Page 24 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE January 22, 1993 Entertainment

Benjamin Britten love story plays at Spaces

The Working Theatre will present the North American premiere of British playwright Paul Godfrey's Once In a While the Odd Thing Happens, a fictional play drawn from the life of twentieth century English composer Benjamin Britten and his lover, the tenor Peter Pears. The play will run between February 5 and 28 at Spaces, located on the west side of the Flats at 2220 Superior Viaduct. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 3:00 pm.

Once In a While the Odd Thing Happens is based on the author's personal interviews with the composer's friends and family. The play explores the sexual and artistic conflict of Britten's association with the poet W. H. Auden and his eventual thirtyyear partnership with Pears. The story follows Britten's life, beginning in the 1930s, through his immigration to the United States and time spent on Fire Island, and culminates in the triumphant premiere of Britten's

opera Peter Grimes in 1945, in which the composer crafted the title role for his lover, Pears

The play's spare, poetic language reveals the composer's humanity, evoking in speech the sound world of Britten's music.

Following the premiere of Once In a While the Odd Thing Happens at the Royal National Theatre in 1990, theater critic Helen Rose noted that "the play's images linger in the mind with the pleas-

ing insistence of a beautiful melody.” John Peter in the Sunday Times of London observed the play's "lyrical, poetic prose; sinuous, swift, eloquent and dramatic." The Working Theatre's production, co-

The Pink Puzzle

directed by the company's artistic director, Walter E. Grodzik, and Amanda Shaffer, marks the debut of Paul Godfrey's work in North America. Tickets are priced at $10 (or $7.50 for Spaces members, students, or

seniors) and may be reserved by calling the Working Theatre at 696-9600. Remaining tickets will be on sale at the door. Free onstreet parking is available.

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17. no longer closeted

19. celluloid performance

21. incongruity

23. Ms Mead's "Coming of Age" locale

25. caustics

27. an inhabitant of Lesbos

29. Bachelor of Liberal Arts

31. Stonewall year

33. existing in title or name only

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34. part of Venus most appealing to lesbians

36. a close relationship

37. hauls or lugs

38. a coming out feeling

40. to be free of diseases 41. regarding

42. masturbation abbr.

43. a dance style

44. within a vein

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57. do this to condoms to make them effective 59. daily sustenance

61. host city of 1st major quilt display

62. Patty Hearst's captors

64 stock exchange abbr for Seagrams Inc

65. the way gay people want to be accepted 68. a man who does this is presumed gay 69. research abbr

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3. sun

4. what parents sometimes do unexpectedly

5. one who owes another

6. ushers domain

7. a Diva's delight

8. cable's top rated news network

9. vey's other half

10. uninspired and unimaginative love making (3 words)

11. a p/c title of courtesy for women 12. Scandinavian Airline System

13. a type of "shock syndrome"

14. relating to birth

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17. what Meg Christian wrote "To A Gym Teacher"

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22. paddle

24. a thousandth of an inch

26. a tavern or lodging house

28. to be reveal someone is homosexual without giving consent

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30. a bottom's desire (2 words)

32. to grant or concede

34. French preposition

35. gold

38. Steinem's and Freidan's group

39. form of address to your master

42. delighted or pleased

45. safe sex partner with a magnetic personality

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49. a cutting tool

50. National Public Radio

51. FBI agent (slang)

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