European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Compiled by Anita Gosch theater Spain Torrejon High school presents an evening of one i t comedies entitled Loose connections March 2 at 6 . Ind March 3 and 4 at 7 30 . In the school auditorium. Tickets Are $2 for adults and $1.50 for students they can be purchased from drama club members or at the door one hour before Showtime Lor More information Call ets 665-5396. Belgium shape entertainment Center presents the musical Dames / sea feb. 16-18 and 23-25 at 7 30 . Tickets ire 1 50 belgian francs. Call 32-65-4257. West Germany Niernberg s stage 13 presents Shakespeare s the comedy of errors feb. 3-4 at 8 . Tickets Are $4 for adults and $3 for students. Call ets 460-6609 or civilian 0911-719397. Giessen s Keller theater presents Noel Coward s Blithe spirit feb. 3-4 and 9-11 at 7 30 . The theater is in Miller Hall gym Grinberger Strasse 143. Call i is 343-651 5/6400 or civilian 0641-402-651 5. Kaiserslautern entertainment presents the comedy arsenic and old lace. Dinner theater performances Are i Al. 3, 4, 10 and 1 7 at 7 . Tickets Are $14. Regular performances Are feb. 5 and 12 at 7 ., feb. 9 and 1 6 at 8 . And feb. 1 9 at 2 . Tickets Are $6. Wine and cheese performances Are feb. 11 and 18 at 7 15 . Tickets Are $9. Performances Are at the performing arts Center Mannheimer Strasse b 37across from Danner Cavern. Call ets 483 h i 39/7543 or civilian 0631-411-81 39 weekdays noon to 6 . The Frankfurt playhouse at 150 Hans Allee presents Neil Simon s Broadway bound feb. 3, 4, 10 and 1 1 at 7 30 . Tickets Are $6 for adults $5 for students and $4 for children. The play is not recommended for children and those under 6 will not be admitted. Call ets 320-5835 or civilian 069 1 51 -5835 weekdays 3 to 6 30 . Heidelberg s Roadside theater on Stem Cavern formerly autobahn Cavern presents the two act comedy the lion in Winter feb. 3-5 and 10-11 at 7 30 . And feb. 1 2 at 2 . Tickets Are $5 for adults $4 for students with id cards and $2.50 for children 12 and under. Call ets 370-7515 or 380 7073, or civilian 06221 -57-751 5 or 0621-730-7073. Ansbach entertainment presents the musical revue Don t bother me i can t Cope As a dinner theater production feb. 4 at 7 . Tickets Are $10 $7 for season ticket holders. Regular performances Are feb. 3, 1 7 and 18 at 8 . And feb. 19 at 4 . Performances Are at the Ansbach performance Center on Hindenburg Cavern. Tickets Are $3 for adults and $2 for students and children. Call ets 468-8471 or civilian 0981 -83-471 weekdays noon to 6 . The Neu Briecke mayor s office is sponsoring the world War ii suspense drama a Soldier s play feb. 10-11 at 8 . At the Neu Brucke recreation Center. Admission is free. Call ets 493-7203 or civilian 06782-13-203 for information. Darmstadt entertainment presents nonsense feb. 10, 11, 1 7, 18, 24 and 25 at 8 . At the performing arts Center building 401 7, on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern. Tickets Are $6 for adults and $4 for children under 12. Call ets 348-6401 or civilian 06151-69 6401. Bamberg entertainment Center presents a song and dance revue sponsored by the Young people s festival of the arts feb. 11 at 7 30 . The musical comedy once upon a mattress is feb. 24-25 at 7 30 . And feb. 26 at 2 . Call ets 469-8647. Baum older entertainment presents the musical the Wiz feb. 24-25 and March 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 8 . And March 5 and 12 at 2 . Performances Are at the Baum older playhouse Wetzel area. Tickets Are $5 for adults and $2.50 for students. Call ets 485 611 5/6533/6420 or civilian 06783-6-611 5. Frankfurt s cafe theater presents Arthur Miller s a View from the Bridge through feb. 18 and Frederick Knott s wait until dark feb. 22-28. The English language performances Are nightly except mondays at 8-at hamburger Allee 45. Call civilian 069-777466. Wiesbaden High school and Wiesbaden Middle school s vocal music department present the musical the Wiz March 2-4 at 7 30 . In the Middle school gym. Donations will be accepted. Call ets 339-2112 or civilian 06121-72182. Hanau entertainment presents the Butler did it March 3, 4, 10, 11, 1 7 and 18 at 8 . At the five pfennig playhouse on old Argonne Cavern. Tickets Are $5 for adults and $2.50 for children. Carl ets 322 8031 or civilian 06181-88-8031. Auditions West Germany Ansbach entertainment announces auditions for. Stop the world i want to get of feb. 6-7 at 7 . At the performance Center on Hindenburg Cavern. Call ets 468-8471 or civilian 0981 -83-471. Heidelberg s Roadside theater announces auditions for the musical revue perfectly Frank feb. 6-8 at 7 . At the Patton Barracks music Center. Performances Are scheduled for late March to Early april. Call ets 370-751 5 or 380-7073, or civilian 06221-57-7515 or 0621-730-7073. Heidelberg s Deutsch american Institute announces auditions for talking with. Feb. 6-8 at 7 . In the Heidelberg youth activities building in Patrick Henry Village. Performance dates Are mid april to Early May at Heidelberg University. Call civilian 06221-301687. Stuttgart entertainment announces auditions for the King and i. Auditions for children Are feb. 6 at 7 . And for adults feb. 7-8 at 7 . At the Stuttgart theater Center 5th general Hospital bad Cannstatt. Audit ones should be prepared to sing and dance. Call ets 420-6148 or civilian 0711 -819-6148. Aschaffenbur entertainment announces auditions for the musical comedy nonsense feb. 7 at 6 . At the soldiers theater on Graves Cavern. Parts Are available for singers dancers and musicians. Call ets 323-7316 or civilian 06021-7316. Darmstadt entertainment announces auditions for the musical hello Dolly feb. 1 3-1 5 at 7 . At the performing arts Center on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern. Call ets 348-6401 or civilian 06151 -69-6401. Giessen s Keller theater announces auditions for who s afraid of Virginia Woolf feb. 21-23 at 7 . Two men and two women Are needed. The theater is in Miller Hall gym Grunberger Strasse 143. Call ets 343-651 5/6400 or civilian 0641 -402-651 5. Variety West Germany Stuttgart entertainment presents its sixth annual Black history month variety show Black Gold featuring local singers dancers bands and variety acts feb. 3,4, 10 and 11 at 8 . And feb. Sand 12 at 3 and 7 30 . At the Stuttgart theater Center 5th general Hospital bad Cannstatt. Tickets Are $6 for adults and $4 for students and children 5 to 18 years old. Children under 5 will not be admitted. Call ets 420-6148 or civilian 0711 -819-6148. Hanau entertainment presents a concert by the Frankfurt percussion ensemble feb. 18 at 8 . And feb. 19 at 5 . At the five pfennig playhouse old Argonne Cavern. Admission is $5 for adults and $2.50 for students and children. Children under 6 will not be admitted. Call ets 322-8008/8031 or civilian 06181-88-8031 for details. All military communities and English language Heaters in Europe May submit information on theater and music activities or publication in this column in the first stripes Magazine of each month. Information for the March column must be received by feb. 24. Items must include the performance dates and times location of the performance site Cost of tickets and phone numbers to Call for reservations and or More information. Items that do not include this information can be run on a space available basis Only. Please Send the information to stars and stripes entertainment Apo 09211, or to the International address stars and stripes entertainment Postrach 111437, 6100 Darmstadt 11, West Germany. Broadway productions featured on London stages by Matt Wolf associated press it s beginning to look like Broadway in Britain with 10 recent new York productions now running or soon to open in London. American plays and musicals have always been featured on the London stage from Arthur Miller plays some of which Are now running to musical revivals such As the current Brigadoon. But what s surprising about the rest of the american lineup is its specific resemblance to that of new York s current fare. Among american shows already running Are the off Broadway musical three Guys naked from the Waist Down at the Donar warehouse David Mamet s Broadway hit Speed the a wat the National and a walk in the Woods at the comedy which ended its commercially unsuccessful Broadway run last june. Soon to arrive Are comic Jackie Mason s Solo show the world according to me which starts its six week run feb. 15 at the playhouse the satiric revue forbidden Broadway opening March 2 at the Fortune and Robert Harling s steel magnolias due March 7 at the Lyric. Add the Spring premieres of m. Butterfly Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Jerry Zaks revival of anything goes and what plays in new York seems very Likely to play in London. In shopping for products creators and producers emphasize that their work transcends parochial National boundaries. I m doing steel magnolias because i think this is a particular play that s Universal said David Pugh who is producing the British debut of the Long running off Broadway hit set in a Louisiana Beauty parlor. Directed by actress Julia Mckenzie the comedy will Star British born Rosemary Harris a Broadway regular and Joely Richardson the younger of Vanessa Redgrave s two thespian daughters. It happens to be As relevant in Stoke on Trent As it is in Louisiana said Pugh who in 1987 co produced Lyle Kessler s orphans an earlier London production of an american play. It however closed at a deficit. In the Case of Speed the plow Mamet is seen As an International writer who merits inclusion in the repertory of any major theater. He has very much been a writer for the National said David Auxin executive director of the theater where the author s pulitzer prize winning Glengarry Glen Ross had its world premiere in 1983. Speed the plow which starred Ron Silver Joe Mantegna and Rock Singer Madonna who was roasted by critics on Broadway opened Jan. 25 with a mixed Canadian and British cast. American writers in turn enjoy the prestige of a London run. Terrence Mcnally whose Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is in its second year off Broadway said he was As excited about that play s London opening in May As he would have been if it had been the new York debut. The London production s two character cast consists of britons Brian Cox and Julie Walters who was Rita in educating Rita. Mcnally s musical the rink flopped in London last year As it had earlier on Broadway. The Fate of the rink and orphans indicates that London productions Aren t always the Money makers dreamed of by new York veterans. Neither follies the 1971 Stephen Sondheim musical that ends its debut London engagement saturday nor driving miss Daisy the Alfred Uhry comedy which finished six months on the West end last november fully recouped its investment. Still the West end s lower costs Are appealing. Both steel magnolias and forbidden Broadway Cost 200,000 pounds $375,000about the Price of today s average off Broadway show. The theatrical traffic is not of course entirely one Way. Shirley Valentine the one woman play by liverpudlian Willy Russell opens at Broadway s Booth theater on feb. 16. Such London hits As lend me a Tenor written by an american and run for your wife open in March on Broadway. 22 stripes Magazine february 2, 1989