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Page 16 PHOENIX January 17,1974Heights Players' Production ofHotel Paradise' SparklingBY RICHARD ELLIOT-FINKFor its first production of the new year, the Brooklyn Heights Players presented the animated, sparkling %u201cHotel Paradiso,%u201d a Victorian French farce by Georges Feydeau and Maurice DesVallieres.With the approach of Mr. Frost.Wants InfoOn Con EdCouncilman Fred Richmond has called for Con Ed to fully disclose the oil and fuel stockpiles and to produce a productivity report before the Utility is granted any rate hike.Richmond claims: %u201cCon Ed%u2019s Public Relations Department is working overtime utilizing the energy crisis to bludgeon New Yorkers into accepting an outrageous 30 percent rate increase.%u201dHe has introduced a resolution into the City Council calling for a complete investigation into the operations of Con Ed. Richmond reports that Councilmen Leon Katz, Howard Golden, Robert Steingut, Jr., Robert Wagner, Jr., Carter Burden, Anthony Gaeta and Monroe Cohen have agreed to cosponsor the drive for a Council probe of Con Ed.Richmond also denounced the gimmicky public relations tactics Con Ed employed during last week's hearings of the Public Service Commission when it revealed that the top executives of Con Ed would be taking pay cuts during the so called energy crisis.we%u2019re all lucky, to have this Feydeau play here to warm us up to a delightful evening of entertainment without having to shuffle off to Broadway.Well, what%u2019s %u201cHotel Paradiso%u201d all about? This rip roaring, helter skelter farce involves die rendezvous of Marcelle, (dazzlingly played by Ann Mathews) a youthful, but most neglected Parisan housewife with her husband%u2019s best friend, Boniface (Jack Fink) an engineer disenchanted with his wife of twenty years at the raunchy Hotel Paradiso, patronized by a potpouri of Victorian characters including ghosts.The highlight of the show is Act II where the director, Jay Julian, skillfully marshalled the cast with speed and imagination.Here, the ensemble acting which the players are known for evolved into a mad cap, %u201cKeystone%u201d state of affairs. What is fun all about? By looking and listening to the four sisters able represented by charming Caren Berman, Julie Montgomery, Franny Fuchs, and Elizabeth Tuccillo you will find the answer. Of course, don%u2019t overlook Tim Oppee, Anniello, the Italian Hotel Manager; Fred Johnson,Georges, the Cockney room clerk; Sandra Prosnitz and William Norris, the Lady and the Duke; and Dick Begelman, Tabu, the Turk in arrears for rent. All give their best to the best farce of ihe season.Without a doubt, the play%u2019s success is due to the excellent work of veteran performers Jack Fink and Karen Richter. Newcomers to the company, Charles Wantman, Kevin Keneally and Ed Healy demonstrate more versatility with each new assignment. Instead of oil wells from Texas, we have Dian Terry Victoire, the maid, to keep us warm all the way from Dallas.Tony Falcone%u2019s set remarkably uses the available space with customery cleverness. The simple stage lighting and Donna Damoorgian%u2019s attractive costumes also deserve applause.%u201cHotel Paradiso%u201d will be making a lot of people laugh for the next two weekends. Join the audience. The show snaps, crackles, and pops for everyone. Thank Heaven for little things%u2014the Hotel Paradiso provides an escape and a respite from the adventures of other hostelries we might name nearby.Announce Slope Tour Date EarlyThe annual House and Gardens Tour of the Park Slope Civic Council will be held on May 19 this year, John Noonan, President of the Council, announced.Because of the frequent duplication of spring tours%u2014two communities scheduling their events on the same day%u2014the Park Slope Civic Council made an early decision in the hope that othercommunities would select different dates, he said.The 1974 house tour will be the fifteenth sponsored by the Civic Council. The tours were begun in 1959, when Robert M. Makla was president, and have been an annual event, with the exception of 1960, since then. More than a thousand visitors attended the 1973 tour, which centered around the northern part of Sixth Avenue.Jack Fink and Ann Matthews in a scene from %u201cHotel Paradiso%u201d,presented by the Heights Players at their 26 Willow PI. home Jan.18-20, and 25-27. Performances are at 8:30. 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