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Show ry , f.fV)?, Music notes " v-' ' ' .?? Wfc .W yyyy Tylliii)y ."t v. v . - The Salt Lake Tribune y 12-to- ter in 1962. Wednesday's performance is part orchestras New Audience Series and tickets are available at prices lower than those for the main of the subscription series. Guest conductor Richard Mars-de- n will lead the Salt Lake Symphony in concerts Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, Temple Square. Admission will be free. The program will include the Brahms Academic Festival Overture, the Beethoven Symphony No. 7, the Rachmaninoff Vocalise and the Rimsky-Korsako- v Capriccio Espag-no- l. Friday-Saturda- y Marsden is a graduate of Brigham Young University and orchestra director at Davis High School. The Murray Symphony will perform Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Hillcrest Junior High School Auditorium, 126 E. 5300 South, Murray. Robert Lentz, music director, will conduct a transcription of the Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, the third movement of the Brahms Symphony No. 3, the fourth movement of the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 and the Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor. Soloist in the concerto will be local pianist Mark Vaughan. Darell W. Stubbs, former principal oboist of the Utah Symphony, will be joined by two of his Brigham Young University colleagues in an program Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center at BYU. Admission will be free. The program will include works of Loeillet, Marcel Bitsch, Saint-Saen- s and Poulenc. Stubbs will be joined by Mack piano and harpsichord, and Wil-ber- g, Broadway shines with Whoopi Goldberg By Michael Kuchwara Associated Press Writer - NEW YORK The first thing you notice is the smile. Its a street-wis- e Cheshire cat grin that brightens the dingy conference room where Goldberg superstar in the is dismaking cussing her parade of Whoopi one-wom- characters currently earning cheers at BroaLyceum dways Theater. Ms. Goldberg You watch. You hear stuff. You absorb things and they formulate themselves in your mind. Then you put them in front of an audience and see if they work, she says, simplifying the creative process that has brought her people to life. Out of this creativity has come a collection of characters that rival Dickens in their vividness, eccentricity and appeal. They include a junkie named Fontaine; a bubble-heade- d Valley Girl she calls a surfer chick; a worldly wise Jamaican lady, a little black girl who longs to have blond hair and, most unusual, a woman who happens to be handicapped. I live in a large handicapped community in Berkeley and a lot of the people who come to see me are physiMs. Goldberg cally handicapped, love work and they my says. They wanted to make sure that I didnt forget to include something about them. Details of her personal life are held in check, as mysterious as the origins of her real name. She tells one story about having gotten the name Whoopi Goldberg" from a burning bush she discovered in a California canyon. Another has her using taken from the Whoopi Cushion, celebrated practical joke. She finds the sudden interest in her exotic monicker amusing. Ive been Whoopi Goldberg for almost ten years and nobody knew me. This isnt a brand-nething," she says, shaking her dreadlocks. "Ive been around for a long time. I've paid my dues. But some facts are volunteered. Ms. Goldberg was raised in a housing project on West 26th Street in Manhattan. Her father left home when she was very young. She was raised by her mother who teaches in a Head Start program. Ms. Goldberg's appetite for acting was whetted by the Helena Rubinstein Childrens Theater and the Hudson Guild, two community theater groups, and as a veteran watcher of Million Dollar Movie," old film cla:. sics shown for the last millennium on a local New York television station. John Garfield and Spencer Tracy. Those were the kind of people I watched. You watch enough of those movies and the first thing you realize is that you have to be able to do everything." she says. And Ms. Goldberg has done just in and out of the about everything theater. She ended up in San Diego about a decade ago after someone offered me a ticket. To support herself and her daughter Alexandra, the product of a short-live- d marriage, she took a variety of jobs including work as a bank teller, bricklayer and a beautician in a mortuary. People have to work. I have a daughter, she says, irritated that anyone would consider her choice of employment odd. I guess if people realize that I had been a single parent, it would not be so surprising. You have two choices. You either get out and try to get some job or you work the street. I wasn't interested in working the street. I did what I could. Its no big deal. But she was drawn to the theater. She helped start the San Diego Repertory Theater, and ended up with roles in Mother Courage, and Getting Out, by Marsha Norman. Eventually, Ms. Goldberg found her way to San Francisco and the Blake Street theater. Hawkeyes, an avant-gard- e Its there she first performed The Spook Show, the monologues that made her a celebrated comedian in the Bay area. Last spring, Ms. Goldberg 'as offered an engagement in New York at the Dance Theater Workshop, a small performing space seven blocks south of where she grew up. At DTW she was discovered by the New York media and, more importantly, by director Mike Nichols, who was brought to a performance by Judith Ivey, star of Nichols production of Hurlyburly on Broadway. Nichols wrote her a letter saying that if she wanted to come back to New York, he would love to present her. She did, and Nichols is listed in the program of her current show as supervisor. "I hooked up with him because he is a forerunner with improvisation and characters. It was very important to me to get my chops stretched by him. Hes got an amazing eye," Ms. Goldberg says. Hes the one person who's been able to catch me on automatic. He would listen to me talk or do something and hed say in the middle of it Are you approaching a point here or are you just rambling?'" Now with the success of her show, the possibilities are enormous. Shell stay at the Lyceum for no more than six months, she says. Then its back to Berkeley, the spot she now calls "my place. Eventually, there will be movies and more theater. Shes sure of that. "Im an actor. Thats what I do. Im not a stand-u- p comic," she reiterates. I do characters. Im very good. I'll be better. But right now I'm a very good actor." scene-workin- The United Nations Association Temple. Admission will be free. The musical portion of the program will feature a performance of the Mendelssohn Trio in D minor for violin, cello and piano. The performers will include violinist Julian Herman, assistant concertmaster of the Amsterdam Philharmonic, Stephen Emerson, assistant principal cellist of the Utah Symphony, and Lenora Neal, a member of the piano faculty of the University of Utah. The series is to continue the second Saturday of each month at the art center. Soprano JoAnn Ottley and pianist Reid Nibley will perform a vocal recital Saturday at 8 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo. The program will include works of Handel, R. Strauss, Nibley, Turina, Ned Rorem, John Duke and Donizetti. Mrs. Ottley, a frequent soloist with the Utah Symphony, Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Oratorio Society of Utah, was named Utah Performing Artist of the Year for 1984 by local college concert managers. Mr. Nibley, a member of the BYU music faculty and himself a busy local performer, received the same honor in 1983. Stag note Falsettos at U.; Park City drama William Finn's March of the Falsettos will have its Salt Lake City premiere Wednesday through Saturday when the musical opens in the Lab Theatre of the Performing Arts Building on the University of Utah campus. Rafael Colon Castanera directs the production which tells the story of Marvin, a man who suffers from lack of self identity. He leaves his wife and son in order to be with his male lover. His wife in turn seeks comfort from her husbands psychiatrist. Director Castanera says the message from the musical is that everyone should sing for themselves and make their own cl.oices in life. Cast member include Kurt Bernhardt, Jaye Maynard, Tony Sleigel. Kim Weiss and Mark Knowles. Performances are nightly at 8 p.m. with a 5 p.m. matinee Friday. An original play by a Utah writer will premiere Thursday at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. Teri Roneys Clap Your Hands If You Believe in Tinkerbell, is an adult drama concerning the problems of spouse abuse. The drama continues through Saturday at 8 p.m. Produced by the Intermountain Actors Ensemble, the cast features Keli Lidell as the abused wife with Marcia Hepps as a social worker who offers support. I Auditions will be held Monday and Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City for the semiannual production of the musical comedy "This Is the Place," a farce concerning life in Park City. All parts are open with the characters ranging in age from 16 to 50. The show is scheduled to run Feb. 16 through Julian Herman, Lenora Neal and Stephen Emerson will offer musical part At left: Pop notes Zephyr to welcome The Montana Band The Montana Band, formerly known as the Mission Mountain Wood Band, will perform at the Zephyr, 301 S. West Temple, Sunday and Monday. Shows begin at 8 p.m. The band, whose members all hail from Mon- tana, plays a blend of bluegrass, country, rock and blues. Band members are Alan Larson, Utah, nightly, except Sundays, William Finns March of the Falsettos, Lab Theatre, Performing Arts Building. University of Utah. Wednesday through Saturday. 8 p m. Mdtinee Friday. 5pm 19, 2 23, 8 p.m. Matinee Jan. p.m. Terl Roney's Clap Your Hands If You Believe in Tinkerbell," Egyptian Terry Robinson, Kurt Bergeron and Mark W'ittman. The groups albums include A Change In The Weather and The Shoes On The Other Foot. Fifties rockabilly music comes to the Zephyr, 301 S. West Temple, compliments of the James Harman Band Thursday through Jan. 13. This Cliff Tipton, g quintet has earned rave reviews from groups such as the Blasters, Plimsouls and the Mighty Flyers. Harmonica player James Harman leads the band and does the vocals. Hollywood Fats handles the guitar chores for the Los Angeles-base- d band. hard-workin- Music calendar Morietla Pahl, soprano; Krlsteen Polhamus, pianist; Sunday, 3 p.m.. Salt Lake City Public Library, 209 E. 5th South. Free. The Montona Bond, Sunday, 8 p.m. Zephyr, 301 S. West Temple. Continues Monday. Ulah Symphony; Joseph Silverstein, conductor; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Symphony Hall; Thursday, 8 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo. James Harmon Band, rockabilly, Thursday, 8 p.m.. Zephyr, 301 S. West Temple. Continues through Jan. 13. Salt Lake Symphony; Richard Marsden, guest conductor; Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Assembly Hall, Temple Squore. Free. Murray Symphony; Robert Lentz, conductor; Mark Voughan, piano soloist; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Hillcrest Junior High School Auditorium, 126 E. 5300 South, Murray. Darrell W. Stubbs, oboist; Friday, 7:30 p.m.. Mo dsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU, Provo. Free. Music, Poetry and International Issues; United Notions Association of Utah; Sunday, 3 p.m.. Sort Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple. Free. JoAnne Ottley, soprono; Reid Nibley, pianist; Saturday, 8 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Horrls Fine Arts Center, Brlghom Young University, Provo. n evening S52tilEE$3! !aisx;nnaizi2r2: rauyhSalijt Compare Price Quality Design rmdM2' Theater calendar through Jan. of program when United Nations of Utah opens its music, poetry, discussion series. jCBBBES 23 through Saturday, 8 pm E3 of Utah will present the first in a series of programs of music, poetry and discussions of international issues Saturday at 3 p.m. in the main gallery of the Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Tryouts for musical Theatre. Park City, Thursday .. s. Glenn Williams, bassoon. one-wom- Mary Chases Harvey, Pioneer Memorial Theatre, University of f Sunday, January 6, 1985 g March -- v Symphony plays in Provo, S.L.; Soloists to offer varied recitals The Utah Symphony will play three concerts in Salt Lake City and one in Provo this week. Soprano JoAnn Ott-leand pianist Reid Nibley will give a recital at BYU, as will former Utah Symphony principal oboist Darrell Stubbs. Two community orchestras also will perform. Details follow. Soprano Marietta Pahl will sing a program of light opera numbers, Broadway show tunes and original works by Frank Pahl Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Lecture Hall of the Salt Lake City Public Library, 209 E. 5th South. Admission will be free. Pianist Kristeen Polhamus will be her accompanist. The Utah Symphony will perform music of Schumann, Copland and Debussy in concerts this week in Salt Lake City and Provo. Music director Joseph Silverstein will conduct Schumanns Symphony No. 2, Coplands Connotations and Debussys La Mer Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Symphony Hall and Thursday at 8 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University. Both the Copland and Schumann works are new to the Utah Symphony repertoire. The former is a piece commissioned for the New York Philharmonic's inauguration of Philharmonic Hail (since remodeled as Avery Fisher Hall) at Lincoln Cen- ,?' ?! "CLOSET (TQNNECTION 942-090- 2 u |
