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Show Life Monday • March 2, 2009 B3 Get Your Rock and Roll On Hale Center Theater opens All Shook Up Shakespeare, this play is riddled with uncomfortable huAll Shook Up Life writer mor and awkward situations, played out beautifully by Where: Combining elements of the talented lead characters. Hale Center Theater Orem Shakespearian comedy and As a lovable tomboy, Nata225 W. 400 N. Elvis songs may seem like an lie (Leslie Hart) disguises W h e n : February unlikely pairing, but the two herself as a man in attempt blend together seamlessly to win the heart of the un- 19-ApriU in "All Shook Up "the lat- attainable 'hunk of burning Tickets: est production from the Hale love,' Chad (Jared Young). Weeknights: $15.50-$17.50 Center Theater in Orem. Weekends; $17.50-$19.50 All the while, the conservaSet in the 1950s Midwest, tive Mayor, Matilda (Jackie Children are $2 less. amid the changing social Eaton) attempts to run the Half price student rush tickets climate and the dawning of pelvis-thrusting Chad out of available with student ID. Rock and Roll, a motorbike town before he can corrupt Tickets available at the door, online at www.HafeTheater. riding, guitar playing "roust- the youth into interracial datcom, or at 801-226-8600 about" drives into town ing and listening to Rock and bringing with him a mes- Roll music. sage of social tolerance and The capable cast is silly equality. at appropriate times, but stage the energy radiates into True to the form of when the full ensemble is on the laughing audience. WithIRIKKI CARTER HIISLnt lip ip out a weak link to be spoken of, they come together well and create a great chemistry. They even manage to throw in a little Utah humor for good measure. Narrated by classic Elvis hits such as, "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock" and "Can't Help Falling in Love," this tale of love triangles, mistaken identities, and crossdressing is as much fun for the audience as it appears to be for the cast. The high energj company belts out songs of longing and love that will leave you humming the tunes in your head and tapping your blue suede shoes long after you have left the theater. Courtesy of Hale Center Foundation for the Arts and Education ELECTRA from • B1 Courtesy of SCERA Center for the Arts risks with her art. Several questions arise in the* aftermath of Electrons cancellation for other students in the theater department. Some feel curious about where the responsibility for the cancellation lies, Walter or the chair, and to what extent Walter's choice was consequential of department pressure. Walters was unavailable for an interview. find another university. Ultimately, the harsh paradox of Electra's cancellation is that the production was intended to be a critique about whether authentic identity is forced into conforming to artificial community or if individuals have a choice to resist. The irony is that consequently students involved and uninvolved in the production must now question how to "carry on with the show" if UVU is not a place where such a choice exists for them. Some question whether or not this actually undermines UVU as a safe place for freedom of expression in Utah Valley; one student pointed out at the post-mortem meeting that almost any other university over the point of the mountain or elsewhere outside Utah Valley might have produced Walter's Electra. Other theater students feel like the cancellation of Electra means that they must tailor their senior projects and creative expression to an institutional standard or else Shawn Mortenson and David Whit lock star In SCERA's A Year With Frog And Toad. Welcome to the Pond SCERA opens A Year With Frog And ' reactions to the musical varAYEARWITH Life writer ied. The audience followed FROG AND TOAD The stage was lit up at the Frog and the Toad's adthe SCERA and the scenery ventures from spring awakwas staged for the musical A W h e r e : SCERA Theening to slumber again afYear With Frog And Toad. ter Christmas. Friendship atre Centre for the Arts in On opening night, the seats is a strong theme that runs Orem Feb 23-March 13 were filled with moms, dads, through the show's dialogue W h e n : Monday and grandparents and children, and songs. Friday nights only at sponsored by the Head Start The music was nothing 7:30-8:30 pm program of Provo Mounlike Barney or The Wiggles, Tickets: tainland Preschool, excited perhaps a little too fast paced to have a theatre experience and leaning towards the rag$6 for adults and $4 for with "The animals at the time of the 1930s and 1940s. children ages 3-11 pond." The little children expressed Una Simental, the supermore recognition and laughvisor of the Provo Mounter during the dialogue. One tainland Preschool, was very "I am very pleased with of the favorite moments was pleased with the opportunity the night's performance," probably when the "slo-mo" afforded to the program by she said as she watched the snail was entrusted to deliver SCERA to give a theatre ex- announcement board for up- a letter to Toad. perience to low income fam- coming events. ilies at a decent price. However, the children's See POND* B4 I EVAHERREY ^ ^ . . Doctor of / College' o/ogram Magic. Experience. PAID INTERNSHIP. Attend our recruitment presentation and discover why the Disney College Program is an opportunity you just can't miss! UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY . . 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