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Show Page C10 Thursdjv, March 13, 1986 Park Record PRO PECTOR'S irloin Promised Valley's 'Heaven Can Wait' puts on the gloves, misses the ring s FEATURING CHEF DAVE COTTER Nightly Specials $6.95 Includes Salad Bar featuring Baby Back Pork Spare Ribs Located in Alpine Prospector's Lodge at the top of Main Street on the Main Street bus route 649-7482 649-3483 b Kl'RT KIDMAN Record staff writer To be fair, Promised Valley Playhouse's production of Harry Segall's play "Heaven Can Wait" was up against stiff competition. Itself. Segall's play has been adapted to the silver screen twice and the two movies were good enough to earn 16 Academy Award nominations between bet-ween them. The most recent remake was Warren Beatty's 1978 production produc-tion with Julie Christie. With those expectations in mind, PVP's production falls short. Paul LaChance as Joe Pendleton is enthusiastic en-thusiastic and energetic and he takes over the play when he's on the stage. Unfortunately, he doesn't get a lot of help. LaChance's performance is all that more laudable considering his character is a saxaphone-playing boxer. Before preparing for the play, LaChance had never picked up a musical instrument nor boxed. In the play, Pendleton is mistakenly mistaken-ly taken to heaven by an overzealous messenger. Russel Brown as Mr. Jordan is the supervisor who straightens everything out. Mr. Jordan Jor-dan is the teacher in this somewhat didactic play. Brown is able to suspend sus-pend the audience's disbelief, but he is unable to deliver many of the underlying messages. He is over-showded over-showded by the more ebullient characters such as Bill Turner as the fight manager, Max Levene. During a performance last TO inn fo)o DON'T MISS SNUG'S PAJAMA PARTY CLEARANCE SALE Saturday, March 15th 40 OFF ALL WINTER ITEMS 9 JGST COME INTO SNUG & GET. 20 OFF COME DRESSED IN YOUR P.J.'s & GET. ......30 OFF OR BE DARING-COME DARING-COME AS YOU REALLY SLEEP & GET 40 OFF STAY UP LATE LETS MAKE A DEAL Between 11 & midnight make us an offer we can't refuse! Does not include new spring and summer merchandise. fits the way you Hue! drx o i 0 if lity Reso Center 649-7688 jRq i sen weekend, manv nt t. were missed because J1 V ing. c 01 shoe sh-.-.. Yes, shoe shuffling. Thep " duction used uner microphones on some m at microphones worked fmP , actor or actress moved , stage and their steps wef cast. er? wtej. There were also mi,fn. . whpn PpnHW j ., llel . " """uuiegrih. incr tn wnn D . "ne ing to woo sin-. Paul LaChance plays sax-playing boxer Joe Pendleton in the romantic fantasy "Heaven Can Wait." -nc I .ncri- . Meredith Englert) playhouse isn't that hTB sional actors shouldn7 microphones. nefi One of the bright snok nt . was the.tyliAArt- itself drew applause frora I H dience The set topped off tf atmosphere complete with r band musir hv i, ,. . Ink Snots.. ' " lnea The set, however, made they ing sets look shoddy, includi' unstable boxing ring. A lnt nt I 41.:.. . Ui ui.uui uungs kept thUni- & q mil ana mat;,. the audience believe in its faiW Dlot. Therp wasa m,:j,.,L.. """"wuoseacctt and actions grew more outlant! with , every scene and a jittery, ir,rr enon. nkl: Li. K - nig ov-nc unuciicvauie. All U I n flu uic minor naws could luigivcn (.yes, even me shoe si ing) if the underlying theme of pan Hp onirKvli, try hard enough," came thro Put it ,.,oo lt , . " noa wai oumewnere n i biiuiiie. No business like 'fun' business for San Francisco's Dynatones by KURT KIDMAN Record staff writer The Dynatones are in the "fun business" and Friday and Saturday nights at the Rusty Nail Saloon they proved once again how well they do their jobs. The six-member band from San Francisco breaks down the barriers between performers and audience, and then they dance on them. "It's great being in the fun business," said the Dynatones longtime manager Rico Tee. "It's not like somebody's brakes went out in their car and they have to pay to have them fixed. We are in the business where people come to us to have fun." Judging from the crowded dance floor and the empty seats at the Rusty Rus-ty Nail, most those in the room were having fun. The Dynatones played their repetoire of rock, rhythm and blues that many Utah music and funlovers have become accustomed to over the years. The San Francisco-based group seems to get more popular every time they come back to Salt Lake City and Park City. "We always draw well in Utah, especially Park City," Tee said. "The crowds just keep getting better all the time." Both nights at the Rusty Nail were sell-outs, Tee said. "We are in the business of having fun and we want everybody in the house to feel it," said Big Walter Shuffelsworth, the bandleader and drummer. "We want to play the kind of music that makes people dance, sweat and drink." It's hard not to dance, sweat and drink. The music seems to drive you out of your chair and on to the dance floor. It's not the kind of music one can two-step to. It's definitely jump-up-and-down-and-scream music. But don't let all this fun fool you. The Dynatones are an extremely tight and professional sounding group. They handle rock and roll numbers like "Jailhouse Rock," and the very bluesy songs like "Danger Zone" with equal ease. Lead singer C.C. Miller, base guuansi ivanay McDonald, a ophonist Tony Perez-Banuet a guitarist Larry Dunn also pui f quite a show during the concert difficult to see on the crowded st; at the Rusty Nail, but the qur.: has a series of dances that are-t here's that word again fia watch. They are backed up by ft. felsworth on the drums and Par Bertolucci on the keyboards. What makes the band so muct is that the six musicians also see be having fun. By the time the b rocker "Do You Love Me?" c , around, Miller had laid on his 1 and sung, Perez-Banuet and do: very good sax solo while somebody's shoulders and me: the band had played in the croc one time or another. The Dynatones are currently!. ing as part of the Miller Music r of the Miller Brewing Company. 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