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Show ARTS D6 Su Hale Theatre’s ‘Through the Woods’ ‘Lovely Bones’: Learning to Move On Is Lost in a Forest of Lousy Accents r The Lovely A Novel BY CELIA R. BAKER as her mother’s pain drives her By Alice Sebold: Little Brown and Co; $21 ae Me van while, SALT The cast De of “Over / the River reunions with departed grandparents andoth. ers. Their brief visits leaveherfeeling all the LAKE TRIBUNE th Sm cant more lonely ; ens was Susi Susie when also watches her classmates and friends from timeto time. They include Ray Susie’s would-be boyfriend Ruth, who { and BY brushesby Susie's spirit as it Throuc leaves Earth. Although the *.. a S/ oe ~ 4 Woods. Hobokea, Nat Prave come som and Th to be ans.‘ ines of not. across just fine but the cultural details that fla r the story taste funny Joe DiPietro’s “Over the River Heal which tatoo ran le Off. {¥Pical social interactions ofa loud, bunchof passionate. j/\i0/4 Italians_life-is-for: eee ree grandmother Aida. cor fro capturi est to capturing he app and speechpatte is of an Ital. at will take himto Seat the grandparents conspi ant p him nearby, where they ythm and timing requires. Theac can continue to smother him with affection and stuff him tors try hard, but look and with cannoli When Nick proclaims that sound wrong. Because the emotional buttons in this play are pushed overtly by the script, some viewers may not miss the absent subtleties. the three great Italian virtues are Family, Faith and Food, we knowthe themes of this show will resona 1 alliterate with the I others Others will Family. The Hale Centre Theatre excels d. at musical spectaculars in which costumes, special ef- parents in Hale’s Monday Wednesday-Friday cast (the show is double-cast) obviously fects, song-and-dance numbers and thetheater's rotating stage remove the focus from ele- grandparents. But Italian. Americans from Hoboken? Fuhgeddabe Spicy-mec Italian ments suchas characterization and ensemble acting. That know the territory of doting alect coaches. would Such a improve this show Utahns European graphic or offensive yet al lowsthechild’ssenseof terror broadcast airwaves like the high school shewa: inted so badly toat. tend only she never has to o attend any classes all she doesn’t like. Ice cream, flowers, music shehasto do is want them. andtheyappear. 3ut Susie’s existenceis! n't all idyllic. She keeps constant tabs on her family, and so is a witness to their pain and eventualdisintegration. And what she wants most is what she if need to be cast according to type which might eliminate Northern to show throughclearly. And children We hearSusie's story ftrom Susie herself. Sheis in heaven, aplaceIc ooking remarkably 3) Actors who have day jobs and limited time for rehearsal consideration. deftly, in languagethat is not missing sellerlist. served in punch cups. Bring in shows as regular child abductions pa s, may have helpedpropel it to its cur Tent perch at No. 1 on the New York Times best not identical to Provo living rooms; coffee is not usually some dies the details surrounding her abduction and murder hadlittle to do with 2002's Summer of Abduction, but those events, alo g with the strength oft! hestory insidethe move consultant Note to the squeamish: Don't let Susie’s experience scare you away. Sebold han cately by Alice Sebold in The Lovely Bones strikes chord. their painacross the The book’s re dramatically 2) The Hale staff shouldtake care of dramaturgical home work. Examples: Parlors in Hoboken’s Italian sector are a cultural necessary. | | event. flash across our television screens and the families of constructive 1) Use some of the ZAP a ens fie auihentic money to hire one of Salt Lake City’s excellent professional di: ve au f the show. Director David man has not honed in on the . of two werenotclose friends in life, Ruth becomes almost obsessively interested in Susie’s fate and one day serves as a conduit for a remarkable together beautifully and deli theater, amateurplayers or To that end, here are a estions ae ny 37°44 harketine. executive, “Nick, n who shares a weekly* Sunday dinner with his two sets of Italian-American grandpar:. When Nick gets a promo actors portraying the Susie, in fact, is entirely fic tional. But her story woven The ional igh Salt Lake Cour te uple o poten SU Eeese Ones perineeue ae w features an earnest tessential Utahns pretending like funded ata p' lev h the Woods,” now it Hale Centre Theatre comedy River at Hal atre Tk tearful press conference to plead for her off better than a little “Over the River and Through the Woods” continues at Hale Susie’s concern for her ily holds her back il she lets go f her parents and siblings, she cannot hope to move on tothe nextstageof heaven, permanent BY ASHLEY BROUGHTON B father fails ) killed his orself against can’t have —togo home, makeherparents and siblings whole again and answer their from by the way, the “Lovely Bones” in question do not belong to Susie. The Lovely Bones is about learning to live again in heaven and on Earth after shattering tragedy. And evenin the midstof the Salmon family’s pain, its message continues to be one of hope, upto the bit: tersweet moment that Susie realizes that her family has movedon. The novel resembles poetryin that it lulls and soothes even while disclosing the most horrible experience imaginable the loss of a child, the not-knowing that is theonly result of alifetime of waiting for answers Susie andherfamily aresoreal, so human, that readers long finished with the book may find themselves wondering fromtime to time howthey are faring. In death,there can be life, notonly for Susiebutforthosesheleft behind. in of descent can play NewJersey Italians nneeditne eo ieanirestahes See or know , of something% we need tobe covering 257-8742 Bee eee eae coaching,practice andfinesse. LEARN THE LATEST TECHNIQUES meansa big spectacle such as ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel” can Brow Lifts * Face * Chi 1 iposuet ms Bea een sek Implant Toe FREE SEMINAR Upcoming Events Wednesday October 2, 7:00 pm Park City Marriott Hotel 1895 Sidewinder Dr. PO aehesnia Park City ALL SEMINAR ATTENDEES RECEIVE COUPON FOR BOTOX JR MICRODERMABRASION OCTOBER + UTAH JAZZ Utah Jazz... 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