WHAT'S HAPPENING : STAGE.Broadway tribute: How do you make a S.T.A.G.E. big enough to hold three Broadway legends? That's the enviable task facing the 15th annual benefit of Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Events (S.T.A.G.E.) this weekend at California State University Enrollment  Los Angeles' Luckman Theatre. In years past, these popular star-studded concerts benefiting AIDS relief and other local charities have paid tribute to the likes of Jule Styne, Kander and Ebb, the Gershwins, Stephen Sondheim Noun 1. Stephen Sondheim - United States composer of musicals (born in 1930) Sondheim and the triple-header of Lerner, Loewe and Lane. This weekend, the event goes for another hat trick hat trick n. Sports 1. Three goals scored by one player in one game, as in ice hockey. 2. Three wickets taken in cricket by a bowler in three consecutive balls. 3. . Under David Galligan's direction, a cast that includes Donna McKechnie Early life Donna McKechnie (born November 16, 1940) is a Tony Award-winning American musical theater dancer, singer. actress and choreographer. McKechnie was born in Pontiac, Michigan. She took beginner ballet classes at age five. , Betty Garrett, Malcolm Getz, Tyne Daly Tyne Daly (born Ellen Tyne Daly on February 21, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning American stage and screen actress. Personal life Daly was born into a creative family; she is the daughter of actor James Daly. , Joely Fisher, Davis Gaines and Maureen McGovern Maureen Therese McGovern (born July 27, 1949) is an American singer and Broadway actress, widely known for her premiere rendition of the 1973 hit "The Morning After". Biography Early life will honor the prolific trinity of Richard Adler Richard Adler (born August 3, 1921) is an American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows. Born in New York City, Adler had a musical upbringing, his father being a concert pianist. , Jerry Bock Jerry Bock (born November 23 1928) is a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning American musical theatre composer. Born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Flushing, New York, Bock studied the piano as a child. and Cy Coleman, who collectively put their stamp on shows like ``Fiddler on the Roof'' and ``Pajama Game'' to ``She Loves Me,'' ``Barnum'' and more others than you could shake a stick at. Performances are at 8 tonight and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $30, $60, $100 and $150. Call (323) 993-7411. - Reed Johnson dlim television The way it was: It's the personal touch that tugs the heart. The late author Laurie Lee adds engaging intimacy when he narrates the ``Mobil Masterpiece Theatre'' adaptation of his English memoir ``Cider With Rosie'' (9 p.m. Sunday on KCET KCET Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (Japan) KCET Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology , Channel 28). Based on his 1959 best seller, this first-person tale of Lee's rural boyhood in the Cotswolds during and after World War I is yearning, pithy pith·y adj. pith·i·er, pith·i·est 1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment. 2. Consisting of or resembling pith. , gentle and edged with knowing humor. Lee's narration was recorded before his death in 1997. The solitary life Lee knew - before telephones and automobiles intruded - has also largely died. A fine cast, including Juliet Stevenson (``Truly Madly Deeply,'' ``The Politician's Wife'') as Lee's oddball mother Annie, brings its ghost wistfully to life. Of course, the rolling Cotswold hills are gorgeous. But Laurie's tenderly voiced observations of family tiffs, village scandals and adolescent rites of passage are what truly enchant. - Kinney Littlefield Orange County Register film Imports of import: The Italian entry is getting all the attention, but Oscar's two foreign language film nominees from South America should not be overlooked. Argentina's ``Tango,'' directed by world-class Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, is an overwhelming artful celebration of how Argentine dance and music intertwine with the country's tortured social history. Breathtaking ballets are complemented by intricate cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special from the great Vittorio Storaro (``The Last Emperor'') and a thrilling score by Buenos Aires native Lalo Schifrin (``Mission: Impossible''). The Brazilian ``Central Station'' is a much simpler endeavor, but an equally profound accomplishment. An Oscar-nominated, soul-baring performance by Fernanda Montenegro breathes fresh, vital life into a potentially sentimental story about a sour old woman's revealing, renewing journey across Brazil's rapidly changing interior with an orphaned boy. Truly touching, in a myriad of smart and honest ways. - Bob Strauss music Still the King: B.B. King has been playing the same show for decades - thank goodness. His concerts have long been as consistently satisfying as anyone in the field, even while performing as much as 300 times a year. By the same token, the reigning king of the blues has tempered his studio activities, even as two albums - ``Deuces Wild'' and ``Greatest Hits'' - stand firm on the national blues albums chart. King's immediately recognizable guitar style, utilizing a trademark left-hand trill trill, in music, ornament consisting of the more or less rapid alternation of two adjacent notes. Indicated by any of several conventional symbols, it varies in speed and duration and in the manner of its beginning and ending according to context. originally developed to approximate the bottleneck sound shown him by cousin Bukka White all those decades ago, sets him apart from his contemporaries. King, 73, appears Sunday at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. . The most influential and innovative bluesman of the postwar period also boasts a patented pleading vocal style. If you want to check out some of King's best albums, see ``Live at the Regal,'' ``Live & Well,'' ``Indianola Mississippi Seeds,'' ``Live at Cook County Jail,'' ``In London'' or the four-CD box set ``King of the Blues.'' The Civic Arts Plaza is at 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Show time is 7 p.m., and tickets are $29 to $54. Information: (805) 449-2787. - Fred Shuster CAPTION(S): 5 Photos Photo: (1) On Sunday, road-tested singer-guitarist B.B. King brings his blues show to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. (2) Cecilia Narova, left, and Mia Maestro dance in ``Tango,'' one of the Oscar nominees for best foreign language film. (3) Vinicius de Oliveira, left, and Oscar nominee Fernanda Montenegro are thrown together in ``Central Station.'' (4) GARRETT (5) FISHER |
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