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Hems for the Sunday Arts Calendar should be mailed one week before publication date lo Debby Gardner, Arts dar, The Times Record, 501 Broadway, Troy, N.Y. 12181. Include who, whal, lime, place and a phone contact for further information. For a complete listing of films al area theaters see the Movie Timetable page 38. Sunday, June 29 SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 7 p.m., amphitheater.

Stephen Stills in concert. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m., Spa Summer Theater. Film King Of Hearts." COLONIE COLISEUM SUMMER THEATRE 7:30 p.m., just off Rt. 9, Latham. "Fiddler On The Roof," featuring Zero Mostel.

TOWERS HALL PLAYHOUSE 9 p.m., Canada Street, Rt. 9, Lake George. "Arsenic And Old Lace." SARATOGA FAIR Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs 1:05 p.m. midnight. Grounds, midway and exhibits open.

8 p.m., grandstand. Lynn Anderson and the Saratoga Pops with Richard Hayman. TACONTC PROJECT ACTING COMPANY 7 p.m., Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, N.Y. "Oh, a musical tribute to Noel Coward. ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART 2 5 p.m., 125 Washington Albanv.

Exhibits: 1975 exhibition by artists of the Mohawk Hudson region; best photographs of 1974 by Albany Camera Club: scenic' Staffordshire of the early 19th century; 19th century glass flasks from Albany Glass Works and memorial silver, needlepoint and jewelry made fjom I7lh to 19th centuries. (Institute is also open from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday closed holidays.) HIGH POINT INN AND GALLERIES 10 a.m. p.m., West Mountain Road, Lenox, Mass.

Paintings and Drawings by Howard Knolls. (Open daily.) THE INSTITUTE ON MAN AND SCIENCE 2 5 p.m., Rensselaerville. Open house. ODDS AND ENDS FOR SUNDAY 10 a.m. midnight, Boggs Farm, just north of the Village of Corinth, Ht.

9N. Final day of third Bluegrass Festival featuring a gospel sing. 1 and 3 p.m., Eighth Step Coffee House, 14 Willet Albany. Children's shows Viidi Tom Winsknv and Family. 4 6 p.m., Great Hall, St.

George's Church, 30 North Ferry Scheneciady. Opening of the Scheneclady Art Society's seventh Discovery through July 25.) 7 9 p.m., Art Colonie, 141 Old Loudon Road, Latham. Life sketching class, (Call 785-8220 for information about other classes.) 7:30 p.m. midnight, Ramada Inn, Nott Street, Schenectady. Bobby Hackett and the Jazz All 9:30 a.m., Warehouse No.

1,1095 Central Albany. The Buckingnams present four shows. Monday, June 30 SARATOGA PERFORMING A HI'S CbNTER 7:30 and 9:15 p.m., Spa Summer Theater. Film Festival- "The King Of Hearts." TOWERS HALL PLAYHOUSE 9 p.m., Canada Street. Ri.

Lake George. "Arsenic And Old Lace." SARATOGA FAIR Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs 10 a.m. midnight. Grounds, midway and exhibits open. 8 p.m., grandstand.

Mac Davis and Fred Smool. ODDS AND ENDS FOR MONDAY 9 a.m. 4 p.m., University Art Gallery, Albany State University. Summer exhibition season opens with 55 Mercer, the Art Council Collection and photographs of Jerry Gold. 9 a.m.

5 p.m.. Renssclaer Countv Council for the Arts 189 Troy. Annual Fence Show of works chosen at annual Arts and Crafts Festival. (Shown through July31; 9a.m too p.m. weekdays.) 7:30 p.m., Rensselaer Newman Chapel and Cultural Center 2215 Burdett Troy.

We, The Free Theatre hold try outs for "The Death And Life Of Sneaky Fitch," to be presented in early September. Tuesday, July 1 SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 7 p.m., amphitheater. Arlo Guthrieand Pete Seeger present a concert for the benefit of the Hudson River Sloop Restoration, Inc. 7 and 9:55 p.m., Spa Summer Theater. SPAC Cinema Celebrity series: "Rebecca," with personal appearance bv Joan Fontaine.

COLONIE COLISEUM SUMMER THEATRE 8:30 p.m., just off Rt. 9, Latham. "Grease," TOWERS HALL PLAYHOUSE 9 p.m., Canada Street, Rt. 9, Lake George. "Arsenic And Old Lace." SARATOGA Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs 10 a.m.

midnight. Grounds, midway and exhibits open. 5 and 8 p.m., grandstand. Mac Davis and Fred Smoot. TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL 7:30 p.m., Lenox, Mass.

Gordon Lightfoot in concert. PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL 7:30 p.m., Lee, Mass. Linda DiBona and Chris Jensen, the Theatre Dance Collection and Chiang Ching. BERKSHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL 8:30 p.m., Stockbridge, Mass. "Godspell." ODDS AND ENDS FOR TUESDAY 10 a.m.

4:30 p.m., The Schcnectady Museum, Nott Terrace Heights, Sbheneetady. Exhibit of needlework by Lisa Rodewald. 10 a.m. 5:30 p.m., Art Colonie, 141 Old I.nu«ff- Latham. Gallery open.

(Same hours through Saturday.) 1 5 p.m., Berkshire Resource Center, Stephentown. Bicentennial arts and crafts show. (Shown through July 15- 1 to 5 p.m. daily.) 7 p.m., Kaydeross Park, Saratoga Lake, Saratoga Springs Non professional Talent Showcase. 730 p.m., Rensselaer Newman Chapel and Cultural Center 2215 Burdett Troy.

We, The Free Theatre hold Iry outs for "The Death And Life Of Sneaky Fitch," lo be presented in early September. 7:30 9:30 p.m., Arbor Hill Community Center, Albany. Dance workshop, sponsored by Black Arts Corporation. Wednesday, July 2 SARATOGA PERFR0111NG ARTS CENTER 7 p.m.. amphitheater.

The Pointer Sisters in concert with guest star Jimmy Walker. 7:30 and 9:10 p.m., Spa Summer Theater. Film Festival- Trie Marx Brothers in "Coconuts." COLOME COLISEUM SUMMER THEATRE 8:30 p.m., just off Rt. 9, Latham. "Grease." TOWERS HALL PLAYHOUSE 9 p.m..

Canada Street, Rt. 9, Lake George. "Arsenic And Old Lace." SARATOGA FAIR Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs 10 a.m. midnight. Ground, midway and exhibits open.

8 p.m., grandstand. B.J. Thomas and Up With People. THE MAC HAYDN THEATRE 8 p.m., fairgrounds, Chatham. "Showboat." WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE 8:30 p.m., Woodstock, N.Y.

Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys." JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL 8:40 p.m., Lee, Mass. Linda DiHona and Chris Jensen Hie 'iheatre Dance Collection and Chiang Ching. BERKSHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL 2 and 8:30 p.m.; Stockbridge, Mass. "Godspell." ODDS AND ENDS FOR WEDNESDAY 7 9 p.m., Sunflower Art Center, Round Lake. Drawing session, instructors on hand.

7:30 9:30 p.m.. Arbor Hill Community Center, Albanv Drama workshop, sponsored by Black Arts Corporation. Thursday, July 3 set 18 pt ilal WANTED General Carpentry Work PORCHES Repaired or Replaced WROUGHT Railings CONCRETE or Wooden Steps GUTTERS and Downspouts Talk To The Man Who Does The CALL C. W. THE REE GEES will perform live and in concert Saturday night at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are still available for the show, slated lo begin at 7 m. Thursday, July 3 Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs 7:30 and p.m., Spa Summer Theater. Film Festival- The Marx Brothers in "Coconuts." COLONIE COLISEUM SUMMER THEATRE 2 and 8:30 p.m., Rt. 9, Latham. "Grease." TOWERS HALL PLAYHOUSE 9 p.m., Canada Street, Rt.

9, Lake George. Thursday Nieht Special: "The Fantasticks." SARATOGA FAIR Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs 10 a.m. midnight. Grounds, midway and exhibits open, 8 p.m., grandstand. Red Skelton and Tanya Tucker.

THE MAC HAYDN THEATRE 8 p.m., fairgrounds, Chatham. "Showboat." WILUAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL 8:40 p.m., Adams Memorial Theatre, Williamstown, Mass "Ring Round The Moon" opens the Festival's 21st season. WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE 8:30 p.m., Woodstock, N.Y. Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys." JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL 3 p.m.. Lee- Mass.

Linda DiBona and Chris Jensen the Theatre Dance Collection and Chiang Ching. BERKSHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL 8:30 p.m., Stockbridge, Mass. FORT SALEM SUMMER THEATRE 8:40 p.m., Main.Slreet, Salem, N.Y. "Girls In 509." PARK McCULLOUGH HOUSE 8 p.m., North Bennington, VI. Van der Linde student concert.

Friday, July 4 SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 7 p.m., amphitheater. Blood, Sweat and Tears, with Chick Corea and Return To Forever, in concert. 7:30 and 8 p.m., Spa Summer Theater. Film Festival- The Marx Brothers in "A Night In Casablanca. 1 COLONIE COLISEUM SUMMER THEATRE just off Rt.

9, Latham. "Grease." TOWERS HALL PLAYHOUSE 9 p.m., Canada Street, Kt. 9, Lake George. "Arsenic And Old Lace." SARATOGA FAIR Saratoga Race Course, Sarazoga Springs 10 a.m. midnight.

Grounds, midway and exhibits open. 8 p.m., grandstand. Roger Miller, The Mills Brothers and a Tribute to Duke Ellington. THE MAC HAYDN THEATRE 8 p.m., fairgrounds, Chatham. "Showboat." WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL 8:40 p.m., Adams Memorial Theatre, Williamstown, Mass.

Birth Of A Musical, Part IV SWll JOB WELCOME 783-8380 By LEE ADAMS A director once was asked how mucli rehearsal was needed fora Broadway show. "Always one more week," he answered. You never have enough time. The usual rehearsal period is six weeks, with the dancers starting a week earlier takes time.) This seems like plenty of lime, particularly when you look at tlic schedule. Scheduling is a logistics problem something like tlie Normandy invasion.

The stage manager ahd director work many hours perfecting this schedule long before rehearsals begin. Union rules spell out exaclly how many hours actors may wort, with specified breaks, dinner hours, and days off. (Tlfe (lays off diminish. By the final week of rehearsal it's seven days on and no days off. And the day before the out of town opening, they can work 24 hours, if necessary.

Sometimes it is. I By staggering hours, with some actors cbming in at ten a.m. and leaving at 6 p.m.. others-starting later and working later, a smart stage manager can slrelch Ihe rehearsal day from early morning until midnight. Rehearsals are the most exciting time for writers, Their words and notes are leaping off the paper and coming to three dimensional life.

It's also a busy time. Because some of the lines and songs that seemed so great in the script do nol leap lo life. Feverish rewriting goes on all during rehearsals. I have rewrillen lyrics in a freezing men's room directly under the stage, wilh dancers pounding the boards over my head. It lakes a bit of concentration.

You also have to be in three places at once. The director is staging a song with two principals in a small room, and the actors wanl lo change the lines around. (Actors love lo Iry to rewrite your lines. It gets sticky.) Tlie choreographer is on stage having problems with a number the words can't DO heard because Ihe dancers are twirling. And you have a hig rewrite to do on a comedy song that isn't funny.

When you get inlo Ihe last two weeks of rehearsal, you realize that tlie show can'l possibly be ready in lime. The coslumcr lias been people out of rehearsals lo measure them. There are picture calls for publicity thai eat valuable hours. One of leads patches tlic flu. Quickly everybody eels flu shots, but two days later three more people are out off stage lee adams sick.

(This is a constant pallern, because is working too hard and nol eating properly. They get'tired and the bugs attack. I've never done a show without this attack of flu, colds or laryngitis around the third or fourth week of rehearsals.) 1 don't like generalizations, but I'll make one: dancers stay healthier than actors or singers. Maybe they're used to more strenuous work, but it's true. The pressure mounts and tempers fray.

The director and choreographer squabble over (he schedule. Both need more time. Aboul the fourlh week you iiavc your'first run through. Un- III then you've working piece a scene here, a dance number there. Now'It's all put together in running order.

And it's a shambles. You sit glumly and wonder how you could ever have imagined the show could work. If your script is up lo dale (mine never is) you leaf through it and there ore changes on every page. Many pages have been thrown outand new ones inserted as (he rewriting lias become re re re wriling. Bui Ihe next run through is a little better.

And the ncxl. Problems are getting solved. Finally you realize that next week you'll be playing for a paying audience in Philadelphia. And a new level of tension begins. So now, after Ihe yc.ir of'wriling.

Ihe months of auditioning and cosling, the weeks of rehearsing, your show is going lo open. Ahead of you Is the twenty liour a day grind of out of (own Iryouts. which I've already 'described. you weallier Ihis and make 11 lo New York. If it all works, you have a hit.

if nol, with exaclly Ihe same amount of lime and effort, you have flop. And that's all Ihcre is lo 11. "Ring Round The Moon." WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE 8:30 p.m., Woodstock, N.Y. Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys." TACONTC PROJECT ACTING COMPANY 8:30 p.m., Spencerlown Academy, Spencertown "World Of Carl Sandburg." FESTIVAL 7 p.m., Lenox, Mass. Weekend Boston Symphony Chamber Players.

9 p.m., same location. The Boston Symphony under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, featuring Mozart's overture from "The Magic Flute." JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL 8:40 p.m., Lee, Mass. Linda DiBona and Chris Jensen, the Theatre Dance Collection and Chiang Ching. BERKSHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL 8:30 p.m., Stockbridge, Mass. "Godspell." FORT SALEM SUMMER THEATRE 8:40 p.m.,- Main Street, Salem, N.Y.

"Girls In 559." TWILIGHT CONCERTS ON THE LAWN 2 p.m., Lenox, Mass. Tom Rush with Orphan, Orleans. Mimi Harris and Phil Ochs. Saturday, July 5 SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 7 p.m., amphitheater. The Bee Gees in concert.

7:30 and 9 p.m., Spa Summer Theater. Film Festival: The Marx Brothers in "A Night In Casablanca." COLONIE COLISEUM SUMMER THEATRE 6:45 and 10:15 p.m., just off Rt. 9, Latham. "Grease." TOWERS HALL PLAYHOUSE 9 p.m., Cafada Street, Rt. 9, LakeGeorge.

"Arsenic And Old Lace." SARATOGA FAIR Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga.Springs 10 a.m. midnight. Grounds, midway and exhibits open. 5 and 8 p.m., grandstands The Hudson Brothers and Bo Donaldson The Hey woods. MAC HAYDN THEATRE 8 p.m., fairgrounds, Chatham.

"Showboat." WILI.IAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL 5 and 9 p.m., Adams Memorial Theatre, "King Round The Moon." WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE 2:30 and 8:30 p.m., Woodstock, N.Y. Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys." TACONfC PROJECT ACTING COMPANY 2 p.m., Spencertown Academy, Spencertown. Children's theater: "Androcles And The Lion." 8:30 p.m., same Of Carl Sandburg." TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL 10:30 a.m., Lenox, Mass. Open rehearsal of the Boston Symphony. 8:30 p.m., same location.

The Boston Symphony under the direction fo 'Nevill Marriner, featuring works of Handel Mozart. Williams and Haydn. JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL 3 and 8:40 p.m., Lee, Mass. Linda DiBona and Chris Jensen tlie Theatre Dance Collection'and Chiang Ching. 'BERKSHIRE THEATRE FESTIVAL 5 and 9 p.m., Stockbridge, Mass.

"Godspell." FORT SALEM SUMMER THEATRE 8:40 p.m., Main Street, Salem, N.Y. "Girls In 509." TWILIGHT CONCERTS ON THE LAWN 8:30 p.m., Marlboro, Vt. The Marboro Music Festival In con Farina, Wendy Waldman and Leon Rcdb'one. ADIRONDACK LAKES CENTER FOR THE ARTS 10 a.m. 4 p.m., Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.

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