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jLHICI igilll IIC8 1 ?aB?al. m ' WITH Ml By ROBIN ROBERTS Staff Writer There is literally something for everyone as three local theaters begin their new seasons this month. The theatrical ^menu includes comedies?dramas, musicals and a ballet. ? Professor Henry Higgins and Cockney flower-girl Eliza Doolittle will help open Town Theatre's 63rd season when "My Fair Lady" comes to Columbia Sept. 25-Oct. 10. The play is a musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion." It centers around Henry Higgins' efforts to change Eliza Doolittle from "a prisoner of the gutter" to a ' 4 r> m rl rv\ ' ' 1o/4?r n rirl tlirv u^ci diiu |^i tin ldujr duu uic Luui^utdiiuiid uwi di lac when he does this. THE BOOK and lyrics were written by Alan Jay Lerner , and the music was written by Frederick Loewe. Musical numbers include, "Wouldn't It Be Loverly," "Just You Wait," "The Rain In Spain," "I Could Have Danced All Night 1 < 4 T 1 n A A. I rr*~ T f T7> n , n^iiu i ve uruwu /\ccusumieu 1 u ner r ace. P "My Fair Lady" first opened on Broadway in 1956 with Rex Harrison as Higgins and Julie Andrews as Eliza. In 1964 it was transferred to the screen in an Oscar winning film starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. Town Theater's version of the musical, to be directed by tvt r* l/\/\ D/\KV\?rto o f o **0 T/\Vtr\ Air n o XI nnnr llirfrtmo ark/4 uiiiiuaicc lvwuuiuo, diaio uuun fftioicjr 00 liuiu y 111551110 anu Lillian Quackenbush as Eliza Doolittle. The cast also features A1 McNeely as Col Pickering. Roy Mitchell will play Alfred P. Doolittle, Eliza's father, and Mrs. Higgins will be played by Jo Bradford. Sally Crawford will portray Mrs. Pearce. Freddy Eynsford-Hill will be portrayed by Tony Sinclair, and Pat Durgin will play Mrs. Eynsford-Hill. 4,^ Performances will be nightly at 8:30 with a matinee at 3 n m C/>nt on y.xix. v7ii . IN ADDITION to "My Fair Lady," Town Theater will present the comedy "See How They Run * from Nov. 6-20. "A Man For All Seasons," a drama by Robert Bolt which takes place in the 16th century and revolves around the clash between Sir Thomas More and Henry VIII, will run from Jan. 29-Feb. 13. Agatha Christie's drama "The Mousetrap" can be seen March 12-26. ^ The final production for the season will be the musical ? The Boyfriend." This satirical look at the 1920s will run May 7-21. SEASON TICKETS for Town Theatre are $15 for students and $20 for adults. Tickets maybe purchased individually. Additional information may be obtained by calling the business office at 799-4764. ! t jdjBi^ *** ^BHjjHnHsSra ^Hr fflHHBBKRBB m'd 1 j & I. .k 4 I Lilian Quackenbush as Eli/a Doolittle and John Wrisley as fair Lady" beginning Sept. 25. Workshop Theatre's 1981-82 season will be ushered in with the romantic comedy "Same Time,Next Year." It will begin I Sept. 9 and run through Sept. 20. Written by Bernard Slade, "Same Time, Next Year" is a character study of two people, George and Doris, who happen to meet at a hotel in California. After spending the night tnppfhpr thpv rfpriHp fn mppt nncp a vmr pv#?n thnnoh hnth are married. The play examines how each changes in the course of their 24-year relationship. After opening on Broadway with Ellen Burstyn and unaries oroain in 1975, me piay went on to win several awards, including a Tony for Ms.Burstyn. She continued in the role of Doris when the play was made into a film in 1978, and Alan Alda played George. AMANDA GRAHAM and Michael Genevie will star in Workshop Theatre's production of "Same Time, Next Year." Ms. Graham and Genevie are husband and wife, and Genevie will direct the production. The play may be seen nightly at 8:00 and there will be a 3:00 matinee on Sept. 20. The theater's second production for the season will be Archibald MacLeish's "J.B.," a drama that examines man's nnArl rvrl nrtr) mon Tf mill i*tin A/if 01 MAit nccu iui uuu anu uiAi o nctu iui man. 11 win iuu wi. li-iiwv . 1 and will be directed by Jim Blanton. "Cheaper by the Dozen" will be presented from Nov. 27Dec. 6. Directed by Bette Herring, it is a comedy about the Gilbreath family, which includes 12 children. Next, Workshop Theatre will offer "Whose Life Is It Anyway r Harvey (joiaen wiu airect tms production 01 Brian Clark's play about a sculptor who is paralyzed from his neck down. Set to begin Jan. 13, it will run until Jan. 24. ANN DREHER will direct the theater's modern production of "Yentl" from Feb. 17-28. The play is based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy" and tells of a young girl who disguises herself as a man. "70 Girls, 70" Workshop Theatre's only musical this season, will run March 24-April 4 under Rick Rottschaefer's direction. It centers around a group of senior citizens who become fur thieves to help make ends meet. The season will end with Truman Capote's "The Grass Harp.'' Opening May 12, the play is a look at a group of people who retreat to a treehouse in order to escape from society. It wili run through May 30, and Mary Arnold Garvin is suiieuuieu IU uii eti. Season tickets for six of the productions may be purchased. "Cheaper by the Dozen" is a special holiday show and is not included with a season subscription. Prices are $19 for Henry Higgins will star in Town Theatre's version of "My thedule HBHnH 59 % Mirha?l fi?ni?uy> 3iu< AwiariW* r?koiw^ *tI.>?n Tima ^kii Year/ which wi be performed at Workshop Theatre Sept. 9-20 students, military personnel and senor citizens and $22.50 for adults. Tickets for individual shows may be purchased. For reservations, call the Workshop Theatre box office at 799 6551. LONGSTKEET THEATRE will begin its season with a production of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf." It will run Sept. 22-27 and will be directed by Bette Howard. The play, written by Ntozake Shange, opened on Broadway in 1976. It involves seven actresses who perform Ms. Shange's dramatic poetry in various ways. The actresses are Kathleen McLeod, Renee Simmons, Shirley Mills, Vanessa Dale, Cheryl Jeter, Cynthia Velaquez and Rhonda Washington. Next, the theater will present I he Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade." This award-winning Peter Weiss drama is set in the Charenton asvlum in France in the earlv 1800s. Under the direction of Richard Jennings, it will be performed in the Drayton Hall Theater Oct. 12-18. "Grease,"a rock musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey about high school life in the 1950 s, will run Dec. 4-10 in the Drayton Hall Theater. James McClure's "Lone Star" will be staged in Longstreet Theater Feb. 3-7. The play is set in a bar in Texas during a summer night. TIIF C'l.ASSM' traeedv "Romeo and .Juliet" bv William Shakespeare will be performed Feb. 22- March 2 in Drayton Hall Theater. Longstreet Theater will be the site of the comedy "The Servant of Two Masters" by Carlo Goldoni. It will open April 1 and play until April 6. The ballet "Sylvia" will be the season's last production. Written by Jules Barbier and the Baron de Reinach, it tells of Sylvia, the goddess of the hunt, and her love for a mortal, Amyntas. It will run April 22-25 in Drayton Hall Theater. Performances for productions between Monday and Saturday will begin at 8 p.m. Sunday shows start at 3 p.m. Ticket prices for "Marat/Sade" and "Grease" are $f> for the general public. $4 for IISC faculty and staff, military personnel and senior citizens and $2.50 for students. Other productions are $4 for the general public, $3 for USC faculty and staff, military personel and senior citizens and $2 tor students. For further information, call the box office at 777 f 1