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_entertalnmen 'Private Lives' By Deb bie Conrad In the USC Summer Repertory's opening night performance of "Private Lives," the lead character Amanda slipped. i couicin t tell if the slip was planned or not. When it happened again, I became preoccupied with watching the actress, afraid that another slip might disturb her cor centra tion and the stage action. Apparently the actor playing Elyot was concerned, too. After Amanda slipped a third time, even after removing her shoes, Elyot crossed the room, spoke into the phone, and ad-libbed to Amanda, "DO call someone about the Simoniz (floor wax)." Both actors handled the set problems with the ease of professional actors, and a slick floor was not enough to keep "Private Lives" from entertaining its audience. The opening night performance finished with Cliofoino^ 1 " J uudHiiii^u appiausc iui vicurge ixayior ana Maggie Murphy, who played Elyot and Squeeze's lates By Marc Fink Squeeze's fifth and latest album is destined international chart success; "Sweets from , chock-full of clever tunes as their earlier tained. But will this LP reach mass acceptanc Their fourth album, "East Side Story," knn/4'r, A 1 Uli llm ' * ? uauu o nidi /unciit'ciu mi? lcmpico, SU keyboardist Paul Carrack. But despite the ba sound and numerous British hits since Yours," from Squeeze's 1978 debut album, Ann unreceptive to Squeeze. "Sweets from a Stranger" can break the United States, providing an extensive Squ companies record label A and M's promotion, not be Squeeze's best album, but it's far from ti the dozen songs on this release will bring tl talents of Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford f kudos. Whpfhpr or nnt TilHrnMr n:ff i saw AiiMiVUn CtlAU JL/111UI U cli tJ LKX McCartney of songwriting, Tilbrook and musicians who approach songwriting as a cr songs on "Sweets" concern drunkenness relationships, or both; but Squeeze is anythi choly. "Out of Touch" recalls "Take Me, I'm Your in Stevie Wonder-ish vocals; Tilbrook gives an e to his vocals lacking on previous Squeeze alt with a variation on Van Morrison's "Gloria" Hold On" features piano tinkling by the new k< Top U.S. drum ci Wl1 SlB jiJBf cm!'' pw^fv ^gj^'' ^iiiia v. * A I AA K)m?4A. . ^ ? 1- M. aL *1 - m m. -rn i.o? uiwiif, a lounintir 01 inn spirit 0? Atliini ! two USC students to perform in tho Carolina Classic July 2 at Irmo High School Stadium. it ' enjoyable Amanda. The Noel Coward comedy tells the story of Elyot and Amanda, a couple who divorced each other five years ago but who meet again in a French hotel. Naylor and Murphy, as the French playboy and the woman-of-the-world, bring hilarity to their physical, extreme love/hate relationship. Both are enviably professional and exceptionally impressive. As their spouses, Suzanne and Allen McCalla are truly good as the naive newcomers: Sibyl, a spoiled and disgustingly feminine child of 23, and Victor, an incessantly chivalrous wimp. Both McCallas are convincing and quite good. Directed by USC theater professor James Patterson, "Private Lives" will return in the rolling repertory format July 7. The southern drama" Tobacco Road " opens tonight at 8 in Longstreet Theatre. t album heads fc for British and clIblllTl a Stranger" is releases con- Sincero Don Snow, and is boui e in America? along at Squeeze concerts, produced the "Points of View" features itr%rt v A ' * ii*6 cA-rt? aiconoi images, but is rather nd's accessible closing cut on side one, "W rake Me, I'm "Hangover" is suitable for T< lerica has been Vegas' Caesar's Place, but "Labeled With Love," a cou ; group in the bottle off Squeeze's past LP, leeze tour ac- Nashville to Vegas, too. "Sweets" may Between "Points" and "Har heir worst, and Stranger on the Shore" an le songwriting revealing new aural facets fo urther critical the 1961 world-wide smash clarinetist Acker Bilk, and fea e new Lennon- chorus, a perky synthesizer, c Difford are the first use of the word "litmu aft. Almost all "Onto the Dance Floor" r , failed love pitting Gang of Four vs. The ( ng but melan- that "the bells are ringing foi landmark cuts for Saueeze anri s," and blends "Black Coffee in Bed" lead' ixpressiveness and M, it will be trimmed fror >ums. Starting to suitable length for an Ameri ' riff, "I Can't straight from Wilson Pickett a jyboardist, ex- line echoing Steve Cropper's orps to compete Seven of America's top drum and bugle corps will l ? J f** compete in the third annual Jl**" /... Carolina Drum Corps Classic July 2. WW 'i'n? competition will be j| jr held at Irmo High School ib? Stadium because of the jLjlft- construction at WilliamsBrice Stadium, where the iSpL classic is usually held. HR& t Featured in the show will be the 27th Lancers of Revere, Mass.; the t Bridgemen of Bayonne^ N.J.; the Grossmen of Wf Philadelphia; the Spirit of K* Atlanta; the North Star of ggy^ Boston; the Defenders of fl| Rockland, Mass.; and the 8^^B| Avant Garde of Saratoga f Two USC students will play in corps. Lee Beatty of West Columbia is a soprano MgHffl horn lead with the Spirit of Atlanta, and Bill Pouncey of nBg| Columbia, son of Associate Director of USC Bands Ken! l|M Pouncey, is a soprano horn lead with the 27th Lancers. Tickets are $3 for children, MBi ana ior aauits at the gate iA jt orm 0f or $5 in advance at Carolina nr..m Coliseum Box Office. For urum t.aips more information call ^ 5145. _____ :. KF M* wBBmfx SM^^BHjwMwBiBliHiHi^B^HWr^^ii^r^ ..^ aawBaar '-y^Bi - jppipi*?*'^m('w^ Photo by Capers Hammond George Naylor (Elyot) and Maggie Murphy (Amanda) rehearse a fight scene for "Private Lives." )r international chart success tic/Stax/Volt classics; its length is all that prevents it from FPVIPU/ being one of the three best songs Squeeze has ever released. Elvis Costello sings backup vocals on "Coffee," repaying ?????- Tilbrook's vocal help on "From a Whisper to a Scream." id to become an audience sing- The Muppets are mentioned in the next cut, "I've Returned," a typical Squeeze romance from the "Piccadilly" and lyrics with boxins iareori anH "if i niHn't x mm t?:ii - ? j 0 " * iv/u mum. iuuiuuk. anu i^mora romance slow-paced and portends the an empress in "Tongue like a Knife," but their passion is rhen the Hangover Strikes." muted by the string arrangement. )ny Bennett in concert at Las "His House Her Home "describes extra-marital hazards in if the British public loved voice recalling Colin Blunstone, formerly a Zombie, now solo ntry-style ballad-of-the-liquor- artist with a lead vocal on the latest Alan Parsons Project they may love the move from album. A breathy cut/This Will Be Our Year," reminds one of The Zombies' "Odyssey and Oracle" album from 1968. igover" are "Stranger than the In contrast, "The Very First Dance" is the weakest cut on d "Onto the Dance Floor," the album, sounding like David Bowie-meets-Laurie Anr Squeeze. "Stranger" recalls derson in a Waring blender behind a discotheque bar. "Stranger on the Shore" by The sleeper of "Sweets from a Stranger" is the last track, tures a typical Broadway-style "The Elephant Ride," which features a unique group vocal Irum rolls galore and possibly and minor key chords, perhaps betraying further Zombies' s ' in a rock song. influence. ecalls a blanched attempt at Squeeze has turned in its best vocal performance yet with [?ure with a young man's hope punchier backing vocals, Tilbrook-Difford duets as the old me and my girl." These are Squeeze had, and Tilbrook finding new tones to convey I some positive new directions. emotion. Don Snow has proven better than former > side two, and according to A keyboardist Paul Carrack. i its six-minute album version With lyrics thoughtfully provided on the inner sleeve, can single. "Coffee" is copped Squeeze has turned in another fine album with "Sweets f rom nd Otis Redding with a guitar a Stranger." Few pop bands are their match, but this album jangles on all those Atlan- still isn't main Squeeze. || *M w^^m ^JH[B|j|M I I " **x ^pa|y BHBn^H^Mmn|n^wHnHHH i9K <;^k ' .^^H ETV special South Carolina native Dizzy Gillospio is one of the entertainers in "Mayport and All That Jazz." an SCETV special tonight at 8 p.m. Other jazz entertainers on the show include the Phil Woods Quartet Also tonight is "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," a look at prominent figures of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and '60s. Thursday at 8 p.m. "Summer Music" features a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony by the Brevard Festival Orchestra, conducted by Henry Janiac. At 10:30 "Inside Business Today" premieres. Each week this series will focus on a different business issue.