Savannah News-Press • Sunday, January 19,1992 - 5F
Art
Rodlnt Sculpture from
the) S. Gerald Cantor Collectlona - an exhibit featuring 48
works by the celebrated French
sculptor Auguste Rodin - is on
view through Feb. 16 at the Tetfair
Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121
Barnard St. The show presents a
survey of Rodin's works, ranging
from a cast of "Age of Bronze"
1876) to his "Pas de Deux'G'"
(1910 to 1913). Three of the sculptor's projects are represented as
well: "The Gates of Hell," "The
Burghers of Calais" and "Balzac."
Teffair hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday and 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Admission is free for museum members at all times and free to the general public on Sunday. At other
times, the cost is $2.50 for»adutts,
$1 for students, 50 cents for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children under 6. Info: 232-1177.
An exhibrt of Southern African-American folk art collected by Louanne LaRouche of Hilton Head Island, B.C., is on display
through March 15 at the King-nsdell Museum's Beach Institute African-American Cultural Center, corner of Price and E. Harris streets.
Ms. LaRouche is owner of the Bed
Piano Art Gallery on Hilton Head,
Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m.
daily. A reception will be held from 3
to 5 p.m. on Feb. 2. There is no
charge, but donations are welcome.
Info: 234-8000.
"Art From Spiritism*,"
A constantly changing ahow
entitled "Savannah ftivetfront"
is on display through February at
Gallery 209,209 River St. Hours
are 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday
Saturday and noon to 5:30
p.m. Sunday. Into: 236-4583.
City Market Art Center,
on the upper levels of the FrankHn
Ward North and South buildings in
City Market, houses the working
studios of 35 artists. Potters, painters, fiber artists, woodcarvers, photographers and glass designers create, exhibit and demonstrate their
art. Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 1 to 5p.m.
Sunday. Free. Info: 234-2327.
Drama
City Lights Theater _
ny's production
of "P.S. Yaur Cat
H
la Dead» a comedy by James
Kirkwood, continues through Feb. 2
at the York Lane Theater, 15 W.
York Lane. The play concerns the
evolving relationship between a
writer suffering through tough times
and his would-be robber. Viewer advisory: The play contains strong lanauage and adult situations. City
ughts Artistic Director Jim Holt directs, and Chip Toodle and Steve
Andruzzi star. Remaining performances are today, Thursday through
next Sunday (Jan. 26), Jan. 30 and
31 , and Feb. 1 and 2. All shows are
at 8 p.m. except next Sunday's,
which is at 3 p.m. Tickets are $7.50,
with special rates available for
groups of 10 or more. Info and reservations: 234-9860.
an exhibit of ceramic sculpture and
photographs by Armstrong State
College assistant professors John
Jenaen and Linda Jensen, is on
display through Jan. 24 in ASC's
fine arts gallery. Jensen, who
recently won the best of show
award in the Savannah Art Association's annual members' exhibit,
deals primarily with awareness of
the human body in his work. Ms.
Jensen, a blue ribbon winner in the
SAA's show, hand-colors some of
her photographs and adds colorful
beads to mem. Viewing hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: 927-5325.
The Hunter Army Airfield
Performing Arts Theatre is presenting dinner-theater performances of
Lee Blessing's black comedy
"Hlchea" Jalso known as 'The
War of the Hoses") Friday and Saturday at Hunter's recreation center,
1286 Haley Ave. Lisa Allison directs, and Yvette Ray and Bill Oebhart star as a battling couple, pinner
begins at 7 each evening/and the
show starts at 8:15 p.m. The cost is
$15 for dinner and the play; $5 for
the performance only. Dinner reservations must be made 24 hours in
advance. Info and reservations:
352-6226.
Recent sculpture by Carphrn Rodoers is on view through
Feb. 15 in the lobby of the fine arts
building at Armstrong State College.
Ms. Rodgers, currently enrolled at
the school for teacher certification in
art education, is Chatham County's
cultural arts director and director of
the county's Boathouse Art School
Viewing hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday. Info:
925-5465.
"Lend Me a Tenor," playwright Ken Ludwig's farce wrth an
operatic theme, opens this week at
the Hilton Head Playhouse,
Dunnagan's Alley at Arrow Road on
Hilton Head Island, S.C. Dallas
Dunnagan directs the production
and New York actor Chuck Pooler
stars in the role of Tito, an Italian
tenor whose arrival in Cleveland for
a performance of "Otello" sets off a
series of comic mishaps and incidents. The production opens
Wednesday and continues through
Feb. 1 5, with nightly performances
Wednesday through Saturday this
week and Tuesday through Saturday subsequent weeks, All shows
begin at 8 p.m. with the exception of
a 3 p.m. performance on Feb. 9.
Tickets are $1 2 for adults and $1 0
for children. Info and reservations:
(803) 785-4878.
"Retrospective," an exhibit of recent works by painter Michael Hippie and photographers
Nancy SpeU and pan Stainback, is on display through the end
of the month at the City Market Art
Center in the Franklin Ward North
building at City Market. Call for
viewing hours. Info: 232-4903.
"Women Series," an exhibit featuring paintings and sculptures by artist Jackie Schaefer,
can be viewed through the end of
the month at the International Oasis
Gallery, 232 Bull St. Gallery hours
for the holiday season are 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday
or by appointment. Info: 236-4736.
Paintings, photographs and
ceramics by artists Philip Carpenter, David Mudrinicn,
Francie Rich, Jill Ruhlman
and Stephen Sunnier are on display through the end of the month in
Galtery 303 in the Foy Fine Arts
Building on the campus of Georgia
Southern University in Statesboro.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays. Info: 1-681-5358.
A special exhibit of sportsand recreation-themed oils and watercolors entitled "The Sporting
Ufa" is on view through Friday at
the Ray Ellis Gallery, 205 W, Congress St. Info: 234-3537.
"Larger than Life," an
exhibit of pastels by Hilton Head Island artist Jean Watson, can be
seen through Feb. 14 at the Hilton
Head Art League Gallery in the Sea
Pines Center on Hilton Head Island,
S.C. Selected works by other members of the Hilton Head Art League
also are on display. Regular gallery
hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Info: (803)
671-
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Music
Frank Mumfort and
Friends - a quartet featuring
prominent Savannah jazz musicians
Frank Mumfort (on drums), Matthew
"Boobie" McMillian (saxophone),
Alan Andrews (bass) and Theodore
"Stubby" Mitchell (fiugelhom) - will
provide the musical entertainment
today during the Coastal Jazz Association's annual meeting, to be held
at 5 p.m. at the Mulberry, 601 E.
Bay St. The event also wiH include
the election of officers and the se-,
lection of Savannah-area "Jazzman
(or Jazzwoman) of the Year." There
is a $3 charge for those who are not
members of the CJA. Info:
232-2222.
The Hilton Head Chambar Orchestra, under the direction of Dorothy Mauney, will present
a salute to Mosart today at 4
p.m. at First Presbyterian Church on
Hilton Head Island, S.C. Selections
wilt include Symphony or Divertimento; the Exsuttate, Jubilate Motet, K. 165; and the Sinfonia Concertante in E, K. 364. Soprano Eleanor Krebs will be the guest artist.
Tickets are $10. Info: (803)
842-2055.
Harpist and singer Harvl
Qrtffin will perform today at 5 p.m.
at the Fripp island Community Center on Fripp Island, S.C., in a con-
ON STAGE: Bill Gebhardt, Yvette Ray star in 'Riches'
cert presented by the Fripp Island
Friends of Music. Info: (803)
838-5523,
The world-famous Vienna
Choir Boys will sing at 8 p.m.
Wednesday in the Savannah Civic
Center's Johnny Mercer Theatre, in
a fund-raising performance for public-radio station WSVH-FM 91 and
the Lucas Theatre for the Arts. The
choir dates back nearly five centuries, having been founded in 1498 by
the imperial decree of Hapsburg
Emperor Maximilian I. Tickets are
$18.50 for balcony seats and
$22.50 for orchestra and mezzanine
seat, with a $3 discount for senior
citizens and groups of 20 or more.
Tickets are available at the Civic
Center box office; at Starship Records and Tapes stores in Savannah,
Hinesvilte and Brunswick; and at
Disc Jockey Records in Savannah
Mall. General info: 232-1696. Ticket
Info: 65V6556.
New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jau Band will perform
at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Vidalia
High School gym in Vidalia. Tickets
are $12,50 for adults and $6.25 for
students. Advance tickets are available at Mr. Book in Vidalia; Pages
Department Store in Lyons; and the
office of the Ohoopee Regional
Council for the Arts, 110 E. Sixth St.
in Vidalia^lnfo: 1-537-1911.
"Fun In Just One Lifetime" -. a night of okMashioned
entertainment featuring barbershop
harmonies, an audience sing-along,
door prizes and refreshments - will
be held at 7:30 p,m. Friday at St.
Paufs Episcopal Church, 34th and
Abercorn streets. Admission is$5.
Info: 232-0274.
Acclaimed performers and
recording artists Norman and
Nancy Blake will present a concert of old-time country music at 8
p.m. Saturday at the Oatland Island
Education Center, 711 Sandtown
Road. Blake's resume includes studio work on Bob Dylan's "Nashville
Skyline" album and the Nitty Gritty
Dirt Sand's "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." Nancy Blake, like her husband a multi-instrumentalist, began
her career playing classical cello.
Admission at the door is $8 for
members of the Savannah Folk Music Society, which is sponsoring the
concert, and $10 for non-members.
Info: 927-1376 or 354-8251.
The Hilton Head Orchestra will present a "popular classics" concert - featuring Wagner's "Overture to 'Die
Meistersinger'," Bizet's "Carmen"
suite, selections from Gershwin's
"Porgy and Bess," and Dvorak's
Symphony No. 9 ("From the New
World") - at 8 p.m. Saturday at
First Presbyterian Church on Hilton
Head Island, S.C Maestro John
Gosling conducts the 54-piece orchestra. Tickets are $15 for general
admission, with children and students admitted free. They are available at Sea Pines Pharmacy,
Burke's Main Street Pharmacy, the
Hilton Head Cultural Council or at
the door. Into: (803) 843-2055.
, Donizetti's "L'lllslr *
Amore" wiH be the featured opera
from 1:30 to 4:15 p.m. Saturday on
public-radio station WSVH-FM 91
as part of the Texaco-Metropolitan
Opera series of live radio broadcasts from New York's Metropolitan
Opera House in Lincoln Center.
Marcello Panni will conduct a cast
that will include Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons and
Paul Plishka. Info: 238-0911.
Advance tickets are available for Savannah Onstage, to
be held Feb. 19 through 23 at various downtown churches and other
locations. The performing-arts festival, now in its third year, spotlights
winners of such prestigious national
and international music and vocal
contests as the Casadesus International Competition (piano), the Marian Anderson Vocal Arts Competition and the Thelonius Monk Gazz)
Competition. Ticket packages range
in price from $140 for ail nine performances to $65 for a four-concert
sampler. Admission to individual
performances is $17.50, with the
exception of the opening-night gala,
which costs $22. Info and ticket orders: 236-5745 or (outside the Savannah area) (800) 252-8437.
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Dance
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New Dance Theater, a
concert of modem dance and ballet
by various dance professionals from
Savannah and Hilton Head Island,
S.C., will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Savannah
Theatre, 222 Bull St. The performance will include a total of eight
works - running the gamut from
serious to humorous, theatrical to
classical - by Patricia Wasko,
John Carlyla, Kim Banks and
Qaye Manhattan Tickets are
$10 for general admission, $8 for
senior citizens and $6 for students.
Info: 353-7147.
Film
This week's offering in the
Savannah Film Series is
"Knight Without Armour," a
1937 historical romance starring
Robert Donat and Marlene Dietrich
as lovers on opposite sides of the
Russian Revolution of 1917. The
picture was directed by Jacques
Feyder and produced by Alexander
Korda. All films In the series, which
runs through Feb. 25, are shown at
8 p.m. Tuesday at the York Lane
Theater, 15 W, York Lane. This
year's lineup focuses on films produced by the Hollywood moguls Alexander Korda and Samuel Goldwyn. Tickets, available at the door,
are $3. The Savannah Film Series
is a non-profit enterprise, staffed by
volunteers. Info: 238-3471.
Lectures, Readings
Playwright and journalist
lit will give a
free talk today at 5 p.m. at
Hall, 501 Whitaker St, home of the
Georgia Historical Society. Morehouse, bom into a Broadway theater family, has written a number of
plays that have been produced offBroadway; was a staff a staff correfor the Christian Science
nftor for 10 years; and has writ-
NEW YORK - Singer Debbie Gibaon,who first auditioned for a Broadway show at age i, finally landed
a role 15 years Uter. She debuted Jan. 7 as Eponine In
"Us Miserable*."
But in those 15 years, besides doing a lot of auditioning, she hat ate ioU mfllkms of records.
Gibson's U97 debut album, "Out of the Blue," sold
3 million copies and made her famous as a singer. Her
IMt follow-up, "Electric Youth," sold 2 million. "Anytfiteg to Possible," in 1990, sold l million.
But dimfo^ttg record sales weren't the reason
she auditioned for "Lea Mis."
Thtettth the yean, she hss auditioned for Broadway pots, suitsite or not, with an enthusiastic at*
tufe Ecafls "realist* andoptimistic."
Wiale SB* 4fc«Bt ewn remember all her addition*,
she doit remember trying out for " Anafe."
"Tbt first too* t was «, It was for one of the orfttsm Yffltti futaf llappy Birthday/ If you got a
*^^" 'Toroonrow ' I awlitiowidsev-
eral time*,
"When I was 111 was down to the last 10 girls for
Annie. I was too tall at the time I wore baggy pants
and bent my knees. But they caught on and threw me
right out. It was kind of depressing. I never got to play
Annie."
Gibson, who grew .up in Merrick,( Long Island, recalls that when she was 5-she said, "I want to be on
Broadway someday /I hadn|t seen anything. It just always seemed it was theliigb&t place you could be.
"The first time f was in a theater was to audition,
not to see anything, the first show I saw was 'Annie/
I was 7 or 8.1 kept tttnkin^'*Ami dreaming?
I can't
m
believe I'm here seefcwa Broadway show! -
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the years, shelte|»4«auditiontog
4i
Fsr 'Evtta' yw were supposed to have daj*
hafr^s^ recalls, "l*mi$tesm*y. t auditioned for
'Funny Girt.' I was on rotter slates. I couldn't skate to
save my tife. I never even got to sing my 11 bars on
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vices Bureau, 1512 Bull St., is accepting registrations tor its winterQuarter classes In art, danco,
drama* music and ceramics,
as well as for winter-quarter special
events. The classes last eight
weeks and cost $40. Info:
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651-6783
Carol Andrews, a professor of English at Armstrong State
College and a scholar of William
Faulkner, will read the Falkner short
story •The Odor of Verbena" at
3 p.m. today at the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Chartton St. There is no charge. Info:
927-5289.
Misc.
Senior minister Terry L.
Johnson will discuss the history of
Independent Presbyterian
Church during a lecture at 7:30
p.m. Monday at the church, 25 W.
Oglethorpe Ave. Independent Presbyterian has been part of Savannah's religious community since
1755. The current building is
thought to be a duplicate of the original church, which burned in 1889
A tour will follow the talk. There is
no charge for the event, the third installment in the Historic Savannah
Foundation's six-part "Houses of
Worship" lecture series for 1991 '92. Info: 233-7787.
Comedy
Handy tubas will be the
headliner this week at the Comedy
House, 317 Eisenhower Drive. Daryt Pinsky will be the featured comic, and the Big Kahuna will serve as
master of ceremonies. There will be
shows nightly at 8:30 Tuesday
through Thursday and two shows at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. - on Friday
and Saturday. Admission is $5 for
all shows Tuesday through Thursday and $7 for the weekend performances. Info: 356-1045.
Classes, Workshops
The Savannah Speech
and Hearing Center is sponsoring beginning and intermediate
sign language classes, and
also will be the site of a American
sign language workshop
this
1
week. The beginners class will start
at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and the intermediate class will be start at 6:30
p.m. Tuesday. Both will be held at
the center, located at 1206 E 66th
St. The cost for each of the eightweek classes is $50, which includes
materials. Call 355-4601 fpr more
information and to pro-register. The
workshop will be held at the center
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and
costs $5, payable at the door. The
speaker will be Ray Williams. Workshop info: Hazel Davis at 355-4601
or Beverly Sederwail at 921-0210.
The impact and effect off
child sexual abuse will be the
topic of a free public forum led by
Dr. Deborah A. Kearney at 7
p.m. Tuesday at the Oglethorpe
Mall branch of the Chatham County
Public Library. Dr. Kearney, formerly a psychologist for the Rape Crisis
Center, specializes in the treatment
of the victims of incest and child
abuse. Info: 236-9143.
. author of "
autograph copies of the book during
an autofraph party today from 3
to 5 p.m. at the KirrQ-ftedelt Blac*
History Museum, 514 E. Huntingdon
St. The book is a historical, cutturaf<
and anecdotal portrait of DaufusKte,
which lies between TybeeJsland J
and Hilton Head Island, S.C., and
was largely overlooked by outsiders
until recent years. Ms. Bum, a longtime Daufuskie resident, served a*
the Island's postmaster from 1963
until the early 1980s. Info:
«,
234-8000.
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artifacts corn* ~
memorating Florida's Fort Mose, the
first legally sanctioned free black
community in the United States, can
be viewed in "fort Mote: Colonial America** Black Fortrea*
of Freedom," a traveling exhibit
from the Florida Museum of Natural
History that is on display through
March 15 at the Savannah Science
Museum, 4405 Paulsen St. The exhibit - much of it hands-on and interactive - explores little-known aspects of African-American history
that began with the arrival of Columbus. Admission is free for Science
Museum members, $1.50 for children and senior citizens, and $2.50
for general admission. Admission to
the museum and planetarium is free
on the second Sunday of each
month thanks to funding by the city
of Savannah and the Savannah Arts
Commission. Museum hours are 2
to 5 p.m. Sunday and 1Q a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
(closed Monday). Info: 355-6705.
The City of Savannah's
ARTSLINE, 233-2787 (233-ARTS)
offers weekly updates on local cultural events via a 24-hour taped telephone message.
Out of Town
Various ticket packages tor
Charleston, S.C.'s Spoleto Festl. val U.S.A., to be held from May 21
through June 7, are on sale through
the end of the month. Highlights include performances by Les Ballets
de Monte-Carlo and the Paul Taylor
Dance Co., presentations of the operas "II Duca tf A/ba" and 'Bektra,"
and a vanety of chamber music and
theater offerings. Prices begin at
$130 for five-event packages and at
$176 for six-event packages. For a
free brochure, write the festival at
P.O. Box 157, Charleston, S.C.
29402 or call (803) 722-2764.
An exhibit entitled "Max
Weber The Cubist Decade,
1910-1920" is on display through
Feb. 9 at the High Museum of Art,
1260 Peachtree St. N.E., in Atlanta.
The show features a lotal of approximately 60 of the American modernist's abstracts, figure studies, New
York cttyscapes and urban scenes.
General admission is $4. The cost
is $2 for college students and senior
citizens, $1 for children ages 6 to 17
and free for young children and museum members. Hours are noon to
5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
(Friday hours will be extended to 9
p.m. in January.) Info: (404)
892-4444.
Enrollment is under way for
the 16-week winter session of the
Armstrong State College
Community Music School.
Children and adults of all ages are
welcome to enroll at beginner or advanced levels for private music instruction in voice, piano, guitar and
all band instruments. Classes begin
next Sunday (Jan. 26) and conclude
May 24. The program offers 30-, 45and 60-minute lessons that meet
once a week in the ASC fine arts
center. All students have the opportunity to perform in several group
recitals throughout the school year.
Items to be considered for
Info on fees and schedules:
inclusion in this column must be re927-5381 or 927-5325.
ceived in writing no later than Monday. 5 p.m. Please include the date,
time, exact location, a brief descripYoga classes will be oftion of the event, the admission
fered beginning this week at three
price and a telephone number, for
locations: City Market, the YMCA on
readers to catt for information.
Habersham Street and at Cooper's
Studio on Talahi Island. Morning
and evening classes are available,
Send all information to
at a cost of $64 tor an eight-week
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Role
Debbie Gibson Finally
By MARY CAMPBELL
ten for newspapers in Philadelphia,
New York and Savannah. His lecture topics will be recollections of
his family's Savannah connections,
and his recently published book,
The Waldorf Astoria: America's
Gilded Dream." Info: Sharon Hetherington or Lyn McCuen at
651-2125.
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"Tbere was a show that doted in previews, 'Surf
City/ where I was cajfed back II times. It was Beach
Boys music. It seemed like a good idea/'
Gibson auditioned for Eponine before "Les Miz
opened in 1987. Now that she's 21, Gibson thinks she
was too young to play Eponine then. 'Tm ready now.
"She's in love with Marius (the young male lead, a
revolutionary) but he's in love with Cosette (Jean
Valjean's adopted daughter). Eponine dies in his
arms on the barracade. She sings "On My Own' and 'A
Little Pall of Rain* with Marius as she is dying.
"In the beginning you see her as a little girl. I'm
not Eponine until aJhird of the way into the shew. Before that I play chorus rotes which are really fun - a
factory worker, a form worker, a prostitute where
they sing 'Lovely Ladies.'"
Gibson witt he in "Les Miz" at the Imperial Theater for three months, replacing Natalie Toro who is
taking a vacation, then shell work on a fourth album.
The stage? is s%o poplar in Japan, where there
areDehbte Gibaond^hmf stores, "The Japanese designer came fo my house and went through my cloaet," she says. "The store is a big version of my ctos4
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