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It Hlirt(lliy F4 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1996 LOS ANGELES TIMES Versatile Fugees Wrap Up Some Classics Congress Agrees on One Thing: the Value of '1776' Benefit Theater: Lawmakers join a professional cast for a one-night performance of the patriotic musical. POP DATE BOOK Following up on a few acoustic shows last fall in Southern California, Pattl Smith will make her first real tour in more than a decade, with a show scheduled for the Wiltern Theatre on March 23. Tickets will go on sale next Saturday. Also on sale next Saturday are two shows for Ministry and Jesus Lizard, May 14 and 16 at the Hollywood Palladium. On sale today is the Red Hot Chill Peppers show at the Forum, April 4.

On sale Sunday are Rod Stewart's shows April 26 at the Hollywood Bowl and April 28 at the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion. Down by Law will be at the Troubadour on March 15. Tickets are on sale now. appearance as Dr. Josiah fortieth delegate and former governor 'of New Hampshire.

"It is also my hrat; venture on the stage since high-school," said Foley, who now holds forth at a Washington law firm. am really enjoying it, and I am Very impressed by this company. It's" great to be a part of it." Also participating in the product tion are Rep. Robert Walker who plays the Rev. Johrft' Witherspoon of New Jersey! Repy John Tanner (D-Tenn.) as Rhflde Island's Stephen Hopkins; and Jerry Nadler as Mafy! land's delegate and future Supreme; Court Justice Samuel Chase Rep- Bob Clement (D-Tenn.) stars as Dr.

Lyman Hall, delegate from Georgia, and former Rep. Guy Vander Jagt (R-Mich.) plays' Delaware delegate Col. Thomas McKean. The protocol and respect of the-; congressional halls don't existv here; during a recent run-through of a scene where the la workers dance a minuet while singing "Cool, Cool Considerate Men, conductor repeatedly bellowed'; commands: "You have to keep it, together!" and "No relaxing until you're offstage!" Among the challenges facing1 executive producer Arlene Hersotiy and director Robert Brenner, who also plays the lead role of JohnJ Adams, has been bringing the en-i together for which have been going on every Tuesday night since But for those who wonder why member of Congress would cormmsjiv so much time for the fleeting famrl of performing, Clement offef orlev explanation: "Politics is a very uncertain life," Clement said. "You need explore new possibilities." more become a congress." The idea to invite the nation's' lawmakers to act in the production was developed by the orchestra's artistic director, Martin Piecuch.

"We knew it was a hit idea when the program was presented to the board," said Charlotte Woods, the orchestra's executive director. "It just grew from there." Tickets have sold out, Woods said, and "many have suggested we make this an annual event." Livingston has had 14 years to polish his theatrical skills on the floor of the House of Representatives, and the practice appears to have paid off. Other cast members predit him with one of the best singing voices in the production. Livingston himself assesses his talent somewhat differently. "I'm just loud," he said during a break in rehearsals.

Sen, Fred Thompson whose previous acting credits include the films "In the Line of Fire," "Die Hard II" and "Hunt for Red October," plays John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress and the first signer of the declaration. Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) plays Joseph Hewes, signatory from North Carolina. "This has been the greatest experience of my life," Coats said. "It is so totally different from my day job." Former House Speaker Tom Foley (D-Wash.) makes a special singer Shane MacGowan fronted the Pogues, the London-based outfit's mix of traditional Irish music and speedy rock out-rollicked some of the best '80s punk.

MacGowan's gruff voice was grit-tily poetic, his slurred vocals rough-and-tumble and his lyrics (if you could make them out) were among the best of any rock songwriter's. But since MacGowan's departure five years ago, the Pogues seem a mere ghost of what they once were, and the gaps on their seventh album seem bigger than the ones between their former frontman's teeth. Spider Stacy attempts to sing like MacGowan but sounds uncomfortable in the role of bar-stool romantic. It's only in ballads, such as "I'll Love You to the End," that he relaxes and finds a tone of beautiful melancholy. The music has also lost much of its bite.

Some numbers sound almost new age, thanks to an airy whistle, while others sound like dull FM-rock with a dash of Irish flavor. There are a few wily numbers here that work, but there's no substitute for the Po gues' former vitality and recklessness. LORRAINE ALI kit Wayne Kramer, "Dangerous Madness," Epitaph. Though the former MC5 guitarist can certainly rock with abandon, his real strength lies in a Springsteen -like ability to tell a good yarn. Witness the comictragic imagery of "Something Broken in the Promised Land," the sordid, funky murder mystery at the heart of "Dead Movie Stars" and the gritty saga of alienation that unfolds in "Dead Man's Vest." -SANDY MASUO Clannad, "Lore," Atlantic.

Clannad, one of the best-known Irish music groups, has mastered the technique of blending folklike melodies with dark-textured instrumental sounds. But the best tracks in this attractive mix of pop-oriented and traditional-sounding tunes are those that remain closest to Clannad's Donegal roots. DON HECKM AN New albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent). pop" FUGEES "The Score" Columbia New Jersey rap trio clears up a few misconceptions on its Second album. The first is that because of its occasional leanings toward live instruments, its music falls into the nebulous "alternative rap" category.

Second, that emcee Lauryn Hill is the group's only asset. And third, that its hit "yocab" was some strange fluke. Score" succeeds on all counts. As a cohesive unit, Hill, Mtyclef Jean and Prakazrel Michel complement one another like no rap trio since A Tribe Called Quest. Their specialty is matching a gymnastic rhyme flow and rock-solid beats with expert crooning.

Original songs such as "The Score," "Zealots" and "Fu-Gee-La" score some points, but novel remakes of and reggae classics really set the Fugees apart. Hill's blissful vocal turn at "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and Jean's evocative reconstruction' of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" mark the Fugees as versatile musical talents, proving that young rappers have a lot more on their minds than profit-driven nihilism. CHEO HODARI COKER The Pogues, "Poguema-hone," MesaBlue Moon. When He loved her. i He lost her.

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