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Show Park Citv News Thursday, May 19, 1983 Page B5 Our Bill Payment Location has Moved. t 0 vN ft . -3 ft, ' - -;i "The Threepenny Opera," which will run in Salt Lake City's Babcock Theatre May 19 through 28. Threepenny Opera' to open in Salt Lake A world of rjenous thieves, streetwalkers, and shark-toothed bourgeoise society is the subject of The Threepenny Opera by Ber-tolt Ber-tolt Brecht and Kurt Weill opening Thursday, May 19 at 8 p.m. in the Babcock Theatre downstairs at Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Salt Lake City. It will run through May 28 with a matinee May 21 at 2 p.m. First produced in 1928 in Berlin, The Threepenny Opera is based on the plague-ridden London of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera. Director Judy Welden sees the production 1 as "a juxtaposition of reality and theatre. It connects and relates to contemporary issues." Ms. Welden is using the Marc Blitzstem adaptation adap-tation which opened in 1954 and became a long-running hit, lasting six years. The production is presented present-ed by the University of Utah Theatre Department Student Advisory Committee and the A.S.U.U. Jeffery Price is the musical director and Carolyn Wood is the choreographer. Set design is by J. David Blatt, lighting design by Richard J. Harris, and costume design by David C. Paulin. Performances are May 19 through 21 at 8 p.m. with a matinee on Saturday, May 21, and May 23 through 28. For reservations or further information, call the Pioneer Memorial box office at 581-6961. Heel WorM b, iek IS rough Local audience judges new pirate adventure A Classic Recommended Good double-feature double-feature material Time-killer For masochists only Savage Islands . Salt Lakers had a unique experience last week. They were actually invited to a test sneak preview for a major motion picture. Sneak previews today are usually nothing special. A movie is shown a few weeks or days before its scheduled release to build up word-of-mouth. This movie, however, shown Saturday night at the Crossroads Cinema, was more like a real old-Hollywood sneak, where the audience judged a picture they'd never heard of, and studio representatives lurked in the back rows or out in the lobby, worrying about audience reaction. After the movie, everyone was handed an evaluation form (I felt like I was back in college) to rate the overall film, the individual actors, favorite or least favorite scenes, etc. When I went to the concession stand, I noticed no-ticed a rep from Paramount jotting down notes in the lobby. (A log of when the audience left the movie for refreshments?) A spokesman spokes-man told us we were the first audience in the country to see this picture. The film was called "Savage Islands," starring Tommy Lee Jones as a daring pirate (with a Texas accent) roaming the South Seas in the late 19th Century. His character, Bully Hayes, fights the colonialists in the area, but as the picture opens, he is captured by the Spania ds. And while he awaits hanging, he relates his buccaneer history. It had begun when he transported a priggish young reverend (Michael O'Keefe) and his fiance (Jenny Sea grove) to an island mission. The cleric's wedding was interrupted when the island was raided by the villainous blackbirder (slave trader) Ben Pease (Max Phipps) who snatched all the natives, and the young bride. Hayes and the Reverend pursue Pease for the rest of the picture. The publicity for the sneak preview tried to paint them as an acquatic Butch & Sundance. But comparisons can be made easily with "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Instead of Nazis, the heroes are battling the German military of Kaiser Wilhelm, who are trying to extend their influence into the Pacific. The opening episode is also similar to "Raiders" as Hayes treks into an island village, encounters a savage tribe and barely escapes with his life in the film's first 15 minutes. (One odd note here. In the battle, his entire crew is massacred by the natives. Then in flashback you become more familiar with this jolly, but doomed band. It's a good indication of how this film, an Australian Austral-ian production, goes in for a more rough-hewn adventure style.) Especially in the second half, the picture has enough action to keep you awake. The heroine is lowered on a spit over a volcano as a native sacrifice. The pirates wage war on a steam-powered, steam-powered, iron German battleship bat-tleship armed with torpedoes. torpe-does. And, of course, Bully's hanging doesn't come off quite on schedule. The new Australian adventure ad-venture films (like "Man From Snowy River") take advantage of spectacular scenery. In one scene, the Reverend is skimming over the waves on a raft when he hits a rock This leaves him stranded on the boulder, surrounded (as a helicopter shot shows us) by miles of water. The picture's main flaw is that it takes too long to set up its premise of the preacher and the rogue as buccaneering buccaneer-ing partners. O'Keefe (with a youthful charm that looks rabbity at times) is a little too abrupt in changing from prude to hero. But he has a marvelous drunk scene with Tommy Lee Jones. Jones doesn't quite fit in a costume adventure, but he bravely ignores that handicap with energy and good cheer. The native Australian actors are the best of the lot. Jenny Seagrove is a gutsy heroine. And Max Phipps is a thorough scum and is given giv-en one of the more hissable bits in a recent film. After gunning down a preacher, he annoints the dead man's forehead with a spot of blood, in a grim parody of Christian ritual. I don't know how long it will be before you see "Savage Islands" in your theater, or what changes Paramount may make based on audience input. (They could tone down the grisly violence without any harm.) In this case, I was only one of a thousand critics. But my guess is the filmmakers won't have much to worry about with this rowdy adventure. Summer Dance Workshop returns to Park City Local dancers have a lot to look forward to this summer. For two weeks in July, some of the best dance instructors in the country will be teaching in Park City. Mary Jane Bird, the Park City Recreation Department's Depart-ment's dance advisor, is enthusiastic about the workshops. work-shops. "Last year we had 50 participants and I believe that it is something that could grow into a grand scale," she said. The workshops not only attract local dancers but also many professional dancers from out of town. Bird has sent brochures to more than 100 dance universities and high schools that have special spe-cial dance programs. "Utah dancers need exposure to the outside world," added Bird. "I don't think anyone who is interested in dance should miss this opportunity." The classes will begin on July 11 and will conclude with a performance on July 22. Four professional instructors in-structors will be teaching modern, jazz and tap dancing. danc-ing. TKiv iH v-" a t-hi'-'rer'-- creative d.tnce class. Bird explained that two types of jazz will be offered: one class will be based on Alvin Ailey's style and the other class will cover theatrical show jazz. Leslie Creamer, who is a specialist in creative movement move-ment for children, and Kelly Roth, who is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dance, both taught in Park City last year and will be returning this July. Ed Perez will te joining tne summer workshop faculty this year. He is currently with the San Diego Show Stoppers and specializes in teaching theatrical jazz. Jeff Fergus- son, who is part of the Alvin Ailey teaching staff in New York, will also be teaching during the workshops. Tuition for all of the classes is $75. The sessions run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and resume in the evenings from 6p.m. to8p.m. Tuition for the children's creative dance class is $25 and enrollment will be limited to 20 students. Bird hopes to offer a special lowered tuition rate to Park City residents. For more information, contact Mary Jane Bird at 649-9491 or 649-6539. Housemates Wanted Dynamite Place Cheap rent, pool, jacuzzi, tennis, outdoor gas barbecue, stream and trees. ParkWest. Call 1-731-6239. Mountain Bells payment location at 1510 North Park Avenue in Park City has moved to Anderson Lumber Company at 1251 East Highway 248. New extended hours for accepting payments are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday. The Mountain Bell Service Center has closed. This was one of the transitional phases needed to respond re-spond to a Federal Communications Commission order that became effective January 1, 1983, and to prepare for divestiture of the Bell System scheduled to occur January 1, 1984. The best and most convenient way to pay your bill is to mail it in the envelope provided in your monthly statement. If you prefer to pay your bill at Anderson Lumber, please remember to bring your bill with you. For billing questions and order inquiries you should still call our Residence Service Center. The numbers to call are listed on your phone bill. If you have a defective telephone set or other repair problem, please call the repair number listed in the Customer Guide section of your new directory. Mountain Bell iW 'ffli U I I i Y. i fir it i man ITT a K K S I I K I at Prospector Square 649-8060 Park City's largest full service steakhouse serving the best of steaks, prime rib, seafood, and the famous 35-item Salad Bar. T k I jit- Monday-Thursday 5:30 10:30, Friday Saturday 5:30 1 1 p.m. Sundays 5 10 p.m. LUNCH Monday - Friday 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. SUNDAY SUrrB? 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