU 264.4434 TO HAVE HIS BABY DURT REYNOLDS SPECIAL A PARAMOUNT PATERNITY PO PICTURE short," but Aha! They aren't permitted any good healthy superstitions. Certainly old irate MacB. has kept up with modern technology for his curses such as a computerized timer to do his Elizabethan. worst; and luckily Mac B.

couldn't have been overly irate this time: no one was in the theater when MacB arsonated his gizmo. The major problem however was not really the fire but the delay. "'The Dresser" was set to open, within several days. Credit co-producer Nelle Nugent for the miraculous almost instant-repair: Within hours, Nelle issued her alert and members of ALL theatrical unions turned up. Seventy skilled technicians inflicted, their expertise on Macbeth's possible (oh, make it probable) curse and removed WOODBRIDGE 'CINEMA I Time Bandits (PG) 1:15, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45, 10:00 CINEMA I Paternity (PG) 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, SOMERSET COUNTY SOMERSET RU Only RUTGERS When PLAZA Laugh CINEMA (R), I- 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30,9:40 MPAA RATINGS General audiences.

PG All ages. (Parental guidance suggested) Restricted. (Persons under 17 not admitted unless accompanied by parent or adult guardian) -Adults only. BODY HEAT (R) 7:20 9:30 Every Eve. 2:00 Sat.

Sun. Mat. ARTHUR(PG) 7:20 9:20 Every Eve. 2:00 Sat. Sun.

Mat. 583-4141 Strathmore Twin STRATHMORE SHOPPING CENTER HIGHWAY 34 MATAWAN debris from the theater's stage and scenery (both had to be rebuilt). Everything had to cleaned and dried, the theater entirely rewired, props reassembled or rebuilt, costumes cleaned and many rebuilt; the whole over-stage ganglia of ropes, wires, had to be re-rigged. Structural engineers supervised the almost instant reclamation including total tidying and revamping of the theater's boilers (the fall chill is upon ventilation, repairs to the sound system, air conditioning repaired (Nov. heat waves must be anticipated; Mac- RTE.35 DRIVE- 264-2200 HAZLET, 2 MI.

SO. JCT RTE.35 36 BOI OFFICE OPENS 6:30 ELEC IN -CAR NEATERS OPT Hear Mont Sound Track on your Car AM Radio didn't make history, they stole it! TIME BANDITS JOHS CLEESE. SEAS CANNERY SHELLEY IN VALI. PG AND THE 8008 TUBE GENERAL CINEMA BARGAIN MON. THRU SAT.

ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6 P.M. SUN. HOLIDAYS, IST MATINEE SHOW ONLY EVERY MONDAY BARGAIN DATE NITE ALL SEATS $2.00 SEAVIEW SQ. CINEMA RTS. 66 35 NR.

CIRCLE 775-8810 NEIL SIMON'S ONLY WHEN LAUGH (R) EXPERIENCE IN DOLBY STEREO TIME BANDITS (PG) SHREWSBURY PLAZA ROUTE 35 542-5395 MERYL STREEP FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN (R) BURT REYNOLDS PATERNITY (PG) HARRISON FORD RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (PG) CINEMA 34 Route 34, Aberdeen 583-3600 or 583-3601 after 7 p.m. Candice Bergen Jacqueline Bisset RICH and FAMOUS (R) 7:30 9:40 DeNiro. Duvall. 'Best!" -Gene Shalit. NBC-TV (Today) True ConfessionsUnited Artists AMBOY EIGHTPLEX MALL BRICKTOWN CINEMAS SAYREVILLE THE MOVIES COMMUNITY AT MIDDLETOWN EATONTOWN MIDDLETOWN HANDMADE FILMS Presents TIME 1 BANDITS didn't make history, they stole it! PG A HANDMADE FILMS Release Thru A TAVCO EMBASSY I PICTURES THE HANDMADE FILM PARTNERSHIP ALE RIGHTS NESERVED THE FANTASY IS NOW PLAYING AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU REDSTONE'S MUSIC MAKER'S GENERAL CINEMA'S EIGHTPLEX MOVIES RED BANK SQUARE SAYREVILLE GENERAL CINEMA'S ASBURY PARK MUSIC MAKER'S OCEAN COUNTY REDSTONE'S BRICK TOWN MALL TOMS RIVER ROUTE 35 D.

I. MIDDLETOWN MUSIC MAKER'S MIDDLETOWN. QUAD FREEHOLD COLEY STEREO Tempestuous. romantic one of the most provocative movies of the year. Impeccably crafted, beautifully mounted and Doud Ansen.

Newsweek French lieutenants woman -RIGHT MCM: United Artists RIGHTS HE AMBOY EIGHTPLEX FREEHOLD QUAD FREEHOLD CINEMAS SAYREVILLE THE MOVIES AT MIDDLETOWN MIDDLETOWN BRICK PLAZA BRICKTOWN SHREWSBURY SHREWSBURY beth needs pampering, in case). The entire scenery was removed and totally rebuilt; the severely damaged stage and scenery-floor were ripped out and replaced, the. theater basement drained. The props-scenery-costume shops slaved overtime, feverishly. Stagehands, stage carpenters, from most of the other Bdwy.

shows came by and -worked long hours. Miraculously and Take That, Macbeth! the Brooks Atkinson Theater was ready to continue previews of "'The THEATRE DAILY 12 NOON XXX NEW SHOWS EVERY WED. CHECK MOVIE TIMETABLE VERONICA HART VANESSA del RIO HIGHEST RATINGL FULL RATING! Certain to be one of the biggest X-rated hits ever!" FROM ITS RECORDBREAKING RUN IN N.Y. of 2 BIG HITS! PLUS: Heather "ULTIMATE PLEASURES" COMING: LINDA LOVELACE "DEEP THROAT" Dresser" only six days after the fire. The irony of the Macbeth accident is that "The Dresser" is set in.

World War Two "during Blitz" in London. Special Matinees FRI-SAT-SUN AT 2 PM GREAT MUPPET CAPER STARRING THE MUPPET PERFORMERS ALSO STARRING CHARLES GRODIN, DIANA RIGG DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES. AND ASSOCIATED FILM DISTRIBUTION CORP COMMUNITY EATONTOWN MOVIES RED BANK (NO MATINEE WED.) FREEHOLD QUAD The Whole Country Is Screaming For "Halloween lI'! HALLOWEEN II ALL NEW Nightmare The Isn't Over! A UNIVERSAL RELEASE DR 01981 Studios Universal Inc City NOW PLAYING MOVIES AT MIDDLETOWN 1 MIDDLETOWN 671-1020 UA Early Bird FIRST DAILY HAZLET 150 Matinee SHOW theatres Price ONLY ALL TIMES ONLY WHEN I LAUGH MARSHA MASON KRISTY McNICHOL SUN 1. 3 15. 5.20 7:30.

9:40 MON THURS 1 15. 7 15.9:30 HALLOWEEN II JAMIE LEE CURTIS DONALD PLEASENCE SUN 1. 2:45 4 30.6 15. 8.9 9:45 MON THURS 1.30. 7 30.

9.30 TIME BANDITS THE MOVIES SEAN CONNERY SHELLEY DUVALL Pe SUN 1 30. 3 30. 5 30. 7 30. 9 30 MON THURS 1 15.9 15 AT MIDDLETOWN TRUE ROBERT CONFESSIONS ROBERT DE NIRO DUVALL ROUTE 35 FRI.

1 45. 8. 10 SAT -2 15, 4.15, 6:15, 8 15, 10 15 at Palmer 671-1020 Ave. RAIDERS of the SMASH WEEK! LOST ARK 2nd PC SUN 1 15 3 20 5 30, 7 40, 10 EXCLUSIVE SOLITAIRE FRANCE PISIER as Coco Chanel -1 15. 3:20.

5.30. 7:45. 10 MON. THURS 1.30. 7:30, 9:45 SUN THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S -WOMAN MERYL STREEP SUN 1 15.

3 20. 5 30. 7:45: 10 MON THURS 1:30. 7 30.9:45 RICH AND FAMOUS JACQUELINE BISSET CANDICE BERGEN HAZLET SUN -1 15.3 15. 5:15, 15.

9 15 MON THURS 7 10.9 10 CINEMAS BODY HEAT WILLIAM HURT KATHLEEN TURNER ROUTE 35 739-9697 3. 5. 7. 9 MON THURS A marvelous movie nobody with a heart can afford to miss." Rex Reed NEW YORK DAD.Y NEWS Marsha Mason Kristy McNichol I Laugh Only When MAKERS MAKERS, WOODS GENERAL CINEMA ABBY FREEHOLD MALL MORRISTOWN SEAVIEW SQUARE WEST MILFORD 728-8886 FREEHOLD TRIPLEX PARK 775-8810 REDSTONE 462-0600 MORRISTOWN LESSER AMBOY EIGHTPLEX LOEWS 539 1414 SHARON CINEMA CINEMAS HARMON COVE MUSIC MOVIES MAKERS FORT LEE 224-0202 SAYREVILLE QUAD GENERAL CINEMA GENERAL CINEMA SECAUCUS: LONG BRANCH SOMERVILLE BLUE STAR 866-1000 870-2700 CIRCLE WATCHUNG 322-7007 LOEWS ROBERTS RARITAN 526-0101 MUSIC MAKERS JERSEY CITY OAKLAND RKO OAKLAND TWIN CIRCLE CINEMA 'TRIPLEX 337-4470 STANLEY WARNER BRICKTOWN 466-5077 JERSEY CITY AMC PARAMUS 487,7909 NATHAN 653-4600 PAPAS ROCKAWAY INSHP 12 LOEWS CLIFTON. 365-2020 LINCOLN TWIN 328-0666 TROY HILLS MUSIC MAKERS ARLINGTON TWIN PARSIPPANY 997-6873 LOEWS 335-4800 DOVER TOMS RIVER 244-5454 GENERAL CINEMA RT.

18 TWIN RKO UNION MENLO PARK BRUNSWICK UNION 606-4373 GENERAL CINEMA ESSEX GREEN CINEMA 549-6767 254-9000 RKO WARNER WEST ORANGE GENERAL CINEMA RIDGEWOOD 731-7755 THE MOVIES AT PLAZA 444-1234 FRANKLIN MIDDLETOWN FRANKLIN TNSHP RKO WAYNE RUTGERS NUTLEY 567 1777 MIDDLETOWN 671 1020 026-8787 WAYNE 785-0555.