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Show Restless Heart set for fall concert BY CYNTHIA JENKINS Tickle in a little jazz, a splash of classical, a titch of gospel, the pound of rock and the jitterbug of big band and you've got it: Restless Heart. Mark your calendar 8 p.m. on Oct. 11, 1990. Restless Heart is not country with the twang and slide of the steel guitar, but their differences establish the band with a reputed hot, contemporary sound. These five guys became friends in Nashville, Tenn., often crossing paths in clubs, in the studio and on the road with other artists. The band recalls their first time singing around the microphone and liking what they heard without the benefit of an instrument. In 1985, Restless Heart released their debut with their hit Let The Heartache Ride, and top 10 hits I Want Everyone To Cry and Til I Loved You. After only one year, their second album, Wheels, scored a gold record with songs That Rock Wont Roll, Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong Or Right), Ill Still Be Loving You, New York Hold Her Tight and Wheels. Their number one album, Big Dreams In A Small Town, followed two years later with Bluest Tender Lies and others also receiving Eyes In Texas, gold record status. Songs from the groups latest album, Fast Moving Train, will be featured in the concert slated for Homecoming week. Tickets, $12 with student I.D., are on sale at the Centrum from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. straight-down-the-li- self-title- back-to-bac- k Restless Heart, originally from Nashville, has appeared on Solid Gold, American Bandstand, Dance Fever and Austin City Limits. Producer Tim DuBois had the vision to form the members who Hid been crossing musical paths for years. The single I'll Still Be Loving You from the Wheels LP hit the top 20. Shakespeare season enjoys success Six plays on two stages reap big benefits in BY CONNIE ROBERTS They say that ghosts come back to haunt you, however, according to Fred Adams, producing director of the Utah Shakespearean Festival, the 1990 season brought many pleasant surprises for everyone involved. Playing in the Randall L Jones Memorial Theatre were Henrik Ibsens Ghosts, Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest and Samuel Becketts Waiting For Godot. Highlighting this years stage at the Adams Memorial Theatre were Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. The 1990 season began July 2, and continued through Sept. 6. The 29th season was an overwhelming success, according to Adams, with an increase in patrons of 3 percent over last year. The matinees topped last years totals by 31 percent, according to Adams who added that Romeo and Juliet was d by far the play, selling out a month before the festival began. Two Gentlemen of Verona ran a close second, with Titus Andronicus coming in third. The Randall L. Jones Theatre showed a 7 percent increase over last year,, with The Importance of Being Earnest showing the ' biggest. udiencsuppom,vGfio5ts pulled a close second, For Godothrought best-love- Mentalist Craig Karges will put his powers of extrasensory perception to ' SUs first Starlight Club event of the year Saturday. The show, set for 8 p.m. in the Thunderbird Circle of the Student Center, is $3 per person ' or $5 for a couple.' Tickets may be purchased at the door. ' work in 'arid-Waitin- USFs 29th year up the rear. The attendance was a welcome surprise this year, with 94,000 patrons and 3,000 press specialists attending the performances. Dividing it up between theatres, 27,500 attended the Randall L. Jones Theatre and about 70,000 attended the Adams Memorial Theatre and Renaissance Feaste. This years Utah Shakespearean Festival grossed what Adams termed a remarkable total of $1,489,449. The 1991 season is already selling ahead of last years ticket sales, said Adams. Cedar Citys fame can be attributed to the enticing theatre entertainment of the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Each year the festivities have grown, and will continue to do so Adams predicted, especially since the addition of the new Randall L. Jones Theatre. Next year the Randall L. Jones Theatre will offer Arthur Millers play Death of a Salesman, Shakespeares famous Taming of The Shrew and George Bernard Shaws Misalliance. Drawing many loyal fans to Adams Memorial Theatre will be Hamlet, Twelfth Night and Ben Jonsons Volpone. The directors for these plays have already been hired, said Adams. They will start hiring the actors and actresses in late ... November finishing everything by mid-- Mqrch. Most of the Shakespearean cast will when rehearsals v mbve here before mid-Ma- y " thereafter. in Immediately Nvd'.-hpg- |