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Show Thursday, Oct. THE GREEN SHEET SB 27, 1988 THEATER 'Warrior Sequel Doesn't Quite Do It TJyeteryOf EdutaDrood' On City Rep Stage SALT LAKE. 7c Mystery of audience that something just said Marilyn May Montgomery is could be an important clue to the handling choreography, Mearle Edwin Drood will open tomorrow (Friday) at City Rep'i Utah Theatre and run through Nov. 19. d The winning musical is based on Charles Dickens last and unfinished novel; adapted for the stage by Rupert Holmes. Jansen Davis is directing file play, a reprise of one of City Rep's popular productions that played last year at the company's Second Stage in ZCMI Center. s Many of the same cast members will be seen, although some of the roles have been switched. "We are working hard to make this production suitably melodramatic, musical and above all enjoyable. The cast is excellent, a good mix of sinister, comedic and musical talent" said the director. The features the various members of the "Music Hall Royale" as they involve the audience in their on and off stage antics and try to garner favor with audience members for votes as "murderer." The show has as many endings as there are characters and the audience will decide each night" which ending they will see by their choice of the villain. Flaying the "chairman" of the group will be Duane V. Stephens whose role involves keeping the English acting group under control, serving as narrator and also playing the part of Mayor Sapsea of Cloisterham, the setting for the play. At various times during the production he breaks character as Mayor Sapsea to remind the Tony-awar- - ay conclusion. The title role, traditionally played in English music hall style by a female, will be taken by Jennifer CHaley who also played the unfortunate vanished victim last year. Jennifer Kendall will play Miss Rosa Bud, the ingenue and obsession of the dual personality choirmaster John Jasper, played by Cliff Cole. The Opium Queen, Princess Puffer will be played by Linda K. Skoy and Helena and Neville Landless, the exotic emigrants from Ceylon will be played by Steven Patrick Sater and Laurie Bean. R. Troy Lunt will play the kindly Reverend Crisparkle. With the exception of Miss Kendall, all the cast members have participated in starring roles or the ensemble in other City Rep productions. Produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1986, Drood won five Tony awards including best musical, best book and best score of the year as well as the Drama Desk award for best musical of the year and became a smash hit on Broadway and in London's West End. Holmes, a former rock musician pop composer, composed typical English music hall fare as well as songs with a surprisingly classical style for the musical. Songs include "Off To The Races," "Never The Luck," "There You Are," "Moonfall" "No Good Can Come From Bad" and "Don't Quit While You're Ahead." and , Marsh is music director. Set design is by Owen Richardson and costumes by Donna Johnson. members cast Additional include Nels R. Holmgren, Michael J. Fletcher, RJ. Allen, Gene Rex, Joleen Tuttie, Jolynn Flanders and Joy Davis. Production dates are Oct. 28, 29, Nov. 4, 5, 7, 11, 17 and a matinee on Nov. 19. Evening at 7:30. Brformances begin priced at $6 to $10, Friday and Saturday evenings; $5 to $9, Mondays, Thursdays and Saturday matinee. are available for Discounts senior citizens, children, students and groups. For information or telephone reservations call 532-600- Cyrano Dc Bergerac On Lees Main Stage Sort lOtswn -- to7?wieU line cf toUUrn tow and, mdian art Z nZrAL'L,, With Physician Finder, you can now get information on hundreds of doctors from LDS, Cottonwood, Alta View, and Wasatch Canyons hospitals with one quick phone call. 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If t pfCrftWOMl V llf ifm The further adventures of Saturday's Warrior missionaries, Wally Kestler and Harold Greene, now students at BYU, focuses almost completely on the school's reputation as a "dating and marriage" facility. Kestler arrives with a long (very long) list of the attributes he expects to find in his future wife. The girls seem to have no idea in their heads beyond finding a husband and there is absolutely no mention of any form of education other than catching your mangirl. or Whether in the earth life, these characters have that as their only purpose. It's to be hoped any .who wander in to see the show don't think tins really is what the gospel is all about. In all this, there are a couple of standout performances by Jasui WiHMtt tbttl CM CtMaHrttfMaVR. MEDICAL FOOT TREATMENT CENTER Mtinuunn JIM St)., W. JertJaa FtfAift.Cti 566-729- 7 2400 W. Set em effer hi Fes. Cptn leak FREE EXAMINATI0M K2 Situ IMS . 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Something special in the air G d CLEAr::::o AmericanAirlines UJ R P FREE ETIMATES 8 J To Toll You tfMtlMIlt For tickets or information call gi fct SjttM, safist matt iffactiw RntMiRHt. k 581-696- 1. is n M 2 thtai tat inftiMMl dtniini last asta CCS3&CAUCVSCS Max Cohen as Roxanne; Robert Peterson, Robinson, Michael Rund, Margaret Crowell and Alan Nash. Equity actors and former UofU students coming from Seattle to perform include Richard B. Nelson and Joe jJ IUlL ticket WITH TINS AD 5 Tm May Net 6tts9 Tt The Lwttea tf He kVeWtttl "If i iait i can at i caNtts," na saj. Than fast It tain It it tkat Mats tat an. Carat ar calaMtt tkat tit aat t tnj at ajfcidi er Hutchings. Also included in the cast are Mike Alvarez, Geoffrey Bennett, Frank Gerrish, Raymond Liisa Ivary, David Hoskins, Jensen,. Trudy Jorgensen, Michael Lynn Larson, Belinda Morgan, Betsy Nagel, Robert Ormsby, Bill Osborn, Robert Pickett, Sam Stewart and David Valenza. Ariel Ballif designed the set, Peter L. Willardsoh, lighting. David Paulin designed the costumes and coordinated the production of Cyrano's nose. An original score was created by W. James Prigmore. John Caywood Jr. is stage manager, fight choreography is by David and Aro Your Feet Trying non-LD- completely at sea, and even Mormons who are not familiar with certain BYU facts and mythi may find themselves at a loss. swashbuckling onto Lees Main Stage Wednesday as Pioneer Theatre Company presented Cyrano De Bergerac The play will run through Nov. 12 with a cast of 28. , Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De from won praise Bergerac audiences and critics when it first appeared in 1897. The PTC performance will feature New York actors Mark Capri as Cyrano, the tragic with the face of a as Tim Loughrin clown; Christian; Richard Mathews and Michael M. Swain. A Utah Shakespearean Festival favorite, Patrick Page will return to PTC as Le Bret. Salt Lake professionals will include Joyce expires i "15 Vernon for dates 289-134- 9 of performances information. , SALT LAKE. One of theatre's most memorable heroes came eooeumotisf Academy. Call ever-popul-ar At Pioneer Theatre poet-lov- fwgan Trading 0. at the ML Warrior Curtis Grow and Christopher Berg turned in good performances as Chuck and Larry and Bart Hickenlooper again brought to life MURRAY. In spite of a terrific effort by the cast, Star Child, now the egotistical Kestler. McKell Steffenson gave a good playing at the Old Nauvoo as Marie supported performance make the doesnt grade Playhouse ably by Tatia Baum as Betty Lou. as a sequel to the Nol lana Lord 'again appeared .as Saturate Warrior. While the latter sends you home the Matron; Amy Shumway and Shane Hoisington as the children, humming, Star Child lacks the Michael and Sarah. memorable songs and verve that attention. catch an audience's A very able chorus included Perhaps ifs the script that's at Kathryn Smith, Lalani Warr, fault, seeming never to quite C.W. Lord, Chris Whisenant, decide ifit's a farce or a drama. Steve and Mike Thaller This is u show that would be Devereaux. more at home on an LDS ward Star Child will continue to play stage, where it would ensure ail alternately with Saturday's LDS audience than in a community theater setting. There is an abundance of "in" jokes that S would leave a patron byOlgaMilius Crete Sheet Theater Critic ttaVlCti a caov of "Tht Flints ton Moat Tht Jatiam" caurtaty of WorMvltion Homo vwao Coca Cola AM tottlo RaOta ti imi ntllir v T0PS& il 1 SbfM KNITS V. 90 UL II |