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Monday, April 23, 1973 The Austin American Austin, Texas Page 23 'Avengers' Star Diana Rigg To Star in Own TV Series UT Hosts Israeli Folk Duo Israel's top folk-singing duo, i i 'r -fmk a If grams. In "The Diana Rigg Show" she will play a jet-setting, English fashion designer living in the United States. For the past year, Miss Rigg has been shunning the smouldering seductress image which went with her appearances in a James Bond movie and as Emma Peel in the British-made "Avengers" series. Devotees will remember that 1 I i I i Rigg, who relaxes by writing poetry, also has two other roles in current National Theater productions. She plays an ex-musical comedy star in "Jumpers," an award-winning play by young writer Tom Stoppard, and the Lady of The Castle in Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Obviously, she feels as much at home in the classical theater as in TV soap opera.

"I like the classics, although there is a lot of mystical nonsense talked about them" she said recently. "Anyone can do Shakespeare and the fresher you are to it, the better you very often are." At the same time, one of the pleasanter side effects of TV is that it helps to make you rich. Miss Rigg says her mind "boggles" at the prospect of By DONALD FORBES Associated Press Writer i LONDON (AP) Diana lUgff, judoesque heroine of t'Tfje Avengers" thriller series on American television. Is Jlshing in a new role as the Ju- noesque coquette of the London Stage. 1 She is starring as the sexy TJeUrnene in the National Theater's revival of "The Mis-Janthrope" by Moliere.

The production is one of the tributes marking the 300th anniversary of the death of France's est jPlaywright. Fpr added variety she plays Lady Macbeth and an ex-music hall beauty on alternate nights. But another television interlude is coming up. Miss 33, has been Signed up by NBC to star In her own show. She flies to Los Angeles In July to begin filming the first of the 26 half-hour pro HELD OVER! GULf STATES DRIVE-IN V.

710 E. Ben WMf 444-22 BOX-OFFICE OPEN 6:30 as AP Wlreprtota DIANA RIGG REHEARSES IN THEATER She's starring in three shows simultaneously 7 Theater THE PARVARIM, POPULAR ISRAELI FOLK DUO, WILL PLAY AT UT Their repertoire consists of traditional songs of six countries Ironies of Anti-Union Cohen Brought to Light in Biography KWTEKUflGFU! The new reen excitement that give you the biggest kick of your life! Bruce lee iWftry limb mt Ms body it (vftwl wion In to the cost of a life's Color A National General Pictures Release () ill-feeling still held toward George M. Cohan is only on "the part of a few individuals "and not an official Equity attitude? Cohan's legacy in any case extends far beyond any long-ago feud with the actors' union, the vast majority of whose members held him In high esteem throughout his career, His music crops regularly "RED SUN" TRANS TEXAS 220OMncliOri 453 61 rti uJUl 'idMHfliSfiTiTara. The Parvarim, will pause at the University of Texas Monday for one performance during a coast-to-coast tour across the United States. The Parvarim (which translates literally In Hebrew to "The produce a music tinged with the mystique of the Middle East, the lilt of modernism, and their own unique harmony.

The two folk-singers, Yossl Houri and Nissim Menachem, perform the traditional songs of six countries in Hebrew Ladino, Greek Spanish, Yiddish, and English, they have drawn audiences in Europe and in Scandinavia. At the annual Israel Song Festivals, held in Jerusalem at the. close of Israel's Independence Day ceremonies, The Parvarim have performed repeatedly. For the last three years, tesuvai juages nave named them amcne the three highest winners. Yossi Houri, born in Baghdad on famous Omar Kayam Street, began his singing career as recruit in the Israel Defence Forces.

His bunk mates encouraged him to sing, and he remains today a favorite at Army shows. Yossi arranges much of the material Included in The Parvarim repertoire. Nissim Menachem grew up in an old, picturesque quarter of the bustling, modern city of Tel Aviv. In this particular neighborhood of narrow, spotlessly clean streets and; small, whitewashed houses live people "out of the Old Testament" of Yemenite descent. Here Nissim absorbed the rich heritage of the Yemenite culture.

His natural musical abilities became evident when he was quite young, and every one in the quarter and later throughout Tel Aviv knew of "Nassim the Singer." These two talented, dark-haired, black-eyed musicians will perform at the UT Art Building Auditorium, 23rd and San Jacinto Monday at 8 pm. Their U.S tour was organized by the Israeli Student Organization as part of the 25th anniversary of the State of Israel. New Music Ensemble To Perform The newest works by University of Texas composers and a piece by Arnold Schoenberg, the 20th Century composer who opened new vistas for the development of music, will be included in a concert by the New Music Ensemble on Monday at 8 p.m. in the Music Building Recital Hall. Electronic music by Dr.

Thomas Wells, founder and director of the ensemble, and Schoenberg 's 1909 "Klavierstuecke," Op. 33A and 33B, will be featured with several selections by UT composition majors: Gary Kendall's work for digitally! generated sounds; Bruce Faulconer's Steve Hollis Music for Piano and Electronic Sounds; and David Rodriguez' Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello. Open to the public at no charge, the concert is a presentation of the Department of Music. PETER 0'TOOLE SOPHIA LOREN JE6- the NBC series. "They chose me to do it be cause The Avengers was very popular in the united States and because I never fol lowed that show with another series.

Apparently, I have exploitable potential because of that." PI HSU) OVE8 Bru "it or IURT" Chsrlfl lrnien Unule Andrsi) "RCD SUN" 4f 5 bar) lidlie Will Cm, MMIMIAH JOHNSON John Woyn -T1UI CUT D0) Powl Corr Michael fatahi -DIITCAMG" Cludta Jvnninga Ittvtt Ouinn "UWMOIT IOUIRS" Dull In HvffriMin 'THI CIAOUATI" Morton Joocrt -IO OH THI IAIN" GREW People need in the year 2022. ppl METROCaOO LiJ PANAVISON' TODAY Features 2-4-6-e tO PM. Tues. Thru Fri. OPEN 5 45 rM FOX TWIN 1 1 4 Chorfton Hcitan VvH Mimiu 1 "SKTMOUD" i 1 Itnu.l W.lch I McCarthy i SOYU I III IB 1 Dance and In London Eighty American students will have an opportunity to spend four weeks in London this summer studying theater and dance through a program offered by the Southern Methodist University theater department and the European Theater Study Programme, Ltd.

The program was initiated in 1972 when a group of 30 American university theater students and teachers studied drama, attended plays and workshops, participated in seminars and heard lectures from internationally famous stage artists during the month-long course. This year, the residential study session was extended to include a dance section, in addition to the theater curriculum. Students participating in the sessions will earn four semester hours of! upper-division credit. The theater course will TRANS TXAS MM WOO Burnet Ro.d 46S-69i3 AND BOX OFFICE OPENS 6:15 SHOW STARTS 7:15 NOW SHOWING 2 THEATRES Panavision Technicolor rg- From Warner B'Ol, iSi BURNET CO-FEA: "Omega Man" SOUTKSIDE CO-FEA: "True Grit" GULF STATES OHIVE-IN I) mi. i.

it Hjna Mime pwiJ 710 Ben Wh.if Study Offer encompass all aspects of the English Theater, visits to British theatre houses, lectures and seminars from prominent theatrical figures, performance workshops, and opportunities to attend British stage productions. Leading dance teachers will conduct classes In ballet, modern, and Jazz techniques in the newly added section. Special emphasis will be placed on the historical development of dance in Europe, from the royal courts to the theater, through the 19th Century up to the present. Films, live performances and individual creative dance experimentation will be included in the course, Students may have the opportunity to visit the Royal Ballet's "Ballet for All" touring company as well. This group composed six dancers rom the Royal Ballet and two actors, travel to parts of Britain where technical restrictions prevent the major companies from touring, Participans in the two study sessions will depart for London from Chicago on July 6 and return August 4.

The courses will include five days of classes and performances each week. with weekends free for touring, and shopping. Housing and two meals a day will be provided at a local college residence hall. Both courses are open to undergraduate and graduate students of any American college or university who are pursuing studies in theater, dance, or English and dramatic literature. Students who have finished high school and have been admitted to a college for the fall are also eligible.

Further information can be obtained from Dr. Jack Clay, ETSP Theater Department, Meadow School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75222. 1 TRANS -fr TEXAS TEXAS IIISIVlIllll Jill 1 I I 1 I ItiJ In DWu lUi "BEST PICTURE" membership in Actors' Equity Association." Oscar Hammerstein who headed the drive to memorialize Cohan, angrily called it "pinpricking George's ghost" and returned the check. Equity's then president Ralph Ballamy insisted the gift had been made "in the best possible grace," insisting that "if George Cohan were alive today, I'm sure we would be friends." 1 Friends or not, as late as 1970, Equity president Frederick O'Neal protested by letter to the American Guild of Variety artists, when the Guild decided to name its, annual award "Georgies." The footnote provided by Mr, McCabe records a 1971 statement by an Equity spokesman that any Folk Group Auditorium In a two-hour concert, the versatile Ewing Street Times folk group will be introduced at: the Municipal Auditorium at 81 p.m. on Wednesday.

All tickets are $1 general. admission and children are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. As an extra bonus, a free showing of a 28-minute color documentary of the 1972 Texas State Arts and; Crafts Fair and Kerrville Folk! Festival will be scheduled during the intermission. Tickets for the concert are on sale in advance at Discount Records on the Drag until 6 p.m. the night of the concert when the box office will open at the auditorium.

Ewing Street Times, a group earning a good following here in the past six months, consists of Michael Mashkes (lead guitar), John Vandiver (vocals and "BEST "BEST ACTRESS' the karate-chopping, judo- tossing Mrs. Peel, she set a fashion in leather cat suits. Her recent acting has been devoted to the stage. Her role as Celimene in "The Misanthrope" is her third for the National Theater at the Old Vic at Waterloo, a grubby corner of London's South Bank which also happens to contain some of the capital's outstanding cultural delights. The tall and willowy Miss 2nd BIG WEEK! ptl leaal TRANSTEXAS WlN.liirBld.-451-.710 SHOW STARTS 7:15 II CHIEF CO-HIT "CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB" OPEN 2:00 Features 2:30 5:00 7:30 9:45 Reduced Price 'Til 5:30 United Artists Ti-iniY nwiv nPFN.i TODAY ONLY OPEN-1 P.M.

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St-4 I9U NEW YORK INGMAR BERGMAN'S CRSESAND MMffscxcomwriON BURT LANCASTER PAULSCOFIEID WHbPERS ROGER CORMAN presents ANFW WORLD PICTURES REtrSe most recently of late in the 13B3 musical hit, "George Joel Grey, who starred brilliantly as the young Cohan, repeated his. role in a 1970 Bell Telephone, hour on TV and performs a medley from the show in his supper-club act That "George has never been acquired for films may in part be a continuing tribute to James Cagney's tour-de-forca. portrayal of the title role in the 1942 musical, "Yankee Doo3 Dandy." To Play Wednesday guitar), "Shake" Russell (has and vocals) and Billy BucheV (drums). ZZ. Ewing Street Times music ranges from the dreamlike "Deep in the West" written by bassit Russell to the comical "Pretty as a from thai country of "Don't Loo! Back" to the rock style of "Kahunga." Other tunes in their book include Cooper's "Oklahoma Rodeo White's "Nobody's," ani a i 's lyric "Countrjj Comfort." The concert is one which should appeal to pure folic fans and families alike for air informal music-filled evening.

Ewing Street Times will bs appearing at the Kerrville Folk" Festival this year for the firt time and will be introduced by festival producer Rod Kenned who will also preview the 1978 festival for the audience. i 4. -4 a By JOHN BEAUFORT (C) 1973, Christian Science Monitor News Service NEW YORK Wherever he is, George M. Cohan might smile that famous half-crooked smile at this ironic happenstance in theater history: the current 60th anniversary year of Actor's Equity Association has coincided with the appearance of an admirable new biography of George the playmaker who refused to recognize the union, headed its short-lived rival and never joined its ranks even when ne worked as an actor for other producers. Cohan was unique in the American theater as singer.

dancer, actor, playwright. composer, producer, director and theater owner. A picture of him with the late Noel Coward in "George M. Cohan" recalls a similar extraordinary British talent. Though an ocean apart, they were, as entertainers, two of a kind.

Coward purportedly received the only fan letter Cohan ever sent to a fellow artist. There was irony enough and to spare in the 1919 confrontation that separated Cohan from most of his fellow theater workers. John McCabe recounts the episode and its aftermath with careful objectivity in "George M. Cohan, The Man Who Owned Broadway" (Doubleday). Mr.

McCabe also provides a 70s footnote indicating that Equity has at last buried the hatchet. Of the sequel, more later. The irony of the original confrontation lay in the fact that Cohan and his partner, Sam H. Harris, were among the fairest and most generous producers of their day. Furthermore, in the matter of; handouts to needy actors.

Cohan's liberality was legendary. The real target of the fledgling players' union was the rapacity of certain other managements, notably Klaw and Erlander and the Shubert Brothers. According to McCabe's book, Cohan later told a close associate that if just one actor had called him up and said, "Georgie, we're going to pull that show of yours at the Cohan, but we don't mean you," it would have made all the difference. But apparently nobody called. The Cohan-Equity feud survived the decades even though the erstwhile song-and-dance man employed Equity members (he had no other choice), appreciated them Individually, and appeared in such productions as "I'd Rather Be Right," "Ah Wilderness! and "The Tavern," his favorite among his own plays.

How long it can take such wounds to heal is illustrated by the two following incidents. In 1958, some 15 years after Cohan passing, a misunderstanding arose over Equity's contribution to the fund to finance placing commemorative statue of him in Times Square. The union sent a token $240, "an amount equal i 1 WALT DISNEY WALT DISNtT $1.00 (ryW TECHNICOLOR Productions' a 3 P.M. mr in me rcAiuKtj itmjinr in TINE TH.T it THl TlMflXiS OY Af iTancozcvTireuj HIS MUST flLMSINCl "ROMEO (Ultr Sl r' IS rT LDNOHORN J. FUTURES 2:15 4:10 OS 8:00 FESTIVAL.

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Lamar Hogg Auditorium Box Office Each Ticket Good For Beth Concerts Students S3.50 Adults Sponsored by Dept. of Music University of Texas FESTIUAL GREGORY GYMNASIUM PLAYS BEETHOVEN Glenn Gould helps cele- brate the 203rd anniversary of Beethoven's birth by performing several of the composer's works on the PBS Special of the Week "Glenn Gould Plays Beethoven" Monday at 8 p.m. on KLKN, Channel 9..