Monday, November 16, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Theater, film differences highlighted
Panel discussion includes revivals script changes
Broadway director Scott Ellis leads a panel discussion about theater and film. The panel met Saturday at Border's Books and Music. Photo by Pyae Bradley/KANSAN
By Mariana Paiva Kanson staff writer
Directors who change scripts risk having the productions shut down, said Scott Ellis, Broadway director, who led a panel discussion about theater and film at Border's Books and Music.
About 50 people attended the panel discussion about musical theater with Ellis on Saturday in the Border's coffee shop, 700 New Hampshire St.
Others on the panel with Ellis were John Stanlunas, assistant professor of theater and film and director of University Theatre's production of Oklahoma! Chuck Berg, professor of theater and film; John Tibbetts, assistant professor of theater and film and Paul Roth, director of the American Heartland Theater.
The panel discussion was part of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Festival sponsored by the Lied Center and the University Theatre.
The five panelists opened the event by discussing the new wave of theatrical revivals and how directors can change a script without altering the meaning of the original story.
Staniunas said that directors always received the original version of the show and that directors were not supposed to change the
script. If changes are made, directors risk having their productions shut down.
Ellis pointed out that Broadway directors faced the same difficulties in changing a script as the directors who work in other parts of the country. But, Ellis said,
Broadway directors had the advantage of being able to walk into the agencies' offices and ask for approval.
He said that directors should be careful that changes they make do not completely alter the original meaning of the play.
Ellis said that several theater people in New York questioned whether it was appropriate to have so many revival performances.
The panel also discussed the rivalry between the film and theater industries. Film professors said that film could emphasize some aspects of the script that the theater could not. Theater directors argued that because theater is a live performance, the audience can appreciate the production more.
"I don't care how great a film is, there is nothing like seeing something live," Ellis said. "You cannot get this connection with film."
Pence said he preferred cinema to theater.
Ray Pence, Lawrence graduate student, said, "I think it's positive for the community to have panels and open it to the public so they can interact and meet those who create the productions."
"First, cinema is available to more people; and I also think that cinema can be more emotionally moving than a live play," Pence said.
The festival will continue throughout this week. Tonight, Berg will show the movie version of Oklahoma!, and the cast of the University show will sing some of the musical selections. The event will start at 7 in the Lied Center and is free.
Also during the week, high school students can participate in two workshops with KU professors.
The festival will close with a performance of The King and I on Saturday in the Lied Center.
KU professor perfecting wireless modems
By Julie M. Sachs
Kansan staff writer
The future for technology now lies in a modem that would not rely on phone lines.
Faster Internet access is right around the corner.
Joseph Evans, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, works to perfect these wireless modems.
"Really what I'm doing is studying the performance of the system and finding better ways to provide service," Evans said.
Devices would lead to faster Internet use
"It's 500 times faster than the dial-up modem," Evans said.
One of the advantages of the modern would be its speed, he said.
Because of its speed, Internet access also would be quicker.
"I think there's a place for all this technology," Evans said. "This will be a piece of the pie."
Although the new modern has its advantages, it is also quite expensive.
Evans said that if an individual were to put this type of modem together, the parts for the modem would cost about $1,500.
The goal is to get the price of the modem down to the price of the cost of a cellular phone, he said.
Research on the wireless modem began in 1993 by Adaptive Broadband Limited, which is located in Cambridge, England.
During the 1966-1997 school year,
Evans went on a sabbatical to
Cambridge to work with Adaptive Broadband Limited on its modern project.
The wireless modem essentially would operate in a way similar to a cellular phone.
Like the cellular phone, the wireless modem has an antenna attached to it. This antenna would receive signals from a tower, Evans said.
The University has an established center that has been doing research in this area since the 1980s, said Victor Frost, distinguished professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
"It's a large operation," he said.
"Joe's a big piece of one of them."
Wireless modems are among the many advances of access technology being developed.
People also are proposing ways to get data across power lines.
"There is a market pull for this stuff," Frost said. "People want it."
The University of Kansas has had similar projects like this in the past, Evans said.
MODEM MANIA
This company has provided Evans with a two-year grant worth $150,000 to enable him to research the modems further.
Going online has become a necessity for many University of Kansas students. With the array of information available on the Internet, students surf the Web to find sources for papers or just for fun. Joseph Evans, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, is researching wireless modems.
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