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Show y I riyiiyn iny( r iyry yi yilyr ni irw i1' ti y Broadway notes he Salt I.aki I iiIhiih' Niml.ii. M.ucti Id, 1111 1:161 n3 Jason Robards to make musical debut in Treasure Island By Carul Lawsun New York Times News Service "He doesn't have to audition for me. I know how he sings: We sing a lot at NEW YORK parties." It is one thing to picture Jason Robards in his towering performances in the dramas of Eugene O'Neill. But Jason Robards singing and dancing on Broadway? It could very well happen. Robards has decided he wants to make his musical debut as Long John Silver in "Treasure Island." and his agent. Clifford Stevens, began negotiations this week with Terry Allen Kramer and Harry Rigby, the producers. There will be standing room only on the Concorde this month, when much of the New York theater industry rushes to London for the March 27 opening of Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical, "Starlight Express." The production was inspired by Lloyd Webber's fascination with trains, and he and Trevor Nunn, the director, have staged it at breakneck speed: The actors are on roller skates. Hopes are high that Lloyd Webber, w ho has already provided Broadway with several hits -"Jesus Christ Superstar," Evita" and "Cats" has come up with yet another. "Old-tim- e revivals don't do well except the ones I'm in," George S. Irving observes with a twinkle in his eye. First, there was Irene." with Debbie Reynolds. "I played a gay dress designer, he recalls. "Gielgud was the director, before they brought in Gower Champion, and I remember him saying, You may be as extravagant as you like, dear "It is not a fait accompli, but I don't think it will fall through," Robards says. "We might as well take a chance and have some fun." Based on the durable Robert Louis Stevenson story. "Treasure Island" has a book by Michael Stewart, the librettist of "42d Street"; music by Jule Styne. whose list of him in the role He n. - ballet troupe. Irving describes the role as something of an extension of his offstage life with his wife. Maria Karnilova. who was one of the original dancers with American Ballet Theater: We've had ballet dancers in our house for as long as I can remember. There was always a lot of Russian language flying around. And Sir Anton Dolin was one of our good friends. Even though he was British. I changed the accent and got a lot of The composer adds that Robards landed the part without going through the rigors of an audition: h sr ' V - . A. AMtt " " .v Jason Kobartls Singing and Dancing? (Copy right NICOLAS CAGE Everyone remembers a time. For best friends to get in the worst trouble. For a special girl to make a boy a man. Irving's latest revival is "On Your Toes." which has just celebrated its first anniversary on Broadway. He is playing Sergei Alexandrovitch, the autocratic director of a Russian Styne, who has been around the theater a long time he wrote his first show in 1944 sees Robards as a perfectly logical choice for Long John Silver. "Why Jason? he exclaims. Why Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady'? We need an actor, not just a singer. Long John Silver is a big acting part. Besides. Jason is a musical person. He did a television special with Barbra Streisand. He sang three songs with her." Chorus SEAX PK.N'X ELIZABETH McGOVEKN " boy. " Line" is the longest-runninmusical on Broadway, but there is another show in town that bills itself as "the longest running "The Fantasticks." musical ever" It opened May 3. 1960, at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. This romantic little musical cost all of $16,500. w hich its creators, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, had a tough time raising, and the reviews were mixed. But on May 13. "The Fantasticks" will give its io.OOOth performance at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. A making television commercials. "Tomorrow I'm going to be a raisin, and I have to climb out of a cereal bowl and then rest exhausted on the rim of the bowl." the burly actor says. "I give it all I've got. For Bank of America travelers checks. I played Hannibal crossing the Alps on an elephant a real elephant. I had to wear a Roman costume and spend a day on an elephant with bare legs, their hides are tough, with little wire hairs. And thev are - hits includes Funny Girl, Gypsy" and "Peter Pan," and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, a newcomer to Broadway. The director is Joe Lay-towho staged "Barnum." The timetable for the musical is not yet set, but the producers are hoping to see it go into rehearsal in September and open in New York early next season. thiit s Over the years, 'The aui.isiu hs has spawned an industry that call only tic described as fantastic Thei e have been 8.228 pi oduetunis u! Unmusical in the I lilted Slates There have also been 5 tern mg eoiiip.mies and 453 productions in 66 lomgn countries, including live productions in Saudi Arabia and seven in New Zealand Best of all, "The Fantasticks li.e. given its backers a 7 624 pci cent re turn on their investmuil which means that an angel who put up $1,000 made a $76,240 profit And that is why they call the theater a crapshoot. wale. But it's either that or work m an office from 9 to 5 I can t imagine as u w ild man. a direct descendent of the Diaghilev line." When he is not on stage, Irving works busily at his other career, w For reaching for the sky and HERES THE COMEDY CATCH OF THE YEAR. Its the best time to be had at fieiiifj irith She Moon the movies since Tootsie! -- Peter Trvu.ni, PEUPLE MAGAZIN E PARAMOUNT Its a 10 ! A big wet kiss for Splash! 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