THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, September 16, 1994 TAG: 9409140588
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E3 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Preview
LENGTH: Medium: 66 lines
Here come the performing pachyderms, the cavorting clowns and the human cannonball soaring through space. The Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus - world's largest circus under the bigtop - performs today through Sunday at Military Circle Mall in Norfolk.
Show times are 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. today; 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $6 - $10.
Advance tickets can be purchased at Leggett-Military Circle and at all military I.T.T. outlets. On show days, tickets are sold at the white ticket wagon on the circus grounds. Call 545-2740 for more information. - Teresa Annas
TONIGHT
It's wham-bam, thank you Van Damme as Jean-Claude goes big time with a big budget and a yen to enter the box office sweepstakes in the ranks of Arnold Schwarzenegger. ``Timecop,'' a science-fiction yarn set in the year 2094, has Jean-Claude Van Damme as a futuristic cop enforcing a simple rule: Traveling back to the future is a no-no. Ron Silver, as a crooked politician, wants to change the past, and, consequently, also change the future.
After a career of highly popular, but critically blasted, small-budget actioners, the Belgian actor is now backed by Universal Pictures. He hopes to boost his traditional action-hungry fans with an added feminine audience. There has never been a flop Van Damme movie in the local market. (Studios acknowledge that this is one of the strongest markets in the country for action flicks). But will the bigger budget and richer look mean added substance? Is the high kicker actually becoming an actor? The film opens today.
- Mal Vincent
WEDNESDAY
James Taylor has become something like Bing Crosby for a certain generation (or two). Serenading President Clinton and family, deadpanning on talk shows, and heard on radios every day, Taylor is that same sort of permanent presence. (His ``Greatest Hits'' was just certified for sales of 7 million.)
Rightly so. His best songs are tougher and wryer than this folkie is given credit for; Taylor is more than a talented craftsman. See for yourself Wednesday at Hampton Coliseum.
James Taylor, 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hampton Coliseum. Tickets: $22.50 and $25. 627-1440. To order, call 671-8100.
- Rickey Wright
TONIGHT
Sammy Kershaw's version of the old Amazing Rhythm Aces hit, ``Third Rate Romance'' is in the Top 30. But his partner at tonight's show, Kathy Mattea, bests him a bit - she's got a song in the Top 20.
Mattea's hit is ``Nobody's Gonna Rain On My Parade.'' No rain is scheduled when the two sing at an outdoor concert at Little Creek Amphibious Base in Norfolk.
Tickets for the hot country properties are $8 in advance - available from Ticketmaster - $10 at the gate. Call 464-7793.
- Frank Roberts ILLUSTRATION: [Color photographs]
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