•--"i---- ' ; iBVBHHBi Gannett Westchester Newspapers Entertainment happenings & hits Section F Sunday. March 27, 1983^ ———— i —M vi 'hi HI i—————B|M— (hi stage A CHORUS LINE - Michael Bennett's epo­ place as a footnote in the history of music. A LOR DREAMCOAT - An Old Testament mu­ chal musical about chorus dancers auditioning play of many layers, sublimely staged In suit­ sical, the first by the composing team of Tim for a Broadway show is now In its eighth year ably operatic style by Sir Peter Hall. Winner of Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, those won­ on the boards. The original east is long gone by five Tony Awards. Including Best Play. Broad- derful folks who subsequently gave u* "Jesus now, of course, and productions have sprung hurst Theater, ns W.uth St. Christ Superstar" and "Evita." This is a tune­ up worldwide, but the show still is running ful show for children, and it makes perfect strong. Shuberi, 22S W.Uth St. AMOCUS FALL - tanford Wilson's latest famjly entertainment. Now on Broadway after opus is as taiky and static as all his other plays, a successful off-Broadway run. Its recent star, ACMES OF GOD - A dreary lob of paint-by- maybe more so. This time his six rather well, David Cauidy has taken over for the fired numbers playwrlting by a Broadway newcomer defined characters are stuck in a mission Andy Gibb. Royale Theater, 242 W.iSth St. named John Pieimeier, who baldly imitates at church In a Southwestern desert during a nu­ least a dozen other Broadway plays, if s about clear alert, and Wilson, as usual, gives them NINE - The best musical of the 19«l-£2 a young nun (Carrie Fisher) who kills the baby much to say and little to do. A transfer from Broadway season Is based on Federieo Felll- she's given birth to In her convent cell, the the Circle Repertory Theater. Longacre The­ nl's film "tv*," and Is staged in grandly slick psychiatrist (Elizabeth Ashley) who tries to ater. MOW. 4»thSt. style by Tommy Tune. The book, by Arthur ferret out the truth of tbe case, and the Mother Koplt, is slim. But Maury Yeston's score Is Superior (Geraldine Page) who tries to hide it. EVtTA - Harold Prince's extraordinary lush and lyrical (despite weak lyrics). Raul Hypnotic seizures, strangled fetuses and (by a staging of a rock opera by Tim Rice and Julia is growing into the leading role of a film startling special eHect) bleeding stiamata are Andrew Lloyd-Webber, authors ot v'J«sus director surrounded by the 21 women In his \ the grim stuff of this grisly play, though it's Christ Superstar," based on the life of Eva life; the women are magnificent, and the show beautifully acted by its cast of three. Music Peron. Lonl Ackerman now holds the title role, is a treat. (Maureen McGovern has replaced Former teen idol David Cassidy Box Theater, 239 W.iSth St. though the TV ads still feature its originator, Karen Akers as the hero's wife, Louisa.) 46th Parti Lupone The shew won seven -Tony Street Theater, 226 W. 46th St. now stars in 'Joseph and the AMAOIUS - The hit play by Peter Shaffer, Awe/di»-lnciudifto/ ees» Muslc»i.-*nd it dth. Amazing Technicolor served every one. Broadway Theater, 1601 the author of "Equus." is a dazzling study of OH, CALCUTTA) -^fhe late Kenneth Ty- Dreamcoat* genius versus mediocrity. David Dukes por­ Broadway. nan's silly 1960s sex show, about as sexy as a trays Antonio Salieri, whose rumoreo" poison­ bowl of oatmeal, strictly for tourists and the ing of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart earned him a JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICO­ raincoat set. Edison Theater, 240 W.47th St. PUMP BOYS * DINETTES - A eountry-and TORCH SONG TRILOGY - Three autobio­ western cabaret set in a roadside combination graphical plays by Harvey Flersteln, who plays J Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers of a truck stop and gas station. Harmless the hero of all three, a performing drag queen musical entertainment with a cast of four, but whose home life is not far different from any­ not exactly showmanship on a Broadway scale. one else's. The four-hour evening moves swift­ Top 10 singles, albums Princess Theater, Broadway at 4Sth Street. ly, and the best of the plays is the last, so stay with it. A bit off-Broadway, the show may be a LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Off-Broad­ bit parochial - not to mention small — for Broadway. Little Theater, 240 W. 44th St. Weeks way's answer to E.T. is a man-eating plant T*b Lett named Audrey II, and ifs a dandy stage spe­ WHAT'S DOING enlist cial-effect In this nutty musical adaptation of a TRUE WEST - The genius of Sam Shepard 1 1 10 Billle Jean Michael Jackson Roger Corman B-movle. There is no tender­ glows in an authorized staging of this play : 3 17 DO Yew Realty Want to Hurt Me Culture Club ness here, but there are a lot of side-splitting imported from Chicago, directed by Gary SI- 3 4 14 Hungry Like The Wefl Duran Duran laughs, as a horticultural horror takes overihe nise and starring Sinise and John Malkovlch as Hid W&fclx world. The book, lyrics and direction - full of i Lionel Richie two brothers locked in a sinister (but oHen « 11 You Are wit and snap - are by the gifted Howard comical) dance of death in their quest for art s 5 16 Beck On The Chain Gang The Pretenders Ashman. Orpheum Theater, 124 Second Ave. and cash in the Hollywood sun. A gripping 4 guide to events happening i 7 9 We've Get Tonight Rogers/Easton evening. Cherry Lane THEater, 33 Commerce 7 10 7 Mr. Rftbefe Styx THE MISANTHROPE - Moliere's biting St. satire of social hypocrisy in 17th Century in the metropolitan area I I I Separate Ways t Journey France Is ill-served by this staging, despite the TWICE AROUND THE PARK - Two play­ J 9 9 One On One Hall and Oates diligent efforts of Brian Bedford in the title lets by Murray Sehisgai, starring the Indefat­ 10 13 II Twilight Zone Golden Earring role, and the brilliant verse translation by igable team of Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach. Richard Wilbur. The weak link Is Mary Beth In the first, she is a cop and he is an aging Tom Petty returns to the metropolitan Hurt, who doesn't measure up to the role of actor, in ihe second, they're an East Side Tills L*St Weeks Cellmene, a viper-tongued young woman of the couple suffering from late-marital tension. Mi­ area for two shows. On Thursday he and his week enlist court. All in all, a dim evening, under the nor stuH, but diverting. And the cast is grand. 1 \ 14 Thriller Michael Jackson direction of Stephen Porter. Circle in the Cort Theater, 138" 'W . 48tth "St" . Heartbreakers play the Nassau Veterans 5 2 6 Frontiers Journey Square, 1633 Broadway. 3 3 22 H20 Hali'Oates WHODUNNIT - Anthony ("Sleuth") Shaffer SNOOPY - The tale of the indefatigable dunnit, and he ought to be ashamed. A spoof of Memorial Coliseum on Long Isalnd and on 4 4 39 Business As Usual Men At Work beagle of the Charles M. Schulz comic strip in a an English country house murder play, Agatha 5 11 The Distance BobSeger winning musical featuring all the favorite char­ Christie-style, turns into a play about a bunch Friday at the Byrne Meadowlands Arena in s Lionel Richie's 'You i 6 43 Rio Duran Duran acters from the strip, well cast by Arthur of actors who want to murder their agent. 23 Lionel Richie Lionel Richie Are' single pulls into Whitelaw, and a soaring score by Larry Gross­ Appalling. Biltmore Thea:er, 261 W. 47th St. New Jersey. For ticket information for the 7 ; man. The show features Lorna Luft as (oveable i t 49 Teto IV Toto the number four spot torn-boy Peppermint Party. Rare family fare. ONSTAGE is compiled by Gan­ Coliseum call ^516) 794-9100. For the 9 9 1 Pyromanla Def Leppard this week Lambs Theater, 130 W. 44th St. nett Newspapers drama critic Jac­ 19 10 2 Kilroy Was Here Styx Meadowlands call (201) 935-3900. 1983 Billboard Publications Inc. Used with permission. ques le Sourd. The 1 13th edition of the Ringling Bros, Leisure moine clock and Barnum and Bailey Cricus hits New York Tuesday with a 1:30 p.m. matinee The times listed In the Movie (R) Sun. Mon Tues 2 20. 5 20. 7, 8:40, 10 20 9:15. performance and a 7:30 p.m. evening show Clock are supplied by the 4:40. 7:25. 9:45 BEACH CINEMA IV - Black theater management. The new CINEMA 109 TWIN II - Sword Mount Kisco Stallion Returns (PG) Daily: at Madison Square Garden, 7th Avenue and paper cannot take responsibility and Stone (G) Sun. Mon.CINEM A l - The Outsiders (R) 715, 9:10, Matinee Sun: 2:15. for Inaccuracies. Tues: 1,3:05, 5: W. 7 10. 9:05 Sun: 2, 340. 7 15. 9; Men. 4:15. 33rd Street in Manhattan. The circus will run Tues: 7:15, 9. For March 27, 29, 29 WESTCHESTER I - Gandhi Greenwich CINEMA II - Toetsle (PG) Dai­ (PG) Sun:-U4.4S.-8:X. MOn. through April 24. For tickets and information CINEMA - Bad Beys (R) Daily ly: 2. 9T19, Matinee SunT2T4.— Bedford 7:15. 9:30, Matinee Sun: 2 Tues: 8:X.