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tfMz r3vL. $'' JSr fej wi Patty Duke's progress Pago 5D ARTS ENTERTAINMENT Friday, July 10, 1987 I Pbughkoepsie Journal ID BBBH iKBB) BBBY'' bba 5Hr 3E Ibbbbbbbbbb hJkJBBBBHBw Sw mBB bBMVBBBBMbcu Country's new stars Pago 13D AHEAD MUSIC NOTES Aston Magna opens its 15th Anniversary season tonight at 7:30 with a lecture and concert of Baroque music at the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson. Maverick Concerts of Woodstock presents the Annapolis Brass Quintet Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Maverick Concert Hall in Woodstock. The String Quartet of the Hudson Highlands Will perform Sunday at 4 p.m.

at the Benmarl Winery in Marlboro. The concert is free and the public is invited to stay on. after the performance and enjoy a picnic supper. Bring your own or order one in advance from Ben marl's new Bistro. Folksinger Happy Tratuo and Friends will perform an evening of songs and stories tonight at 10:30 p.m.

at River Art's Byrdcliffe Theatre after the 8 p.m. performance of Mac Wellman's ''Dracula." CURTAIN CALLS Craig Dudley will perform The Crown of Kings selections from Shakespeare's "Henry IV," "Henry "Richard II" and "Richard III," tonight and Saturday at the Byrdcliffe Barn in Woodstock at 8 p.m. The Driftwood Floating Theatre in Kingston will present Dracula tonight and Saturday at 8:15 p.m and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College continues with its performances of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending through July 18. ANDY SUMMERS: Ex Police man starts a new beat By Anthony DeBarros Joarnal iu(l The "big enough umbrella" of The Police is no longer a hiding place for guitar player Andy Summers.

Summers' first ever solo album, "XYZ," is just out on MCA Records, and he has put together a new band for a three month U.S. tour. It begins at 10 tonight at The Chance in (r Poughkeepsie the same club in which The Police, on its first tour of the States in 1978, played a 90 minute set to four people for less than $200. Opening the show is Rosie Vela. "Doing this record is quite a big investment for me, sort of emotionally and time wise," said Summers from MCA's Manhattan offices.

"If there's any (crucial) moment, I imagine this would be it. But there's so many variables, aren't there? You have to get radio stations ANDY SUMMERS The Chance, Crannell Poughkeepsie. A Show time: 10 o'clock' to night. Opening act: Rosie Vela Tickets: $13.50 For ticket information, call The Chance at 452 1233. to play it, you've got to have the record company really behind you; it's an awful lot that could make it not happen as well as happen." "XYZ," and the tour behind it, is Summers' first entirely solo project away from The Police, which slipped into an uneasy retirement after its 1983 "Synchronicity" album and tour.

Despite a few murmers of a Police' reunion, sparked by an impromptu appearance at one of last summer's Amnesty International concerts and a greatest hits package released last Christmas, Summers chuckles when asked the inevitable question about ever performing again with bassist Sting and drummer Stewart. Copeland. "I don't think anything's going to happen. Ultimately, there comes a point where you have to stop," he said. The band's label, apparently has a on the shelf, and Summers said he figures the company will release it sooner or later.

That, however, will probably be the last we hear of The Police. But Summers doesn't seem to mind the independence. Even while with The Police, he demonstrated a desire for outside projects. He recorded two critically acclaimed albums with King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp in 1982 and 1984 and, in See SUMMERS, page 16D BBBBBBBBBBBBSi BBB BBBBBBBBBBBJix jBIBT ilflBBBBBBBBBBBBH BBBBBBBBBBaVv: bYbYbYbYbBP: IbbYbYbYbYbf HflHNHMtofek. BiBYBBtBBYflYBBBYBBBB bbbbP! sSSPfH BVBBBBJk JBBWeB BBBBP WL.

1JC 'e5aSeBH BBBbJbb am 'WS 'SMBbYJBH bbVbbBbb WaWkm AVeBVeBVeBBBVefe $bwbbP flBBVeBVeBBBl BBBBBI bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbaB SK 'LBBBBBBBBBBBBm The last time guitarist Andy Summers played The Chance, it was nine years ago with a then unknown group called the Police, and their concert to a nearly empty hall has becdme a part of rock 'rt' roll history. He's quite a character 'Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues is at Sharon Playhouse, Sharon, through July 18 (see review, page 10D); Mac Haydn Theatre in Chatham has The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas through July 19. Candlewood Playhouse in New Fairfield opens Fiddler oh the Roof on Tuesday evening. ART NEWS The' Appearance of Farming in Dutchess County, an exhibition of photographs by Thomas Taft will be displayed tonight through Aug. 15 at the Farm and Home Center in Millbrook.

An opening reception will be held tonight from 5 8 p.m. An exhibition of courtroom sketches by Varni will open today with a reception from 4 5 p.m. at the DuteAess County Courthouse, .10 Market Poughkeepsie. Visions 88, a. photo exhibition and introduction of a Hudson River Valley Catskill Moun tain calendar by Daniel Logan will open Saturday ith a 2 p.m.

reception at Rudl's Big Indian restaurant, Route 28, Big Indian. The show will run through Aug. 11. The Hyde Park Free Library will show the work of Rcxanne Gall through August. DANCE The Frankfurt Ballet performs tonight throughSunday and July 16 through July 18 at Summerare, SUNY Purchase on Sunday.

SUNY Purchase will also feature a special dance matinee at 2:30 p.m. with Stephanie, Skura, Daniel West, Mark Dendy and David Parsons. YoshikoTChuma and the School of Hard Knocks and Wendy Perron Dance company perform at Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass. through Saturday. Merrill Ashley, John Mee han and the Piuow Ballet Ensemble are in residence at the Pillow, Tuesday through July 18, FESTIVALS The Poughkeepsie based Empire State Crafts Alliance (ESCA) will host its first annual fine.

craft market at the Saratoga Springs City Center today through Sunday. The three day event will feature works by many of the state's leading craft artists. The Webatuck Craft Village in Wingdale will feature a. two day American Festivalon Saturday and Sunday from 11 5 p.m. with exhibits and demonstrations of traditional crafts.

FOR REEL PEOPLE If you're interested in what's still to come on the silver screen this summer, turn to page 3D for the SUMMER FILM GUIDE. INDEX Summer film guide 3D Film review 4D Dining Out of Da Nino ID ENJOY calendar 9D Theater reviews 10D Florence Pennella 11D MlkeRaab 14D Top Twenty 14D I Clubs concerts 15D Ar David Brisbin is on actor of many faces, many roles By Florence Pennella Joaraal arts writer WOODSTOCI Last July David Brisbin was insufferable and obnoxious, a self righteous fool ranting about the dangers of Communism. It was quite a performance and one appropriate for the role of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the character 'Brisbin portrayed i'n "Insignificance," Terry Johnson's play produced last summer at River Arts Repertory. Through Sunday, Brisbin will be groveling in a decaying bathhouse looking for Cheap thrills as the decadent Simmons in Mac Wellman's "Dracula." On July 21, Brisbin's career takes another turn when he plays the single minded Nazi, Major Strasser, in Michael Cristofer's staged adaptation of "Casablanca." For the New York based actor it is all in a day's work, or rather summer's work, at River Arts Repertory's Brydclif Theatre in Woodstock.

Brisbin, who has performed with River Arts over the last few summers, likes the quality of the work the group produces, the relaxed atmosphere of the Hudson Valley and, most of all, acting. "When I was growing up, I loved to read, and I especially liked reading out loud," he said. "I could absorb passages very quickly. My acting career really began with my loye for books." Brisbin's romance with words and the full quality of his voice make him a good candidate for a career on the stage. He has a facility for extending a phrase or cadence of a sentence so the words linger in the air.

It's like listening to a mellow Orson Welles. Brisbin studied acting at Augsburg College in bis hometown of Minneapolis, although his original interest was sacred choral music. "I wanted to conduct, but felt I had a more natural bent for theater," Brisbin says. "I was spending more and more time in the theater and eventually decided that's where I wanted to be." Brisbin was encouraged by Dr. Aileen Cole, head of the drama department at Augsburg, and the fact that the theater department at Augsburg was small.

"I performed a lot (Shakespeare to. Shepard), playing big roles that I' wouldn't normally have done in in a large department" 'Brisbin left Minneapolis and the cold, where your'car is always equipped with a shovel, sand and a down jacket; you'll die," he says), and at age 22 headed for Bellingham, a small town 60 miles north of Seattle where he joined a small theater company, The group toured high schools during the year and presented a summer season on nearby Orcus Island. See AVID BRISBIN, page 2D BBBBS flBEy BBBBBft 8 BwBlHBjBaHMfflBWfiffffl BBBb.7 'flpev SnBSSaHBJewAewJHHBeVBBH BeH ItMgllMMIWfiliMilk' ft ''JSBH iOBOKSk 'ieBeBBBBBBBeHeBBHeMi "f' Kfam mamamamamamBvamwamawWa 10EBBP': nW BBBeie khbBI SBiimifBBBBlBBL tSA MaaaaakkaZS flIlfsil9BBBBBBBBBBBBvBBBBBBBBl 'slfWAiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB I'SW1fliBBBVwlBBBBBB. 'BBBBBBl iiSiMlBBBSlBBHHSiBBBBB 'lMviBBBBBiSBBBBBBHPKSuKBBBB w.rz&'AzM.?s wa stsotaaaaa I mmSammmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmawaWawamWjSSSxisammammmfiammma rasBBBBBBTlBBBBBBBBBBBRBBBBBBBH BBBBBBBBlLflBBVflBBBBBBBBlLf flBBBBBBBflBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBMBBBVBBBH lJflHnBBBBBBBBBBBMBJ vJHH I HBBBBl 0MeBSBBvlaHBBHH'l BwSeBBBBBBM HwBflBBBl WaWKMWoMMAf.M9MammmmmmmmmJi wis ixeBBaBBBBBr' Ic eBVJBBWV i ft'BBBaf Patricia Bering SMpwfBBBK BHlM' "ff ynfKQLj JH MaMBamaaMjBassrmaMaMMMMMMMMMMx bj BBBBSPli5 bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbVSW' jAi wi BBBKinp WSffBB BBBrllv bsKBBH BBBjytb," VbbBBmBBH PsbW vbbbbb1 wBBBBBJ 1 PbKBB BBBV Mi The BIG Two of the many faces of actor David Brisbin. Above, as Sen.

Joseph McCarthy in last year's River Arts Repertory production of Terry Johnson's "Insignificance," and, at right, (with Laura Innesl as the. decadent Simmons in Mac Well mann's "Dracul" a'so staged by River Arts, which runs through Sunday at Byrdcliffe Theatre; Howard Oaten I Patrioajkringcr picture Filmmakers, playwright discuss the differences in their arts By Florence Pennella Journal arts writer. In the movies, a smile isn't just a smile, it's a 40 foot wide vision thatcan not only be seen by the kid in the back row, but probably even by God. We're talking big here. There's no hiding when captured by the camera's lens.

When seen on the screen, even a. half hearted smirk makes aremem bered statement, whereas on the theater stage that similar smirk might be missed or require pages of dialogue for emphasis. Film is not only a powerful medium, it requires specific skills to capture the desired images. And Ralph Toporoff and Rob Draper two veteran directors of photography are in town to show how it's done. Both are conducting film workshops at Vassar College this summer as part of the college's theater program, run' with the help of New York Stage and Film Company.

The company, based in New York City, is producing the Powerhouse Theater season at Vassar as well as coordinating a series of workshops in film and writings Toporoff, Draper and playwright and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley talked about the differences between live theater and film earlier this week during a break from making movies on. the Poughkeepsie campus. J'We are working with theater writers and they're not used to visualizing the script, a 'necessity in film1 said "There are more visual considerations for film than theater and consequently you have to be very specific! about what you want." Early in the week, Toporoff and Draper spent four hours shooting what was on paper a seemingly straightforward scene: Train pulls into station; young woman disembarks with suitcases in hand. "There are hundreds of ways to take that scene the train could be shot from the top or bottom, or maybe the first thing you see are the wheels, then again maybe you don't see the train at all, maybe you just hear it," said Toporoff. "When working with film you have to know what you want visually to set the mood or point of the action.

And technically, there are more options." Shanley is at Vassar learning how to use a camera and making a 15 minute short, "I Am Angry." Shanley likes the direct approach. Two of Shanley's plays, "Savage in Limbo," and "the dreamer examines his pillow," have been produced at Powerhouse and a film based on his screenplay "Five Corners," directed by Tony Bill, is scheduled for release in August. "Moonstruck," another film scripted by Shanley, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, recently completed shooting in New York and To ronto. Jewison recently signed an option to direct Shanley's just completed screenplay, "January Man," Shanley said. "For theater, you don't select out," says Shanley, "If there are four people in a liv ing room, the audience sees four people In a living room.

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