European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In the wings compiled by Anita Gosch theater Turkey Inci Likon stage presents Thurber carnival dec. 7-9 at 7  At the in Ciurlik a recreation Center. Tickets Are $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12. Call 6766253. Germany Augsburg Community theater presents Peter Shaffer s modern classic amadeus nov. 1-3. The bar opens at 7 ., Showtime is at 8  Tickets Are $6. The theater is in building 33, Reese Cavern. Call ets 434 448 7547. Bamberg entertainment Center presents the halloween melodrama Sweeny Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street nov. 1 -3 at 7 30  Tickets Are $5 for adults and $3 for students. The play is not recommended for Young children. Call ets 469-8647. Nurnberg s stage 13 presents the musical pippin nov. 1 -3 at 8  Tickets Are $8 for adults $6 for students and free to season ticket holders. Call ets 460-6609 or civilian 0911-719397. Heidelberg s Roadside theater presents Tennessee Williams drama cat on a hot tin roof nov. 1-3 at 8  The theater presents Alfred Uhry s pulitzer prize winning play driving miss Daisy nov. 9,10,16 and 17 at 8  Tickets Are $7 for adults $6 for seniors and full time students and $3.50 for children 12 and under. Tickets Are available at the door Only. Roadside theater is on Stem Cavern off autobahn 656, Between Heidelberg and Mannheim. Call ets 370-7515 or civilian 06221-577515. Giessen s Keller theater presents Peter Shaffer s Tony award winning drama Eques bios. 1-3 at 7 30  Scrooge a musical based on Charles Dickens a Christmas Carol is set for nov. 30 and dec. 1, 6-8 and 13-15 at 7 30  And dec. 9 and 16 at 2  Tickets Are $5 for adults $4 for students and $3 for children 6 to 12. Children under 6 Are not admitted. The theater is in Miller Hall Grinberger Strasse 143. Call ets 343-6515 or civilian 0641-402-6515. Mainz entertainment presents coastal disturbances nov. 2 and 3 at 7 30  At the Center stage theater Mccully Barracks. Tickets Are $6 for adults and $3.50 for children 6 to 16. Call ets 334-4786 or civilian 061322704. Darmstadt performing arts Center presents Neil Simon s comedy Barefoot in the Park nov. 2,3,9,10,15 and 16 at 7 30  The theater is on Ernst Ludwig Cavern Eschol Brucker Strasse. Tickets Are $6, available at the recreation Center on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern. Children under 6 Are not admitted. Call ets 348-6401 or civilian 06151-69-6401. The Frankfurt playhouse presents lend me a Tenor nov. 2,3,9,10 and 15-17 at 7 30  The theater is at 150 Hansa Allee. Frankfurt s candlelight dinner theater on Drake Cavern presents caught in the villain s web nov. 2 and 3 and Rock Roll and remember nov. 23,24, 29 and 30 and dec. 1 and 6-8. A bar opens at 6 30 ., dinner is at 7  And Showtime is at 8  Call ets 320-5835 or civilian 069-151-5835 weekdays 3-6 30  Stuttgart entertainment presents the murderously funny comedy murder at the Howard Johnson s As a dinner theater performance nov. 9,10,16 and 17 at the Kelley Annex above Jayhawk theater Kelley Barracks. Cocktails will be served at 6 ., dinner at 7  And Showtime is at 8  Tickets Are $16. Reservations Are required and can be made at the Nellinger and kor Westheim recreation centers Patch is Kelley Annex and the entertainment Branch office building 112, room 318, Robinson Barracks. Stuttgart presents the heartwarming musical Annie nov. 30 and dec. 1, 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 8  And dec. 1, 2, 8,9,15 and 16 at 3  Performances Are at the Stuttgart theater Center 5th general Hospital bad Cannstatt. Tickets Are $8 for adults $6 for students 13 to 18 and $5 for children 5 to 12. Children under 5 Are not admitted. A children s matinee open to children under 5, is dec. 8 at 3  Call ets 420-6148 or civilian 0711 -819-6148. Kaiserslautern entertainment presents David Owen s new musical Snow White. Regular shows Are nov. 29 and dec. 1 and 13 at 7  And dec. 2,9 and 16 at 2  Tickets Are $7. Wine and cheese performances Are nov. 30 and dec. 7 at 7 15  Tickets Are $10. Dinner theater performances Are dec. 8,14 and 15 at 7  Tickets Are $15. Performances Are at the performing arts Center Mannheimer Strasse b-37across from Danner a Cavern. Call ets 483-8139/7543 or civilian 0631-4118139/7543 weekdays noon to 6  Fulda music and theater in conjunction with the dramatic publish company presents Tim Kelly s a a a nov. 30 and dec. 1,7 and 8 at 8 ., dec. 2 and 9 at 2  Performances Are in the West forty Complex on Downs Barracks. Tickets Are $5 for adults $2.50 for students and $1.50 for children under 12. Reservations can be made after nov. 7 at the music and theater Branch building 7109, or by calling ets 3213607. Hanau s five pfennig playhouse on old Argonne Cavern presents Barbara Robinson s hilarious comedy the Best Christmas pageant Ever nov 30 and dec. 1, 7,8,14 and 15 at 8  And dec. 2, 9 and 16 at 2  Tickets Are $7. Children under 6 Are not admitted. Call ets 3228031. Auditions Germany i Nurnberg s stage 13 has auditions for Kaufman and Hart s comedy you can t take it with you nov. 13 and 14 at 7  Parts Are available for nine men seven women and two Kittens. The theater is in building 13, William o Darby Cavern. Call ets460-6609 or civilian 0911-719397. Giessen s Keller theater has auditions for the comedy the foreigner nov. 19-21 at 7  Four men two women backstage and technical help Are needed. Performances Are in january and february. The theater is in Miller Hall Grinberger str asset 43. Call ets 343-6515 or civilian 0641 -402-6515. The Frankfurt playhouse at 150 Hansa Allee has auditions for a Soldier s Story nov. 26 and 27 at 7  Performances Are in january and february Call ets 3205835 or civilian 069-151 -5835 weekdays 3-6 30  Kaiserslautern entertainment has auditions for Edna Ferber and George s. Kaufman s comedy the Royal family of Broadway dec.3 and 4 at 7  At the performing arts Center Mannheimer Strasse b-37across from Danner Cavern. Parts Are available for 11 men and six women. Call ets 483-8139/7543 or civilian 0631 -411 -8139/7543 weekdays noon to 6  Music Germany Mainz entertainment s cantata choir needs singers. Rehearsals Are tuesdays at 6 ., beginning nov. 6, at the Mccully Barracks Chapel. Call ets 334-4786. Stuttgart entertainment s German american Community chorus needs singers of All voice types to perform Handel s Messiah in december. Rehearsals Are mondays at 7 30  At the Robinson Barracks Chapel Center. Soloists Are also needed. Call ets 420-6148 or civilian 0711-819-6148. Variety Germany Wil Flecken entertainment and eleventh hour productions hold an Oscar presentation ceremony Low moan spectacular awards nov. 3 at 8  In the Wil Flecken Community Center lounge building 31. Tickets Are $5 in Advance and $7 at the door. Call ets 326-3607 or civilian 09745-353-607. Mainz entertainment needs performers of All types to perform songs and skits in its Martin Luther Kingjr. Birthday Celebration. A history through song and entertainment meets nov. 5 at 7  At the Center stage theater on Mccully Barracks. The performance is set for Jan. 11. Call ets 334-4786. All military communities and English language Heaters in Europe May submit into Matlon on  and music activities for publication in this column in the first stripes Magazine of each month. Information for the december column must be received by nov. 28. 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 11 14 37,6100 Darmstadt 11, West Germany. Exhibits Mark 50th anniversary of Klee a death by Hanns Neuerburg associated press Paul Klee mortally ill knew that the end was near. But he was determined to keep working. Quot Durchhalter Quot a Quot keep going Quot a he pencilled under a drawing made three months before his death. An exclamation Point was added. The drawing of a contorted figure reflects the tenacious mood of the artist who had a prodigious ability to translate emotions into a pictorial language. Fifty years after the Genius of abstract Art died at least seven european museums have mounted commemorative exhibitions including one at the Kuns museum in his native Bern Switzerland. It took the Bern organizers two years to assemble virtually everything Klee created in the last few months before be died june 29,1940, at 60. Klee in those months was reaching the end of what he once called Quot the tragic path Quot which began in 1936, when he Learned he was suffering from scleroderma a rare often fatal disease affecting the mucous membranes. Being on such a path prompted an intense Pace of work. In a career spanning four decades he a produced some 9,000 paintings Watercolours and drawings. The Pace appeared to be fastest in the year of his death. Attesting to it is a catalogue meticulously kept by Klee himself in typical thoroughness. It lists a total of 366 works finished in av2 months. On View at Bern Are 328. Many of them Are from the collections of his son Felix an Art historian who died three Days before the exhibition opened aug. 17, and from the Bern based Paul Klee foundation. The exhibition ends nov. 4. Almost 100 exhibits were assembled from museums and private collectors in the United states Japan and Europe. Klee foundation curator Josef Helfenstein who organized the show said 10 works were too fragile to be sent to Bern. One drawing was destroyed in a fire 15 years ago in the United states and 27 could not be located despite intense research according to Helfenstein. Death is an important theme of the works on display. Quot plenty of sheets of drawings have pointed the Way and said the time has come Quot Klee wrote Early in 1940, sensing the nearness of death. The title of one Tod und Feuer death and fire seems to have foreshadowed his cremation. Sick Man in a boat and rowing desperately Are others reflecting Klee s focus on death. But Helfenstein says the show disproves the widely held belief that death dominates Klee s final works. Quot in Many aspects this latest period is representative of his entire work Quot he said. Helfenstein notes that the last number on Klee s personal list is yellow House ii with a Quot rather mysterious than tragic Motif cheerfully  Helfenstein says it is hardly a coincidence that Klee who used symbolism As a main feature in Many of his compositions completed exactly 366 works. The curator notes that 1940 was a leap year with 366 Days. Quot Klee must have supposed to at in a figurative sense this was his leap year too Quot he wrote. On May 11,1940, Klee left Bern for a sanitarium in Southern Switzerland where his condition suddenly worsened. He never again touched his brushes and crayons. Quot i cannot be grasped in this world Quot he wrote in his diary a few months before he died. Quot for i am As much at Home with the dead As with those beings who Are not yet  these words were later inscribed on the Stone marking his grave in Bern s Schoss Halde cemetery. There is no record of it but the final weeks of his life must have been also depressing because of the German Blitzkrieg defeat of France. Klee of German Swiss parentage had left his father s country in disgust when the nazis took Over in 1933. The new leadership of Germany where he had spent most of his career and where he had risen to International Fame declared his works  although most encyclopedias list him As a Swiss Swiss authorities never granted him citizenship. 6 stripes Magazine november 1,1990