| Show r STANDARD-EXAMINE- Weekend R FRIDAY MARCH 10 1995 FEATURES EDITOR: 0 625-427- THEATERS (QUICK TAKES BEST BETS Fun Gems or jazz Take your pick — or check out both 3D Movies The guy who made the intelligent "In the Line of Fire” has done it again with “Outbreak" a scary and prophetic movie starring Dustin Hoffman 5D HOT TICKETS See 2D for details on obtaining tickets for these and other events: dames Nicks & the Night Crew In concert with Lynn Dee Mueller and the Woodbury Boys March 25 Park City Robin and Linda Williams March 25 Salt Lake City Extreme April 7 Saltair Tim McGraw and Little Texas May 12 Salt Lake City John Tesh June 24 Salt Lake City ABOUT PEOPLE Nelly Ingraham perform ‘The Magic Pouch’ at the Arts The children’s play which emphasizes duced in an intimate setting S' Children learn appreciation of the arts in a really casual setting By KATHY SCHVANEVELDT Standard Examiner staff — With 15 minutes to go time a pillow fight has LOGANshow out in the audience Some of the theatergoers are giggling squirming and wrastling on the floor Others appear to be sleeping The other members of the crowd don't seem to mind this shocking disregard for theater etiquette As a matter of fact they seem to enjoy it But this isn't the Capitol Theatre or Abravancl Hall It's Pillow Theatre a branch of the Unicorn Children’s Theatre where bringing your pillow and silting on it iis part of the fun ’ As soon as the lights go down the children quickly settle down for an hour of (theatrical fun performed on their level by a cast of mostly their peers (Only Occasionally will you sec adults on stage organizers say) With the 1992 opening of the Bullen Center for the Arts adjacent to the Ellen Ecclcs Theatre on Logan's Main Street Unicorn got its own performing space and Pillow Theatre was born said Ruth Call Unicorn’s drama director Call said she wanted to bring back “that ’ wonderful old tradition of Saturday afternoon matinees for children" A tight squeeze The theater — 40 feet long by 30 feet s wide — is basically a large room The kids sit on the floor about a foot away from the actors “That kind of intimacy especially for young children is really effective" said Tracic Norton a Pillow Theatre director “There was a child who wandered down the aisle and right up to the stage area and said 'J’ve never seen it with real people before’ “That kind of captured the excitement of h It creates this very special atmosphere The lights go down and come up and they arc suddenly in a different world” Gary Kigcr and Deborah Byrnes of Logan who attend regularly with their daughter Elizabeth said Pillow Theatre was a place they could take their daughter at a very early age to help her develop an appreciation for the arts “She could learn to be a member of the audience in a real nurturing situation" said Byrnes And not only arc the plays short but the material also appeals to kids Byrnes said Call said the theater docs a lot of n plays as a way of adding to the children’s comfort level “They’re not required to sit with their hands in their laps" Call said “They can get quite involved" audience-participatio- Broad appeal Norton said productions have ranged from simple versions of fairy tales to ’adaptations of Shakespeare “It's interesting that children of all ages have really enjoyed it (Pillow Theatre) Kids get comfortable before an articipation required to sit with their hands in their laps’ says Ruth Call drama director audience-p- play ‘They’re not said Norton Byrnes said she and her husband enjoy ithc shows as much as their daughter and that the Saturday matinees have become a good sharing experience for the three of them Younger children may not understand everything in one of the theater’s more complicated plays Norton said “but I think it's important to expose children to live theater at an early age" Said Call: “It's not intimidating in any way They are sitting on the rug hugging a even preschoolers" pillow and sitting close to mom and dad" A new play is staged each month One play is in rehearsal while another is in production Grants from the Marie Ecclcs Cain Foundation the Utah Arts Council and Logan City help keep admission prices low — $2 per person or $10 for a family of six No smoking allowed The plays target children age See 1 3 and PILLOW on 8D Magic of Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ not cooled by icy rendition By PETER HAUGEN McClatchy News Service PREVIEW rabs on ice Camel on skates Tuck axels and cantilevers over the desert What in the name of contradictory imagery is going on? It's Disney's “Aladdin" Again This time with a combination spin lay back spin double flip That's icc skating talk “Walt Disney's World on Icc — Aladdin" glides into Salt Lake y City's Delta Center for a engagement beginning Wednesday That's right the familiar 1992 animated cartoon story of a poor boy a feisty princess a beefy blue genic and a larcenous monkey has returned as an icc spectacle What do skates have to do with a story set on desert sand? Nothing But “Aladdin" was next in line as the 5th Disney-theme- d touring icc show since Mickey strapped on blades in 1981 Its predecessor “Beauty and the Beast" was a resounding hit This transformation was inevitable Next up will be a new World on Icc adaptation of I937's “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" which is now touring the Eastern stales Expect it here next year Disney's World on Icc is produced under contract by Kenneth Feld who also does Ringling Bros and Barnum & six-da- 1 )OR 1 r r- WHAT: 'Walt Disney's World on Ice: Aladdin' 4 WHEN: 7 pm March 15-1- pm and 7:30 pm March 17 11 am 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm March 18 1:30 pm and 5:30 pm March 19 and 7 pm March 20 Delta Center 301 W South Temple Salt Lake City TICKETS: $950 $1150 and $1350 $3 off all opening-nigh- t seats Available at Smith's Tix (800) WHERE: 888-TIX- X Robert spent four hours Monday talking to a class at the New School for Social Research about acting and ' directing Paul Nevnan who played Redford s pal tn “Butch Cassidy and thfe Sundance Kid and “The Sting" arranged the visit as president of the Actors Studio and listened from the front row Redford regaled students with stories including one about his role as a Nazi opposite a rabbi played by Charles Laughton The script called for Redford to slap Laughton but the British actor told Redford to keep his hands off “I was steaming" Redford said “And I guess the real actor in me came out And when the moment came he looked at me — and it was a real look like ‘What have you decided to do?’ “So I just hit him as hard as I could” Redford said WHAT’S NEW In celebrations: “Irish Days in the State of Utah” an annual celebration of St Patrick's Day by the Hibernian Society of Utah begins Saturday and continues through next Friday at various locations in Salt Lake City Activities include a parade followed by a Siamsa (an Irish celebration) on Saturday an evening of Irish poetry on Wednesday a Mass in honor of St Patrick next Friday and a Grand Ball next Friday evening For information on any of the festivities call Frank 2 Dunne at Tom 1 Bill Brown at 9 O'Farrell at or Katie 3 McMahon at 943-171- 977-021- 272-678- 521-079- TOP RECORDS These were the top adult contemporary singles of the week according to Billboard magazine 1 Bailey Circus But Disney pays close attention to these farmed-ospinofls “If it can't be done right we're not going to do it at all" said Linda Azaronc vice president in charge of icc shows for Disney Consumer Products She noted that each World on Icc idea conies out of a meeting attended by CEO Michael Eisner himself Disney designers artists and sometimes even animators arc consulted about the process And in the case of “Aladdin" there was some initial doubt that it could be done right Jerry Bilik musical and theatrical director of Disney's World On Icc remembers the dav producer Feld ut film-lo-i- See ALADDIN on 8D “Take a Bow” Madonna 2 “Love Will Keep Us Alive” Eagles 3 “In the House of Stone and Light” Martin Page 4 “You Gotta Be” Des'Ree 5 “House of Grant with Vince Love” Gill Amy 6 “Everlasting Love” Gloria Estefan 7 “You Got Raitt C 9- - It” Bonnie “Always” Bon Jovi “The Sweetest Days” Vanessa Williams 10 “Hold My Hand” Hootie & the Blow fish Standard-Examin- er staff and wire services |
