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HERALD Januarys 1M1 -Entertainment- Documentary portrait of Mozart to air V researchers may be loukin Three CBC producers recently Journeyed to Europe to try to discover among other things whether the wife or a composer was really a calculating shrew The answers to this and other questions were not easy to obtain since the people involved have Celebrating Mozart As 1891 marks the of Mozart s death it seemed an appropriate time for Little Theatre to stage by the acknowledged playwright Peter Shaffer The play highlights the arrival of Mozart in the Vienna of 1781 and traces his subsequent at tempts to gain recognition in the Court of Joseph the Second of Austria All of his efforts are foil ed by the jealousy of Court Com poser Salieri and to this day some people believe Salieri was the cause of Mozart s relatively early death This mystery is the nucleus of the play which dramatizes tain events over a span of thirty two years The audience will be transported by the music of Mozart which threads it s way throughout the play whilst a cast of over thirty people sport an assortment of lavish costumes All in contjast to the occasional coarse language of the period which Mozart assumes is a spinetingling night of theatre spectacle music mystery and madness which will keep the audience on the edge of their seats Did Salieri do it what do you think Opening night is Jan and the play will continue February and resident Jason Ould is playing the role of Mozart in Bramalea Little Theatre s immi production of by Peter Shaffer Jason most recently played Christ in Jesus Christ Super Star He approaches all of his roles with great enthusiasm to such a degree that before em barking upon his present role Jason spent a week in Vienna bewigged and dressed in the style of He visited buildings and sauntered the streets much as Mozart would have done upon his arrival at the Court of Joseph the Second Jason arrived back for rehear sals filled with impressions he is now transposing into a Mozart who is child like sometimes vulgar bursting with a supreme talent for wondrous music Bramalea audiences favorite Glen Tarhn is bringing Mozart s bitter enemy Salien into grim and terrifying life Glen has to run the gamut of a lifespan turn ing from aged madman into suc cessful young Court Composer at the drop of a wig The weight of this play rests squarely upon Glen shoulders His many years of experience in a multitude of roles culminate in this supreme test Even now in rehearsal as the fantatical he succeeds in filling a cast of thirty people with fascinated alarm and dismay History asks did Salieri callously manipulate Mozart into destruc and death An intriguing evening of theatre incorporating music laughter shock and hor ror will have audiences asking the same question Accomplished Yo Mustafa with many credits for directing is do ing a masterful job of moulding this production into a stimulating evening of theatre embellished with the glorious cascades of Mozart s music Tickets are available at the L B Pearson Theatre Box Office call 7934600 Mastercard and Visa accepted Entertainment by Bob Spence Thornton Hews Service been dead for two centuries The producers were meeting with leading scholars and others who have delved into the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The facts gleaned from those interviews are included in a threehour documentary portrait on CBC Stereo of the 18thcentury composer Mozart The Man The Music The Mystery is the centre piece of a day long celebration of Mozart s birthday Throughout 199t there will be a number of special programs and events to mark the 200th sary of Mozart s death The radio documentary which starts at noon 1pm AST 30 p m NST Jan 27 offers an in timate portrait of the man who has been described by the Ox ford Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Arts as the most astonishing prodigy in the history of music Taught by his father Mozart was a composer and musician by the age of five Someday far into the future may be looking for tidbits that would help round out the information available on an 20thcentury performers They may watch tapes of such events as the American Music Awards You don have to wait two cen turies for that particular tape however The award show airs live Jan p EST on CTV Keenen Ivory Wayans is the host of the threehour special from Hollywood Shrine Civic Auditorium Among the performers will be Gloria Estefan with Miami Sound Machine C Hammer McEntire and Wilson Phillips Awards will be presented in six categories poprock country soulrhythm and blues rap heavy metal and dance music MXllllXs2s yokes RESTAURANT MAIN STREET SOUTH GEORGETOWN ONTARIO of all you can vat Chlnaso Cutiine 1 1 Friday Saturday Sunday at pm Salad Bar Shrimp Baal Ham Pork Hal Chkkcfl Fried Rice Start Sin CfcoaMtni Pat BedtBraccali Bad Chop Ski Spin Rita person Children price Licenced Under L B Fast TakeOut Delivery Service 87751067 ST J AVAILABLE JANUARY 31 AT COUNTRY LANE Entertainment Center J Line River across from 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