Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 26, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 18 Winnipeg of tree 61cfember 1978 a Broadway musical spoofs itself by Al Coll Foffi new York it a Broadway musical is a a Joof about of taking a of Fitusi Cal Ort it has of Alfassy gof Genus dancers and a rambling Story line and a funny one tickling skit about Broadway critics the play has opened at the Lunt Fontaine theatre with theatregoers turned away at the Box office de spite a top this Broadway has been the graveyard for some lavish but the latest efforts by Toronto lawyer Garth of Rabinsky and nor Man co producers of a Broadway have not been with the help of Gower who supervised the prod and the music of composer Charles Strouse and lyricist Lee the show has some funny and rewarding its a Story about a Young Black James who comes to the classified in the free press see Page 43 big City from Ohio with a script of a serious called a final it exposes the tribulations of a washed up Black pro netball Star offered to throw his last in Virtu Allen Lee As the playwright id Hes the Dummy who taken Over by a Sharp Broadway Eddie Down on his Bell has had four flops in a Row and is looking for a live he grabs lincolns script and turns it into a musical since so Many Black musicals have succeeded on the obvious mat for sneakers was Black playwright and Lee Underlays the role with he becomes con Vinced that Black mans feelings and frustrations can be expressed through sneakers is ready for a tryout in Wash suddenly the big name Zambone Richie walks ties supposed to play big the fading pro basketball played by Veteran Warren is ready to close Lincoln finds he has a voice and saves the there Are some Dandy numbers among the 13 songs Strouse composed for a Broadway musical including smoke and Yenta let me sing my song and you gotta have but the number that steals the show is the 1934 hot chocolate jazz babies when Sylvester played by Tiger recreates his former nightclub Drabinsky is executive producer of two new movies the disappear Ance and the silent the silent partner won six Canadian film including Best Pic Ture of Drabinsky third the staffing George Scott is in he also is a founding member of a new Enterprise which opened 18 theatres in Toronto in no a Broadway musical bursts with moments of glory but there Are flaws in the critic Mary Campbell of the associated press says it has pulled a Broadway Miracle by taking an corny Story and giving the audience a rousing Good the second act has champions big you a True show says Patti Veteran of 19 Broadway leads that Strouse composed the songs for the hit Broadway musical Annie and lyricist Adams worked with him on Bye Bye Birdie and a William Brown wrote the Wilsons Stock clearance Days Only december thursday and its yearned inventory time your Opportunity to save immediate delivery look for the purple Sale tags throughout Wilsons a i0 Many 8tock clearance specials throughout the store main floor clearance Baetz console 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science fact of Mengele has salvaged a Sample of blood and a specimen of Bones raping from Adolf Hitler during the Sec Ond world he uses the blood and Bone to clone 96 boys who May one Given proper Lead the fourth the now have been adopted and Are scattered throughout the free once the mad plot is lie the Weisenthal makes a Hasty journey across two continents to arrest the tide of the showdown is reduced to a struggle Between the two dominant egos of the Ira Levin is no stranger to the Field of his Broadway death and his earlier Rosemary both doled out Large Quanti ties of the boys from Brazil is equally effective in that de spite the fantastic aspects of the the producers have fashioned a convincing director Franklin Schaffner has lovingly crafted a movie with the tension of a coiled past successes the original planet of the apes and papillon speak most eloquently of his facility to bring out the Best in a the boys from Brazil also offers a gallery of Fine although they fall below the marquee value of such current big productions As super they take no Back seat As far As Talent is the German actor Bruno Mak ing his English has a memo Rable scene As the scientist who explains the cloning Anne As one of the clones effortlessly moves from comedy to drama for her standout unquestionably the Best supporting role belongs to Broadway Veteran Uta playing a former Mengele aide now in prison for War she projects an evil which is both repugnant and believable when she is interrogated by Lilli As lie bermans sister and and James Mason As the Security officer assigned to the have minimal demands made on their expansion of both roles would have enhanced the its a pity such High calibre performers Are reduced to window Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck Are the aging warriors Ezra Lieberman and Josef As Oli who played a Mengele Type in the Marathon becomes a kindly if methodical he is always inter Esting to watch with Subtle he adds layers of As Peck has Given his finest screen in 30 years of this is his first totally unsympathetic a Marvel to As the nefarious he is All Mengele dyes his hair and Mustache Jet flaunts addresses to the the Man is totally i can give no greater compliment than to say i was completely unaware of Gregory As i watched the in a period when promoters apply superlatives to every new the boys from Brazil is one of the few that measure up to the up to the big Tummy Sale starts today Polo Park 7759801 Garden City 3385981 ;