SPIRITED BLYTH VETERAN SINGER-ACTRESS HEADLINES ED SULLIVAN-LIKE REVUE.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski ED SULLIVAN might have introduced it as ``a really big shew.'' Screen and stage veteran Ann Blyth is headlining ``The Fantabulous San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Follies'' this weekend at the Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. of California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an . Blyth earned an Oscar nomination as troubled daughter Veda opposite Joan Crawford in ``Mildred Pierce,'' but she is best known for her roles in 1950s romantic movies and operettas such as ``Rose Marie'' and ``The Student Prince'' that showcased her soprano voice. Her songbook for the revue will include the often-requested ``Baubles, Bangles and Beads'' from the ``Arabian Nights'' musical ``Kismet kismet alludes to the part of life assigned one by his destiny. [Moslem Trad.: EB (1963), 13: 418; Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Fate ,'' in which she co-starred on screen with Howard Keel. The Four Lads - founding member Frank Busseri on bass with longtime partners Alan Solokoff (baritone), Aaron Bruce (second tenor) and Don Farrar (lead tenor) - will present familiar oldies Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the '50s, '60s and '70s. Oldies are typically from R&B, pop and rock music genres. such as ``Standing on the Corner,'' ``Moments to Remember,'' ``No, Not Much'' and ``You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You.'' And singer Stewart Rose will host the proceedings. But it's that eclectic assortment filling out the bill that evokes the memory of Sullivan's Sunday night series in which an up-and-coming rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. act could share the stage with a dancing bear or a guy spinning plates on sticks. There's tap dancer Skip Cunningham, the Dancing Gauchos, Bob Moore's ``Amazing Mongrels'' dog act, unicycling juggling duo The Saxons and magician Dana Daniels and his ``psychic'' parrot, Luigi. ``It's just a lovely, fun variety show, and it's something that (promoter Keith Evans) is very good at doing,'' said Blyth, 76, from her home in Rancho Santa Fe. ``I enjoy watching and listening to the other acts as well because it is so varied. ``Certainly that was the success of ('The Ed Sullivan Show') - it was so varied. There was something for everybody.'' THE FANTABULOUS SAN FERNANDO VALLEY FOLLIES What: Variety show featuring veteran performers. Where: CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff Ave. When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 to $35, with a nominal charge for parking. Call (818) 785-8885. CAPTION(S): photo |
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