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University Daily Kansan / Friday. April 3, 1992
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
HAPPENINGS
BARS
Benchwarmers, 1601 W. 23rd St.
Friday. Chip and jeff's Live Acoustic.
9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
Saturday. Now See Hear.
9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
Bogarts of Lawrence 6:11 Vermont St
Saturday. Fast Johnny.
9:30 p.m. 1:30 a.m. cover charge: $3
The Bottleneck 737 New Hampshire
Friday. Saiti Iguelas,
10 p.m - 2 a.m. cover charge; 4
Saturday. Blue Dixie. 10 p.m - 2 a.m.
cover charge; 4
Monday open-mike,
9:30 p.m - 2 a.m. free
Tuesday. Waxed Tadpoles opening
for Steam Mary,
10 p.m - 2 a.m. cover charge; 3
Wednesday. Chubby Smith and his
Orchestra opening for Ricky Dean,
10 p.m - 2 a.m. cover charge; 3
Thursday. Leroy Shakespeare and
Ship and Vibes opening for Common
Ground,
The Brass Apple 3300W 15th St
Tuesday Karaoke
9 a.m. - 1 30 a.m. free
FlamingoClub 501 N. 9th St.
Friday/Saturday topless
dancing.
neon-1.6 m. cover
charge $2 or a two-drink minimum
Henry T's, 3520 W. 6th St.
Thursday Karaoke,
9 p.m. on; free
International Club 21, 106 N. Park
Friday: AZ one live Reggae, cover charge $3
Saturday: International party with AASA, cover charge $3
Sunday: Reggae with RAS Mike, No cover charge
Monday: Movies and beer screening, *boaches*
The Jazzhaus 926-1/2 Massachusetts
Friday. Disappear Fear
Monday. Donate money; $3
Saturday: Blues Scorcher, Pat Mears
Tuesday: RoryBlock
10 p.m.-2 a.m. cover charge; $3
Johnny'sTavern, 410N 2nd St
Friday/Saturday Buzz the Women
9:30 p.m. 1 a.m. cover charge $1
The Power Plant 901 Mississippi St
Ages 18 and over admitted
Friday/Sunday Alternative
Music Night
RiversideBarandGrill $20 N, 3rd St
Friday. Southwind Express.
10 a.m.-11 a.m. covercharge. $2
Silhou 1003E, 123rd St.
Friday. Ove Easy
9 a.m.-1 a.m. cover charge $3
Saturday. Dance lessons
7:45 R-45 p.m.
Band. Diff Downing
with Bad News
9 a.m.-1 a.m. cover charge $3
The Xvent Club 530 Wisconsin st
Tuesday. Karaoke.
9 p.m.-1 a.m. free
MUSIC
Monday Kansas Chamber Artist
Recital Hall,
8.5 m, free
Wednesday, Concert Series;
Gartha Fagan Dance, Topeka
Performing Arts Center, 8.5 m
Saturday The Kelley Huntband, Liberty
Hall, 2'E, 7th St. 9 p.m. cover $4,
Gallery, until May 24, 1992
'CARMEN' COMES TO KU
Three countries' influences come together and bring to life Georges Bizet's classic
opera.
At the final dress rehearsal for the KU performing arts departments' joint production of "Carmen" Monday, young men try to gain the attention of the women who work in the tobacco factory. The actors are: (left
Justin Knupp/KANSAN
By Andy Taylor
Kansan staff writer
For more than 20 years, Jan Skotnicki has directed operas in his native Poland. And after countless dress rehearsals and tiring vocal practices, Skotnicki said he would rather educate the performers than sit in the director's chair.
Skotnicki, a guest professor at the University for the spring semester, is directing the University Theatre and department of music and dance's production of "Carmen," which will open at 8 tonight at Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
Skotnicki said he would rather have the actors appreciate the artistic value of the opera than simply memorize and repeat the lines.
"I try not to direct but to explain it," he said about the production. "I try to show opera as a means of art and 'Carmen' as a piece of art."
Skotnicki said the University of Kansas production of "Carmen" was an international experience.
rteling the Polish director is scenographer Jaroslav Malina, a guest artist from Prague, Czechoslovakia. A 50-piece orchestra is directed by Julian Shew, director of symphony orchestra. The opera, written by Georges Bizet, a French artist, is set in Seville, Spain.
Skotnicki said that people did things according to their own tastes.
"I'm from Poland, Malina is from Czechoslovakia, and Shew has moved here from China. We are working as an international team. Different cultures, different
approaches and different tastes come together in this opera."
The story centers on Carmen, a fiery tobacco factory girl who vows to steal the love of Don Jose, a captain in the Spanish guard. But Don Jose is captivated by his faithful girlfriend, Micaela. The opera ends in romantic tragedy as Carmen dies in Don Jose's arms.
The role of Carmen will be played by Lillian Sengpiehl, Topeka senior. She said playing the lead actress in Bizet's most famous opera created a sense of fear.
"In an well-known piece like Hammerstein."
"I try not to direct it but to explain it. I try to show opera as a means of art."
Guestprofessor director of "Carmen"
to right) Jessica Sparlin, Lenexa sophomore. Steve Timonar,
Lawrence resident, Lisa Taylor, Princeton, Mo. freshman, Glen VanDenlinder, Lawrence resident, and Tom McCall, Lenexa freshman.
Jan Skotnicki
or let any or thing of Shakespeare, there is a little insecurity in any actor," she said. "You have to get so involved in the role."
Sengiehl said portraying Carmen, usually seen as the evil icon in the opera, required much physical strength.
"I'm starting to admire her role in the opera," she said. "It takes a lot out of me emotionally. It is so demanding my vocal and physically because I'm all over the stage."
Shew said the opera's appeal also was based on the recognizable songs.
"The music is very well-known," he said. "It's romantic and comical—a great challenge for the singers and the orchestra."
"Carmen" opened in March 1875 at Paris to poor reviews by opera critics in the French press. Bizet never enjoyed the worldwide acclaim that the opera would eventually receive. He died three months after the opera's premiere.
"Carmen" will be presented at 8 tonight and Saturday, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, and at 8 p.m. on April 10 and 11. Tickets are $5 at the Murphy Hall Box Office.
Taking a 'Trip' to Lawrence
Lawrence was always showing us a good time... We
all wanted to move
there.
Matt Wilson Singer, guitarist for Trip Shakespeare
By Chris Jenson
Kansan staff writer
On Trip Shakespeare'slatest album "Lulu," the song "If You Miss Me" could apply to the band's view of Lawrence.
"Everyone in Lawrence was always showing us a good time," said Matt Wilson, guitarist and singer for the Minneapolis based band. "They took to us pretty quickly and we always go down there because it's fun to go where you're liked. For a while there, we kind of viewed it as a paradise. We all wanted to move there."
Trip Shakespeare will bring its ringing guitars, super-funky drums and bass and swirling melodies to the Kansas Union Ballroom tonight. The Maboots will open the show, which will start at 8:30.
Wilson, in a phone interview from
his home in Minneapolis, said the band had certain goals it hoped to achieve at every live performance.
"We're at our best when we're feeling pretty silly," he said. "The excitement of nighttime, the weekend and getting really silly, it seems like a twisted trip. Providing those nights for the people that are perfectly keyed up, that's kind of the whole goal."
The band began its quest for such musical trips in 1987 with the release of its first album, "Applehead Man." From there, the band, which consists of Wilson, his brother Dan, who plays the guitar and keyboards, bassist John Munson and drummer Elaine Harris, has been in constant motion.
"Every record since then has been a reaction to the last record," Wilson said.
Interaction with the audience at
certs is something Wilson said he likes. Some of the most satisfying moments at a live performance can be when the crowd is in tune with the band and responsive to what the band is trying to do, he said.
"If the crowd is into it, it's just like a lover," he said. "If you get the feeling that the crowd is just drunk and really responding to what you're doing, that it is the most satisfying."
Improvisation can play a big role in the band's stage performance, Wilson said. He said that some nights the band would plan out the show and try to control its ups and downs. And if the band is feeling loose and confident, it improvises even more.
"If we feel like the audience is totally loving it, then we test them a little harder and take more chances," he said.
Although improvisation usually
works it's way into the bands show. Wilson said fans still could expect to hear crowd favorites, such as "The Slacks" and "Toolmaster of Brainerd."
"I remember when I saw my first concert, I was always so thankful when they played the crowd pleasers," he said. "If they didn't play the hit songs, I would feel ripped off. And I remember thinking to myself, if I am ever in a band where people have a favorite song, I wow to play it."
Wilson said the fans were the main reason the band toured.
"There is somebody that is listening to the three Trip Shakespeare records that they own, psyching up, hoping that we will play this song and getting in a Trip Shakespeare frame of mind," he said. "Those people are the only real reason to be going around," he said.
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