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NET PLAYHOUSE (shown on Fridays). "A Mother for Janek." dramatizes the story of a boy orphaned during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and sent to the U.S. to live.
THEATER
On Broadway
YOU KNOW I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHEN THE WATER'S RUNNING. Robert Anderson splashes sex around and raises a steady spray of humor for Martin Balsam, Eileen Heckart and George Grizzard, who develop his four playlets with insouciant grace.
THE HOMECOMING. An arid intellectual and his sex-parched wife arrive in London from the U.S. to visit his bull walrus of a father and two brothers in a house the family calls the "land of no holds barred." He eventually flees, but she stays on—with pleasure. Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company give the latest puzzle from Playwright Harold Pinter a polished, tempered performance.
BLACK COMEDY. When the lights are supposed to be on, the stage is totally dark; when the lights are supposed to be off, the stage is ablaze, allowing the audience to see Peter Shaffer's electrically amusing farce about antics in the dark.
THE APA COMPANY, directed by Ellis Rabb, offers dramatic works for every taste in this season's repertory: School for Scandal, War and Peace, The Wild Duck, Right You Are If You Think You Are and You Can't Take It with You.
Off Broadway
HAMP tries a British youth for deserting when the blood and din of World War I overwhelm him. Though innocent of evil, he is guilty of breach of duty, and must be condemned. Robert Salvio is movingly effective as the frightened Private Hamp.
RECORDS
Pop LPs
AND THEN THERE WAS LANA (RCA Victor). Lana Cantrell is only 23, but she knows the recipe for mixing sophistication and simplicity. Her range, clever phrasing and flawless execution make this first album an exciting one, as she sings hauntingly in I Will Wait for You, pleadingly in Stay, joyously in Let Yourself Go, and prophetically in Nothing Can Stop Me Now!
CASINO ROYALE (Colgems). The surest musical bet that Producer Charles Feldman could make for the theme song of his $12 million, many-Bonded movie was Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Playing Burt Bacharach's music, Herb and the boys take the bull by the horns, while a very competent studio orchestra keeps the tail from dragging.
FOR EMILY, WHENEVER I MAY FIND HER (RCA Victor). Surrounding himself with guitars and some of the top folk songs. Glenn Yarbrough lends his easy style to the pleas, pleasures and protests of today's youth. But while he shines in the light numbers, he lacks the involvement of the Now Generation when he takes on the lyrics of such angry young minstrels as Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs.
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (Decca). It's the bee's knees, the cat's whiskers and 23-skidoo in the razzmatazz sound of the '20s, featuring Julie Andrews and Carol Channing from the sound track. Julie sweetens up the oldies (Poor Butterfly, Baby Face) and puts a high gloss on the show's new tunes (Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Tapioca), while Carol stamps her mark on Jazz Baby and Do It Again.