European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse In the wings theater Spain Rota Little theater presents a dinner theater production of the musical comedy anything goes through unc 4. Dinner begins at 5 ., Showtime is it it. ire at the Crow s nest. Tickets Are $1 1.75. For information Call ets 826-366. Germany Kaiserslautern entertainment presents Neil Simon s Lomeda i in Hiltl couple through Une -1 and Une 8-11 incl 15-Ih. Performances Are at the performing arts censer Mannheimer Strasse b-37across from Cavern for information Call 1. Is 483-81 19/75-1 f or 0631-411-81 39 weekdays noon to d Schweinfurt presents the musical co Nierli guv Sami dulls lunch 2 and at 7 30 And Lime 4 it i In the entertainment Center building 1-m, i Barracks. Tickets Are Sli. For information Call i 135-1-6460. Niernberg entertainment presents Neil Simon s c Omerly him Lime 2-3 and 8-10 at b And Lime at 4 At stage 1 1. Tickets Are $-1 for adults s3 for students and free or season ticket holders. Tor in Ormatina Call i is,0-6009 or civilian 0911 719197. Pics san entertainment presents Shakespeare s comedy twelfth night inv 2-3, b-10 and 15-17.it 7 to Ivr Fornum is Are at the Keller theater in Miller i tall gym. Grinberger Strasse 1 4.1. Tickets Are $1 or adults $ i for students and $2 for children 6 12. Or information i All its 343-6515/0400 or civilian Omi 402-Mi r. The Frankfurt playhouse presents Annie gel your gun june 2-3, b-10, 15-17 and 22-24 at 730 The playhouse is at 150 i lans Allee. Tickets Are so for adults $7 for students and $6 for children. Children under 6 will not be admitted. Frankfurt s candlelight dinner theater presents Charlie s aunt uly 7, Al 15, if 21 and 22. Cocktails Are Al of 30 ., dinner at 7 and Showtime is at h. Tickets Are $14. For information Call ets 320-5835 or civilian 069-151 5b35 weekdays 3- 6 Hanau entertainment presents the comedy air. Llo Lii Une 2, 3, 9 and it Al 7 At the five pfennig playhouse on old Argonne Cavern. Tickets Are s5 for adults and $2.50 for children under 12. For information or reservations Call ets 322-b03 i. Bamburg entertainment Center on Warner Barracks presents , a controversial play about soldiers featuring an All male cast june 9-10 and 15-17 at 7 11 Lit sets Are s3 for adults and s2 for children 12 and under. The performance is not recommended for Young i Illren. For information Call ets 469-8647. Stuttgart entertainment Branch presents Anne Coulter Marten s adaptation of Lewis Carrol s fantasy c Lassie Alice in u 9-11 and 7 10 And line id ii 17 and Ibal 3 Performances Are Al the Stuttgart theater censer 5lh general Hospital. . Tickets Are s6 for adults and $4 for students and children Ages 4-ib. Advance reservations can lie made at local i1t offices at the Kelley. Rahbe Iklodi and Panzer recreation centers Al the flak Community club recreation censer. And Al the entertainment Branch office building 112, room 3ib, Robinson Barracks. For information Call his 420-6148. Wiesbaden s Lindsay As Lille theater presents Bullo Flici Are free Une 22-24 and uly 6-8 and 13 15. The theater presents the Tiger and the typist Luly 20-22 and 27-29 and aug. 3-5. Performances arc in 7 30 In the Lindsey As recreation Center ballroom. Reservations will not be accepted. For information Call ets 339-2374. Frankfurt s cafe theater presents Alan a Cobourn s Bertrone farce through Lime 30. Performances Are nightly except mondays Al 8 The Lime 25 performance is at 4 The English language theater is at hamburger Alice 45. For information Call c civilian 069-777466. Auditions Germany Wiesbaden s Lindsay As Little theater is holding auditions for the Gingerbread Laily Lime 12 and 13 Al 8 In the Lindsey As recreation censer ballroom. I or information Call its 339-2374. Stut Garl entertainment Branch is holding auditions for its annual summer variety show starry nights Lime 25 and 26 at 7 At the Stuttgart that recenter 5th general Hospital had Canns Lall. Singers dancers comedians bands and variety acts Are needed. Performances Are aug. 11 and 12. For information Call ets 420-t, mb/6213. Hanau entertainment announces auditions for i he Magenta Moth Lime 12-14 at 7 Al the five pfennig playhouse on old Argonne Cavern. A cast and technicians Are needed. For information Call its All military communities and englis Manguse Heaters in Europe May submit information on their Heater and music activities Lor publication in a column in in. La Rel Smipes Magano of each month. Information or the july column mu.1 be recalled by june 30 hem. Mu.1 induce the performance Dale and Lomei. Location of the performance me. Costol by keel and phone number to Call of reservations and or Mote inform atom. Items thai do no include tyls information can tie run on a space available basis Only please Sand Tow information no Stan and so ropes entertainment. Apo Mil 1 or to Ine International address. Stars and so pos. Entertainment. Postrach 1114 37,6100 oar Stadtl t. West Germany innovation intensity characterize German theater by Terrence Petty associated press shakespearean characters zoom around on skateboards on one stage a wooden pillar Speaks to a troubled woman on another and Neo nazis unleash a during yet a third German theatrical production. I rum High living West Berlin to the shabby steel City of Boc hum the artistic heirs of the great 1 both Century playwright i Schiller have Given modern German theater an International reputation Lor intensity and daring. But critics Are not c completely satisfied with today s West German theater and some even charge the stage has t actually progressed past styles of a decade ago. There am really not that Many innovations since the 1970s." said Georg Hensel drama critic for the Frankfurter All Gemeiner newspaper. Theater officials on the other hand say West German critics Are a hard bitten Crew who Aren t willing to give fair appraisals of the contemporary theater scene. Germans have Long been known for their love of music but they also have a special passion for drama. There Are More than 300 Heaters scattered across West Germany and about one tenth of the population of 62 million goes to see a play Al least once a year. West German healers gel hefty government subsidies to help keep the Price of tickets Down. About 2 billion Marks is i billion was shelled out in 1988. Schiller helped launch h German drama into the. International limelight 200 years ago with such plays As the robbers a vie ions attack on political tyranny. German theater flowered through the beginning of the 20th Century creating greats such As Beroll Brecht but it was harshly repressed by the a is. The West German stage burst into a Renaissance after the War marked by boldness and innovation. Even theater in East Germany is marked by an experimentation and intensity that some might find surprising for the communist country. The 60s and 70s launched the careers of a group of directors who today Are among West Germany s most Promise ii Hans Neuenfelt Peter Zadek Peter Stein and Fleiner Mueller. Critics say this new Breed teaming up wit i native authors such As Rolf Hochhuth and Bolo Strauss brought West German healer to new Heights of innovation. Attacks on the third Reich Svere among the targets of the nest generation As exemplified by Hochhuth s 1963 play the Deputy a critical look at the alleged failure of the Vatican to do enough to Stop the extermination of european lews during the nazi Era. Mainstream West German theater of the late 80s is still marked by Good doses of experimentation and often outrageousness. A production of "1 he robbers premiered in Munich this year with a considerably revised Story and Neo nazis replacing 18th-Century characters. On the Road compiled by Norm Zeigler travel outdoor writer on Lite k i imm tips intended to inform our Realen Ghoul details of travelling in Europe. It will become a regular feature of stripes Magazine. If you live Learned something in your travels that might be helpful to other travellers please drop us a line and Lei us in inv. Lio
