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ALL EDITIONS Weekend Guide i i i i J. The Arizona Republic FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1W0 Critic's Choice Grammy nominations favor veteran rockers n.mji.'iif 4 By John Antczak The Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Don Henley's socially conscious The End of the Innocence album was nominated for four plum Grammy Awards on Thursday and a host of other pop-music legends grabbed most of the other key nominations. Henley's album earned nominations for album of the year and best male rock performance. The title track was put in competition for both record and song of the year.

The latter is a songwriting nomination shared with Bruce Hornsby. Bette Midler, Bonnie Railt, Tom Petty, and Billy Joel, as well a relative newcomers U2, also garnered multiple nominations. Midler's Wind Beneath My Wings was nominated for record of the year, song of the year and female pop vocal performance. The nomination list for male rock performance typified the maturing face of the awards: Henley, Petty, Neil Young, Lou Reed and Joe Cpckcr. The rock band Fine Young Cannibals was nominated for best album for The Raw the Cooked and for record of the year and pop group for the single She Drives Me Crazy.

Joel earned key nominations with his. decade-summing single We Didn't Start the Fire. It was put up for the best record, song and pop male vocalist awards. Petty was nominated for his Full Moon Fever album, and the single Free Fallin' was nominated for male rock performance. Petty also is a member of the all-star lineup in the Traveling Wilburys.J who were nominated for the album Traveling Wilburys and best rock group.

Raitt was nominated for icr album Nick of Time, for female pop vocalist for the title track and for female rock vocal performance for the album. Ireland's U2 earned several nomina- Sec ROCK, pugeD2 Don Henley Up for four Grammys for The End of the Innocence. Bette Midler Garners three nominations for Wind Beneath My Wings. Musical Tneatre of Arizona's production of the classic tale Annie, starring Heather Hawley and John Schuck, will be performed in Tempe and Sun City West. BROADWAY STARS Two Broadway veterans, John Schuck and Karen Morrow, head the cast of Musical Theatre of Arizona's production of Annie, the story of an orphan girl in New York City who escapes the clutches of the orphanage's mean matron, Miss Hannigan.

Schuck plays Daddy Warbucks, and Morrow plays Miss Hannigan. Annie is being played by Heather Hawley, 11, a sixth-grader from Tucson. When and where: 8 p.m. today, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 and 7 p.m.

Sunday at Gammage Auditorium, Arizona State University, Tempe; and 8 p.m. Thursday and Jan. 19 and 2 and 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Sundome Center for the Performing Arts, 19403 R.H.

Johnson Sun City West. Cost: Tickets: $17 lo $22. Phone 965-3434 (Gammage); 975-1900 (Sundome). Gene Luptak I i. -V.

ARIZONA OPERA La Foria del Destino (The Force of Destiny), the opera that marks the end of Giuseppe Verdi's fruitful middle period, will be performed by a cast of familiar singers in Arizona Opera's next production. Hcldentenor Jon Frederic West plays the role of Don Alvaro, the chap who accidentally kills the father of his beloved Donna Leonora, portrayed by soprano Ealynn Voss. Baritone Gerald Doltcr sings Don Carlo, Leonora's vengeful brother; Dan Sullivan is Fra Melitonc; and Noel Mangin will assume the role of Padre Guardiano. Tenor Jon Fay and soprano Pamela Kuccnic will spell West and Voss in the Sunday matinee. James Lucas is stage director, and If.

1 4 iV I j. Ealynn Voss The soprano plays Donna Leonora in Arizona Opera's production of La Forza del Destino. 4 is TriStar Pictures Members of the Union's 54th Massachusetts Regiment eventually were given a chance to prove themselves in battle. TLrTrfTrTrnTi AMYING Henry Holt will preside in the pit. The opera will be sung in Italian, with Iinglish surtitles projected above the stage.

When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Jan. 20; and 2 p.m. Jan. 21.

Where: Symphony Hall, 225 12. Adams St. Tickets: From $9 to $36; call Dillard's at 829-5555. Diniitri Drobatschcwsky FILM BENEFIT FOR THE HUNGRY As part of its two-month World Hunger Challenge to raise money lo feed the hungry, the Scotlsdalc Cultural Council is presenting the award-winning Chinese film Red Sorghum on Saturday night. Money raised will go to the Arizona Association of Food Banks, which will use the funds to buy food for hungry people throughout the state.

Red Sorghum, directed by Zhang Yimou, was made in 1987 and won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival. It's a fable that focuses on the life of a young woman during China's turbulent 1930s and '40s. When: p.m. Saturday. Where: Scotlsdalc Cultural Center Cinema, 7383 Scoltsdale Mall, on the mall off Second Street, Scotlsdalc.

Tickets: $3 at the door or from the center box office or at Dillard's. Bob Fenster THE 'Glory' highlights blacks' battles within Civil War By Bob Fenster The Arizona Republic The blood of their ancestors had been spilled to build Ihis country. Then, when the nation was torn aparl during the Civil War, they volunteered to fight for the Union. They were the nation's first black soldiers, and Glory is their story. Based on the history of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, in which the Army's first black soldiers were led by white officers, Glory is an old-fashioned war movie: full of impassioned struggles, blind slaughter and stirring heroism.

As a tribute to the courage of freedom fighters everywhere, the expertly told Glory is emotionally satisfying and historically important. Matthew Broderick stars as Col. Robert Gould Shaw, a 25-ycar-old veteran of the bloody battle of Antictam, who accepts the assignment of commanding this unusual regiment because he recognizes its mission's importance. Shaw, son of wealthy New England Utopians, reads Emerson between battles and believes he is fighting for ihe freedom of those not yet born. He struggles to mold raw recruits into an exceptional fighting unit, knowing all along that his regiment probably never will be allowed to fight.

The Army Army the valor of black soldiers, and he bends the rules until they are given a chance to prove themselves in battle at James Island in 1863. Their fighting ability earns them the honor of leading an assault on the impregnable Fort Wagner in the Battle of Charleston. The rest is history. Although not well-promoted in popular accounts of the Civil War, the fighting spirit of the 54lh Regiment led to formation of other black military units. Eventually, 180,000 black volunteers fought for the Union under the threat of being summarily executed by the Confederates if captured.

Their contributions helped turn the tide of the war. The battles in Glory arc some of the Sa-'CIORY', page 1)2 MOVIE REVIEW Glory irfrtrtr Directed by Edward Zwick. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman. Rated: R. excellent Good rit Poor doesn't want to give guns to black soldiers and doesn't think the regiment can be turned into a fighting unit.

Shaw battles corruption and racial prejudice within the Union forces to get his men treated like all other soldiers, which they finally are in death. Even after the regiment is sent South, the troops arc relegated to manual labor, a condition not far removed from slavery. But Shaw is determined to show the SUNDAY BLUES "Day o' th' blues No. 1" is what the Phoenix Blues Society is calling its big blowout Sunday at Chuy's. The group, formed last year, hopes to help promote blues awareness in the Valley.

It shouldn't be that tough a job since the performance roster is top-heavy with folks who have been club staples in these parts for years. Scheduled to perform are Small Paul and Drivin' Wheel, Hot Ice, the Rocket 88's, Buddy Reed and the Rip It Ups with Bob Corritorc, The Stillettos, Midnight Blues and Hans Olson. The group, which runs the 24-hour Blueslinc at 420-1723, hopes to enroll many new members. Dues arc $15 a Filming of 'Miss Daisy' drives home weaknesses By Bob Fenster The Arizona Republic nlikc many theatergoers and critics, I didn't like Driving Miss Daisy when I saw it on the stage. Now MOVIE REVIEW Driving Miss Daisy Directed by Bruce Beresford.

Cast: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd. Rated: PG. excellent Good feir Poor v. 6 i year for single members and $25 per family. A dollar from each membership fee will be donated to St.

Mary's Food Bank. When: 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Where: Chuy's, 410 S. Mill Tempe.

Tickets: $7.50, $5.50 for Phoenix Blues Society members. Available at the door. Salvatorc Caputo FLY-IN PLANNED Thousands of "snowbirds" arc expected to flock to Reunion USA, a special occasion in honor of winter visitors, Saturday and Sunday at Tri-City Mall, Dobson Road and Main Street in Mesa, The event will feature areas within the mall for visitors from various regions of the United Slates and Canada to gather and get acquainted. There also will be musical entertainment and exhibits. When: 10 a.m.

lo 6 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Where: Tri-City Mall, 1912 W. Main Mesa.

Admission: Free. For further information, call Donna Martinez in the Promotion and Public Relations department of The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Gazette, 271-8856. Linda llelscr that it has reached the big screen, I still don't like it. At least it fit on the stage. As a movie, the static drama about an old Southern lady and an old chauffeur barely has enough visual content to keep the screen filled.

Worse, the undertone of a dual-edged racism (demeaning to blacks and abusive of Jews) that bothered me in the play is just as evident in the movie. The story begins in Georgia in 1948, when a wealthy Jewish industrialist (Dan Aykroyd) hires an older black man named Hoke (Morgan Freeman) to chauffeur his even older mother (Jessica Tandy), who at 72 is loo feeble to drive herself although she slill has enough strength to boss everyone around. Daisy is a crotchety, cranky, cantankerous matron and that's to the people she likes. Hoke, who isn'l one of her favored few, is patient beyond belief and puts up with Daisy's bad temper because he wants a job. For some reason, Daisy's mean-spirited nature is presented as strength of character.

Hoke treats her as if all her nastincss makes her something special. As for relations between the races, Daisy claims she isn't prejudiced. She just doesn't think much of "them." Hoke, the nicest, down-home philosopher you could ever meet, is aware of prejudice but guards his opinions. He relegates his true feelings to sarcastic muttcrings underneath his "Yes'ms" and "Aw, now, Miss Daisys." The seasons go round and round, and Hoke and Daisy go with them, driving to See BIG, page D2 Southern matron Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) and her chauffeur, Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman), pause on the road to Mobile, Ala. mauam Warner Bros..