Bilingual troupe, Broadway visit Eugene.Byline: The Register-Guard Besides ``I, Sarah'' at Actor's Cabaret cabaret Restaurant that serves liquor and offers light musical entertainment. The cabaret probably originated in France in the 1880s as a small club that presented amateur acts and satiric skits lampooning bourgeois conventions. , two other plays open on Eugene stages this week: one a song-and-dance musical revival in a touring show at the Hult Center, the other a multicultural romance by a small bilingual theater company from Portland. OPENING THIS WEEK Mi Vida Gitana Portland's Teatro Milagro (at Lord Leebrick Theatre) Saturday and Sunday only Performed by Teatro Milagro, a bilingual troupe from Portland, "Mi Vida Gitana" is the love story of a Spanish Gypsy girl
Their story is intertwined with Gypsy tales of love and deceit Deceit Aimwell pretends to be titled to wed into wealth. [Br. Lit.: The Beaux’ Stratagem] Ananias lies about amount of money received for land. [N.T.: Acts 5:1–6] Ananias Club all its members are liars. [Am. . Charlie, the American new to Spain, is forced to move in with his mother after being kicked out of military school. He finds solace in the street life of Pamplona, where he meets Liliana and her keeper, Don Armando Don Armando Bonilla (8/9/46-11/16/02) formed the Second Avenue Rhumba Band with vocalist Fonda Rae and scored a #1 hit on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Deputy Of Love" in 1979. Bonilla was also a percussionist with Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. , the lord of the gypsies. Liliana and Charlie make a pact that unites them in spite of their disapproving dis·ap·prove v. dis·ap·proved, dis·ap·prov·ing, dis·ap·proves v.tr. 1. To have an unfavorable opinion of; condemn. 2. To refuse to approve; reject. v.intr. families. Maya Malan-Gonzalez plays of Liliana and Jeffrey Watson joins Milagro for his first season in the role of Charlie. Omar Vargas plays Don Armando. Danel Malan is Rose, the American mother with a Gypsy past. Direction is by Dan Ruiz and choreography choreography Art of creating and arranging dances. The word is derived from the Greek for “dance” and “write,” reflecting its early meaning as a written record of dances. is by Laurena Marrone, artistic director of the Flamenco flamenco, Spanish music and dance typical of the Gypsy, or gitano. Flamenco dancing is characterized by colorful costumes, intense and erotic movements, stamping of the feet (zapateado), and clapping of the hands (palmada Arts Academy in Portland. The play will be performed at Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton St., for two performances only, 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Teatro Milagro's visit also includes a bilingual acting workshop from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets to the play are $12 for adults and $8 for students and seniors; call 465-1506. The workshop is free and open to the public. 42nd Street Broadway Across America tour Saturday and Sunday only A lush valentine to old Broadway comes to the Hult's Silva Concert Hall this weekend in a traveling revival of the 1980 hit musical `42nd Street.' This show's got singing, tap dancing and such old chestnuts as `We're in the Money,' `Lullaby of Broadway,' `I Only Have Eyes For You' and `42nd Street.' The show, a star-is-born story, won the 1980 Tony Award for Best New Musical. The show ran for 10 years on Broadway. Then, the revival won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival; it played in Tokyo last summer and is now making a North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. tour. Performances are at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $25 to $47.50 through the Hult box office, 682-5000. |
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