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Cultural Series
Ray Charles will open the USC Cultural Series this fall,
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three performances of "Evita," the Tony Award-winning
musical.
Charles, a blind pianist who has played across the United
States, is a frequent guest star of musical TV specials. He
will perform Oct. 24 at The Township auditorium. Admission
is $12 for the public and $8 for USC students.
The Louis Falco Dance Company, directed by the
choreographer of the movie "Fame," will perform Jan. 29.
Falco's works have been characterized as "theatrical
narratives" brought to life by his company of eight dancers.
Admission is $8 for the public and $4 for USC students.
ON FEB. 17, Lana Turner will star in "Murder Among
Friends," a humorous suspense play in which she is the 15th
richest woman in the world. Set in a New York townhouse on
New Year's, the play has "enough gunshots and plot twists to
make 'Deathtrap' look like a kindergarten pageant," one
reviewer said. Admission is $17.
The Washington Ballet will perform March 10. Contemporary
choreographer Choo San Goh, along with artistic
director Mary Day, have developed an outstanding company
including international award-winning dancers. Admission
for the ballet is $8 for the public and $4 for USC students.
Closing the regular season will be John Houseman's Acting
Pnmnanu in ^halfpcnnarp'e "Twplfth Ni^ht" Mar ?.R
Houseman, ("Paper Chase," "Ghost Story M> a first-rate
actor, has a company generally regarded as the finest
touring repertory group in the nation. Admission is $9 for the
public and $4.50 for (JSC students.
The final Cultural Series event is "Evita," the story of
Argentina's beloved Eva Peron. The long-running Broadway
play will show April 11-13. Although not included in season
subscription, subscribers will receive preference when ordering
"Evita" tickets. Public admission is $19, orchestra
and first balcony; $16, second balcony and $12, gallery.
Student admission is $18, $15 and $11.
THE SERIES orieinallv slated Bennv Goodman, "the kine
of swing," and ftis sextet, according to Rich Singer, assistant
director of the Russell House University Union. Recently,
Caro'ina Concerts
The Carolina Concerts Prague Symphony Orseries
will enter its second chestra, will perform Nov.
season this fall with a 15. Founded in 1934, the
variety of offerings ranging Prague Symphony has
from a major East European completed more than 40
symphony to a con- international tours
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theater company. United States, Great Britain,
Almost 7,600 people the Soviet Union, Scansubscribed
to the series last dinavia, Greece, Turkey and
year, and a limited number Poland.
of subscriptions are In its first trip to the
available for the 1982-83 United States, the Japanese
season. performing company Ski Ki
The series begins Oct. 29 (The Four Seasons) will
and 30 with Goldovsky bring the acclaimed
Grand Opera Theatre Japanese rock musical
performing "La Boheme." "Shiro" to the Carolina
The Goldovsky company will Coliseum stage Jan. 26.
present a special English ,,Shiro"follows the travels of
version of Puccini's best- four Tokyo teenagers
known and most popular magically transported back
work. to medieval Japan, an age
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chestras of the world, the Oriental mystery.
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"Evita," the Tony Award-winning musical story of Eva
Peron, comos to The Township April 11-13.
however, Goodman canceled and the Cultural Series only
"firmed up "Charles Saturday, Aug. 28, he said.
Season subscriptions are available at $27 for the public; $22
for non-USC students, USC faculty and staff and Carolina
Concert subscribers and $15 for senior citizens and USC
students. A patron subscription is $80 and allows two season
tickets. All tickets are sold at The Township, where all
performances begin at 8 p.m.
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The Ski Ki production culture-its purity and
features lavish scenery, fierceness-that I have never
costumes and music experienced before."
reminiscent of "Hair." One The popular Victor Borge
critic has written: "As will join the Atlanta Symplayed
by the young cast phony at USC March 12, and
.partially in Japanese, the final series performance
partially in English, the will be the Alvin Ailey
show is an incredible burst of American Dance Theatre
energy combined with April 1 and 2, showcasing a
subtlety. The dancing is as combination of modern,
good as anything Broadway jazz and classical numbers,
can muster and the Subscription memberships
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music is mostly hard rock for the five performances,
combined with traditional All performances begin at 8
Japanese melodies, p.m. in the Carolina
'Shiro' gives you a feeling Coliseum. For more infor
traditional Japanese formation, call 777-2555.
September Concerts
A limited number of season tickets are available for
University September Concerts, opening Sept. 7.
Six events will be presented by the USC Department of
Music during a two-week period. Proceeds from the season
ticket sales will be used for scholarships in the music
department.
ine opening cnamoer concen, teaturing music for piano,
strings and voice, will be performed at 8 p.m. in Gambrell
Hall Auditorium. The concert will be preceded by a wine and
cheese party, open to season subscribers, on the Gambrell
Hall sunroof.
OTHER EVENTS in the series include early chamber
/ music performed by the USC Baroque Ensemble and the
Columbia Consort, Sept. 10 in Gambrell Hall Auditorium; a
I lecture on Richard Wagner by Dr. David Phillips at 4 p.m
I Sept. 12 in Fraser Hall; a chamber concert with piano,
|i strings and voice, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. in the Gambrell Hall
|| Auditorium; the USC Faculty Brass Quintet and organist Dr
William Bates in an organ and brass concert at 8 p.m. Sept
17 in St. Andrews Lutheran Church; and a Potpourri Concerl
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The final concert will be followed at 9:30 p.m. by ?
reception featuring wines, shrimp and other delicacies. The
^ reception will be open to season subscribers and will be hek
g on the sunroof of Gambrell Hall.
G.B. Lane, organizer of the series, says the concerts offei
| music lovers an unusual opportunity to enjoy diverse musica
experiences compressed into a short period of time.
The wine and cheese party at the beginning of the serie:
Kj and the closing reception will give subscribers a chance t<
share ideas and enthusiasm for good music with members o
the Music Department's faculty who will be performing u
; the concert series, according to Lane.
Onlv :m series tickets are available at a cost of $>]?. for tin
six events. For information on subscriptions, call the US(
Music Department at 777-4280.
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USC theatei
Variety will be the rule for '
this winter's season of eight 1
plays produced by the USC 1
Department of Theatre and 1
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"We are pleased to have '
such a varied set of offerings
tor tne winter season, saia
Patti Gillespie, department
head, "plays that are
challenging for directors,
actors and technical
people."
The theater department is
returning to a season of
"mainstage" and
"showcase" plays. Tickets
can be purchased separately
or in a season subscription
that includes four mainstage
and one showcase admission.
THE MAINSTAGE
productions are "Idiot's
Delight," "The Amorous
Flea," "Fifth of July" and
"Everyman."
"Idiot's Delight," directed
by Russell Green, is a 1936
Pulitzer Prize-winner about
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who find themselves thrown
together at a ski resort on
the eve of World War II. It
runs Oct. 25-31.
Directed by Connie
Blankenship, "The Amorous
Flea," is a musical adaptation
of Moliere's "School
for Wives." This play
provides a light look at
young love. It runs Dec. 7-11.
The "Fifth of July,"
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and described by one critic
as a powerful play, deals
with love and family,
America's past and future
and "how people can rise
from personal and political
bitterness to embrace what
is good in one another and
their country." It plays Feb.
22-27.
THE FOURTH mainstage
production, also directed by
Green, will be "Everyman,"
which is considered one of
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morality plays. It presents
the stark realities of life and
death as the play follows the
progress of Everyman from
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April 12-17.
Showcase productions
include "Birthday Party,"
"Buried Child," "As You
Like It" and "Bent."
"Birthday Party," the
opening play of the fall
season, shows Sept. 29-Oct.
3. Directed by Richard
Jennings, it is the story of a
slightly off-balanced landlady
who throws a party for
one of her boarders.
Another Pulitzer Prizewinner,
"Buried Child,"
written hvSam ShpnarH anH
directed by Rick Rottschaefer,
will be presented
Nov. 11-14. It is the story of
an alcoholic couple, their
children and grandchild.
Because of subject matter,
the play is suggested for
adult audiences.
"AS YOU LIKE IT,"
Shakespeare's comic warhorse,
will show Jan. 24-30,
directed by Charles Whetzel.
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production is "Bent" by
Martin Sherman. Also
directed by Rottschaefer,
this play is an adult
examination of the early
Nazi purge of homosexuals.
Mature subject matter
warrants discretion. "Bent"
runs March 23-27.
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$16 for general admission;
$12 for USC faculty/staff,
military and senior citizens;
and $8 for students. Special
rates require identification.
Purchased separately,
mainstage productions are
$4, $3 and $2 for the same
categories, and showcase
productions are $3.50, $2.50
and $1.50.
For ticket information,
call 777-2551.
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