University Daily Kansan / Wednesday Aug. 23, 1989
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Musical revue kicks off season
by Angela Baughman Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
An enchanting season for theater enthusiasts is what University Theatre artistic director Jack Wright hopes to achieve in the 1999-90 season.
Wright, who is directing two of this year's productions, said the theatre schedule was well-balanced with productions ranging from a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical revue to Shakespeare's traced "magic. Bach."
The musical revue, "Some Enchanted Evening," will begin the season Oct. 13 under Wright's direction.
"It's a revue of favorites - songs from 'Oklahoma', 'Carousel', and 'South Pacific'," Wright said. "It will be a challenge to put it together so the audience will enjoy it."
University Theatre's 1989-90 season will include productions ranging from a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical revue to Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth"
Other mainstage productions in Crafton-Preyer Theatre include Shakespeare's "MacBeth", directed by Ronald Willis; George Bernard
Shaw's romantic comedy "Pygmalion," directed by Glenn Pierce, chairman of the department of theater and film; Gian Carlo Menotti's dramatic opera "The Consul," directed by Delbert Unruh; and "Tent Meeting," a dark comedy by Rebecca Wackler, Larry Larson and Levi Lee, also directed by Wright.
Willis said he is ready to go with "MacBeth," and that he enjoyed directing Shakespeare's plays. He has directed past KU productions of "Hamlet" and "Twelfth Night."
"MacBeth" is the tale of an ambitious Scottish nobleman who is compelled to murder his king.
Pierce, who acted in last season's "I'm Not Rappaport," also is excited about the new season.
"I've really got my hands full with other things this year and not much time for acting." Pierce said.
"Pygmalion" is the story of a poor English flower girl who is taught by the pompous Professor Henry Higgins to "speak like a lady." The story was popularized as the musical "My Fair Lady."
The opera "The Consul" also has an international flavor.
"It's about a family in a country behind the iron curtain trying to get out," Unruh said. "It has amazing
Wright's other production, "Tent Meeting", is a black comedy that made it as far as being an off-Broadway production.
topicality. Although it was first produced in the early 1950s, it is a very up-to-date story."
"It's about an evangelist and his family and gaining credibility, Wright said. "I don't want to give too much of it away because that is what makes the plot unique."
Besides the mainstage productions, University Theatre is offering three productions in the Inge Theatre and two shows by KU Theatre for Young People.
Wright also was careful to point out that in choosing productions for the season, he had to consider the student actors who would be involved.
"We have to create a challenge for the actors. That's part of the University Theatre Season, and also to entertain the audience," Wright said.
Area culture to tempt all with plays and paintings
by a Kansan reporter
Theater (Kansas City, Mo.);
Theater Kansas City
"Run For Your Wife," through Oct. 8 at Tiffany's Attic Dinner Playhouse, 5025 Main St.
"Nunsense," through Nov. 5 at Waldo Astoria Dinner Playhouse, 7428 Washington St.
"Daddy's Dyin" (Who's Got the Will?), through Saturday at American Heartland Theatre in the Westin Crown Center Hotel, One Pershing
"Shear Madness," for an indefinite run at the Heartland Theatre Stage II.
"Ten Percent Revue," through Monday at Quality Hill Playhouse, 309 W. Tenth St.
Exhibits (Lawrence):
quints by Jane Preisner, pastel watercolors by Lisa Larrabee, silver work by Maggie Necefer, through August at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Exhibits (Kansas City, Mo.):
Chance & Fairchild
Impressions, " through Sept. 3 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St. The impact of fate on art is the subject of this exhibition of 376 prints, photos, paintings and books.
"Where Images Come From:
Drawings and Photographs by Frederick Sommer," through Sept. 24 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Collages and assemblages of objects, sometimes fragmented or decayed, are the main themes.
New works by Dalton Howard, through Aug. 31 at Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Mo.
Fine Arts Competition: Kansas only, entries accepted by mail or in person Sept. 6-7. Contact Kansas State Fair, c/o Fine Arts Dept., 2000 N. Poplar St, Hutchinson, 67502.
SUA offers many events this fall
Special Events:
"The Little Star That Could." planetarium program through Sept. 1 at the Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. Admission is $3.
by Travis Butler Kansan staff writer
Student Union Activities is noted for the events it sponsors on campus. Here are some highlights of this semester's schedule:
SUA's Films program has brought low-cost films to KU students for many years. This year, the Films group was split into a Feature section for currently popular films, and a Spectrum section for classic and foreign films.
■ The Feature section is bringing such recent hits as the Academy Award winning "Rain Man" (Sept. 15-17); the popular film "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (Nov. 10-12); the critically acclaimed "Beaches" (Sept. 8-10), "New York Stories" (Nov. 17-19), and "Field of Dreams" (Dec. 1-3); and this summer's smash hit,"Batman" (Dec. 8-10).
■ The Spectrum section is bringing classics like "It's A Wonderful Life" (Dec. 20), "The Pink Panther" (Dec. 8-9), "West Side Story" (Nov. 29, Dec. 2), and the original "King Kong" (Nov. 9, 11) to Woodruff Auditorium. The classic "Das Boot" (Dec. 6, 9) and the Oscar-winning "Pelle the Conqueror" (Dec. 18) add space to the foreign side of the schedule.
"We try to look ahead and pick speakers that will be interesting later on." SUA President David St. Pau
For a full schedule of this semester's films, drop by the SUA office on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. SUA Forums has sponsored speakers like P.J. O'Rourke and Ralph Nader in the past. This semester, it kicks off the year with Sarah Weddington, attorney for Jane Roe in the historic 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that first legalized abortion.
said, "We picked Sarah Weddington last spring, when we heard the Supreme Court was going to be reviewing Roe vs. Wade. We thought it would be a good way of informing students what's going on."
- SUA also is planning a series of lectures on minority issues in February, to coincide with Black History Month.
Weddington is scheduled to speak on 17 in the Kansas Union Bellgourn
The SUA Fine Arts committee is scheduling two African pop groups October 6, in conjunction with Homecoming weekend.
"We have one group coming from Zimbabwe and one coming from Guinea." St. Peter said. "Their visit is partially funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, in an effort to encourage cultural diversity."
appearance, the Union Galleries will have an exhibit on African history to give some background on the groups.
In the two weeks before the groups'
The SUA travel committee has several trips to Kansas City planned for this semester. They include trips to a Kansas City Royals' baseball game, to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, to a play at the Waldorf-Astoria Dinner Playhouse, to the Swope Park Zoo, and to the Renaissance Festival in Bonner Springs.
In addition, SUA has scheduled a canoe trip in the Ozarks for Labor day weekend, and a trip to Chicago from October 13 to 15.
"The Chicago trip was a big success with students last year," St. Peter said.
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