European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In the wings Talent shows Italy Vicenza soldiers theater at cases me Ederle is looking for people to participate in the Community Talent show. Acts of All types and Ages can sign up by sept. 27. The show will be staged sept. 29 at 7 . Admission is $4. Call ets 634-7281. West Germany Mainz entertainment presents a Talent contest sept. Is at 7 30 . At the old Mccully movie theater on Mccully Barracks. Prizes will be awarded to first cond and third place winners. Tickets Are $3 for adults and $1.50 for children Ages 6-16. Children under i Are not admitted. Call ets 334-4786 or civilian 061322704. Theater West Germany Heidelberg s Roadside theater presents the comedy the miss firecracker contest sept. 6-8 at 8 . Tickets Are $7 for adults $6 for senior citizens and full time students available in Advance through the . Office at the Heidelberg shopping Center. The theater is on Stem Cavern off autobahn 656, Midway Between Heidelberg and Mannheim. Call ets 370-6543. Kaiserslautern entertainment presents Noel Coward s comedy Hay fever. A dinner theater performance is sept. 7 at 7 . Tickets Are $15. A wine and cheese performance is sept. 8 at 7 15 . Tickets Are $10. A sunday matinee is sept. 9 at 2 . Tickets Are $7. All shows Are at the performing arts Center Mannheimer Strasse b-37across from Danner Cavern. Call ets 483-8139/7543 or civilian 0631-411 -8139/7543 weekdays noon to 6 . Giessen s Keller theater in Miller Hall Grunberger Strasse 143, presents the musical comedy snoopy sept. 7-8, 13-15 and 20-22 at 7 30 . Tickets Are $5 for adults $4 for students and $3 for children Ages 612. Children under 6 Are not admitted. Call ets 3436515 or civilian 0641-402-6515. Frankfurt s candlelight dinner theater presents driving miss Daisy sept. 7-8, 13-15 and 20-22. A bar opens at 6 30 ., dinner is at 7, and Showtime is at 8. The theater is on Drake Cavern Homburger Landstrass. Call ets 320-5835 or civilian 069-151-5835 weekdays 3 to 6 30 . Frankfurt playhouse at 150 Hansa Allee presents Evita sept. 21-22 and 28-30 and oct. 4-7 and 11-13 at 7 30 . Call ets 320-5835 or civilian 069-1515835 weekdays 3 to 6 30 . Frankfurt s English theater at Kaise Strasse 52 presents Neil Simon s rumours daily except mondays Quot a Quot a by the stars and stripes two of Andrew Lloyd Webber s hottest musicals the phantom of the opera and Starlight express Are packing the houses in two West German cities. Phantom is showing in Hamburg where a new theater a the Neue Flora a was built expressly for the production. A new theater a the Starlight Halle a also was built in bochum for Starlight express. Webber composed the music for both productions and for such hits As Evita Jesus Christ superstar and cats. Phantom made its debut on oct. 9, 1986, in London and opened on Broadway on Jan. 26, 1988. In new York it earned seven Tony awards including one for Best musical. In new York Michael Crawford and Judy Kaye were phantom s headliners winning Tony awards for Best actor and actress. In Hamburg the Lead roles Are filled by a German pop and opera Singer Peter Hofmann and a Canadian born actress Anna Maria Kaufmann. Joining Hofmann As the phantom and Kaufmann As Christine is Hartwig Rudolz As Raoul Christine s Boyfriend. All three Hamburg stars have been winning rave reviews and the Story line is said to be easy to sept. 7-30 at 8 . Call 069-2423160. Stuttgart entertainment presents the diary of Anne Frank sept. 21, 22, 28 and 29 and oct. 5 and 6 at 8 . And sept. 30 and oct. 7 at 3 . At the Stuttgart theater Center 5th general Hospital bad Cannstatt. Tickets Are $6 for adults and $4 for students and children Ages 5-18. Children under 5 Are not admitted. Call ets 420-6148 or civilian 0711-819-6148. Darmstadt performing arts Center on Ernst Ludwig Cavern presents the musical Oklahoma sept. 21-22 and 28-29 and oct. 4-6 and 11 -1 3 at 8 . Tickets Are $8 for adults and $6 for children under 12 they Are available at the recreation Center on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern. Call ets 348-6226. Hohenfels recreation Center presents the musical comedy nonsense As a dinner theater performance sept. 28 and 29. Dinner begins at 7 ., and Showtime is at 8 15. Tickets Are $10 for the dinner and show $6 for the show Only. A matinee is sept. 30 at 3 30 . Tickets Are $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Reservations Are recommended. Call ets 4662840/2670 or civilian 09472-83-2840/2670. Hanau s five pfennig playhouse on old Argonne Cavern presents the comedy crimes of the heart sept. 28-29 and oct. 5-6 and 12-13 at 8 . Tickets Are $5. Call ets 322-8031 or civilian 06181 -88-8031. Schweinfurt entertainment presents you re a Good Man Charlie Brown oct. 5-6, 11-13 and 19-20 at 8 . Sunday matinees Are oct. 7 and 21 at 2 . Call ets 354-6460 or civilian 09721-96460. Auditions Italy Vicenza entertainment has auditions for the comedy the play s the thing sept. 9 at 2 . And sept. 10 at 7 . At soldiers theater casere Ederle. A cast of nine is needed As Are backstage workers and other volunteers. The production is scheduled for october. Call ets 634-7281. West Germany Bamberg entertainment Center has auditions for the thriller Sweeny Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street sept. 7 and 8 at 6 . At stable theater. Parts Are available for eight men and three women. The production is set for october. Call ets 469-8647. Fulda recreation division has auditions form a so sept. 10-14 at 6 . And sept. 15 at 10 . In building 7109 on Downs Barracks. Parts Are available for 15 men and 15 women. A stage Crew is also needed. Call ets 321-3841/3607. Stuttgart entertainment has auditions for Annie. Children can audition sept. 16 at 1 and 7 . Adults can audition sept. 17 and 18 at 7 . Singing and follow even for audience members who speak and understand Only a Little German. Tickets for the popular production have been hard to come by since it opened in Hamburg last june 29. In fact More than 150,000 Advance tickets were sold even before opening night. The 120-million-Mark theater has a seating capacity of 2,000, and there Are eight shows every week. Performances Are staged on tuesday through Friday at 8 ., and on saturdays and sundays at 3 and 8 . To Reserve tickets Call 040270-75270. Prices Range from 85 Marks to 160 Marks depending on the Day and time of the show. Other professional productions of phantom Are being staged in Vienna Toronto Stockholm Budapest and Melbourne. Starlight express the Story of a train race in which the actors zip to and fro on roller skates opened in London in March 1984 and is still going Strong there. Like phantom it has become an International hit. As with phantom in Hamburg there Are eight bochum shows a week a at 8 . Tuesday through Friday and at 3 and 8 . On weekends. To Reserve tickets for the bochum show Call 0234-507070. Prices Range from 45 to 130 Marks. Non singing parts Are available. A dog is also needed. Auditions for the comedy murder at the Howard Johnsons Are sept. 24 and 25 at 7 . Two men and one woman Are needed. Auditions Are at the Stuttgart theater Center 5th general Hospital bad Cannstatt. Call ets 420-6148 or civilian 071 1-819-6148. Heidelberg s Roadside theater has auditions for Tennessee Williams cat on a hot tin roof sept. 1 7 and 18 at 7 . The theater is on Stem Cavern Oil autobahn 656, Midway Between Heidelberg and Mannheim. Call ets 380-7073 or civilian 0621-7307073. Frankfurt playhouse at 1 50 Hansa Allee has auditions for lend me a Tenor sept. 24 and 25 at 7 . Performances arc scheduled for november. Call 1.1 s 320-5835 or civilian 069-1 51 -5835 weekdays 3 to 6 30 . Frankfurt s candlelight dinner theater has auditions for Rock Roll and remember oct. 1 and 2 at 7 . At the Edwards music Center. Performances Are set for november december. Call ets 320-5815 or civilian 069-1 51 -5835 weekdays 3 to 6 30 . Kaiserslautern entertainment has auditions for Snow White oct. 1 -3 at 7 . At the performing arts Center Mannheimer Strasse b-37across from Danner Cavern. A Large cast of men women and children is needed. Those wishing to audition should prepare a song. Call ets 483-81 39/7543 or civilian 0631-41 1 -81 39/7543 weekdays noon to 6 . Giessen s Keller theater has auditions for the musical Scrooge oct. 2-4 at 7 . Needed Are five to seven men two to five women musicians and backstage and technical assistance. 1 he production is scheduled for november december. The theater is in Miller Hall Grunberger Strasse 143. Call e 1 s 34 1651 5 or civilian 0641 -402-651 5. Music West Germany Frankfurt s German american Community c Hoir invites singers to join rehearsals tuesday evenings at the Central Chapel on the Abrams Complex. Rehearsals begin sept. 11 at 7 30 . Call Lis 325551 3/7293 or civilian 069-5978348. Stuttgart entertainment presents the sunday at seven concert series featuring works by Puccini Schubert Mozart and Wolf sept. 23 at 7 . At the Stuttgart theater Center 5th general 1 Hospital bad Cannstatt. Tickets Are $5. Call ets 420-6148 or civilian 071 1 -819-6148. All military communities and English language Heaters in Europe May submit information on their theater and music activities Lor publication in tins column in the first stripes Magazine of each month information Lor the october column must be received by sept. 26 Send information to stars and stripes. Entertainment. Apo 09211 or to the International address stars and stripes entertainment Post Tach 11 14 37, 6100 Darmstadt 1 1. West Germany Hare a Cobourn plays drawing London crowds by the associated press David Hare s racing Demon and Alan a Cobourn s Man of the moment Are standouts of the late summer London theater season. Racing Demon beat Man of the moment last april to win the Olivier award London s Tony for the Best new play. The drama also won the Best actor prize for Oliver Ford Davies As the doubt Ridden head Rector of a quartet of London clergymen. The play which was a regular sellout at the Royal National theater s Small cot Esloe auditorium moved last month to the larger Olivier stage to meet Public demand. The cast includes Michael Bryant Winner of the Olivier award for outstanding supporting performance As a homosexual minister done in by a tabloid newspaper s smear Campaign. Adam Kotz plays a zealous Young curate and Stella Gonet is the Girlfriend who finds she comes in a Distant second to god in Kotz s affections. Man of the moment at the Globe theater is the 36th play from a Cobourn the prolific author director. Michael Gambon plays a suburban Bank clerk brought face to face after 1 7 years with the one time criminal now a Media celebrity who shot and disfigured his future wife. Hit musicals playing in Germany september 6, 1990 stripes Magazine