TRIP TO '20S HARLEM IN KIDS' 'BUGSY' PLAY
Thursday, August 11th 2005, 7:17AM
IN ONE OF its first presentations, catch the musical "Bugsy Malone," which casts gangster life in a very different light at the Black Spectrum Theatre Co. Inc. today and tomorrow.
"I really wanted to have a musical that was really accessible to the young students," said director Gerald vanHeerden. This musical, about lovable gangsters armed with bubbles and whipped cream, offers funny theater roles for young kids.
The work was written for actors not older than 16. The 42-member cast has no small parts, and there is something for everyone. The lead players are all seasoned theater campers of the Black Spectrum Theatre Co. performing arts program.
It is set in a theatrical 1920s speakeasy on the lower East Side, transplanted with the speakeasy dialogue and environment of Harlem at that time.
"It's singing and acting and dancing up a storm," vanHeerden said.
The Black Spectrum Theater Co. Inc. is at Roy Wilkins Southern Queens Park, 177th St. and Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. Curtain times are 10:30 a.m. today and 7 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are $7.50. For information, call (718) 723-1800.
THEATER
. The combined art of video projection, live acting, mask and puppetry work comes to life as the Oracle Theatre Inc. presents the works of influential symbolist poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck in two one-act plays, "Home" and "The Death of Tintagiles," at the Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Witness the spectacle from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Museum admission is $5 for adults and $2.50 for children. Call (718) 592-9700.
MAGIC TRIO
. Oz Pearlman brings the mind-reading ability of Ricky Jay, the wow of David Copperfield and his own unique style to the Rogue Magic and Funshop, 85-08 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. You will become quite engaged by the illusions and comic splendor of Eric Walton, and completing the trio of wonder workers is Ken Salz. The show starts at 10 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $10. On Sunday, learn the ins and outs of ventriloquism from Cardone, a master of the art, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25. Call (718) 505-0316 to reserve seats.
FILM
. The Raoul Walsh retrospective continues at the Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. at 36th St., Astoria. On Saturday, the spirited blue-collar melodrama "Manpower" with Edward G. Robinson and Marlene Dietrich will be shown at 2 p.m., followed by the exemplary psychological western "Pursued" with Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday's screenings include "Colorado Territory," a remake of "High Sierra" as a western with Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo, at 2 p.m. and a repeat showing of "Pursued" at 4:30 p.m.
The Repertory Nights feature presentation of Ingmar Bergman's lyrical and philosophical road movie "Wild Strawberries" will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Admission is $10 for adults, $7.50 for persons over 65 and students with ID, and $5 for children ages 5 to 18. Call (718) 784-0077.
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