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SFC TIONgixA rt TakesFIRST PLAY' The Maverick TheatreCompany will present %u201cHanna und Rainer%u201dby local Andrew Salgado June 12-29. Theplay is a fictionalization of the lives of thelate German film director RainerFassbinder and the now international actress, Hanna Schygulla. Directed by Broadway veteran Roger I^awson, the play willcompete in the Queens one-act play festivalon June 28. Performances are at 152 BergenSt. Thurs.-Sat., 8pm, and Sun. 7pm. Noshow June 28. Tickets are $6. For information, call 858-6014.LYRICAL TRAVIATA: The BrooklynLyric Opera will end its 18th season on June15 with a performance of Verdi%u2019s %u201cI>aTraviata,%u201d at 4pm. Patricia Clark will singVioletta; Alfredo, Violetta%u2019s lover, will besung by Paul Bogoni; Miguel Andoor willsing Germont, Alfredo%u2019s father. Artisticdirector of the Brooklyn Lyric Opera, Norman Myrvik, will conduct the cast and orchestra. The performance will be held atFt. Hamilton High School, 83rd St. and Narrows Ave. Tickets are $6, $8, and $10. Forinformation, call 837-1176.SWINGIN%u2019 IN THE SLOPE: The GalleryPlayers of Park Slope will continue itscabaret series with %u201cSwingin%u2019 in theBreeze,%u201d an evening of music and dance forall ages. There will be three performances,June 20 at 8pm, and June 212 at 7:30 and10pm at the Berkeley Carroll Street School,181 Lincoln Place. Admission is $5 or TDFvoucher. For information, call 638-5725.CLEARWATER FRIENDS: The %u201cTownHouse on the River%u201d series presented byN.Y.C. Friends of Clearwater will have itslast presentation on June 13 at 8pm.Featured are: Rev. Dan Smith, a southernharmonica player; Professor Louie, an urban rapper; and Ruth Strecker, singingsongs of immigration and accompanyingherself on the autoharp. The show is at 145Columbia Heights, and tickets are $8, $6 forseniors and students. For information, call996-3154.BROOKLYN TRIBUTE: %u201cThe BrooklynRevue%u201d has extended its engagement at theHarry Warren Theatre, 2445 Bath Avenue.The show, a tribute to songwriters who haveemerged from Brooklyn, written by ChuckReichenthal and directed by BarbaraParisi, is interspersed with songs fromevery era, sketches, narration and commentary. Songwriters include BarryManilow, Neil Diamond, Carole King andGeorge Gershwin. Performances runningthrough June are at 8:15 and 10:15pm onSaturdays, and Sunday at noon. Tickets are$7. For information call 373-5208.B E E C H E R E X H IB IT : The RrooklvnHistorical Society is commemorating theupcoming 100th anniversary of Henry WardBeecher%u2019s death with an exhibit focusing onBeecher, Brooklyn and the Civil War. Opening June 18, the exhibit will examine thelong career of Beecher as pastor of thePlymouth Congregational Church in theHeights and his influence on Americanthought and politics, against thebackground of his home for 40 years. Thesociety is at 128 Pierrepont St.LIBERTY PLAY: The Penny BridgePlayers present \new musical for young audiences tocelebrate the Statue of Liberty and the EllisIsland experience. The book and artisticdirection are by Jane Stanton, and themusic is by 1 -ewis Hardee. The pre-seasonpreview will be June 16-20 and June 23,10:30am and 1pm, June 21, 2pm. The PennyBridge Playhouse is at the Undercroft ofthe Assumption Church, 59 Cranberry St.Tickets are $3.75, and group rates areavailable. For information, call 858-5192.COLLEGE JAZZ: The LIU Jazz Ensemble of students at IiOng Island University%u2019sBrooklyn Campus Jazz Plus Program willperform at the fourth annual Duke Ellington Conference at Rutgers University onJune 13 The LIU ensemble will be the onlyNew York group at the conference, entitled%u201cRumpus in Newark.%u201dMet Comes to Brooklyn ButNot Prospect Park This YearIn this, its twentieth season of free operaconcert performances in the parks, theMetropolitan Opera will not be performingin the familiar Prospect Park setting. RayWiggers of the Prospect Park Administrator%u2019s Office says the situation is%u201cdue to the Metropolitan Opera%u2019s fundinglimitations. %u201cWe are sorry that we can%u2019thave the opera in Prospect Park everyyear, but we look forward to its return nextsummer.\Wiggers says that a new three-year rotation schedule was set by the Met wherebyone year both Prospect and Marine Parkswill host opera performances, the next yearonly Marine Park will, and the third yearonly Prospect Park will be the Brooklyn sitefor the opera.The schedule was initiated last summer,so this is the year that Prospect Park doesnot house the portable Met stage and shell.This summer%u2019s free Brooklyn presentationof %u201cAida%u201d will be at Marine Park on June 20at 8pm. For information call (212 ) 799-3100.i ! 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