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Show Wednesday. January 9, 1980. THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page 17 Lively Arts The newest trends in music, drama, films and leisure fun Orem Presents Mystery Play Utah Symphonyto Open 80's With Rossini, Menotti, Elgar Orem High School is presenting the mystery lay “Catch Me If You ‘an’ by Jack Weinstock and Willy Gilbert tonight through Saturday. — time is 7:30 p.m Theplay is set in the Catskill Mountains of New York. A young man The Utah Symphony will welcome in the 1980's with an orchestral program under the baton of guest conductor Christopher Keene on Friday and Satur- BRANDT CURTIS Oratorio on his honeymoon reports his wife as missing to localpolice. As the police detective is questioning the husband, a womanarrives claiming to be the missing wife. The husband has never seen her. The resulting excitement is the story of the play. The cast includes Scott Szabo, Dion Gassman, James Cloflin, Lance Wycoff, Doug Tregeagle, Joan Burr and Mar! k Stuart. Neal Barth is directing the production. Student directors are Mary Ellen Harrison, Randy Bahr and Annette Nelson. Practice Planned Rehearsals will — Thursday night for ring Easter concert of Provo Civic Oratorio Society and continue each Thursday, according to Jacob Bos, founder and director, who also issued a call for singers in all Comic Auditions Slated DEON GASSMAN aad Scott Szabo have a misunderstanding in “Catch MeIf You Can,” a play being presented through Saturday at Orem High School. At K Auditions for standup comedians and impersonators at Villa Playhouse Theatre will be Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the theatre, 254 S. Main St., Springville. Comics chosen will participate in a special show Saturdayatthe Villa. Small groups are also welcometo auditions. Those interested should contact the theater after 7 p.m,for more information. voice ranges to par- ticipate. The rehearsals will be from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.in the choral room of the Provo High School Registration for all Res will be held this ‘hursday and next from 7 to 8 p.m.in the choral room. Bos urged volunteers for the event, both men and women, to give the society the number of voices needed for an effective performance of the concert. Works are lanned from Bach, andel, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schubert, in addition to the Requiem from the at French composer abriel Faure. Dr. Brandt Curtis, BYUprofessor of music, will conduct the Easter concert. He has directed or sung in 45 operas during his career andis wellknown to Utah Valley as the music director of Spoleto Festival U.S. A., the Syracuse Symphony and the New York Sta’> ARTPARKin Lewistor While attending the University of California, Keene founded an independent opera company. He was named assistant conductor of the San Francisco Opera in 1966 and the San Diego Operain 1967. From 1969 to 1971, he served as music director of Eliot Feld's American Ballet Company are evidentin the familiar themes which make up the In 1971, at the age of 24, Keene becamethe second overture to his operas ‘‘Semiramide.”’ re conductor to be engaged in the history of Though primarily an operatic composer, Gian the Metropolitan Opera. Since his debut with the New Carlo Menotti’s theatrical sense served him well in York City Opera, he has conducted over 150 perforballet.Set jn Venicein the 1600's, Sebastian” is ana mances with the company. He hasalso conducted the tale of withcraft, slavery and love. The orchestral Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, Hamburg's suite consists of the best themes of this popular Staatsoper, the Berlin Staatsoper, the Vienna modern ballet. Volksoper, the Netherlands Opera and Teatro Verdi Sir Edward Elgar's symphony —_No. j in A-Flat di Trieste in Europe, and the Santa Fe, Houston, San Major’’ has been called “‘the glorification of an en- Francisco, San Diego, Fee and Baltimore tire era."’ The symphony immediately captiated its Opera companies in the United States. audiences with its emotional depth and melodic Keene has conducted such major U.S. orchestras grandeur when first introduce in England in 1908. as the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, This will be Cl Keene's firs! Detroit , Denver Buffalo with the Utah Symphony. He serves aTaaeale Philharmonic and the Oregon Symphony. day The concerts will begin at 8 p.m. in Symphony Hall and the program will include the music of Ros- sini, Menotti and Elgar “Give me a laundrylist and| will set it to music, Gioacchino Rossini once bragged. The nineteenthcentury Italian composer's wit, sparkle and genius Orem Student Stars In SUSC Melodrama Thefull-petmelodrama “‘Little Mary and the Rangers’ presented Jan. 14-19 at Southern UtahState College.ann Christianson, Orem, stars as Little Mary. SUSC’s Nights of the Naughty Nineties will also include a preliminary show, ‘Colorado in Review,” featuring songs, dances and a “rip-snorting, foot stomping” jug band. Performances will begin each evening at 7:30 in the SUSC Auditorium, except on Saturday when two showswill be held one beginning at 6:30, the other at 9:30. “Proceeds from the Nights of the Naughty DIANN CHRISTIANSON, Orem, is “Little Mary” and Davis Howard, Arizona, is Big Jim Warington for SUSC’s melodrama “Little Mary and the Rangers.” Nineties have been earmarked for the SUSC Drama Club’s trip in March to New York City and Washington, D.C.,” says Cindy Sawyer, melodrama publicity coordinator. David Howard, Tucson, Ariz., will be Big Jim Warington; Mark Blackham,St. George, is Billy; DeriC. Maxwell, Salt Lake City, is Brown Bear; Rick Dominguez, Las Vegas,is Fleetfoot. Direstr for the melodramais SUSC senior Linda S. Nelson, Ogden. Nelsonis directing the production as a special project in theater. Costumes are being designed by another SUSC senior, Elaine Kelbch, Salt LakeCity. Storewide Clearance Nearly our entire stock now aft the lowest prices of the season ! Listed are just a few of the great values... Acrylic & Brushed Acrylic SWEATERS SHETLAND SWEATERS Solids and Fair Isles WOOL BLEND PANTS & SKIRTS wio=d *8-10 1 0-12 Cowl, V-neck and Turtleneck Stylesin solids andstripes. Value $8-13 SHIRTS & BLOUSES Beautiful colors in a wide rangeofstyles. Value $16-20 BETTER NOVELTY SWEATERS & BLOUSES oo5=6 1/2 Value $13-16 off and more Value $16-28 Value $21-36 PARKWAY CENTER WEST 232 East 1300 South Orem, UT. 84057 phone: 225-4600 FASHION GAL 145 N. 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