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I-entertainmen Orchestra to annual 'Nutcr From Staff Reports "The Nutcracker," an aucuence tavorue for nearly a century, will be performed twice this weekend at The Township by the Columbia City Ballet, with the annual show accompanied for the first time by a live 111 orchestra. I*? The City Ballet's seventh production of the holiday classic will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Columbia Lyric Opera Orchestra, under the direction of William Moody, will accompany both performances. ||J| Ballet troupes across the country have made Tchaikovsky's musical fairy tale of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker jj^ Prince an annual production^^^? i Doors' imitator By John Vaughan A popular gimmick today in the rock 'n' Iron world is tne iriDuie uanu, pruuuciug almost everything, from the Blushing Brides' Rolling Stones imitation to Thunder Road's Bruce Springsteen covers. Some of these groups have genuine talent, and some are fairly convincing imitators But there are just as many would-b tributes that fall short of expectations. This is not the advance word on The Bach Doors, a Maryland-based group with a show it calls a "reincarnation of The Doors," th? popular band of the late 1960s and earl} 1970s. The group is following its growing reputation to USC Friday, where it wil perform at 9:30 p.m. in Russell Hous< New horror fil ? BEraHK ; x^ ITha Sender (Zeljko Ivanek) is tested in a after his sucide attempt in "The Sender." t iccompany acker' ballet THE CITY BALLET, under the direction of Ann Brodie, this year will feature Mnriolflrft Miranda as the Sugar Plum Fairy and guest artist William Starrett as the Nutcracker Prince. Miranda danced the role with the company in 1980; Starrett has performed with the American Ballet Theatre and the Joffrey Ballet. Also in the cast are Lou Martin as the Snow Queen, Larry Hall as the Snow Cavalier, Melanie Caughman and Anne Richardson as alternates in the Dew Drop Fairy role, Donald Gray as Drosselmeyer, Marty Fort as Fritz and Elizabeth Walker in the popular young role of Clara. The show has been structured with several new features. A specially chosen boys' chorus will sing in the lyrical "snow scene"; the angels will be outfitted in costumes designed by Annick Conolly, who has worked with a Paris design shop; and a Christmas tree will "grow" on stage from nine to 18 feet tall. Two special performances of "The Nutcracker" will be staged Friday for about 6,000 area fifth graders from Richland and Lexington counties. All performances are funded largely by individual donations and are partially underwritten by Bankers' - Trust, the S.C. Arts Commission and the Musical Arts Drive. Tickets are on sale at the Columbia Music Festival Association at 1132 Bull St. Tickets are $8.25 for adults and $4.25 for students. PUiUmam nlrl n r* /4 linear am Vjiinuien aiA ycaio uju onu uuuv.i aiv au mitted free. For more information, call the CMFA office at 771-6303. comes to USC Ballroom, sponsored by the Carolina Program Union's Contemporary Sounds and Special Programs committees. ; The Back Doors feature a lead singer named Jim Hakim, who has won enthusiastic responses from across the United States and Canada as a remarkable representative of the style and emotion of The Doors' dead leader, Jim Morrison. Besides Hakim, a big part of the : program's appeal should be the preseni tation of "the original liquid video light i show used in the Doors' 1969-70 tour," j sponsored by the CPU's Video Tape and Visual Arts committees. * Tickets are $5 for the general public and 1 $3 for USC students with an ID. For more 2 information, call the CPU office at 777-7130. m offers little, ol By Doug Bell Ife* "The Sender" is a psychol ticular interest, save for a geni Shirley Knight in the role of the Written by Thomas Baum n/linSriA nn/4 rvctmlii otrir Siiicvuviiic anu poj vinubi j t young man (Zeljko Ivanek) mental hospital after a suieid befriended by his pretty yoi (Kathryn Harrold), who dev But soon strange events beg grotesque hallucinations that, enactment of her patient's dre Example: Dr. Farmer is in 1 turns on a faucet, it pours bloo emitting streams of blood. SI and finds her patient cutting h in which "the sender" sendb others whom he loves or trust* JUST WHEN Dr. Farmer b with him, the Sender's motl Knight's performance is the character, always dressed in i ELike Mrs.uanvers in mien seen walking or moving, bu close shots, giving the impre insists, in a plaintive, subdue believes is Jesus Christ, as explained) be returned to her Everything about her ? h bland whisper of a voice ? si gone awry, an apple pie turne The remainder of the film ween the mother and the psy . . sulking, insolent Sender. Thei psychiatric clinic other mmaies of the mental "Cuckoo's Nest," offering ^ W (m #A 1 John Entwistle, Kenney Jones, Pete Townshen upper left) will broadcast their final performance liSf! tn reneivfi m From Staff Reports The Who, one of the most popular, influential and controversial rock groups in history, will broadcast its final concert live, via satellite, to 100 markets ? including USC ? through the Campus Entertainment Network. The Dec. 17 concert at Toronto's famous Maple Leaf Gardens will begin at 10 p.m. CEN, established earlier this year, began its programming with a live, 3-D telecast of a performance by the rock group Devo. USC was among the original 15 network markets for the "3-Devo" - mmm m d holiday film gi ogical horror film of no parjinely chilling performance by i title character's mother. ????? i, who has a background in doesn't forget th he Sender" concerns a sullen lot, and a man si who is committed to a state Prev!^? ??IS e attempt. An amnesiac, he is tended to elicit. mg psychiatrist, Dr. Farmer elops an almost motherly af;in to befall her. She has weird, . u f ? ' is advised not t as it turns out, are simply the Wonderful Li(e . ams- It's the ultin Iho hncnifal lauafnru Whon shft voreinn nf "A I d; the walls and mirrors crack, musical with she he runs to the other bathroom miracle that m is wrist. It is a kind of telepathy routine. 3 his thoughts and dreams to James Stewar who has sacrifit and friends. W1 elieves she is making progress Christmas Eve ler (Shirley Knight) appears. Travers) descei film's heart. She is a ghostly is. a shapeless black dress, with an The film, per timate, humoro / /viir'c "shp is nfivpr Rccd us the wh t rather in static medium and chell as the; J ission of evil intransigence.She jjarrymore, th< ?d voice, that her boy (who she Warner as the u he had no father - this is not more that are al care. . liL PROBABLY ier unhealthy appearance her successfully in\ jggests the ideal of motherhood nature It is sin d rotten and putrid. man woman 01 is in many ways a rivalry bet- intense emotior chiatrist over who will keep the sick or dangero re is some comedy involving the Too bad cine hospital, which is a poor man's Wonderful Life /arious basket-cases. The film completely thai ggjg?: - Wg BBSm&mmr y 1112^ ^k w S J3;., ^WBP PWiBiP^::" : i.rpy' *|Hf* - jtL*?'liI d and Roger Daltrey (clockwise from as The Who. ho telecast show, presented Oct. 30 at The Townsnip by the Carolina Program Union's Contemporary Sounds Committee. The committee has booked The Township again for The Who concert/he third CEN event. The show will include new songs not performed during other concerts on the group's 32-city North American tour, according to Who members. Tickets are $ >.25 for the general public and $4.25 for USC students with ID. All seating at The Township will be reserved. For more information, call the CPU office at 777-7130. ves everything film rpvipiA/ w w w e obligatory amount of gore; rats turn up a head is chopped off. The ending is cheap and ising by a long shot the shock effect it inn n n ring trouble feeling the Christmas spirit, one o miss Frank Capra's 1946 classic, "It's a ' playing tonight at Russell House Theater, late Christmas movie, surpassing every Christmas Carol" and every Bing Crosby *er magic and good cjieer. It's a movie-made akes what happened on 34th Street seem t plays George Bailey, a small-town idealist red all his dreams and plans for his family len he runs into a streak 3f bad luck one his guardian angel Clarence (Henry ids to prove to him just how worthwhile life haps Capra's finest, is brimming with inns detail and engaging characters: Donna olesome sweetheart and wife; Thomas Mitovable, blustery, forgetful uncle; Lionel ; personification of Scrooge himself; H.B. nfortunate druggist ; and at least a half-dozen >solutely unforgettable. NO movie in the history of Hollywood so ites us to indulge the sentimental side of our lply irresistable. Personally, I think that any child who can resist being caught up in the tal euphoria of the movie's last 10 minutes is us or both. ma wasn't around in Scrooge's day ; "It's a i" could have cured him quicker and more i any trio of ghosts.