BEST OF THE WEEKEND.STAGE WE LIKE IT, WE LIKE IT: More gender-bending comedy takes place in Kingsmen Park as the 2001 Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival continues at California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. with ``As You Like It.'' You know the plot: Girl dressed as boy loves boy who loves girl back. Brothers feud. One is banished and ends up in the Forest of Arden. A gloomy courtier recites a speech that begins, ``All the world's a stae ... '' Admission is free for those who bring their own low-profile lawn chairs. Reserved seating is available for $5 to $25. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 5, although the festival grounds open for picnicking and preshow entertainment at 5:30 p.m. Alcohol is not permitted. Performances are in Kingsmen Park on the campus of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . Call (805) 493-3455 or visit www.kingsmenshakespeare.org. - Evan Henerson SHEPARD'S HEARD: Another all-star cast takes to the airwaves this weekend for L.A. Theatre Works' ``The Play's the Thing'' live radio theater performance of Sam Shepard's ``True West.'' The dark comedy about two brothers - a screenwriter and a drifter - who square off while house-sitting for their mother, stars Alfred Molina, Gary Cole This article is about the actor. For the footballer, see Gary Cole (footballer). Gary M. Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor, known for numerous roles, including the television series Fatal Vision, The West Wing, , Francis Guinan Francis Guinan is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Edgar Teller the patriarch in the short-lived NBC series Eerie, Indiana. Since then he has made guest appearances in many notable television series. and Charlotte Rae. Performances will be held at the Skirball Cultural Center  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., at 8 tonight, 2 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Each performance will be recorded before a live audience for public and satellite radio broadcast. Tickets are $10 to $38. Call (310) 827-0889. - E.H. FILM TATI TALES: Jacques Tati didn't exactly make silent films. The great French comedian's dialogue-challenged pictures were, in fact, as sophisticated sonically as they were visually inventive. What he did do, however, was reimagine the aesthetics of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton in postwar terms, exposing in endless ways how the Age of Convenience could descend into mechanized mech·a·nize tr.v. mech·a·nized, mech·a·niz·ing, mech·a·niz·es 1. To equip with machinery: mechanize a factory. 2. chaos with the throw of a switch. You can see Tati's two best features at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. this weekend. Tonight is ``Mon Oncle'' (1958), in which the director's innocently blundering alter ego A doctrine used by the courts to ignore the corporate status of a group of stockholders, officers, and directors of a corporation in reference to their limited liability so that they may be held personally liable for their actions when they have acted fraudulently or unjustly or when , Mr. Hulot, systematically short-circuits a relative's state-of-the-art, gadget-infested new home. This classic will be followed by a screening of Tati's rarely seen final work, ``Parade,'' a 1973 circus-themed production shot on video. On Saturday, it's the filmmaker's magnum opus ``Playtime'' (1968), in which Hulot wanders through an ultramodern Paris beset by slapstick slapstick Comedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, often violent action. It took its name from a paddlelike device, probably introduced by 16th-century commedia dell'arte troupes, that produced a resounding whack when one comic actor used it to schtick schtick n. Variant of shtick. Noun 1. schtick - (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven" schtik, shtick, shtik so intricate and breathtakingly timed that you'll want to see it again as soon as it's over to catch all the gags you'll inevitably miss the first time around. And you'll be able to: The museum will run this richly hilarious feature twice in a row. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. at the museum's 5905 Wilshire Blvd. theater. For more information, call (323) 857-6000. - Bob Strauss MUSIC THERE HE BLOWS: On Saturday, trumpeter Terence Blanchard opens the Henry Mancini Institute's free summer concert series at the Wadsworth Theater. The New Orleans-born Blanchard worked with Lionel Hampton before joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He also scored several Spike Lee films. ``Let's Get Lost,'' Blanchard's new album, features new interpretations of standards by songsmith song·smith n. See songwriter. Jimmy McHugh. The Wadsworth is at 11301 Wilshire Blvd., West Los Angeles
- Fred Shuster BIZET WORK: The Ford Amphitheatre will have a continental flavor Saturday night as the Santa Cecilia Orchestra performs ``French Impressions,'' a selection of Ravel, Bizet, Delibes and Faure. Featuring pianist Robert Edward Thies and conductor Sonia Marie De Leon de Vega, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra returns to the Ford following its ``Night in Spain'' performance last year. The program begins at 8 p.m. at 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood. The selections include Ravel's ``Mother Goose Suite'' and ``Piano Concerto in G Major,'' Delibes' ``Duet From Lakme,'' Bizet's ``L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2'' and Faure's ``Pavane pavane Stately court dance introduced from southern Europe into England in the 16th century. The dance, consisting of forward and backward steps to music in duple time, was originally used to open ceremonial balls; later its steps became livelier and it came to be paired .'' Tickets are $12 to $32. Call (323) 461-3673. - E.H. DON'T MISS THIS: Better line up now. Tickets start moving at 10 a.m. Sunday at Ticketmaster outlets for Power 106's ``Back to School Powerhouse'' on Aug. 25 at the Pond in Anaheim. The hip-hop show features St. Lunatics, Nelly, Ja Rule, Ludacris and more. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) Julia Coffey plays Rosalind to Fred Hamel's Orlando in free performances of ``As You Like It.'' (2) In ``Playtime,'' French director Jacque Tati was at his best depicting man in the Age of Convenience. (3) DE LEON VEGA (4) BLANCHARD |
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