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6 The Berkshire Eagle, Thursday, Aug. 14, 197S Music' Theatre Movies TV Art Williamstoicn by Milton R. Bass world 1 is L2 -J to present 'Enemies9 "Enemies," the eighth and fi- nal production of the Williamstown Theatre Festival's 1975-season, to play Aug. 26-30. will be directed by artistic director, Nikos Psacharopoulos.

who directed! rChekhov's "The Seagull," last season at the theatre. The production was as part of the Theatre in America series on NET. This is Psacharopoulos' 65th play, as director at the festival. "Enemies," written by Maxim Gorky in 1906, focuses on the struggle between the branches of a wealthy Russian family: a conflict between the owner of the family factory and his brother, who wants to treat the workers kindly. Psacharopoulos staged the American premiere of "Enemies" in 1972 at Yale, after which the play was produced at Lincoln Center.

Curtain times are Tuesday through Friday at 8:40 p.m., Thursday at 2:40 p.m., and Saturday at' 5 and 9 p.m. POOR Oiympia Dukakis, A Greek tragedy. One of the finest actresses working on "the' American stage today, a peach of a kid in her own right, and yet whenever she crosses the border into Massachusetts, she loses her professional and personal identity. She is transformed into "a cousin of Gov. Michael Dukakis." Poor, poor Louis Zorich.

A Greek tragedy once removed. One of the finest working in America today. A nice kid in his own right. And yet, whenever he crosses the border into Massachusetts, he loses his professional and personal identity. He is transformed into "the husband of the cousin of Gov.

Mi-, chael Dukakis." IX Nanette Sanson-' ED FLOWER, lutenist and guitarist, will perform in "So Pleasurable a Melancholy," an evening of Elizabethan music scheduled for Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Lenox Arts Center at Wheatleigh. In addition to all their other talents, the Zoriches cousin of the governor" is married to "the husband of the cousin of the have a sense of humor as well as proportion, and they're too busy think about it in the first place. makes it easy for Oiympia to commute to New York University where she teaches drama. It also made it easy for Louis to commute to Broadway for the three months he was in "Good Time Charlie." the recent musical disaster starring Joel Grey.

Montclair is also adjacent to the major airports so that Dukakis, Zorich or any other of their 20-member company can take off for Hollywood or any theatre in the country where parts are available. The staff covers for each other in the local school system, adult education courses or community services whenever someone gets a call from an agent or a theatre. Since the pay in Montclair is nominal, nobody can complain about getting a reasonable facsimile substitute. Louis Zorich has -become a featured character actor in movies lately, having just finished a four-week stint irt a biographical version of the life of W.C. Fields, starring Rod Steiger, Because of his big body, nicely grayed hair and immaculate moustache, lie had a run in films recenttyr" When he's dressed in a pin-striped suit, you almost instinctively address him as Don Louis.

Most respectfully, of course. You can't help talking to either of the Zoriches' most respectfully when it comes to theatre. Theatre can never die when people like they are make it their life's work. The Williamstown Theatre has been a haven for this kind of artist over the years, giving them a place to try the wings of their techniques and also space in which to grow. For example, Oiympia Dukakis, director, this week, and Louis Zorich, actor.

And in two weeks, Oiympia Dukakis, actress, and Louis Zorich, actor. And they are just two of 2,000 who have become part of the Williamstown brotherhood in the past 20. years. I 1 mjp String ijuartet to giveijoncert This wekrfoHnstaneeOlympia-Du Lenox Artspresentations to include mm. MBMMMiHiaHMMl kakis is directing Pirandello's "Six Char Oiympia Dukakis and Louis Zorich acters in Search of an Author at tne at Steiner school 'Meeting Mr.

Ives9 and 'Fable' An evening of string quartets will be offered in a benefit con Williamstown Theatre Festival and Louis' Zorich is playing one of the key roles (What's the Greek word for And in the final play of the season, Gorky's "Enemies," Dukakis and Zorich are also playing key roles. Meanwhile, back in Montclair, N.J.,' the Whole Theatre Company, New Jersey's first resident professional theatre, which was founded by Oiympia Dukakis The Lenox Arts Center at hearsal of; "Fable," a music- everything (including that there Wheatleigh will premiere theatre work by Jean Claude is no longer any water in their "Meeting Mr. Ives," a music- van ltalliiej directed by Joseph lake), and have sent the thratre-dance work based on the Chaikin, director of the Open journeyers in search of help from life of composer Charles Ives, Theatre, with music composed the king. Aug. 20-24 at 9 p.

by Richard Peaslee. Performances will be out-Brendan Gill, chief drama "Fable" tells of the adven- doors on Wheatleieh's lawn, be- Oiympia Dukakis. She helped the Charles Playhouse get off the ground in 1957 and has been active in regional and off-Broadway theatre since. In 1962, Tom Brennan, a former associate director at Williamstown, asked her if she'd like to do a New York production of "Medea" and did she also know of someone, who might play the male lead. She remem cert for the Rudolf Steiner Farm School in Harlemville (Hillsclale), N.Y., Sunday at The program will be held in the barn auditorium of the scnool and Vfill be followed by a critic of The New Yorker maga- tures of journeyers from a' ginning at 9 p.m.

In event of and Louis Zorich, is about to begin its reception, wnere homemade zine and author of the book fishing village. The people of the rain, the performance tor tnat bered a big, good-looking guy she had desserts will be served. third season The theatre, which has only al an six months later "Here at The New Yorker," has viuage are always forgetting evening will be canceled. iuu seats, naa xau suuscnuens us una written tne Dook ana nicnara she was Mrs. Louis Zorich.

Which is one of the reasons they bought a house in Montclair a girl 10 and two boys aged 6 and 4. Montclair is only 25 minutes from New York, which OSOilCtElD year, suo last year ana tnere is uik ot 1,000 this year, a record General Motors would be proud to acknowledge. Founding theatres is nothing new for The string quartet includes Gino Sambuco first violin, a member of the New York Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York; Yoko Gilbert, second violin, a native of Japan and a member of the American Symphony Orchestra; Michael Gilbert, viola; currently with the New York Phil-, harmonic: and Gerald ADDle- OPENING of our new intimate Von Hartz play Movie review- nWed-Fri Sat 2pm 7-9 9K. back-porch cinema wed-fri 9Pm draws praise LJ AMES WHALE'S 6 Apple Dumpling Gang9 .1935 classic BRIDE- OF FRANKENSTEIN Dufallo has chosen the music. Dennis Nahat will direct and choreograph the production.

In "Meeting Mr. Ives," Ives's music and life story will be recounted, much of it in his own words. The two chief 'characters, Ives and his father George, will be accompanied by eight singer-dancers on a single setting depicting a New England village green sometime in the late 19th century. "The emphasis of the production," says Gill, "will be upon Ives's invincible joyousness there are dark places in his music, as there are in his life, but he was the most ebullient of men, with great faith in himself, his work and in the America from which he emerged The following week, Lenox Arts will present an open je- THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG. HomeWork, two one-act co- man cello, also with the New medies by John von Hartz of York Philharmonic.

New York, who worked as an The program will include the Eagle reporter from 1958 Quartet in minor, K.421, by through 1959, received high Mozart, the Quartet Opus 18, praise from critic Mel Gussow No. 6 by Beethoven, and the of the New York Times during Ouartet No. 6 in maior. Odus Vuu Kkasc Wall Duatv effects, the youngsters get a chance to yell their frustrations out and cease the running up and down the aisles. nice actors and that puts' them right on top to begin with.

But best of all, the cast is loaded with real pros Bill Bixby as an itinerant gambler, Susan Clark as a kind of Un-calamity Jane stage driver, Don Knotts and Tim Conway as two of the most inept outlaws as prneautioa. prwteed by BUI Aair. Directed by Normal Tokar. Sereeayity, Doa Tatt, baaea oa bsrt by Jack M. BKkban; camera (TccbalcaUrl.

Prtak PbUUpai mask. Buddy Baker; art Jaka B. Maabride, Walter Tyler: edtter, Ray deLeao; aiu. dlrecUr, Rea aid R. Grew; mood, Here Tayler, Praak Rrcala.

At tee Palace Tkeatre. IMPAA. its recent run at the Astor Place 96 by Anton Dvo- All of the technical work is first rate and the movie was filmed in the Los Padres and Rauag: naaaiag uoe, lae Deschutes National forests in I prefer Allen' LOVE AND BlUBUky gataa Clark ineaire. rak. Gussow wrote that "in each of Donations for the concert are his plays, von Hartz takes a see- being asked.

Reservations are mingly normal situation (first available by contacting the the home, then the office) and school by calling or writing the injects one note of outrageous Farm RFD 2, Harlem-absurdity-which the characters viUe, via Ghent, N.Y., 12075.. easily accept as just another ever stumbled over their spurs, Oregon, about as pretty country Harry Morgan as the barber- DEATH over all the movies he nhas made before." i--MILTON BASS, Berk. Eagle as a man could hanker after while watching a mining film. All in all, if the kids want to see it; it won't hurt you hone if ReuelDeaavaB Mipwda Daily Oydeidalt Tkeadare Oftlvle Amaa Cel. T.R.

Clydeidafe Freak aiillweU Hoomt McCoy Leaaard Skarpe Jeea Wlatle Bobby Bradley Cbvla Bradley Celia Bradley Tba Oaaway David Wayat SUaPtekea. Harry Merges JekaMcGlver DeaKeifbJ ClayO'Briea Brad lavage judge-sheriff-justice of 1 the peace, David Wayne as a drunken Col. Sanders and Slim Pickens as a bad guy who really ain't so much. you take them, ine only pos- 5ff Gussow said tha much of the writing "is worthy of Ionesco'" and the plays "in- BEKKShTESTpTTSWR sible problem is that the cute mm mm Stacy ill The pace of the film is fairly gimmick in this film is that the traduce a new playwright with slow, but once the runaway little girl always "has to go," an original comic talent for the mine cars get going, and the and if one of your kids thinks theatre." runaway fire engines, and the this is funny, you might be in yon Hartz is an editor' for -0-7 yuii nal 14 13 ail CUUUI' 1UI Uca By Milton R. Bass AS PREPARATION for the Coming "NASHVILLE" Karen Black 3 nou, TV fomilir tvura" that iL.

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