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Show Diversions The Utah Statesman iSTriday, April 13,2007 'ANYTHING GOES' From page 4 ridiculous nature of celebrity. The cast sings a'solemn hymn-like tribute to the believed mass murderer they have on board, saying "Blessings to thee, thou noble chap / For putting this boat of ours on the map," ending their song with "amen." However, this interesting satire on fame is short-lived, as the play returns to the overthe-top comedy by the finale. While the comedy may be farcical, it does create a lot of laughs, and the play's quick pacing makes it so the play never gets bogged down. However, some comedy from the play seems somewhat dated, such as cultural humor at the expense of several Chinese characters who reflect negative Asian cultural stereotypes. Along with McBride's sharp portrayal of Crocker as a likable funnyman who gradually gets lost in his own act, Mark Wayne and Sam McCinnis also shine as the combustible Moonface and the stuffy, effeminate Sir Evelyn, who probably undergoes the greatest change as the play progresses. The execution is even more impressive considering the short amount of time the theatre department had to coordinate the play. The department had planned on producing "Chicago" as its final show of the year, Preeshl said. They had already cast the play and even choreographed some of the dance numbers when they found out in December of last year that they were not able to obtain the rights to produ.ce the play. They began looking for a replacement play that would fit with the actors that had already been cast for "Chicago," and "Anything Goes" was a good fit. The plays had similar settings and themes, but it still meant everyone involved was "working that much harder and putting in more time," Preeshl said. In particular, Preeshl said the dancers, let by Amber Rolfe and Libbi Heap, had to work hard to complete the choreography and work with the third of the cast that had never done tap-dancing before. In only four months, they were able to complete the transition from the nightclubs of Cnicago to the deck of the cruise ship of "Anything Goes." Overall, fans of musicals and traditional popular music should expect to enjoy the production. The play contains a nost of famous American pop standards, a lot of humor and a short theme about fame that is as relevant today as when the play was originally written in 1932. "Anything Goes" will play in the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center today and tomorrow as well as April 19 through 21. The performance is free to USU students and $7-10 dollars for general admission. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Jamie (rane/jamiecrone@(tusu.edu Tom Liljegren has the theater beat for The Utah Statesman. Comments can be sent to him at tliljegren@cc.usu.edu. KRTPhoto SKATEBOARDING HAS BEEN growing in popularity over the decades. Logan's skate park is considered by many to be one of the best in Utah. Skateboarding is definitely not a crime at the Logan's skate park DALLIN KOECHER Senior Writer Despite all the signs around strip malls, schools, other public places and campus that say "No skateboarding allowed," many students still find ways to get out and skateboard. Logan has what many skateboarders call one of the best skate parks in the state of Utah. The park, located just behind the Logan Aquatic Center at 500 W. 500 South, is a hot spot for skaters of all different ages. The park tries to incorpo- rate a few different styles of boarding like vert, park and street, said Austin Veabell, of Logan. He has been skating for the past eight years, and during that time he has been to many different parks in Utah. He agrees that Logan's skate park is one of the best. "It's really nice because all the transitions are really smooth. The park down in Brigham City isn't as good because the transitions are rougher," Veabell said. Though he is a more experienced skater, the park and skateboarding is for everyone. Kim Veater, a law and constitutional studies major, said she loves going to the park as well, even though she has only been skating for the past two months. She said when she first went to the park, she felt a little intimidated by all the ramps, rails and verts, but as she has practiced she has come to enjoy it more and has felt a sense of accomplishment when landing a > SKATEBOARDING see page 7 production of "Anything Goes." 'Red line' «j Pre-Emptive Critics 'Disturbia' J : MARK WAYNE AND RANDY CHRISTOFFERSON perfrom in Thursday's ;- : A young mail is confined to his house' Because he's never heard of TV or the Internet, he spends his time spying on his next-door neighbors hoping to catch someone in the shower. He catches someone in the shower all right, a shower of blood. Discouraged, he spies on another neighbor, hoping to see them in the bath. He sees them in the bath all right, a bath of death. A little grossed out, he watches the people across the street, hoping to view them doing something normal, like mowing the lawn. Oh they mow the lawn: a lawn of murder! I'm a little bit disturbia-ed about how similar this film is the Hitchcock classic "Rear Window." On the other hand, this film makes me think my neighbors and their all night no-pants parties aren't so bad. I guess I pre-emptively love this movie. By Steve Shinney/steveshinney@cc.usu.edu Fast cars, easy women and a steady helping of Eddie Griffin. No, I'm not talking about "Fast and the Furious 5" (Paul Walker is probably filming that this very moment), I'm talking about the new cinematic feature "Redline." . "Redline". is one of those movies where you will cry more for the $500,000 car that was just wrecked, than for the crappy, stereotypical background character who was just killed, ^ . v Car racing movies live in their own Hollywood-created fantasy world where illegal car racing actually takes place with cool cars. The people that have enough money to blow on a Ferrari aren't racing it on crowded city streets for "the thrill." Also, I swear, in one of the previews I saw for this movie, it appeared that they were racing through Las Vegas. I have no idea what these people are thinking, but Las Vegas is just about the only place in the country that you wilt be able to find a traffic jam at 3 in the morning. A better, more accurate {and possibly more amusing) movie would be called "Bumper to Bumper Traffic in Sin City: The Story of a Lamborgnini Stuck in Traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard." I pre-emptively hate this movie. By Aaron Peck/'aaronpeck@cc.usu.edu 'Pathfinder' I may not have been a very good Boy Scout, but my short time in the program did teach me some very important things. First, I learned why squirrel isn't the other white meat. And second, I learned that making your own path is never a good idea. Sure, it may have landed some folks in the history books. But for most of us, making paths only hurts the foliage and gets your homely seventh-grade class picture on the news with the caption "Missing Boy Scout." So I'm a little wary of a movie named "Pathfinder." Especially when the foliage it tramples is one Christopher Columbus. This movie tells the story of some Vikings who boated their way over to the Americas 600 years before Columbus and killed a bunch of people. To that I say, "So what?" There's a reason we have Columbus Day and not "Gory-Story-About-Some-DumbVikings" Day. So next time you're thinking about doing some path finding, pull out your 7th grade picture, think about all of the Federal employees who rely on their paid holidays, and make a dumb joke about even dumber Vikings. Because I post-emptively love Chris Columbus, I preemptively hate "Pathfinder." By Zach Pendleton/zpendleton@cc.usu.edu The pre-emptive critics write knee-jerk analyses of upcoming films based solely on hearsay, advance publicity and — most importantly — movie trailers. They have not seen the movies. Brake System Inspection CttNER FREE Free Brake Inspection Include»: Check Master Cylinder; Check Brake Fluid Inspect Emergency Brake, Inspect Drums & Rotors Inspect Pads or Shoes, Inspect Brake Lines and HOBOS 10% off all services for USU S t u d e n t s , Juat show valid ED. 110 South Highway 165, Providence • 787-1844 886 North MnLii Street, Logan • 703*2412 78 E. 400 N. next to Hastings 753-6463 GRIST 981 S. 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