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STAGE

‘Triangle’ Set to Close: Producer Arnold Mittelman has decided to close “Bermuda Avenue Triangle” on July 28 rather than continuing it with a replacement for the departing Beatrice Arthur, because “there was no appropriate star available at this time,” said the show’s general manager Arline Chambers. The comedy by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna opened at the Tiffany Theater on Oct. 27 and moved to the Canon on Feb. 4. By the time it closes, it will have been seen by almost 64,000 people at approximately 215 performances. A New York production is slated for next year.

Parts for ‘Rent’: Want a part in the rock-pop-gospel hit “Rent”? An open casting call for both the Broadway version and national tour has been issued in New York by the Bernard Telsey casting office, which said it is “looking for raw singers who truly have a quality of street life, can move well and have a good time onstage.” Tryouts will be held July 12 at Musical Theater Works. We assume they’re willing to consider West Coast bohemian-types, even if you’ve never lived in the Village.

TELEVISION

Oprah, Michael . . . Michael, Oprah : Oprah Winfrey and Michael J. Fox have been added to the lineup of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ “Primetime Emmy Awards” on ABC Sept. 8. They will work with the previously announced host, Paul Reiser, and will introduce segments of the awards ceremony. Nominations for this year’s Emmys will be announced July 18 at Academy Plaza Theatre in North Hollywood. The awards show will be held in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium for the 19th consecutive year.

DANCE

Fosse Scholarship Established: Auditions will be held at UCLA on Aug. 11 for the Bob Fosse Scholarship Program, which offers one-year’s paid tuition for dance and choreography training at Beverly Hills’ L.A. Dance Foundation. The new scholarships, two of which will be presented this year, target dancers nationwide who could not otherwise afford to attend university-level programs. Applicants must be 16 to 21 years old and qualify at the intermediate level in both ballet and jazz. Broadway legend Gwen Verdon, who will pick the winners from finalists selected by a panel of choreographers, said the scholarship was a dream of the late Fosse, a Broadway choreographer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker (“Cabaret”) who died in 1987 of a heart attack, at age 60. The L.A. Dance Foundation will accept applications through Aug. 5.

POP/ROCK

Leaders of the Pack: Rod Stewart, Bob Seger and Garth Brooks generated the biggest concert grosses during the first half of 1996, Pollstar, the concert industry trade publication, reported Wednesday. Stewart grossed $29.1 million from 65 shows in 62 cities, while Seger and his Silver Bullet Band grossed $26.3 million in 64 shows in 58 cities. Brooks--who set a series of box-office records for attendance--grossed $18 million in 59 shows in multiple-night sell-outs in just 18 cities. The only reason his gross was lower than Stewart’s and Seger’s is that Brooks charged just $18 for tickets, far less than the two veteran rockers. Overall, the concert business generated $239 million in ticket sales during the first half of the year--down 26% from the same period last year. Among the reasons for the decline, according to Pollstar editor Gary Bongiovanni: no more Grateful Dead and many fewer Eagles shows than in 1996.

Heavy ‘Load’: Lollapalooza headliner Metallica’s “Load” steamrollered the album competition for the fourth straight week, maintaining its position at the top of the national sales charts. The heavy-metal quartet’s album sold about 172,000 copies in the week ended Sunday, according to SoundScan. Rounding out the Top 5: Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” (about 156,000), the Fugees’ “The Score” (152,000), Toni Braxton’s “Secrets” (143,000) and Keith Sweat’s “Keith Sweat” (108,000). 2Pac’s “How Do U Want It” ended Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s eight-week run at No. 1 on the singles charts, with sales of about 120,000 copies. Bone’s “Tha Crossroads” dropped to No. 3 with sales of about 85,000 copies.

QUICK TAKES

Christopher Reeve, who earlier lined up directing and narration jobs at HBO, has agreed to play a small but key role in a CBS movie, his first on-screen job since he was paralyzed in a horse-riding accident last year. The former “Superman” star will play a quadriplegic who gives moral support to a mother, played by Judith Light, and her paralyzed son, who have been denied insurance benefits for rehabilitation. . . . Angela “Bay” Buchanan, sister and campaign manager of GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, will replace Mary Matalin as co-host of CNBC’s half-hour interview show “Equal Time With Mary Matalin and Dee Dee Myers” following the Republican and Democratic national conventions next month, the Washington Post reported. The station declined to confirm the report but said it would have an announcement soon. . . . Clint Eastwood applied to the Monterey County Planning Department for permission to build a private, 18-hole golf course in an area famed for such links as Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill. Not exactly a place you’d find Dirty Harry, the course would have a dozen suites for members, a driving range, a clubhouse, a fitness center, an equestrian center and five worker housing units. . . . More than 110,000 fans turned out at the Montreal Jazz Festival Tuesday night for a concert honoring Louis Armstrong, who died 25 years ago. . . . Elizabeth Taylor, who heads the AIDS-research support group AmFAR, heads to Vancouver next week for a conference of AIDS researchers. Taylor spoke out at a similar AIDS conference in Amsterdam in 1992, criticizing U.S. immigration restrictions for people with HIV and AIDS.