OCR Text |
Show Park Recor Editor: Scoil Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex. 113 PARK CITY MEDICAL CENTER BLOOD DRIVE The Park City Medical Center hosts a community blood drive at the medical center, Wednesday, Nov. 10, from 1 to 6 p.m. All participants will be entered for a chance to win two tickets to the BYU/Utah football game, lodging and dinner for two COMPLIMENTARY BALLET-TONE Join Lululemon athletica's Park City showroom at Kimball Junction for its complimentary November class. Ballet-tone. Classes will be held Thursdays, through Nov. 19, from 6;30 to 7:15 p.m. Ballet-tone is a dance and fitness class that blends body toning, posture and alignment work with flexibility to define and lengthen the muscles while achieving a graceful poise and a sense of wellbeing. Classes are free and nonperishable food donations are encouraged. COOKING CLASSES Would you change how you feed your family if you knew it would change how they feel? There is a strong connection between food and feeling good, between diet and disease. What are the most powerful foods we can eat to protect us from illness? What foods break down our natural immunity? Find the answers to these questions and lunch at the Zermatt Resort in Midway on Nov. 11, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To sign up, go to htip y/zermattresort. co m/d tnin g/coo k ing-dasses-events. AUTHOR SIGNING EVENT WITH EE KING Author EE King will stop by Dolly's Bookstore from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to discuss "Dirk Quigby's Guide to the Afterlife: All You Need to Know to Choose the Right Heaven." The book is a hilarious, evenhandedly satirical look at all the major religions and many of the minor ones wrapped in a story of Quiby's own dealings with Lucifer, guardian angels and life. King is a Salt Lake City-based author. SOLDIER HOLLOW FUNDRAISER Sundance Film Festival tickets, VIP packages for the Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championships and 2010 Olympic clothing donated by the U.S. Nordic Combined Team are up up for bid at the 10th annual Soup and Soldier Hollow on Friday, November 12. Dinner begins 6 p.m. and will be held at the Lodge at Soldier Hollow Resort. The auction begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 435-654-2002. PROMOTIONS! $5 THURSDAY GHIDOTTI'S rkrecord.com Welcome to 'Urinetown' New drama teacher's favorite musical debuts at PCHS By SCOTT IWASAKI Of tin- Record stuff The Tony Award-winning "Urinetown: the Musical" is the perfect music to be produced and performed by high school students, said Park City High School drama teacher Mikell Price. "It's fantastic because it is such a parody of every other musical they have probably ever seen," Price said during an interview with The Park Record just before rehearsals, "it's so sarcastic and actually makes fun of the convention of musical theatre to begin with." Price, new to the PCHS staff this year, said the musical, which made its Broadway premiere in 2001. is also one of her personal favorites. "When I came into the job, 1 wasn't sure if a show had been picked."' said Price, who graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Theatre Arts. "1 heard they wanted to do 'Little Shop of Horrors,' and if they wanted to. I would have, but (the school) left it up to me. and I had a good half-hour to go browse and think about what I wanted to do. "In a perfect world. 'Urinetown' would be the one I wanted to do and when I asked, they said yes," Price said. "So. it's a perfect world - at least here and now." Another thing that helped Price choose the musical was the students' talent. "When I was informed about the type of talent and number of boys and girls, it seemed like the musical would be a pretty good fit," Price said. "And not knowing the students, I knew as long as we had general talented actors, we'd be able to pull it off." "Urinetown." which surrounds a boy named Bobby Strong and his heartthrob Hope Caldwell, takes place in a city suffering from a water shortage, said Price. The need for water is so dire the characters have to pay to use the restrooms, which are guarded and run by a powerful corporation called "Urine Good Company." The cast includes Bobby Strong, the lead romantic role, who is a revolutionary and tries to lead the town in an uprising against "Urine Good Company, said Price. "And there is Hope Caldwell, the daughter of the company's owner. She and Bobby fall in love at first sight. She has a pure heart and isn't particularly PHOTO BY BRET HUGHES Park City High School drama teacher Mikell Price leads students in a musical number during a rehearsal for the upcoming production of "Urinetown." The Tony Award-winning musical will make its Park City debut in the PCHS Black Box Theatre on Nov. 11. The production runs through Nov. 20. familiar with the ways of the world." Then there are the two narrators, who always seem to endear themselves to the audience. Price said. "Officer Lockstock is a stupid cop who upholds the corporation's stupid laws," she said. "He is very corrupt and dirty minded. "It's funny because the guy who plays him is a great guy and it's funny to see him try to play a creep." The other narrator is a precocious 7-year-old named Sally Little, Price said. "She's a street urchin who follows Lockstock and basically contradicts his every move," she said. "Needless to say they have this charming. love/hate relationship that appeals to the audience." "Urinetown" will be presented in the Park City High School Black Box Theatre, instead of the Eccles Center, Price said. "I chose to do it in that space because I want the kids, in some point in their life, to play to a full Please see 'Urinetown/ C-2 Musicians rise to the occasion 'Urinetown' music will be pen-formed above the audienceBy SCOTT IWASAKI Of the Record stuff The orchestra won't be settled in the pit in front of the stage when Park City High School presents "Urinetown" this week (see accompanying story). Instead, the musicians will perform on the catwalk system above the audience. The set up was necessary because the musical will be presented in the Please see Band, C-2 GOING ANYWHERE ELSE WOULD BE NUTS! WINDY RIDGE CAFE JTRY OUR NEW DINNER MENUlf 1250 IRONHORSE DR. 435-647-0880 PHOTO 8Y BRET HUGHES Wind players in the 'Urinetown' orchestra rehearse in a Plexiglass box on the catwalk system in the rafters of the Eccles Black Box Theater. 2 FOR! O r r C R VALID AFTFRSPM WEDNESDAY- TUESDAY NOVEMBER I0TH • NOVEMBER Id I N GHIDOTTIS 435-658-0669 6030 N. MARKET ST. uwwGHIDOTTIS COM WWV.WINDYH1DGEFOODS.COM NO! VA110 ON' THURHUMATGHIDOTTIS GHIDOTTIS LOUNGE WINDY RIDGE CAFE ," < 1250 IRONHORSE DR. •%';: 435-647-0S80 *% V*WW.WINDYRIDGEFOOPS.COM BIKE TUNNEL ALMOST COMPLETE... VEACOMniMLVTAM ENTW1 WW N VOU TURLHASi: iCNTUEOMQJMLOJtbUMfRV.UlE V A I I P G M V *fUR 00 M PlL*MK!5WTCOll\)Nr0iERYUWMLNO5DlR!KC. O r r U CANNOT U u m U N f D hITH AM OlHlfi PROYOTlOv ZtM NOT A c u m n OrriR VAIID ONIV WHEN: \OI< v>t VOLT; [> AMIDICV; i miiS. WAiilRLARD, VHA DIH-nVROU ie, UU MIIJIE LNTCftTIUifi b i n CARD |