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Page Four PHOENIX June 28,1973Theater of M adness FusesBY CORRINE COLEMANA clashing %u2014 a fusion %u2014 of sound and light %u2014 of movement, the Theater of Madness offers some sanity %u2014 certainly some truth %u2014 and a round of laughs during Friday and Saturday night performances at its waterfront center %u201cThe Bank,%u201d near the F'ulton Ferry at 1 Front St.%u201cSurrealm,%u201d the current theater piece of Sana tea Productions, the Madness group, is a neo-DadaNada potpourri of live theater, film, music and dance out of %u201cPapa I%u2019bu,%u201d Jarry%u2019s early French absurdist originalBeginning with a traditional devotional scene candles, habit and prayer, which reverses into orgiastic writhing with rock. \shirtless Uncle Sam, the rapist, spraying fluff at the audience, and with movie touches of the world today shakes, blasts and gases. A Roger Reality looking like Michael J. Pollard passes out varicolored balloons which almost immediately break; by accident and design.The Brooklyn %u201cson and lumiere,%u201d moves with masque and cymbal synthesizer and light show-and a walled contraption like a baby%u2019s touch box. Puccini%u2019s music from Madame Butterfly is juxtaposed with more recent Japanese scenes and a Mr. McGoo cartoon (with the nearsighted righteous one caught on the edge of an airplane%u2019s wing is played along with that arch type song of American make believe %u201cWhen I Marry Mr. Snow.%u201d ) (From Rogers and llammerstein%u2019s %u201cCarousel%u201d ) At the end a truthsayer rises %u2014 from a toilet bowl %u2014 holding out a microphone plunger wrapped in toilet paper.A pop-slop vision of now amidst some quick images of purity, the Theater pf Madness%u2019 %u201cSurrealm,%u201d is presented to an audience propped comfortably on back seat cushions, by such cast members as Cosmo Ohms (also one of the producers), Dr. Dosa Tooner, Captain Metronome, Gail Greenberg and Robin Tisch. The group met in Hawaii and spent four years putting on theatricals in that 50th state. They moved to the 105- year-old bank building last March.%u201cSurrealm%u201d is one of a variety of productions in the Sana tea Company%u2019s bag, which includes children%u2019s puppet theater, live music and film showings. Hoping also to see the recently renovated building evolve into a Brooklyn arts center, the group is inviting local musicians, filmmakers, artists of all sorts to call and begin discussion of plans for the future. Tickets are $2 for singles, $3 for couples. For information phone 855-6419.Minority PhotographsOn Exhibit at LIU%u201c In Search of Meaning,%u201d a new photo exhibit in a current series entitled Communications 1973 by Minority Photographers, Inc., will be on display from July 3 to 30 at The Brooklyn Center of Long Island University, Flatbush Ave. Ext. at DeKalb Ave. The exhibit will be on view in the Humanities Building lobby gallery from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday.The emphasis of the exhibit, which features the work of the members of Minority Photographers Inc., is on intercommunications of photographers from many different areas of thought. %u201c Its purpose is to bring together many fragmented thoughts %u2014 to give meaning to an unknown phenomenon and to explain the mood of the photographer as they relate to their reality. Perhaps, being an integral part of many environments, the photographers can convey to the viewing public their photographic reactions to theDid n ' t & %u00a3 t to t h is y e * e 7litnvisit A\\k. 5 0 U V L AKI ^ 7 / v\\ d WTAC%u00bbu l Sn- -tlvA. %u2019J h J & u u XMon.-Sot 5-9:30 pmSun. 1-8:30 pmD elightful dining at theBROOKLYN H80HH5Candlelight114 HENRY St.For ReservationsCal! 624-3164phenomenon being felt by one and all.%u201dPhotographers who are interested in becoming participants in the series, which will culminate in an exhibit of major importance at the Union Carbide gallery in September, should contact Minority Photographers, Inc., 150 Essex Street, New York City 10002.A scene from %u201c Surrealm,\of Madness at the Bank, 1 Front Street. Shown are Dr. Dosa Tooner, Gesmo Ohms, and Captain Metronome.Three-headed Fairy Godmother?The Three Fairygodmothers in %u201c Briar Rose, Beware!%u201d : the new musical version of Sleeping Beauty by Jane Stanton which is currently playing children%u2019s matinees at the Popcorn & Popsicle Theatre at Packer Collegiate Institute, Joralemon St. L. to R.: Muffy Webb as Aphrodisia, Nancy de Vito as Fressia, and Anne Stanton as Begonia.Sound, Light & Movementiccaddt:RESTAURANTFamous for Our^Overstaffed SandwichesCatering Our Specialtym uBOSS SOUL FOOD & FINE DRINKSFRONT & CADMAN PLAZA WESTLIVE ENTERTAINMENTThurs, Fri, Sat: till 2 a.m.open for Lunch wkdys. dosed M ondaysSunday -3p.m .-la.m . 852-9823Students Get AwardsCity Council Honor Student Service Citations have gone to six area junior high-intermediate school students in recognition of outstanding school-community service.A total of 96 Brooklyn students are receiving the honors at their graduation ceremonies this week. City Council President Sanford Garelik, Council Vice Chairmanand Majority Leader Thomas J. Cuite and Minority Leader Angelo J. Arculeo signed the citations, awarded for the first time.The following area students received awards: Sylvia Burr and Cheryl Townsend, Baltic Street residents and students at l.S. 293; Carmen Almodovar, Third Street, end Sammy Valasquez, Berkeley Place, both students at Jr. High School 51; and Josephine Bracco and Michael Leonard, residents of Forth Place and Columbia Street, respectively, and students at Jr, High School 142.The sti!den*s *vere fromeach school with the cooperation of% IttMOMTJMMJI StWHn i-iHe %u2014 n $.t*.Eat Drink & Be MerryAt the 1880 s Tave%u2019 Hillthe Board of Education,'M%u00bb 4-9774N ickel Beer 5 ^5 TO 10 f. M. IEvery Sunday...2-3, 9-10 | (D b l