TheSaltLakeTribune ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday, September 9, 1998 In ‘Due Proce ss, Trial Of Be Bee Too Authentic BYCLAUDIA M, HARRIS REVIEW IAL TO THE TRIBUNE part of Shirlee Hurst Shields’ play, “The Due Process: Hiram BeBee, Alias the Sundance Kid.” But Shields does not solve the puzzle over the alias. Her play simply assumes Be Bee was the SundanceKid heclaimed to be. Hiram Be Beealso claimed to er than choosing from pertinent details, Shields conducts the play like a realtrial. Fran Pruyn’s direction does have creative elements. Larsen’s death is effectively staged behind a scrim. Butthe rest of the shad- owplays distract fromthecentral story. Throughout the play, the “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” movie seted out behind the scrim. One gunshot after another, however, cannot cover the fact that theplayitself is dull Shields’ sympathies, however, are not with Be Bee but with her primarily because Merrill Dodge whoplays E. LeRoy Shieldshasn't late father-in-law, E, LeRoy Shields, who was appointed in 1945 to defend Be Bee against a first-degree murder charge. Be Bee shot the town marshal Lon Larsen during analtercation in a beer parlor in Mount Ple; ant. Shields claims “Due Proces: is a historically accurate account of Be Bee's trials. The play makesno attempt to explore the dramatic possibilities of LeRoy Shields’ out-of-court negotiations with his supposedlydifficult clients. Gene Packand Vickie Pugmire try Hiram Be Bee andhis common-law wife, Glame, but the courtroom setting forces them to HiAlias The THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OGDEN — Stewart Stadium 9, 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Babcock Theatre, lowerlevel, Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 1340 E. 300 South, Salt Thepaceof the action is slow learnedhis lines and carries a crib sheet during his interrogations. But the other actors play their parts well Marvin Hamilton begins and ends the playwith somefinesinging. And Timothy REVIEW BY MATT SARTWELL Se meet Metallica. Metallica, turned uploud and Lake City punctuating songs with pyrotech- Tickets are $10 for adults be a “natural” philosopher. According to Shields, he was the leaderof a self-styledreligion and had a large follow: ing in Central Utah. (Although Shields says Be Bee is the accepted spelling, Be- Bee and Bebeeare also common.) “The Due Process nic slammers, let loose 20 min- and $5 for students with utes after a brief shower with a downpour of its own Monda ID. Call 581-6961 for reservations. pertise — but the play as written does not deliver on its promise. So why the ines. in this play? The Sundance mystique keeps a belief alive that Old West inde- pendentattitudes arestill viable in a New West. We want to believe the Sun- dance Kid survived that shootout in San Vincinte, Bolivia, but we harmony Their hairdos are better now said Universityof Utah senior oe Frohlich, “but their music what it used to be. Maybe they not have heard for a while. said Metallica’s lead singer James Hetfield Hetfield co founded the band with drummer Lars Ulrich.h. Jason should growtheir hair out again Hetfield is a talented and charismatic individual. plumesof saliva between lyrics, night. The band, known for such pugilistic LP’s as “Kill ‘em All Hammett fingering {its 1983 debut release), “Master of Puppets,” and “Ride the Lightning” was touringfor its seventh studiorelease titled “Re-Load The 17,000-seat stadium was two-thirds full of scruffy teen- traying from its metal sound Metallica didn’t put onits new agers and young adults who were full of good-natured (and sometimestopless) frolic. plays lead guitar y to tried-and-true songs, instead of the more “alternative” tracks of After all, the Sundance Kid is taller and more handsome and still lives on his ranch up Provo thigh-high guitar and wearing a muscle bulging T- pop culture for shirt, Hetfield is convincing as Metallica's black acolyte. But his voice, at this point, seems out of style until the first encore. Seated on stools and looking more like place when not sticking to the band’s dark, melodic caterwaul. performers on This is not to say that Metallica doesn't rip, because it does. It “Austin City Lim- its" than a metal bandon tour, Metallica produced a sound that was musically adept but lacking in ing to play the *Re-Load” comes off withthe forceof a. headshot Ro TIMES DNLY el aAAae album. “We'rego: somesongs you might kee roy Greeie Canyon Ce OR cea ad A good in multipleroles, especially his The crowd thrilled when told that the band would stick toits don’t want to believe he turned into cantankerous old Hiram Lineback is Spitting Newsted plays bass and Kirk aaa mete 308s72708 7271 POI) eee tasted CATA as the town barber, L.H. Black. Black hasone of the most appreci- ated lines of the evening when, frustrated with the interminable questioning, he says to Shields. ‘Can weget on with this? The performance of any new playis an event to celebrate; un- woe. SP! Thetitle is the most intriguing Metallica Pleases With Tried-and-True Tracks if You Go ram Be Bee, cs Concluding 8-City Tour STUNNING 25TH ANNIVERSARY fortunately, with “Due Process” thecelebration is short-lived. All the elements for good theatre are present — an engagingstory, tal- simplyreact to the testimony. Ordinarily, talent such as theirs would carry a production, but they don’t have enough to do. ented performers, technical ex- attorneys, tries too much for au- PER PSSON ERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (R) Toras 8 THE 7:05 9:20 EVER AFTER (PG-13) 4:25 7:00 9:25 SIGNALS (PG-43) 5:35 7:35 9:35 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (8) 5.00 6:30 yeww.reeltheatre.com SHOWTIMES £08 Q 677 S 200W Must Se 21 *INFO 355-5500" UAheta wea dole) Bean faa: LETHAL WEAPON 4 8 7415 40.05 SMALLSOLDIERS FC-13 WALLOWEEN H2.0 8 7.25 640 Shields, the wife and mother of thenticity; the trial is tedious and surprisingly non-dramatic. 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