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Show - 1 - LM to take fans to 'City of Angels' After months of silence, Utah Musical Theater has finally announced they will be performing the Tony awardwinning musical "City of Angels" for its first Utah premiere beginning August 12. Because of licensing, UMT has had to wait until now to announce theperformance. The setting is Hollywood in the 1940s where movie moguls run high and authors are used for their creative energies and then discarded as easily as an old show . The case in point is Stine, a successful author of deceptive novels who is trying to turn his own book, "City of Angels," into a screenplay. Stine is seduced by the money and power of the Hollywood movie machine in the form of studio head Budy Fidler and is Struggling to create a work without compromising his artistic integrity. Stine's writing talents have given birth to private-eye Stone who not only lives in the world of film ,but also challenges Stine as his alter ego and conscience. Stine's life is played out iii living color to the counterpoint of the black-and-white detective story in which Stone must handle thugs, beautiful women and the search for a missing person. The result is a -fast-paced, sophisticated show, set to the jazzy music of Broadway veteran Cy Coleman.. UMT will also present "Oklahoma," The Pajama Game" and"Red Hot and Cole." Season and individual tickets go on sale June 1 and are $12 for an individual ticket, $11 for senior citizens and $42 per seat for season tickets. r If you want to play in Texas CHRIS WICK THE SIGNPOST Violinists Ryan Clarke and Scott Tanner perform in the Thursday morning recital with the Weber State University Symphony Chamber players. An editor's tragic memoir of a broken relationship W; hen you are in a rela- onship for several years, getting out of it is no laughing matter. The stress it causes is more unbearable than any physical pain that can be inflicted by the greatest torturing devices in the world. I recently have gone through this terrible process myself. I would pick her up before every class and take her with me. She sat next to me like a faithful friend. Her companionship was as comfortable as a pair of old jeans. She would go to lunch with me and sit next to me hour after hour as I Confessions of a reformed addict - Tyson Hiatt worked writing, editing and laying out The Signpost day after day. After a 10-year relationship, I finally realized she was running my life. I had no time for myself; it was as if I was being smothered. I had tried to tell her to back off, but she just wouldn't listen. She always had to be there. She was there when I wanted to hang out with my friends and do my homework. She was making me crazy. I had the shakes because I thought of her so much. It was so bad that it made my already atrocious handwriting worse. I had to make a decision. I decided that there would be no separation period, no trial time to work things out. I would leave her cold turkey. It's now been three weeks, and I have wondered how I have survived without a Pepsi. I don't seem to have nearly the energy that I had three weeks ago. I miss the feeling of the ice cold can in my hand, and the encouragement that I got from one small aluminum can full of that lovely artificially colored, carbonated, caffeina ted beverage. My live has changed greatly. I drink a lot of orange juice now. It's great, and it isn't as demanding on my time as Pepsi was. I like that. Still, it lacks the caffeine I learned to love what my ex could give me. I have learned that I can get by on my own. I'm now a free man with the opportunity to go where he wants , do as he pleases and drink what he wants, HA! I am clean; a truly reformed Pepsi addict so neener, neener, neener. I have left behind me the chains that bound me down in the depths of caffeine-controlled despair. I now know that the only way I can truly be happy is on my own.So, now in the solace of my apartment, I have a glass of milk and a handful of Oreos and fantasize about a love gone by. But every time I sign my name I still have that shake in my handwriting that makes me remember my love affair with my the soft drink that ran my life. I suppose I will never forget her. A 'Diaries' alternative: stay home and drink By Mark Forsberg Signpost managing editor As the end of the quarter approaches, the determined beer junkie may notice a slight thinning of the wallet, symptomatic of constantly decreasing funds. The eventual result of this definanced condition: DT's. Now nobody wants that. To combat this looming threat, Diaries has concocted a simple, easy-to-follow and subtly enjoyable alternative to those expensive nights on the town. We call it "Staying at Home." That's right. Diaries has no need of describing the various prices, entertainment and relief facilities at home. You know them better than anyone. No need to delve into the attitudes of the patrons and the bartender, as they depend solely on your opinion of yourself. Friends can be invited for company, but why bother? A little fiddling with the remote control and you have company piped in from around the world, courtesy of your friendly cable television company. Home offers a wide selection of beverages. Theintoxicant-needy person can purchase a six-pack of quality beverage for the pVice of a pitcher at your average alcohol facility. However, we at Diaries do not encourage this practice, as it eliminates much of the true homebody spirit. We ad- Diaries of a beer junkie vise the purchase of a few 32-ouncers, which usually run just under $1. Sure, it may not taste as good but it gives you that nice, down-home, white trash,I-got-a-'76-Chevy-Nova-in-the-driveway feeling. There are several methods of entertaining one's self. Naturally, the homes of most fund-shy weekend alcoholics lack customary drinking establishment entertainments, such as: pool tables, dart boards and drunk patrons of the opposite sex. The trick is replacing these with viable alternatives. It is not uncommon for the novice beer junkie to feel like a loser after engaging in thebefore-mentioned activities. The trick, we have learned through extensive research, is simple and easily explained through a bit of genius, a fellow junkie shared one evening: "I can't think too hard. I get depressed," (name withheld) said. So go easy on the wallet and support continued governmental efforts to strengthen America's families. Bring your drinking home. Hell, tie one on with your son. Maybe someday you'll be able to afford that Nova . WHHr KW H ill fn -sr- ,.!ife 1?& . was n r. st 1 1 ps "5 1 i s ? 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