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Show C-4 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, August 10-13, 2019 The Park Record CREATING COMMUNITY THROUGH FILM PARK CITY FILM.ORG Continued from C-1 Singers perform Tuesday Drive-in Movie in Prospector Square! Home.” “Their manager had an idea for the record, and he wanted the songs to be written not only for the Blind Boys, but he wanted the songs to also be about them,” Cohn said. “His idea was to have the guys sing songs that told their own stories and narratives.” Cohn got to know the group — co-founder Jimmy Carter, Eric “Ricky” McKinnie, Joey Williams, Ben Moore and Paul Beasley — through interviews that led to the songwriting. “They, to say the least, have all been through a lot,” Cohn said. “Not only are they blind, but they are also black men who grew up in the south.” Cohn also got a hold of a couple of recorded interviews that were conducted with Carter another original Blind Boys of Alabama member. “They talked about their lives from childhood to the present day, and it was listening to those interviews that made the songs very special and quite easy to write,” Cohn said. “I just had to bring out the poetry in what they were saying, and usually what they were saying was already very poetic.” Cohn pointed to the Grammy-nominated song “Let My Mother Live” as an example. “Jimmy was very young, and attending a school for the blind in Alabama when his father passed away,” Cohn said. “After that, losing his mother was his greatest fear. So he would pray every night and say, ‘Let my mother live. Let my mother live’ and that became a song title.” Cohn and the Blind Boys have toured together on and off for the past couple of years, and released another collaborative album, “Work to Do” on Aug. 9. The record features two new Rated PG AUG 10 Sat @ Dusk (8:45pm) Presented with Prospector Square POA and Basin Recreation PARKING LOT K 1920 PROSPECTOR AVE Tickets: $9-$30 (Car and Lawn seats available) The fun starts at 7pm with live music from Snyderville Station. A fundraiser for Basin Rec's Youth Scholarship Fund! PARK CITY • 435.615.8291 The New York Times crossword puzzle ANAGRAMMAR By Christopher Adams Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz ACROSS 1 Moth attractors 6 Rescue site for a polar bear 10 “Hold it right there!” 14 Word with grand or identity 19 Netflix crime drama set in a small town in Missouri 20 “Hahahahahaha!” 21 Blacken on the barbecue 22 Sun: Prefix 23 Change, as a hotel lock 24 Aura 27 Weasley family owl in the Harry Potter books 28 “You wish” 30 It’s SW of the Pyrenees 31 “Give me an example!” 33 Designates for a specific purpose 35 Big things in D.C. and Hollywood 36 Source of the line “A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou” 37 Real nostalgia trip 40 Mobile 42 Mao-____ (Chinese liquor) 43 L.G.B.T. History Mo. 44 Bite-size chocolate candy 47 Home for doves and pigeons 48 Home for herons and egrets 50 “In case you didn’t hear me … ” 52 Group on the dark side of the Force 54 “Alas!” in Austria 55 Generally speaking 59 Not only that but also 60 Pompous pronoun 62 Vicuña product 63 Eye-catching print pattern 65 Creature slain in the Mines of Moria by Gandalf 66 “A Little Night Music” composer 70 Award for technological development since 1995 71 Shed, as feathers 73 Individually 75 Sometime collaborator with William Shakespeare, per the Oxford University Press 81 Deepest lake in the U.S. after Crater Lake 83 Place where musical talent may be wasted? 84 Assembly 87 Burns, in a way 89 Comics debut of 1963 90 Important topic in golf instruction 91 It’s all downhill from here 92 Easy way that might lead to error 99 Printing measurement 100 Dead letters? 101 “It’s bulls and blood, it’s dust and mud,” per a Garth Brooks hit 102 Enthusiastic enjoyment 103 Miss, say 104 Girl’s name that’s also a state abbreviation 105 Some laughable language mistakes — as found literally (in consecutive letters) in 24-, 37-, 55-, 75- and 92-Across 109 Small, rectangular candy 110 Cocktails with gin, vermouth and Campari 112 Gave the pink slip 113 Organism that grows on another plant nonparasitically 1 2 3 4 5 6 19 20 23 24 28 7 8 25 34 37 51 57 68 69 91 92 74 79 80 100 101 104 84 89 93 94 96 106 98 118 119 86 99 103 107 112 116 DOWN 1 One-named singer with the 2017 No. 1 album “Melodrama” 2 Longtime Hyundai model 3 God, with “the” 4 First words 5 Business with perpetually high sales? 6 Glassy-eyed look 7 CPR administrator 8 Malek who won a Best Actor Oscar for “Bohemian Rhapsody” 9 Dimwit 10 Easily split rock 11 Which train goes to Harlem, in song 12 Something to dip in the water 13 Wedding agreement 14 Title movie role for Jim Carrey 15 “I found what you’re looking for!” 16 Jane Jetson’s son 17 Shrek’s love 18 “For rent” sign 97 102 115 115 Bening with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 116 Statistician Silver 117 Dog to beware of 118 Angioplasty inserts 119 Big 12 college town 120 Bounty hunter shot by Han Solo in “Star Wars: A New Hope” 85 90 95 105 111 59 64 83 88 53 70 73 78 46 52 63 77 45 58 67 76 87 110 44 50 72 82 18 studio originals, “Work to Do,” and “Talk Back Mic,” and an old gospel tune “Walk in Jerusalem,” according to Cohn. The idea to record “Walk in Jerusalem” came about during a recording session with Cohn’s longtime producer and songwriting collaborator John Levinthal. “At some point, someone said, ‘We ought to do an a cappella gospel song,’” Cohn said. “I said that was fine with me, but they had to choose it, because they knew the gospel-music history.” The group suggested “Walk in Jerusalem,” which was a song they performed decades ago. “I’m ashamed to admit as a huge fan of gospel music that I didn’t know that song,” Cohn said. “So, they played me an old version recorded by the Golden Gate Quartet, who was the biggest influence on the Blind Boys going back to the 1930s and 1940s.” Cohn thought the song was perfect, but asked what he could do with it. “Jimmy, very sweetly said, ‘We’ll give you a verse,’” Cohn said. The boys taught the songwriter the song in five minutes, and Carter showed Cohn the verse he wanted him to sing. “We sat in a semi-circle and sang it live and recorded it twice with all of these incredible voices surrounding me,” Cohn said. “I can tell you, that was my favorite 15 minutes in the studio of my whole career. It was a spiritual experience.” In addition to the three studio tracks, the rest of the songs on “Work to Do” are live, and were recorded at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, during Continued from C-1 62 75 17 A portion of “Work to Do,” the new album by Marc Cohn and the Blind Boys of Alabama that was released Friday, was recorded at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center last year in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. a taping of the PBS series “The Kate.” The live songs include Cohn’s trademark hit “Walking in Memphis.” “While ‘Walk In Jerusalem’ is me stepping into their world, the other two songs are them stepping into my world musically,” Cohn said. “While I think it was easier for me to step into their world, because I’ve been listening to gospel music over the years than they’ve been listening to pop and singer-songwriter music, it was all about each of us exploring what the other does.” Still, those two songs already had gospel-inspired arrangements and lyrics, according to Cohn. “Walking in Memphis” is about the Reverend Al Green and Muriel Wilkins, who are both gospel singers. “The song is about me wandering through their world and becoming totally inspired,” Cohn said. “And since the song has a gospel choir at the end, that’s where I had the Blind Boys sing.” “Baby King,” a song from Cohn’s second album “The Rainy Season,” is also a stand-out live track on “Work to Do.” “Because I’ve been influenced by gospel, the style was already in me,” Cohn said. “It just needed some way to be magnified, and that’s what the Blind Boys do in those songs.” Cohn said touring with the Blind Boys of Alabama has taught him many life lessons. “I’ve learned lot about humility,” he said. “And during the times I get tired, I think to myself that there’s an 87-year-old man who can’t see who is doing just fine, so I need to get over myself. So, I’m learning to write a little more and complain a little less.” 36 56 66 16 32 43 61 15 39 55 71 81 31 49 65 14 22 35 48 54 13 27 42 47 12 26 38 41 11 30 33 60 10 21 29 40 9 COURTESY OF ALL EYES MEDIA 25 Beehive State bloomer 26 Occasion for a high school after-party 29 “… ____ mouse?” 32 Org. in a 1976 sports merger 34 Be on the court for tipoff, say 36 Précis 38 Bouillabaisse base 39 Myriad 40 Drink stirred with a spoon 41 Kind of alcohol used as biofuel 45 It borders the Suez Canal 46 Premium movie channel 47 Keto diet no-no 48 “The Jungle Book” boy 49 Chopped down 50 Place reached by boat 51 University in downtown Philadelphia 53 ____ Amendment, controversial 1976 Congressional measure 55 Stunned … just stunned 56 Alteration of a video game, in gamer lingo 57 “I like that!” 58 Chesterfield or reefer 61 Sleeve opening 64 What keeps athletic tape from sticking to the skin 66 “Go ____ Watchman” (Harper Lee novel) 67 Target of a spray 68 One of two in “The Grapes of Wrath” 108 113 109 114 Director connects with play “This will be the third time I’ve worked with Trevor on a Neil Simon play, and I’m very proud of what he does with Paul,” Gilyard said. “But we really couldn’t do this play without Sceri. Because when the play opens, she’s the first to comes through the door. And if you don’t buy her, you may as well forget about it.” Since “Barefoot in the Park” is 117 120 69 72 74 75 76 Film-rating org. “For shame!” Like the verb “to be”: Abbr. Purchase for a celebration Stable period from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius 77 Man, to Marcus Aurelius 78 Barely scratches (out) 79 Traitors 80 Pulitzer-winning W.W. II journalist 81 Russian rulers of old 82 Discovery of penicillin, e.g. 85 Built up gradually 86 It’s skipped in the Gregorian calendar 88 Some trackand-field training 90 Propping (up) 93 Lead role in “Chicago” 94 Nov. 13, e.g. 95 ____ school 96 Baby shark 97 “Days of Grace” memoirist Arthur 98 Corvette roof options 105 Women’s rights pioneer Lucretia 106 End-of-semester stressor 107 Chapeau site 108 Bicker (with) 111 Kylo of the “Star Wars” films 114 Charlemagne’s domain, for short I directed it in a way so it has that bounce, without being nostalgic...” Clarence Gilyard, director of Simon Fest’s ‘Barefoot in the Park’ set in the 1960s, Gilyard wanted to stay true to the original tone that Simon had written. “I directed it in a way so it has that bounce, without being nostalgic,” he said. “For me, it had to ring true, and I wanted the audience to enjoy the people on stage as they went through the things they are going through.” To do that, Gilyard, who is also an acting coach, conversed with his cast about the characters. “We had to figure out how the best way to communicate that would be effective for them so they can do the play,” he said. “To Simon Fest Theatre Company “Barefoot in the Park” When: 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 14-17; 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18 Where: The Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Cost: Wednesday and Thursday tickets range from $15 to $25. Friday, Saturday and Sunday tickets are $19 to $29. Phone: 435-649-9371 Web: parkcityshows.com C g t a t w l get there, we had to find out whati their attitudes about the ’60s wered — what they knew, and what theys wanted to embrace.” Gilyard and the cast talked aboutfi the events that took place in the ’60s.m “Kennedy died a month aftert the play was first staged,” he said. “The Vietnam War was raging,c and there was civil unrest. Sot there was all of this stuff going down that would inform the actions of the characters.” On the other hand, Gilyard said, “Barefoot In the Park” is simple in its concept. “It’s about two beautiful people who are rambunctious, over-achievers who have their life together right before them,” he said. “The complexity comes through the script’s rhythms.” Gilyard is grateful to have the opportunity to direct the play. “What was great was how the stars aligned,” he said. “We only had a certain amount of time to boot a play like this, but the two young actors trusted me. We all knew we were in this together. I wanted them to be funny. I wanted them to be beautiful. I wanted them to be poignant.” Gilyard can’t wait for Park City audiences to the actors at work. “I would also love it if Robert Redford stopped in to see a performance,” he said. |