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Show 2B Two Artists Will Show Work at Davis Center Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, July 20, 1983 'The Robber Bridegroom1 to Put on Musk roup - A modern BOUNTIFUL bluegrass musical The Robber Bridegroom, is coming together as the CenterStage Theatre Companys summer production. CenterStage is the Art Bountiful-Davi- s Cent-er'- s resident theatre points in between and include Stanford Smith in the title role, Marla Brimley, Bryan Bowles, Marlene Brink-- ' erhoff, Gary Neilson, Terry Long, Charlene Nelsen, Lissa Woodbury Jenson, Blake Heiner and Patty Olsen. The Robber Bridegroom will be the evening entertainment in connection with the Bountiful-Davi- s Art Centers Bridegroom is the story of a Mississippi highwayman who befriends a rich planter and who then finds himself engaged to the planters ugly daughter. At the same time, he, in his robbers disguise, falls in love with a young beauty whom he finds in the Center, 2175 South Main in Bountiful for $5 for adults and S4 for Art Center members, senior citizens, and students. woods. two-perso- The cast come from Salt Lake, Ogden, and many company. The production will open on the night of Thursday, August 4, and will be presented each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night at 8 p.m. outdoors behind the Art Center. Based on a 1942 novella by Eudora Welty, with music by Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman, The Robber I fi 1 k$h composers alive today, will make up the bill of Golden Spike Repertory Theaters third opening of the 1983 season. Tonight, GSRT will open the run of The Telephone and The Old Maid and the Thief. And, to those of you who normally run the other way at the mention of the word opera: dont worry, these two musical pieces are played strictly for fun. We expect the Menotti Comic operas to be the sleepers of the season, said Jim Lykins, GSRT promotions director, somewhat like Somethings Afoot was last year. By that, I simply mean that many people may not be familiar with them, but they are such delightfully absurd pieces, with such wonderful theatricality, that our audiences will have an absolute ball. -- About Carlo Menotti Gian Carlo Menotti is a Italian-bor- n, American-t- composer, who gan composing at the age of six and wrote his first opera at the age of 11. Of that first opera, Menotti has said that it is notable only for the fact that all of his characters killed themselves in the last act. In 1924, while a student at the Milan Conservatory, he wrote and composed a three act opera, The Death of Pierrot. In 1928 he moved to the United States to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he wrote Amelia Goes to the Ball in 1934. With rained the first performance be- of Amelia Goes to the Ball in 1937, Menottis career took off for heights of popularity that are unparalleled byariy'rriodern ' opera composer. NBC Radio commissioned Menotti to compose The Old Maid and the Thief and broad- cast its first performance repeatedly by phone calls of one ing melodic stylings and dramatic flair consistently meet the demands of good ic and good theater. honest man. , . When Bob (Jim Pitts) comes to the door seeking a handout, he interrups a gossip session between Mils Todd (Ann S. Moulton), and her neighbor, Miss Pinkerton (Laurie A. Decker). Miss Todd and her maid, Laetitia (Evelyn Murray Harris), make the most of their opportunity and invite the young man to stay the night, and beyond. When they learn of an escaped convict matching Bobs description, the ladies seclude him in the house and supply him with money pilfered from friends pocket-bookand liquor stolen at night good-lookin- has hlways been popular and received enthusiastic responses from his audiences. His appealmus- time pieces, frontier cast g s, e - Whether you like your art on or off the wall, this show should provide a great deal of interest. Gallery hours are Mondays from 5 to 9 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ; and Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. for circulation throughout the Stclt6 The UEH supports a variety of community projects relating to literature, lan- history, guages, the study of art, re- philosophy, jurisprudence, ligious studies, linguistics and related fields. The Bountiful-Davi- s Art Center will serve as a collection point for information on Stewart. Anyone with artwork by Stewart or other relevant and economic conditions documents and correspondence and who may be interested in assisting with the project is encouraged to call or write the Center at 2175 South Main in Bountiful, Utah 84010, in care of the Mary Muir Project. through art as well as through substantiating documentation and correspondence. A slidepamphlet presentation will be produced through the grant. Upon its completion the presentation will be available My Fair SNOOPY!!!, Lady, and .Man of LaManc-ha- . The Menotti comic operas will play on a double bill for eight performances, on July 20, 22, 23, 29, and August 3, 6, 10, 11. Curtain time is 8 p.m., in the Allred Theater of the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts at Weber State College. Ticket prices are $6, and $4 for students and senior citizens. A discount for theater parties-group- s of 24 or more is available. For reservations or information call Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. 626-643- bronze sculpture, and many other subjects. The life and BOUNTIFUL of Utah landscape painter LeConte Stewart will be docu-- 1 mented and preserved in a comprehensive historical record by art historian Mary Muir thanks to a grant of $5,131 which has been awarded to the Bountiful-Davi- s Art Center by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities. The Mary Muir project will provide a visual history of many areas of Utah and will demonstrate historical social trends from the neighborhood store. sort or another; to the point When Bob decides to move on, where he attempts inflicting everything comes to a head; grievous damage upon the of- with the spurned Miss Todd fending instrument. threatening to turn him in crimes she has committed, Though the ardent young Ben is forced to leave to catch his Laetitia again making the most train, he manages to resolve his of an opportune moment, and Miss Pinkerton and her wagproblem in a classic comic turnabout. ging tongue waiting in the The Old Maid' and the wings. The Telephone and The Thief, a grotesque opera in fourteen scenes,' is based upon Old Maid and the Thief will the premise that a virtuous wo- run in repertory with the other man can make a thief of an musicals in GSRTs 1983 season, for-th- The Telephone or- Lamour atrois is described as an opera buffa in one act, and is one of the most successful curtain-raiser- s (at about 22 minutes) in the second half of the 20th century. The triangle of the subtitle, however, is composed of one young man, one young woman, and a symbol of modern women the telephone. Ben (Tim Threlfall) arrives at his girlfriends apartment, shortly before catching a train. He is quite taken with Lucy (Janette Reimschussel) and has something he is anxious to ask her, but a phone call interrupts him. In fact, he is interrupted adults and children, indoor mechanical fountains, brass art Golden Spike to Show Comic Operas ct copper, bronze and glass. Recently he has been commissioned to do bronze busts of both Stewards Life and Art Will be Documented ROSAMOND, portrayed by Marla Brimley, tries hard to explain to her parents that while picking herbs in the forest all her clothes were stolen. Listening in is "The Robber Bridegroom," Stanford Smith. Allan V. Lykins and Marlene Brinkerhoff portray Rosamond's parents. Phones and Thieves Two delightful one-acomic operas by Gian Carlo Menotti, one of the most popular opera smallest as done been have pieces mechanical silver jewelry. His largest piece is an artistically designed log cabin. Whitaker works primarily with brass, sizes of sculpture. His and Southwest watercolor Davis Art Festival Days Tickets will also be sold at n societies, and of the Pastel Society of the Southwest. She was the featured artist during the Reflections on Watercolor show at the Sullivan Galleries in Salt Lake City during June of this year. Ms. Mehmerts work includes a wide variety of subject matter ranging from landscapes and still life subjects to portraits and leaf abstracts. which have been rescheduled for August 5 and 6. Tickets are on sale now at the Art the CenterStage Theatre Companys information table at the Art Festival Days. Lyman Whitaker works in all BOUNTIFUL A show featuring watercolors by L.H. Mehmert and sculpture by Lyman Whitaker will open at Art Center the Bountiful-Davi- s on July 21 and run through August 14. The public is invited to meet the artists at the opening reception on Thursday evening, July 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. L.H. Mehmert is an associate member of the National, Utah, 7 V"l! ALUABLETCOUPO OFF 10 RIDE PASS MOST RADICAL DOUBLE FLUME WATERSLIDE THE WORLD'S Group (3.oo lor ,0-r.- rates now po, p) available on the HYDROTUBE. Mondov Nioht's family Niqht 9 p.m. ao r mora im $12.00 per family (i.ao for mch io-rpass) 100 ormore passes (11.00 for epch 1 UlvLImlITPH Privets parties before or after normal operatlnp hours. (1200.00 par hour, unlimited riders) Information and private party tcheduling, tall Bring to HYDROTUBE for $1.00 off regular price. fit mrt expires. Au9ust 3ij 1983 -- 7:30 p.m. Main Show in THIS IS REAL RODEO IN THE WESTS MOST The Island God was premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1938. In 1945, Menotti won a grant from the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, followed by a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946. Those awards w.ere followed by a commission from the Ditson Fund for The Medium (1946), produced to such acclaim that it was moved to Broadway with The Telephone (1947), and became a legitimate hit. Menottis next opera, The Consul, premiered on Broadway in 1950, and was also a critical and box office success. It garnered several honors, in- eluding the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Award. . SPECTACULAR OUTDOOR GREAT FAMILY SETTING ENTERTAINMENT FAMILY DISCOUNT NIGHTS July 20 & 21 $12. for a family of 6 (reg. $18) On Christmas Eve of 1951, the first opera written specifically for television, Amahl and the Night Visitors, was first presented. Amahl has probably been seen by more people the world over than any opera in history1. Then, in 1954, Menotti won his second Pulitzer Prize for the Broadway production of The Saint of Bleeker Street. Menottis musical style is probably best described as ic ; meaning it can be popular or esoteric, realistic or romantic, cacaphonous or lyrical, as the composer himself may choose. I feel its important what one says, not how one says it, Menotti said in a recent interview. In music, I like to use the equivalent of the spoken language of the people, rather than an exotic grammar. Why speak Esperanto if nobody uses it? 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