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Legfr House in Queens Prize Voice Lifted Here Fresh from winning the Musical Yoshe Kalb' A Splendid Production lly JERRY LISKER After an absence of 30 years, David Opatoshu re CI I- turned to the stapre of Yiddish theater in I. J. Singer's which onened Sunday evening classic drama. "Yoshe Kalb," at the Eden Theater on lower phant return for both Opatoshu and "Yoshe Kalb." CI C5 U3 1 CO rr! ByTOMMcMORROW -With money and mate rials begged, borrowed and scroung-ed, and the services of an assortment of volunteers that included one major architect and two 14-year-old boys, a first- rate playhouse has been created on the old World's Fair site in Flushing Meadows, and Queens will see its first professional legitimate theater performance tonight when "Pygmalion" has a benefit preview there. Parks Administrator August Heckscher, Mayor Lindsay, Borough President Donald Manes and other civic leaders are expected to "attend the debut of the nonprofit Queens Playhouse with the revival of the George Bernard Shaw comedy.

The play opens Sunday night. The playhouse has been seven years in the making, and when you ask producer Joseph S. Kutrzeba why, he says: "It took Tyrone Guthrie five years to open in Minneapolis, and Lincoln Center took seven years and we never had the capital they did." Brave announcements from KMtrzeba that his dream a playhouse using the shell of the old New York State Theaterama building in Corona would soon come to pas3 have been going out to the drama desks at the newspapers semiannually, marking the seasons along with the first frost and the first robin. It's a dream no longer, but a cozy 499-seat theater, with a semi-thrust stage, revolving sets on a turntable, and a huge rear-projection screen, left over from the building's World's Fair days, when scenes of the state were screened around the circular building's 360 degrees. Kutrzeba, a longtime stage manager for CBS Television, used his natural gifts as a promoter and an unquenchable optimism over the years to win the favors from great and small required to do what the Board of Estimate called a $400,000 job for about $87,000 in cash.

He breaks it down as $42,000 for the conversion of the building, and $45,000 in pre-opening expenses, estimating the contributions in supplies and materials at $100,000, and the voluntary labor at $200,000. 'Lower Depths' Tonight "The Lower Depths," as adapted by Alex Szogyi, will open at 7 tonight at the Good Sheperd-Faith Church. Boris Tumarin is the director. Ballet Opens "Nijinsky, Clown of God," a ballet by Maurice Bejart, will open at 7:30 tonight at the Felt Forum as a production of the Ballet of the Twentieth Century. "HUMOR FRESHNESS CHARM.

A BRIGHT AND AIRY COMEDY. AN ENORMOUS LIFT TO THE NEW Second Ave. It was a trium Raquel Yossiffon and David Opatoshu beauty with talent and poise. "Yoshe is presented in Yiddish with English narration. Catch it.

it's worth seeing. Nati Mistral Take a beautiful, talented singing star from Spain, add a dash of exciting dancing, blend with two top I-atin orchestras and you have the ingredients for a highly enjoyable evening of entertainment, which is just what the Chatean Madrid has served up with Nati Mistral and the Los Muchachos de San Juan. The star of the Spanish version of "Man of La Mancha," Nati Mistral is considered one of Spain's foremost singers whose N.Y. Cat' svr. Richard Widmark 2o- ctr.Tuar rox color by deluxe PKi6 4T HOCKEFELLE CENTER GtftAGE I P.M.

TO 30 If SAT PLUS TAX VAU0ATE YOUR PARKINS CHECK. '9. of grand prize at the Interna tional Song Fest in Rio de Janeiro, David Clayton-Thomas came to town baturday as the first of this season's Great Per formers series at Lincoln Cen ter'a Alice Tully Hall. And he brought with him his new back up group, a five-man, one-woman rhythmic outfit, the Sanctuary Band. The turnout was disappointing, with the hall only about half full, but the former vocalist from Blood, Sweat Tears was in good form showing off his new songs and his new band.

His voice was strong and so was the group as they moved easily from ballads to blues, through some familiar numbers and introduced some new ones, including the one that won the prize, called "No body Calls Me Prophet" Clayton-Thoma3 has a distinc tive voice and a style reminiscent of Ray Charles and, if you're going to imitate someone, you might as well pick the best. He moves well on stage, once in a while accompanying himself on guitar. But it did seem as if the evenings more successiui num bers were the familiar songs, such as "You Made Me So Very Happy" and 'Cod Bless the Child," and so forth. The ones from his new album had a dis tressing sameness about them. Patricia Haire At the Madrid records have sold in the millions.

She has a rich, clear voice and a very stylish delivery. The young singers and dancers Los Muchachos de San Juan are simply superb. One of the youngsters in the group, Mildred Garcia, is a budding talent who bears watching. She terrific. For those who like their entertainment hot, a night at the Cha teau Madrid is a must.

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3 07. 05.8 AO REYNOLDS PANAVISION" Warner Communications Company Presented by Jewish Nostalgic Productions, a group trying to revive Yiddish theater, "Yoshe Kalb" represents a step in the rifrht direction. Jt is a good show. well performed and well presented. "Yoshe Kalb" is a tragic story of love, seduction, adultery, men tal torment and penitence.

It tells of the scholarly son of a rabbi who falls in love with the young wife of his aging father. Opatoshu plays Reb Melech; David Ellin portrays Nachum, the morose scholar, and Malkele, the SPductive bride, is played by Raquel Yossiffon. Malkele dies in childbirth, and her lover, Nachum, burdened with shame and guilt, leave. the village to wan der aimlessly and hopelessly. Nachum's silence and indiffer ence to all and everything around him earns him the name "Yoshe Kalb" Joseph the calf, or 8im-pleton.

The Dot Nachum takes a job as an assistant grave digger and is falsely accused of being the father of the gravedigger's simple-minded daughter. Nachum wanders away from the marriage ceremony and returns to his first wife after 15 years away from home. He i3 recognized by some townspeople and the high court (Beth Din) is convened to establish his identity. The production was directed by David Licht. Maurice Rauch's music was light and zestful, and the choreography of Liallian Shapiro uplifting.

A cast of 30 dancing on the small stage of the Eden i3 no easy feat in itself. Opatoshti is superb as Iteb Jlelech, and he receives good support from Jarob lien-Ami as the rabbi from Krakow. Ellin gives a moving performance as the anguished Nachum. Raquel Yossiffon is nothing short of brilliant 3 Malkele. Here is a young Weekender "1 LOUISE CLAY has an im portant rol in one of the three short Lanford Wilson plays now being given weekend performances at the Circle Theater repertory company.

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