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From Staff Reports
Ray Charles, the blind pianist who has
gained international fame in diverse
musical styles, will open USC's 1982-83
cultural series at 8 p.m Sunday at The
Township.
The 52-year-old Charles will perform in
all of his musical styles ? jazz, pop, soul,
gospel and country-and-western ? and
will be accompanied by the Ray Charles
Orchestra and the Raelettes.
Ray Charles Robinson was blinded by
glaucoma at age six. He made his first
recording in Seattle, Wash., 35 years
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United States and gained international
recognition.
THE FRENCH government presented
Charles with a bronze medallion for his
contributions to the music world, and he
was praised in Congress for his "inner
eye." The city of Los Angeles held "Ray
Charles Day" on June 8,1967.
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and music critics as a "genius" in his
field and has had many gold and
platinum recordings in his long career.
Some of the songs made famous by the
musician are "Georgia On My Mind," "I
Can't Stop Loving You" and his soulful
reworking of "America, the Beautiful."
Charles also was featured in the recent
film, "The Blues Brothers," starring
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Charles
is a frequent guest star of musical TV
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Russell House pre:
By Doug Bell
Two films play at Russell House Theater
this weekend. One marks the end of an
American movie legend; the other makes
its premiere in the Columbia area. Both
were Oscar nominees in 1981.
"On Golden Pond" is, of course, Henry
Fonda's swan song. A great deal has been
written and said about Fonda since his
death in August. Much of it was the sort of
mawkish, sentimental tribute that greets
the passing of all famous men and women.
And as much as Fonda probably detested
that sort of empty, nostalgic flattery, he
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Blind pianist Ray Charles will bring
his diverse styles of music to The
Township Sunday.
TICKETS FOB the performance are
still available at The Township box office,
252-6530. Tickets are $12 for the
general public and $8 for USC st 'ients.
The next Cultural Series offerng will
be the Louis Falco Dance Company on
Jan. 29. The series will also feature Lana
Turner in "Murder Among Friends,"
Feb. 18-19; the Washington Ballet, March
10; John Houseman's Acting Company,
March 28; and the hit musical "Evita,"
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Thayer, like Fonda, is a man well into old
age, besieged by a heart condition and a
history of family problems. Of course,
casting Jane Fonda as the estranged
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Students play i
By John Vaughan
West Columbia's revamped Act I Theatre
opens tonight with its production of
"Deathtrap," featuring two USC students in
lead roles.
Mark Shelley, a senior journalism major,
will portray Clifford Anderson, and Jane
Turner, a theater graduate student, will
Dlav Mvra Bruhl in Ira Levin's nonular
comedy/thriller.
"Deathtrap" enjoyed an extended run on
Broadway and was recently made into a
film starring Michael Caine, Christopher
Reeve and Dyan Cannon.
ACT Ts production will be directed by Jim
E. Quick. Besides Shelley and Turner, the
show features Billy DuBose as Sidney
Bruhl, Louise Linari as Helga Ten Dorp and
Stan Reeley as Porter Milgram.
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once-successful New York playwright with
a string of recent stage bombs. Hungry for a
good play, he receives a manuscript from a
protege and recognizes the work as superb.
He invites the young playwright, Anderson,
to his home.
The play takes an ominous turn as it
becomes increasingly obvious that Bruhl
will go to any lengths to get what he wants,
and that he has the means to go to such
lengths ? his home is stocked with weapons
from past productions of his stage thrillers.
What follows is a ronstantlv twictina
who'll-do-it, with the confusing pressure of a
psychic, Ten Dorp, thrown in for good
measure.
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daughter works to cement this fiction/real
life connection.
The story itself is familiar and predictable,
developing with a simplistic ease that
is largely unconvincing. But the acting,
which is the best thing about the film, is
supremely convincing. Fonda, Katharine
Hepburn and Jane Fonda relate with a
directness so alive and real that they involve
the most skeptical, hard-boiled
viewer.
In any case, it's a movie worth seeing and
reseeing. It plays tonight and tomorrow.
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Billy Dubose (left) stars with USC
students Mark Shalley and Jane Turner
in 'Deathtrap.'
"DEATHTRAP" WILL play through Oct.
30 at the Heyward Moore Fine Arts Center
on "BM Avenue in West Columbia. Performances
are at 8 p.m. except for a 3 p.m.
matinee Sunday.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for
students, senior citizens and military
personnel. For information, call 796-7550.
jets area premiere
Swiss film, will make its area premiere
Sunday, with a 2:30 p.m. matinee and
evening shows at 7 and 9:30.
Not having seen the film, I can do little
more than say that according to reports and
reviews I have read, the film has a fine
critical reputation and must be a crowd
pleaser as well, for it was nominated for
Best Foreign Language Film at the
Academy Awards.
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