Show Zht5alt eakt Zribunt 9111P0 t 4 i Arts Desk: 237-207- A SUNDAY 8 A T A t11 0 0 40- - Cl 11 1993 April Something new under The Sun R 'Is that you iltli 1'1 t e0i i'-- 0112: 1141 - '011 ' - -- 1 r:- 11"110' - - 'AN- 41 4 to lir ' '1 " 7 t' 4 7 t'''' ' arasplu' PA ":71:Ti" — t ! 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CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS! 1 i - 't ri : IT - :c t!Lt1t! i6' 1601i - IF I ii Nttt-- 914a 00 4 - jIIIN HARI ' ' ' ' 1 f'-- 041ffitekA0Mbil 1Arr- - 41 i i 4 - ty" I z !r !L AKTIVIIC i : f INV o i ti I t- 4 I II 44 li e ikum Va II I ‘ik 'go 0 ( - N '!ft yl t It Lynn JohnsonThe Salt Lake Tribune IF You Go What: Sandra Shotlander's "Is That You Nancy?" produced by Theatre Works West When: Friday Saturday and 8 pm April 18 Where: The Sun a private club 200 S 700 West Salt Lake 23-2- 5 City Tickets: $10 available only at Highbrow Books 870 E 900 South Salt Lake City can't shy away from them" She added that she could have produced the play independently "but that is not what I as a theater director am about" She reasoned that having an established company such as Theatre-Work- s West produce the show will lend legitimacy to it The comedy opens with a lesbian woman named Patsy O'Brien trying to phone Gertrude Stein for advice on "what has happened to us" Miss Stein answers the call by talking through trumpet lilies The play- continues through a series of phone calls one to Nancy Reagan — and songs and dances relating stories that are indigenous to lesbians The music featuring works by Cole Porter is performed to the accompaniment of a pianist in this case Barb Gandy as Alice B Toklas Ms Pruyn who has corresponded with the Australian playwright regarding the production said Ms Shollander was a guest of the University of Utah theater department a few seasons back - S kisN 04 4 ito : i - k k ' 'Pr I 4 Expires Yrtv -' r' ' 4t t : ' ''' - ' i ' ot ' ' By Tito internation- - t 4 1 i itril 6 A r°-±1 1 - - i 1 ':r L 4- 4 :1 - - - - L1 - the author of Cats and Phantom of the Opera Euita is a fascinatirg and musical phonomanon— winner seven compelling musical collage about the Awards - - :: 1 '' k 4 - ' 4 4' ally acclaimed TONY - a A -- - 0 - a i T t-: r-- - ' l' f - ' - Ai I t by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice - - 1 17r 7 '' -44 0--- '- t -- - - 04 '' Evita 1 2 Column 2 Z - (1 t i- fé - t i )t : 41793 t aesFrl az:1 vta- all:4- - tt k 1 1 4 -------- 1 '- I - - ii:ortraits Additional Satisfaction Guaranteed! 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