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Show Open Thursday thru Saturday O Tl O soT A ThisThurs., Fri. & Sat. TOIBTHEBOTS Featuring Toi Higgins PageBl Thursday, June 24, 1982 COMMANDER CODY July 1st & 2nd 8:00 & 11:00 p.m. Special Opening Act: Ace Pancakes T. ! T" .';'. ., A, y AshcraftPhora exhibit to open Sunday A new exhibit featuring abstract paintings by Michael Ashcraft and large wooden sculptures by Phora will open in the Kimball Art Center's main gallery Sunday, Sun-day, June 27. The exhibit will be on display through July 22. Moab resident Michael Ashcraft has studied painting paint-ing around the world. He began his formal education at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, and eventually received receiv-ed his BFA in painting at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1962. Two years later, he received his MFA in painting from Syracuse University. As a student, he traveled and studied in Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Nether-lands, Belgium and England. Ashcraft has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Syracuse Museum of Art, Syracuse University and the Moab extension of Utah State University. Twice the recipient of a painting grant from the Louis Comfort Com-fort Tiffany Foundation, he has also won prizes in the Utah "77 Exhibition and the Rhode Island Art Festival. He has had one-man exhibitions exhibi-tions at the Newport Art Association and the Providence Provi-dence Art Association. His work is currently included in the permanent collections of Westinghouse Corporation in Pittsburgh and the Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Na-tional Bank. Approximately 29 of Ash-craft's Ash-craft's paintings and drawings draw-ings will be included in the exhibit. Phora, from Norwalk, California, received her BFA from Los Angeles' Otis Art Institute and her MFA from the Otis Parson School of Design. She has studied in Europe and Great Britain with Wanda Westcoast and Germano Celant, and at California State University with Rex Brandt and Robert Woods. She is currently a board member of the Southeast South-east Coordinating Council for the Arts. She recently participated in two group exhibitions at Otis Parsons. Two of Phora 's sculptures will be on display as part of the Kimball Art Center's exhibit. This exhibit, sponsored spon-sored by Randy Sorenson of P S Associates, Inc., will have an opening reception June 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. Both artists will be present. . ' Michael Ashcraft Meel Wrll(dl by Rick Brough 'Annie' falls short with syrupy heroine , music A Classic Recommended Good double-feature double-feature material Time-killer For masochists . only Annie It's been quite a few years since Hollywood did one of those multi-million-dollar adaptations of a hit Broadway Broad-way musical. "Annie" doesn't make me ache with nostalgia for them, but it's a reasonably entertaining movie. I can restrain my enthusiasm en-thusiasm for Little Orphan Annie chiefly because Aileen Quinn, in the title role, is rather charmless. When she beams with sunny optimism and hopes for "Tomorrow", she resembles an evil midget, or some child in the last stages of delirium from scarlet fever. When she is required to be tender (comforting (com-forting the other orphans in Miss Hannigan's foundling home) or tough (defending Sandy from a gang of boys), you don't believe the emotion. Quinn seems to have just turned it on, like a light bulb. You certainly don't believe that she could warm the cockles of tough old Daddy Warbucks' heart. Quinn has a decent voice, however. She is also good in the scene where her suspicions are aroused after her "real" parents show up. Actually, they're Hannigan's brother, Rooster, and his girl Lilli. With such a saccharine heroine, the villains can run away with the show and Carol Burnett does with the first half of the movie. As Miss Hannigan, she is a relentless old wreck, lurching lur-ching into a room to stop the orphan's singing and snarling, "Did I hear the sound of happiness in here?" Burnett makes the most of her musical comedy experience ex-perience on TV. In her number num-ber "Little Girls" she swings from amusing viciousness to self-pity to hysteria to booziness. Brother Rooster is played by Tim Curry (the mad doctor doc-tor from "Rocky Horror") who attacks his role with beefy avarice. Bernadette Peters does a good job as Lilli, but her part is surprisingly sur-prisingly small. Albert Finney is a blustery Warbucks, and after a while you realize what he's doing in the part is an impersonation imper-sonation of director John Huston. Warbucks is a tycoon, but he is still an in nocent in many respects. When he takes Annie to Radio City Music Hall to see Garbo in "Camille", Annie falls asleep, his secretary (played genially by Ann Reinking) is crying, and Warbucks is goggle-eyed. He's blown away by the emotional melodrama. In the supporting cast, Geoffrey Holder is sinuously dignified as Punjab. (His best scenes are the ones with a slightly cartoony quality. He fends off bolshevik assassins with one hand and levitates objects with the other.) Edward Herrman is a gaunt, jolly President Roosevelt. One of the biggest problems in the movie is the bland musical numbers. Some of them have a quicksilver liveliness like "It's a Hard-Knock Life" with dozens of orphans furiously scrubbing in rhythm. Most, however, have a slick blandness, with butlers, maids, and ushers dancing adoringly around Annie. By the time the movie ends with fireworks, it's the final stale cherry on top of the day-old sundae. Thank goodness for pros like Burnett Bur-nett and Finney, who raise the blandness into entertainment. Auditions set for summer musical Auditions for Park City Performances summer special musical, "Side by Side by Sondheim," will be held next Wednesday at the Egyptian Theatre at 6 p.m. The musical revue show has parts for possibly six persons. per-sons. The show will be musically directed by Ken An-derton An-derton and directed by Don Gomes. Those people auditioning will be asked to sing a number from the show; it may be a prepared number. Some reading will also be involved for the narrative parts. Side by Side will be presented at the Egyptian Theatre Aug. 20, 21, 26, 27, and 28. For further information infor-mation on audition details, call 649-9371. Tickets available at the Cowboy Bar liquor store, Cosmic Aeroplane and Wagstatf Music. Happy Thursday Happy Hour prices all night Cover Vz price for locals Free cover for ladies Happy Hour 5:00 to 7:00 Dancing begins at 9:00 PARK CITY 01 COWBiY Unquestionably the finest western fare and entertainment in Park City Top of Main Street For dinner reservations and information please call 649-4146 Now Available for Private Parties, Banquets and Luncheons Park City's Complete BMX By SKI, CYCLE AND SAIL Supplier The Emporium, Hwy. 248 E. Park City, Utah 84060 649-2320 BMX BIKE SALE: Bikes fTl List Price Sale Price Duster 500's L2S 263.00 230.00 Redline MK II S 310.00 275.00 MCS Spider 379.00 319.00 S.E. Racing 26" 0M 599.00 425.00 Kuwahara Mini 304.00 255.00 Kuwahara Factory Team 345.25 299.00 Kuwahara ET 310.00 265.00 Duster 200's 165.00 139.00 Cycle Pro 139.00 125.00 Premiere Full Coverage Helmets 73.00 45.00 All Sunsurfer Sailboards reduced to $525.00. All Seal Marine wet suits 25 Off. Let the LODESTAR be your guide eobsebue riding AT THE JEREMY RANCH 1982 Prices Hourly Rate: Half-day Rate: Hay Rides (Weekends only): Twilight Ride: (7:00 to 10:00 p.m.) Group and Family Discounts Available Call 649-2085 or 531-9007 between 7:00a.m. and 9:00 p.m. to make reservations. Reservations should be made at least one day in advance. The Twilight Ride is by reservation only, and is available on selected nights. A deposit of $5. 00 per person must be paid at least one day in advance. $6.00 $15.00 $2.00 per person $20.00 per person (includes barbeque dinner) Located of Interstate 80, 10 minutes from Park City |