THEATER: LE JAZZ NOT SO HOT

JULIE ANDREWS STILL COMMANDS THE STAGE, BUT THE BROADWAY VERSION OF VICTOR/VICTORIA FOUNDERS ON A HUMDRUM SCORE

THE MOST POPULAR PLAY IN NEW York this season might be called She Still Looks Terrific. It's getting tremendous word-of-mouth in theater lobbies all over town. You can hear it at the Martin Beck, where Carol Burnett (age 62) is shining in Moon Over Buffalo, and at the Lunt-Fontanne, where Carol Channing (74) takes charge of Hello, Dolly! Now, at the Marquis, Julie Andrews (60) is back on Broadway after a 32-year absence, starring in the movie-turned-stage musical Victor/Victoria.

She is both Victor (the man-impersonating-a-woman whose racy nightclub act has made him/her the toast of '30s Paris) and Victoria (the down-on-her-luck...

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