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1 I THE MIAMI NEWS 6-A Sat, Aug. 29, 1970 Hanging loose at 3i Fred Waring Jr. tunes SMdM's Hair' tally, has gone the women's lib route in making the lead in the family opera production of "Hansel and Gretel" Hansel a female. But at the same time the role traditionally held by women, that of the witch, is being relinquished to Norman Kelly, of the New York City Opera, a male. vj ers are at it again.

The Opera Guild, which can usually end any drought when they schedule an outdoor event (although the cast DID get through Pirates of Penzance recently at the Marine Stadium), is hitting the hustings with concerts in the park. Next Sunday, September 6, at 8 p.m. concert on the Guild's "Showmobile" will be given at Continental Park, 10001 SW 82nd Avenue. In. successive weeks Scott Park and Miller Park will be the scenes for a pot of culture.

The first one will feature soprano Ruth Raffo, tenor Joseph Papa, and baritone Daniel Green In a variety of arias and songs. The Opera Guild, inciden the evening the Trio and Symphony will combine fori some of Brubeck's own com-' positions. Brubeck visited Miami last winter to conduct the premiere performance of his "The Light In the Wilder-, ness," an oratorio, at a rabbinical convention. At that time non-conventionlng Miamians were not able to attend the performance. So tomorrow night will be the first time Brubeck fans will be able to hear excerpts.

(The other Pops series, the Greater Miami Philharmonic, will finish next Saturday, when Dave Rose floats onto the Marine Stadium stage.) -Those little old rain-mak OPEN ATS ISERVINO CANTONESE SPECIALTIES TiROPICAl, Bllw noiwiec By TERRY JOHNSON KING Mlimi Ntwi Music Editor How would Ep a Waring Junior and His Flo- 1 ridlans" sound? wonders the young man in blue jeans, idly. No insult to his famous father, and his Pennsylva-nians, but Fred Waring Jr. sometimes thinks he'd like to change his name to Ephraim. At 34 he hangs loose, and as music director for "Hair," the tribal rock musical which opened last week at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, he has to. He sat absent-mindedly stroking his long-haired wife, musing on the differences in production of the 10) "Hair" shows currently running in the country.

"The cast just closed in Seattle," he said. The music there was smaller. We used an electric piano. In Vegas It might be a little showier, or in New Orleans a little Jazzier. "What we're trying for in Miami is a bigger band sound." The nine musicians who do their thing with tunes that already have a place in musical annals Starshine, Ac-quarius are all local residents, recruited and contracted for by jazzman Ira Sullivan.

Two trumpets, a sax, JOHN HUSTON and Raquel Welch in scene from "Myra Breckinridge." UMU I lfft STEAKS t.7 R2f fOOOOOC Rmt 1970 Can OOOGCfl 0 Fwfc-ClHWtMt 9 HERB KELLY LAST 50 LAS-CATACUMBAS DOWNTOWN ROW TOWN NEW UTIN MYSTERY G0MB0 SOUNDS 645 M.E. 2nd AVE. fn.lbiimtim I7I-NW 4 i' Other groups this weekend Include the Shirells with Shirley Austin at the Seven Seas Lounge of the Newport (showtime is 10:00 p.m. with continuous entertainment until 5:00 a.m.) and The Hump at the Marco Polo will feature Bill Medley, Tommy Strand and the Upper Hand, and The Peach. The evening's entertainment begins at 9:30 p.m.

and goes 'til 5:00 a.m. The rafters will ring when 500 square dancers from all over the state gather tomorrow night for "Extravaganza at the Fountainbleau." The wlngding Is spon-sored, by the Miami Beach Ocean Waves, a group which meets weekly for square dancing at the North Shore Recreation Center. Organized eight years ago by recreation director for Miami Beach, Jack Woody, the group has produced a loyal following in the square dance field. Frank Bedell and Jack Lasry will be the callers for the Extravaganza which they say will feature "advance" style Western dancing and Bill and Betty Beatie will coordinate the evening's activities. Dave Brubeck will tie off the Miami Beach Symphony's Pops series tomorrow night, when his trio appears at 8:15 with the orchestra at the Miami Beach Auditorium.

The first segment of the program will be strictly orchestral, conducted by Bar-nett Breeskin and featuring von Suppe's Poet and Peasant Overture and the Tschai-' kowsky Capriccio Italienne. Then the Trio will play a number of its special hits, and in the final portion of CHANCE INLIMITU FREE MILUtt RENTAL CARS a Hi TO SEE I THE ISLANDERS" laivbii 373-4765G EPHRAIM WARING 'tis." He thinks this tribe will be the best yet. "They're fresh, now. We had to do some re-staging after Seattle. The kids get lazy after five months and it's like an enema to do the re-staging you know, get all the old stuff out and start new." The touring company has a 10-week run and a 10-week option "It looks like we'll run the whole 20." And when they leave, already they're planning to take some of the Miami musicians with them.

"The Seattle musicians we left out there." The New Christy Minstrels are drawing a b'g crowd at the Crossways Airport Inn this week. The eight-member group has retained the same belting rhythm that got the original members off to a huge start with "Green, Green" a few years ago. Their show is easygoing and enjoyable with songs to please a variety of tastes. Tonight will be their last night here, with three shows starting with a 10:00 p.m. perfor- mance.

'Breckenridge-Worst Ever onite wo i tasiiVifbticTV INM I dnnlis.fsefcith 19 lwi i nFJRRYi" I now nominate "Myra Breckenridge" as the worst movie ever made. I have searched my memory, skimmed over 34 pages of movie titles in Film Daily's Year Book trying to recall wheth mm fa NDERS i er anything I've ever seen could be rottener than this piece of garbage now on local screens. Nothing can touch it for tastelessness, and boredom. J' "Myra Breckenridge" is the kind of movie that will attract curiosity seekers for a few days but bad reviews and word of mouth pan. ings will alert moviegoers and they'll take it from there.

At the theater where I saw the pic i iZAfhWHGMJSEWAY Iv AJrj I vM ljw iTf.fiik iTfi rvi MiXMFBEACH RES.865-37jM941 9 ill I i rTij.inui Ljj.i I lJ.vSII.lll.ll 1 1 '1 3lllll.lillH.lll 1MJ one drum, one percussion set, two guitars, an electric bass and a piano are pushed to their respective limits by talented Miamians including UM profs Larry Lapin (piano) and Fred Wickstrom (percussion), and Steve Bag-ley (drums.) "It's a difficult show," says Waring, "the score takes endurance. It's rough on the wind instruments because they compete with the electronic instruments. The concept of playing Is that everything blends. It's all miked, mixed." The score includes a touch of baroque, some hillbilly, hard acid-rock, and orchestral chimes. Waring is a new-comer to the job.

"I fell in love with 'Htir' in Vegas when Rach-ella, my wife, was in the cast." Joining the group doesn't involve any schizophrenia, though. "The whole tribe is beautiful. So is Rachella. We were married 42,543 years ago. Once in Four A.D.

in Italy. Another time in Atlan- til 114 i uma i mi m'i JTV VALUE ture, evening prices were z.o in me wge, LWak.J $2.50 elsewhere. MAE There's not a good performance in the 94 minutes the picture's on the screen. Raquel Welch utters a foul vulgarity soon after the movie starts. The first word Is bleeped out, the second heard plainly.

It's a sickening expression. Miss Welch has been touted as a sexy woman. In this monstrosity she's Myra and acts mannish. Mae West, whom I've always thought was overrated, is a dirty old woman actually she's 78 years old. Her dialog, spoken in the "Come-up-and-see-me-sometime" manner, is unfunny and suggestive In 1920 style.

Rex Reed, who's Myron Breckenridge, has been publicly attacking the movie as terrible. He should limit his criticism to his own performance. Terrible would be a mild description of his acting. Ancient John Houston Is a crafty crooktryirtg to cheat Raquel out of valuable property in Brentwood. He's just re- kv-jiv i I IT'S NEW! IT'S NOW! vl I n-w iWWS'rm'w ineiudtt annkt, tno WAjmsS nolHiniktri, dancing ti ENJOY EXCELLENT DINING SERVING lo 1 AM.

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1 JESSIE FERGUSON JET SETTERS in the worid-hamous GO-GO MIA II I Ul I i. iiv, in tne World-ramous GO-GO His stars could use Rodney Dangerfield's familiar line, "I get no Why they consented to let Same make them do and say the things they do is a mystery. None of them needs money that badly. This will give you an idea of his originality. In his efforts to force laughs he has to use old film clips of Shirley Temple, Laurel and Hardy, Marilyn Monroe, Alice Faye and others.

I have tried to find something favorable tos ay abolt "Myra Breckenridge" but I can't. The evening wasn't completely spoiled, though. I did enjoy my box of popcorn. DANCING DELIRIUM 'TIL 5 A.M. -1 RS I SOUL SETTERS I ODDS I ENDS LITTLE WILLIE 14 SCINTILLATING.

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4 to enliven the holiday season. The Dade County Women's Committee for Project Hope has begun its drive this summer to sell tickets for the opening night performance. Winner of the Tony and the New York Critics' Circle awards, the show opened on Broadway in March, 1989, and is still running on the Great White Way. National touring com-panies have scheduled performances for as far away as San Francisco, London, Tokyo and Paris. The patriotic play is the brainchild of Sherman Edwards, a composer and former history teacher, who spent five years writing the book, lyrics and 14 songs.

Peter Stone revised the book. Stuart Ostrow, the original Broadway producer, will bring the hit play here in association with Theater Now Inc. A key actor in the Miami version will be Paul Tripp, who played Mr, I. Magination on a children's television show, in the role of Benjamin Franklin. Don Perkins plays the fiery John Adams and William Kichl will be John Hancock, chairman of the Congress.

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