2B = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
THURSDAY,OCT.11,2001
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Oct.11).
You've always known instinctively how to work with a partner. The give and take of negotiation can naturally for you. This year, you'll expand that concept to a larger group. Sometimes you'll lead, sometimes you'll follow. Sometimes you'll have to choose between your public and your private lives, but you'll be a stronger leader for it.
Aries (March 21- April 19). Today is an 8.
Hope springs eternal. Just when you wondered if all was lost, along comes the dawn. That means joy, love, popularity and good luck.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). Today is a 6. If you're stuck in the middle of an argument that's not of your making, back out. Have the adversaries asked you to be the referee? Are they paying you for your services? If not, no comment. They won't value your advice anyway.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Today is an 8. Distant dreams beckon, but it's the chores closer to home that take up your time. Once they're done, dinner with a favorite fellow fantasist would be perfect. Start planning that trip, and you'll make it happen.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). Today is a 5.
An extra job is profitable, but watch out for hidden expenses. Make sure it's worth the extra time and effort. If it brings in enough for an item on your wish list, it could work out.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) - Today is an 8.
You know you're right, so why can't you wide-eye idealist admit it? Your argument or conversation may seem to be leading nowhere, but you're getting your ideas across. Be patient and lighten things up with a joke. This stubborn person is coachable.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Today is a 5.
A stressful situation is only temporary.
Once the people who are telling you
what to do figure out what they actually
want done, your life will get much easier.
Don't bother trying to please every-
body. Just help them get organized.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8.
You may have a scheduling conflict. Be careful, or you'll set yourself up to be in two places at once. You might be able to talk to one friend while you're on your way to visit another. These could be business associates, too. Stay alert.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21). Today is a 6.
Your loyalty could be generously rewarded. Conversely, if you've been contemplating a coup, you could get into trouble. The most noticeable authority figure in your life is in control, so if there's something you don't want this person to know, keep quiet. If there's something that makes you look good, let it out.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8
All of a sudden, everything looks possible
again. Some of it is still complicated,
but possible. You're in the mood to try
something new, and when you're like
that, you make things happen. Your
friend will be glad to help.
capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 5.
Do the research, find the benefit plan or
investment plan that works for you, and
take it to the people who sign your
checks. If you go to them with a solution
instead of a problem, greater rewards
could be yours.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today is a 7.
A strong, dynamic leader wants to take control. If this person has your best interests at heart, perfect. Sit back and let him or her do the driving. If this person doesn't have your best interests at heart, bail out.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Today is a 6. Your services are in great demand. Everybody wants you to help, but nobody seems to be paying much. Benefit performances are worthwhile if they'll lead to good contacts or if you truly support the cause, but don't stretch yourself too thin.
Student plays picked for national festival
by Carlos Centeno
lavplay writer
Paul Lim patrols his students as they act.
Lim, an English Alternative Theater producer, walks around the actors at the Lawrence Arts Center, viewing different angles of each scene.
The cast of the English Alternative Theater play Mourning Glorie rehearses a scene Tuesday night. The play will be presented tomorrow through Sunday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.
He then whispers to playwright Kirby Fields, Lawrence graduate student.
Fields, whose play, Mourning Glorie, was selected for the Kennedy Centers American College Theatre Festival, watches over the scene along with director Jeremy Auman.
Along with Fields' play, Nathan Gonzales' play, Running with the Big Dogs, has been selected to compete in the Kennedy Centers Festival.
They will both be produced by the English Alternative Theater as well, also known as EAT.
In Fields' play, Mourning Glorie, the main character is Man, who "takes advantage of his naturally empathetic nature by attending funerals for strangers."
Unusual relationships also happen between him and the two women in his life, a lonely and persistent Christian soldier and a college-graduate turned-prostitute.
The collision between these two atmospheres, funerals and women, gives Man a different perspective about life.
"The play does not preoccupy itself with Man's potential divinity; rather, the emphasis is on his struggle to be both godlike and human." Fields said.
Mourning Glorie first appeared in Fields' short story writing.
"There was a lot of dialogue in the story, so drama and dialogue kind of fit together," he said.
Gonzales:
Wrote Running with the Big Dogs
Inspired by human behavior at funerals, Mourning Glorie is reminiscent of Fight Club, a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk and later taken to the big screen by director David Fincher.
the interaction among the characters.
In Fight Club, ad d a r k h u m o resembles the mood t h a t Mourning Glorie proposes —not dark nor gothic, but instead drawing
more from human struggle.
Fields, now a KU graduate, said that Mourning Glorie might sound depressing or gloomy, but he didn't think it "wallows in its own miserv."
Fields: Wrote Mourning Glories
On the other end of the spectrum, Nathan Gonzales' Running with the Big Dogs
surrounds itself with slapstick humor, although Gonzales said his style was not specifically defined.
Inspired by "stretched stories from life experiences and people in (his) life," the play deals with a situation in which four 20-something friends find themselves.
"Dark comedy, slapstick comedy, sketch comedy — I just like to think of it as a conglomerate of the sorts — just my own comedic style," he said.
While two of the four characters, Mike and Jim, are reminiscing about their college days, loud music plays in the background. The elderly woman living on the floor directly below is obviously disturbed by the noise and
she comes up to complain.
After verbally fighting with these neighbors, she has to sit down to take a brief breath. While resting, Miss Metske, the old lady, dies.
"With an assortment of crazy reasons as to why the four can't simply call the police, they put their heads together to form a completely wacky and outlandish plan on how to get poor old Miss Metske back to her own apartment," Gonzales said.
Both plays hit the spotlight at the Lawrence Arts Center. 200 W. Ninth St., at 8 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday, 11 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Contact Centeno at 864-4810
Boy-band members get in sync with acting
Jayplay writer
By Nicole Roché
All have made the risky transition from music stars to movie stars.
Mariah Carey. Mark and Donnie Wahlberg Ice Cube.
Now Lance Bass and Joey Fatone,
members of the pop group 'N Sync,
hope to follow in their footsteps.
Bass and Fatone star in the Miramax film On the Line, which opens in theaters Saturday. Oct. 26.
"I consider myself an entertainer — music, acting, everything," Bass said via an Oct. 4 conference call. "Definitely my first and foremost love is music and it will never take the back burner. But yeah, my focus right now at the end of the year is on this movie."
"Have you ever met the perfect girl (and let her get away)?" Bass plays Kevin Gibbons, a shy young man who is tormented after meeting the girl of his dreams on a train ride and then forgets to get her number.
bass' character spends the rest of the movie trying to find the girl again. Along for the fun is Fatone, who plays Gibbons' friend, Rod.
The tagline for the film reads.
Bass, whose production company is making the movie, said he was originally looking at everyone from Ryan Philippe to Freddie Prinze, Jr. for the part of Kevin.
Miramax agreed to do the film under one condition—Bass had the starring role.
"In a way I'm like Kevin — kind of a hopeless romantic very focused on his career," Bass said. "But I wouldn't
go to the lengths that he does to find this girl again."
'N Sync fans like Nathan Dixon, Salina junior, realize that it may be hard for audiences to accept the two music stars as legitimate actors.
"I think the general public is going to look down upon it," Dixon said. They just see them as members of an untainted boy band."
Yet Dixon thinks the two have already displayed exceptional acting ability as members of 'N Sync.
"I would say from their performances onstage they have shown they can act," he said. "They take on different roles when they are singing and performing."
Chad Pope, Wichita sophomore, said he could not take the film seriously, especially knowing Bass and
"Maybe the general public won't be thinking as much about the quality of the acting." Pope said. "But I just can't see liking 'N Sync, ever, even if they turned out to be decent actors, I just can't get past the crappy music."
Fatone are affiliated with a "boy band."
Fatone said he thought audiences just needed to lighten up.
“People need to give us the benefit of the doubt,” he said. “It was the same thing when Mark Wahlberg started acting. People were like, ‘What is he doing?’ But as he developed his acting technique, you see that he has gotten a lot more roles, a lot bigger roles, and he's been really good at it.”
Contact Roché at 864-4810