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Show Utah Arts Council town meeting In an attemptto find out what’s importantto the public regardingthe arts, the Utah Arts Council will host a town Dead men do wear‘Plaid’ Heaven can't wait (and neither can we) for opening of ‘ForeverPlaid’ A 1950s vocal group in the director Dave When:Friday through music appeals to an older crowd who remember Thursdays to Saturdays, 7: 30 p.m. humorwill get the younger audi- seasontickets are available eee off the Provo www.provotheatreSompany.cont audiences,” said | | | mation. | ‘My Turn on Earth’ | its home, the Villa Theatre in Springville. With laughter and poignancy, this popular LDS musical tells of children who cometo Earth anddiscoverthe meaningoflife. The highlight of the show may very well be the far-out songsstraight out of the 1970s, such as “Everybody Ought to Have a Body,” “Where on Earth Can I Find Heaven?” and “It’savery fun- Forever Plaid Tinney. “The | The touring company of “My Turnon Earth”will perform two showson Saturday at vein of, say, the Lettermen, the Plaids were headed for their first real concert — at an airport cocktail bar — whentheir car was broadsided by a bus full of Catholic schoolgirls headed for the Ed Sullivan show. Killed in the collision, the four eager crooners — Smudge,Jinx, Sparky and Frankie — get a chancein the afterlife to dontheir checkered jackets for the posthumous perforIf manceofa lifeyou timein “Forever SORES: Plaid.” : Company, 105 £. 100 | Bullock Room at the ProvoCity at 7 p.m. on Tuesdayin the at (801) 236-7552 for more infor- experience — literally. Where:Provo Theatre The public is invited to attend | | the meeting, which will begin in Prove.Call Lynnette Hiskey he Plaids’sfirst professional performancewas a heavenly alot of different The Provo Arts Council will host a reception following the Library, 550 N. University Ave. NatalieHollingshead HERALD CORRESPONDENT ieapes meeting in Provo on Tuesday. town meeting. “LookfortheLittle Light.” Performancesbegin at 11 alm. and 2 p.m.at the Villa Theatre, 254 S. Main St. in Springville. Tickets are $8. Call North, Provo 471-7193 for reservations, Oct. 29, Mondays, the songs, andthe Cost: $12.50 or $15; Info: 379-0600, visit Theatre Company’s 2005-06 season Friday. The show runs through Oct. 29. Theatergoerswill likely recognize many of the carefree tunes the quartet sings. Hit melodies from the 1950s and ’60s like “Chain Gang,” “Catcha Falling Star” and Puja Allepalli will danceat the Festivalof India. Festival of India “Heart and Soul” will be vocalized by local actors Ben Cummins as Smudge, Bradin Wilhemsenas Jinx, Clay Elder as Sparky and Tom Every as Frankie. Attendingthe 19th annual ‘Festival of India at theKriskma Templewill be the cheapest trip Only a piano and bass player accom- pany the Plaids on the complicated harmo- througheverything,” Cummins said. “It’s lowsfor the audience to be pulled along cal before. Character developmentalso helps convey a deeper messagethat hides behind think you want.” This year’s performanceof “Forever Plaid” isn’t a first for the company.It you've ever, taken to India. Aneveningoflive music ahd dancing,art and Indian cuisine will culminate with the Pageant of the Ramayana,complete with the burning of a 20-foothigh, 10-headed demon,flaming arrows and fireworks. Thefestival begins at 4 p.m. kindoflike a rollercoaster — you keep the play’s happy-go-lucky tunes and goofy staged the musical revue nearly a decade on Saturday at the Krishna much asmall cast makes mistakes hard to coverup,but it also gives “Forever Plaid” audiences a moreactiverole in the production, said Cummins. “It’s just a very intimate space and al- Provo Theatre Company Provo Theatre Company is staging “ForeverPlaid,” the story of a singing group forced to perform posthumously after being killed in a car accident. moments. going withit andit’s a lot of fun.” ago buthas revived it as part ofits 20th The atmosphereof a smaller theater “It’s a kind of metaphor for anyone anniversary celebration. who's ever been cut short of anything also let Tinney focus on the development “If they've seen the show before,they'll they ever really wanted to achieve and of each character, giving the Provo Theloveit even morehere,andif they haven't atre Company's staging different feel feellike they'vefailed in it somehow,” Tin- they’ll fall in love with it forthe first time,” from other productions of “ForeverPlaid,” ney said.“It's about how to triumph even Tinneysaid. said Cummins, whohas‘acted in the musi- ‘if.you-don't get that one final’thing you - ', Sounds like heayen on Earth... Temple, 8628 S. Main St. in Spanish Fork. Admissionis $3 for adults and$1 forchildren. Call 798-3559 or 787-1510 or visit www.utahkrishnas.com for more information. ceccessaces Ashley Banks @ e $002 ‘Si saquiardas ‘Aepsinyy ‘preiay Ayeg ences.” |
