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Entert USC] frustr Staff Reports r\ urirl DoUrk'o J<T?% 4i%*v i/ii v ivc IVOUt O 111 U1L" Boom Boom Room" is a study of the emotions of frustration and rage. The USC Department of Theater and Speech will present the play Dec. 9 through 13 at 8 p.m.andDec. 14at3p.m. VAimrt ,1 m. uung gu-gu UdlltCl Chrissy goes to New York in hope of a successful dancing career, but ends up in a topless bar in the "Boom Boom Room," frustrated with her outcome and searching for her true identity. THE PLAY brings out the outraged., feelings of the characters as they live in a violent urban setting, JaPat) jxises jo on Bud By Mark Platte Sadao Watanabe is not a household name in the United Sates, but in Japan, he is synonomous with jazz ? a type of jazz that creates illusions of melodious existence orrich fantasy. His latest effort, "How's Everything," a selection of i 39 albums-worth of material recorded live at Budokan, Japan on July 2-4, 1980, has iraLanaLrc juuicu uy clll ailstar troupe of the greatest names in New York jazz. THE CAST includes Richard Tee on keyboards, Eric Gale and Jeff Mironov on electric guitar, Anthony Jackson on bass, percussionist Ralph MacDonald, drummer Steve Gadd, Jon Faddis on trumpet and, of course, Watanabe's brilliant saxaphone and flute, com Sadao Watanabe takes ainmer presei ating examining what Rabe calls the "eternal human pageant." Chrissy, originally played by Madeline Kahn in 1973, Rate's audience is drawn into a mm <r wor/a or violence and cruelty. comes from a non-affluent background, saying she is "fresh out of the A & P. But you better see her auick. s Watai izzform n>lc<rsn nil plimented by composer Dave Grusin. Grusin wrote iwu songs In his native Jap W77 annrtmnli^hmtJtr , T"'?' as synonymous w Davis in the U. S. especially for the Budokan celebration, the liliting "All A K/m if ? ^ - ? fiuvui uuvc cum uit; incredible "Sun Dance," easily the best work on the album, marked by inspired saxaphone and percussion playing. Watanabe's deep background in music comes from the United States where he studied three years at Boston's Berklee School of Music, in Brazil, where he recorded "Sadao Meets Brazilian Friends. m ii llripBppa M ? a stroll in New York City. nts piay Deacuse she's just passin through Philadelphia like the choo-choo on her way tc Fun City, New York-bound." Despite her intentions, the "Boom Boom Room" is as far as she gets,, for hei dancing career reaches a standstill. Rabe audience is J- ~ u -J ui ctwn niiu a wuiju uj violence and cruelty. USC theater professor Russell Green will direct the play, to be performed for mature audiences only. Admission is $3 so for fhp public, $2.50 for USC faculty and staff, military and senior citizens and $1.50 for USC students. Tickets are available at the Longstreet box office or by calling 7772551. labe IS bum and in Africa, where he transformed his love and respect for that country into ,, his 20 years ol its *iave made him . 1- r m M'M nn jazz as /vines three albums. In his nativ< Japan, his 20 years of jaz; accomplishments hav< made him as synonymou with jazz as Miles Davis ii the U.S. In 1968, Watanabe marke the beginning of his frienc snip wun anomer jaz legend, Chick Corea, at th Newport Jazz Festival ii New York. Two years later Watanabe returned to th Festival and met with Corea Miroslav Vitous and Jacl DeJohnette for the releas M -~v-l .. - - * He performed in Madison fe ' ' :.. k : -j\?:35?: I | f ' ; > | ttouna Trip, an album ? displaying the com- * 2 munication and u n z derstanding among the four ^ artists. i s 1 n I Watanabe has always liked the constant in- < d teraction with western Jazz s I- counterparts, resulting in <. z sessions with superb jazz e greats like Steve Grossman, n Kenny Burrell, Blue Mitchell \ and Cedar Walton. In July c e 1977, at Japan's largest out- M t, door festival, Live Under the u k Sky, Watanabe performed s e with the "Great Jazz Trio," y I jjlSB j ( f'\<: .. a a Square Garden in 19 79. a iank Jones, Tony Williams md Ron Carter. WATANABE'S partnership with his fipar frifnrl Jave Grusin led to the March 1978 release 'California Shower," which >old about 300,000 copies and itayed on the Japanese thorfc fsxr* .urn 10 ivi iwuytdl'S. On "How's Everything," Vatanabe has taken a ollection of his greatest /orks and has anticipated he precision his different tyles have taken over the ears to create an effective, 1 ~ 11 " * Av.i.:iit-iu ctiiHim. r or me ian f lighter jazz, with its easy, Museum holiday s Columbia Museums of Art < holiday specials through this i The Gibbs Planetarium's Qtnr nf L ' vi uuuiivnciu, win oe n through Dec. 21 at 2 and 4 p.m The program explores the p that appeared over Bethleher scene. Included in the study scriptures. The show includes hnlirt planetarium, and the audienc* Days of Christmas." A special children's prose children under (i years of age ninutes and will also be showi Two clav-anim;it<?rl film? 'Martin the Cobbler" is the st lone, wanting to die. By exai ife, he finds a new will to live 11 children will enjoy. These films will continue thr "The Legend of St. Nicho howing how the story of St. tory came together. Reserva lade through Judy Kennedy vailablo are Monday through nd Thursday afternoons. # www r v.,.,};.*.: >u? v . .. ftk ; ?, - v- ." ': / 1 HBl, %. V:>-- '> ' .-/ ; uncomplicated strains, Watanabe has included one of his greatest hits, "My Dear Life," and for the lover of greater instrumental interaction, "Seeing You' should be well-received. The Latin influence dominates "No Problem" and "Boa Noite," while the beautiful, haunting, ten-minute "Up County" remains one of the album's top highlights. Since the 1960s, SaJao Watanabe remains Japan's best jazz artist. While his influence in the United States is not yet realized, hopefully this, his 40th release, will infiltrate the minds of Western jazz fans. ^ ^ * d yiut; shows ind Science is featuring several nonth. annual Christmas show, "The matured Saturdays and Sundays ossible explanations of the star ii,leading others to the nativity is history, astronomy, art and lay music presented in the e can sing along to "The Twelve ntation will be at 3 p.m. for '. This presentation will last 25 l through Dec. 21. i* being presented for children, ory of a Russian cobbler living mining some real truths about . "The Little Prince" is a fable ough Dec. 28,Sundays at 3 p.m. las" is a program and tour Nicholas and the Christmas tions for the special should be at the Museums. Tour times Friday mornings and Tuesday