—The Daily Collegian Friday, September 10, 1976 Livingston Taylor first Concerts on theatre bill The State 'Theatre, once famous for its seething skin flicks, may soon be known for its concerts, if Bob Brutout of Promising Artists Management has his way. The first concert, by Livingston Taylor and Laurel, will have shows at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Brewer and Shipley are scheduled for Sept. 28. The concerts will be run by Summer Productions and WXLR radio station. Summer Pioductions is in turn con trolled by Promising Artists Management, which consists of Brutout and Jim Sum merson. Promising Artists manages four or five acts, including State College's own Morningsong. , Brutout said that it is dtatCollegian arts Bingo barrels through baseball By LEAH ROZEN Collegian Staff Writer . "The , Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings," now playing at The Flick, is a gentle baseball comedy with more than a hint of social significance. It's about a bunch of black ballplayers during the 30's, before the white leagues discovered Jackie Robinson and decided to break the color line. During this period, black 'players had their own teams and league. "Bingo Long" is about a through contacts made across the country and in return for favors given that he is able to book name acts at a farily low rate. "I toured Morningsong with Livingston this summer, so for what we've done for him we were able to get him at a cheaper price." Brutout is working on contracts with other per formers, and said that if the first few are successful, Summer Productions will "try to do them regularly, even to taking the theatres over. "Contingent upon the success and support of these first concerts, hopefully by January we can get to lease the theatre and run five or six acts a week not every week, not all the time, and of bunch of players who rebel against the money grubbing .owners of their teams and set out on their own. Bingo (Billy Dee Williams), a star pitcher, along with James Earl movie review Jones, who plays an aging slugger, • are the ringleaders of the black all star team. They . travel about . the country taking on local teams, mostly white, usually beating them. At course it all depends on the response to the first acts." Brutout would like to use the State as a showcase theatre, as well as a hall for name acts. P -cord com panies could test new per formers on a concentrated audience of prospective buyers. As Brutout said, "For a record company State •College is a good trial market 'for a new act." • If all gois well and Summer Productions does decide to take over the State, a major overhaul would be necessary. At the moment there is no permanent stage or dressing rooms, and power fur the upcoming concerts is going to have to be run in. the same time, ,however, they have to start indulging in minstrel-type antics ( zany costumes, jokes, choreography and other trickS) to let the whites laugh while their teams get beaten. Meanwhile, the black owners of the regulation black teams are getting steamed-up about Bingo's team and set out to break it up. Billy Dee Williams, who is surely Robert Redford's rival in the looks depart ment, scores points as the The theatre presently seats about 600, and Brutout is aiming for an "intimate concert atmosphere after the Roxy or the Main Point. It's not a Rec Hall. Acoustically, it's great." Brutout is a former Inter fraternity Council vice president who brought Livingston Taylor, King Crimson, Steeleye Span and Maggie Bell to the University for an IFC summer concert series in 1974. Tickets for the Livingston Taylor and Laurel concert are on sale now at the Record Ranch. Brewer and Shipley tickets will go on sale Sept. 21 at both the Record Ranch and the State Theatre box office. title character. He is a very cooly efficient actor. James Earl Jones, with the gap between \his front teeth showing every time he flashes that tremendous grin, supports the film. His character is a solid, decent man, ready to stand up for his rights and principles, but not above having a good time. Richard Pryor turns up as a black player who in sists he is Cuban, a nationality he plans to use to enter the white leagues. He is his usual uproarious self. Dr. Buzzard's Origional Savannah Band Buzzard band is ballroom funky) with return of the rhumba beat By KATHY CURNOW Collegian Staff Writer DR. BUZZARD'S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND. . By Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. RCA APLI-1504. $6.98 list price. 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