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CALE I 1 flos Angeles Mmcs Monday June 13 1983 Television Listings Part VI BOB CHAMBERLIN I Los Angeles Times DIETZ AND COMPANIES DEFY ODDS BY SURVIVING VIDEO FILE NEW CABLE GROUP INTO PAY-SPORTS Sting (soccer) Chicago Bulls (basketball) and the Milwaukee Bucks (basketball) Negotiations were said to be under way with a number of other professional sports teams including the Baltimore Orioles No Los Angeles area teams have agreed to Join in the consortium although Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley was said to have held talks with Group according to Werner (The area's two baseball teams currently have lucrative overthe-air broadcasting contracts and their own pay-TV agreements with ON TV for a limited number of games a year) Plans for the new sports network call for 16 hours a day of programming Monday through Friday and at least 20 hours a day on weekends Baseball will form the core of the schedules during the summer months with other sports carrying the service during their respective seasons Werner said "We concentrated on baseball with basketball secondary" Werner said The new service is expected to debut this fall and expand into a full service by the beginning of the 1984 baseball season Group plans to produce a sports information program that will run continuously throughout the day when no game is being broadcast 1- i I vi y00t: -t-tr' I'l 1 11 -1'11 I 4 i i i 1 i i- 1 1 foi i 1::: I I 14 1 i 1 1) 'iilill 1 i- i- '1 II ii 1 I 444 ii' 1'? 1 1 i A 1 --i 1:1 1:11 34 fli 11i 141 1111' :1 I 4 -i)lti :1:1 cfiif 4 iffrry))))t 4 ltii 4 A 11 04 ii 1 4 3rA -i 0 1 1 4 4' 1 1: I itl 1 i 4 l'fd d00gir )i I 0 4 :::4 i s'' MillitiofweRe- morning stepping gingerly among the toys her 15-month-old son Jesse had strewn all over their Studio City family room Philadelphia-born Dietz had staged a production of Wendy Wasserstein's "Uncommon Women and Others" at the small Callboard Theater in December 1979 Good reviews made her want to move it to a mid-size house None was to be had A subsequent job at the Los Angeles Theater Alliance reinforced her conviction that "the shortage of mid-size houses was keeping LA theater from developing" So with husband Lenny Beer a successful radio record and video producer Dietz created a nonprofit theater corporation and went in search of space "Supermarkets old movie theaters anything" Dietz said "Then 'Vincent' opened at the Las Palmas (February 1981) I had done publicity for 'Festival' there in my first professional job in I remembered what a gorgeous house it was "There had always been a lot of discussion about why no one could make a go of that theater and my feeling was that somebody had to come in and say 'This is who we are' People had to get used to associating coming there with a certain type of experience" When "Vincent" closed Dietz asked the landlord if he wanted a long-term tenant and with a start-up fund of $150000 created the LA Stage Co In April 1981 she restaged "Uncommon Women" for $100000 but the chemistry wasn't quite there and the show lost Please see DIETZ Page 2 By DAVID CROOK Times Staff Writer HOUSTON-- Four major league baseball teams a handful of other professional sports organizations and one of the nation's leading cable TV programming companies announced plans here Sunday to launch a national cable pay-sports network later this year Officials of the Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle SuperSonics unveiled plans for The Sports Network at an opening-day press conference of the 32nd annual convention of the National Cable Television Assn at the Astrohall convention complex Distribution of the new pay-sports service is to be handled by Group (Westinghouse) Satellite Communications the Stamford Conn-based subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Co that already distributes the Satellite News Channel and Nashville Network cable services Westinghouse hopes to deliver as many as 500 sporting events a year over the new channel charging subscribers $12 to $15 a month according to Lloyd Werner Group W's senior vice president for sales and marketing The new channel will rely on a sophisticated satellite hook-up of regional pay-TV sports services already operating in the four cities Joining the baseball teams in the proposed network are the Chicago Black Hawks (hockey) Chicago By SYLVIE DRAKE Times Staff Writer Nme years ago Susan Dietz was teaching junior high school English at Studio City's Harvard School for boys Among her duties was staging the annual school play She calls the experience "the best training I did 14 shows in four publicity sets production direction" But in fact it was only one step along a circuitous path that has led Dietz 36 bearer of a PhD in English dramatic literature to become the artistic director of the LA Stage Co and LA Stage Co West two mid-size legitimate theaters in Hollywood and Beverly Hills that are defying the odds They are in the case of the fledgling LA Stage Co West hoping box-office receipts Currently "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You" is into its eighth month (and third leading lady in the 377-seat LA Stage Co in Hollywood "Cloud Nine" a more unusual piece playing at the 348- seat Beverly Hills branch the former Solari Theatre) is just finding its audience and Dietz says "hoping to run forever" What makes her success astonishing is the slim chance either project had of making it Chalk it up to Dietz's natural smarts and boundless energy "If you have a problem give it to Susie" says a nephew who's invested in her shows "She'll love solving it" "That's how the LA Stage Co got put we tried to move 'Uncommon Women' and couldn't" Dietz said on a recent FILM CLIPS CORMAN NAMES HIS NEW BABY By DEBORAH CAULFIELD Times Staff Writer Roger Corman undisputed king of the movies for the last two decades Shop of Horrors" "Wild Angels" etc) seemingly retired his crown last January when he sold his New World Pictures and its film library for $169 million to Los Angeles entertainment attorneys Harry Evans Sloan Lawrence Kuppin and Larry Thompson One of the terms of the sale called for Corman to remain as a consultant to New company he formed in two years But besides that the director turned-producer made no announcement of what else he intended to pursue until last week Corman has formed a new independent production company Millennium He explained the reason for the stretch of silence about his plan in a recent interview "We didn't have a name" he said Producer Susan Dietz floating on "Cloud Nine" and "Sister Mary Ignatius" maps out a future crammed with more production plans I -kz' 004'71r 1: 1 1 4111u A'4 4 1 -7! 1 1 I 11111' i 1 i 7 i' 4 1 1 4 47 I '1 il I 4 i I Sr -3 ''i 0 --4 i- 1 l':" i i i' ''''N 'z --I- v- '1 '1'4' th' r) -t' A 1 4ersik I i 71414w 1 0 --1 No nit "3 4464 ditiN 0 0 'it' is 6) I Ci 1 1 LititO 1 lk ot 4-- I 11 it A LARRY DAVIS Los Angeles Times "Millennium" "It may be a bit much" the producer said with a smile Corman looks much younger than his 57 years most of them spent making inexpensive films that were almost always profitable Out of his low-budget ranks have risen such major talents as Jack Nicholson Martin Scorsese Francis Coppola Please see FILM CLIPS Page 5 LARRY DAVIS Los Angeles limes 0 TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: There wasn't a quorum on hand but a handful of California state legislators dropped in at the Hyatt Regency in Houston to hear some legislative pleas from the California Cable Television Assn The state association entertained Assembly majority leader Mike Roos (D- Los Angeles) Assemblywoman Cathy Wright (R-Simi Valley) and others at a Sunday morning brunch featurPlease see VIDEO FILE Page 3 JOSE GALVEZ Los Angeles Times historic in rock It was the first time that Public Image leader John Lydon sang a Sex Pistols song since he left that infamous punk band five years ago It also was the first engagement for a new five-piece lineup that features a more taut dance-oriented pop-rock approach than earlier Public Image (PiL) Please see LYDON Page 5 geles His paintings most recently shown at Ulrike Kantor Gallery in West Hollywood are loosely brushed figurative images inspired by German Expressionism and autobiographical exploration The two artists were selected from a field of 150 applicants by Maurice Tuchman Stephanie Barron Anne Edgerton and Stella Paul of the Department of 20th-Century art They worked with a selection committee from the Modern and Contemporary Art Council composed of Carol Rosenzweig chair and Freya Ivener Laurette Nitka Sandy Smalley Marilyn Wolf and Nan Corman Independent film producer Roger Corman changes his style John Lydon of Public Image Ltd awaits the next wave of rampaging rock fans at the Palladium JOHN LYDON SHAKES OFF A GHOST sheepishly (Names have been a problem with new ventures this year Consider the HBO-CBS-Columbia-Nova-Tristar affair) "I played around with names like Infinity Nebula and others but I finally got the idea from this poster" he said pointing toward the wall at a poster from a National Film Theater of London 1981 retrospective of Corman films entitled one lunatic even did a 15-foot somersault from the speaker cabinets into an audience that was packed sardine-close in front of the stage That scene should help explain why this was one of the most puzzling troubling yet ultimately exhilarating rock evenings in night brightened by moments that may even qualify as MUSEUM CITES TWO ARTISTS By SUZANNE MUCHNIC Times Staff Writer on layered constructions of weathered wood Herman 35 was born and educated in West Germany In 1977 he won a government-sponsored fellowship enabling him to move first to San Francisco then to Los An By ROBERT HILBURN Times Pop Music Critic At one point during Public Image Ltd's concert Friday night at the Hollywood Palladium there were four times as many security guards and rampaging fans on stage as musicians Bodies were either racing or being hurled in every direction and Taking their place on a continuing list of Los Angeles artists honored by the County Museum of Art Jim Morphesis and Roger Herman became winners of the museum's 1983 Young Talent Purchase Award The announcement of the 21st annual award was made Sunday afternoon at a ceremony at Trumps restaurant Morphesis and Herman both painters who have shown their work in local galleries are the 51st and 52nd winners of the purchase award sponsored by the museum's Modern and Contemporary Art Council and Department of 20thCentury Art Each received a check for $3000 in exchange for a promise to present a piece of their work to the museum's permanent collection Their paintings also will be shown at the museum as part of its Gallery 6 exhibition program Morphesis 34 is a graduate of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University and of Cal Arts Presently affiliated with Tortue Gallery in Santa Monica he has become known for well-crafted paintings based on Christian and Greek crosses and on Old Master painting In his most recent exhibition he showed massive wall pieces painted Nom los' i f'Lt 1 a li k'll 7 '--'1-: ') 4001 to 111011441 (II 44egogels 11 ut 4 4: 40i i i 4 4 1 tip4 44 c's: Ulla vite i 4 lb 1' :5172 '4 i 251 l' A cif 140111W' :1 In Ply 4e 41 I IV firit' i 41- -'N i do4 A I S''7 tZ 1 i 4 11: 1tc'-'i tk 444ii 1: 4H-: 'A tifi I 4: I --04L-4- '444vi: vor--) ir illib 4: 11 7:: 1- I 4i 0 oti -u'- I 04 i i'AssomilAtwt INSIDE CALENDAR DANCE: Los Angeles Ballet reviewed by Shelley Baumsten on Page 3 FILM: "Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy" at the Nuart reviewed by Sheila Benson on Page 3 STAGE: "As Time Goes By" at the National Gay Archives' Celebration Theater reviewed by Lawrence Christon on Page 2 TV: Today's programming Page 6 Howard Rosenberg has his eye on one show's expansive reach Page 6 Barbara Carrera kft co-host with Ricardo Montalban of the 13th annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards meets with the press after Friday night's program at the Beverly Hilton Rita Hayworth Herb Alpert Gera Rivera and Julio Iglesias were among those recognized for outstanding achievments by Nosotros which was founded to improve the image and opportunities of Latino actors in the United States.