Companies raise the curtains on a pair of racy revues.Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard A couple of racy rac·y adj. rac·i·er, rac·i·est 1. Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste. 2. Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent. 3. Risqué; ribald. 4. plays are opening on Eugene stages this week, as Actors Cabaret of Eugene shows "The Full Monty" and Lord Leebrick explores "The Sex Habits of American Women." PLAYS OPENING Meanwhile, over in Springfield, high school theater departments are opening an original musical spoof called "Benches - the Musical" at Springfield High and "Once Upon a Mattress Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy that opened off-Broadway on May 11, 1959, and then moved to Broadway. The play was written as an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. " at Thurston; and Sheldon High School Sheldon High School may refer to:
The Full Monty Actors Cabaret of Eugene Friday through May 27 You saw those nervy steelworkers take it all off in the movie. Now you can see whether a local cast has nerves of steel when Actors Cabaret of Eugene brings "The Full Monty" to the live stage beginning Friday. ACE director Joe Zingo is a little coy when asked just how full ``The Full Monty'' really is. "Let's just say they're going to strip enough to where you don't need imagination," he says. The story is about what happens when six unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, N.Y., need to raise money for a friend in trouble. They discover that a traveling male strip show - in which dancers stop disrobing at G-strings - is a big hit with the local women, and decide they can raise even more cash if they do their own show and go "the full monty." "The music is really exciting," Zingo says. "It's very fun. And the play's got great values for us. `We always try to do quirky musicals that have some significant value. Here, it is that you don't have to be the perfect person to do anything. You can be who you are. That's a good value system." Some of Zingo's cast are beefcake beef·cake n. Informal 1. Images, especially photographs, of minimally attired men with muscular physiques. 2. Attractive men with muscular physiques, such as those in these images. specimens, he says, and some are more like "hamburgercake." Based on the successful 1997 movie of the same name, the show has a book by Terrence McNally This article is about the playwright. For the actor, see Terrence E. McNally. Terrence McNally (born November 3 1939 and music and lyrics by David Yazbek David Yazbek (born 1960) is an American musician, composer, and lyricist. He was born to a Jewish mother and an Arab father in New York City. Musical from birth, he began cello lessons in elementary school and took up the piano as a teenager. . It opened on Broadway in 2000 and ran 770 performances. The ACE production opens at 8 p.m. Friday and continues Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. through May 27. Actors Cabaret is at 996 Willamette St. Tickets are $17 reserved, $14 general admission and $32.95 for dinner seating, which includes soup or salad, bread, entree and nonalcoholic non·al·co·hol·ic adj. A beverage usually containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. beverages. A Mother's Day performance will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 14; tickets are $30.95 and include brunch. Tickets may be reserved by calling 683-4368. The show also will be performed at the Hult Center's Soreng Theater at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 4; those tickets are $18 and $22 through the Hult box office, 682-5000. Zingo recommends this show for mature audiences only. The Sex Habits of American Women Lord Leebrick Theatre Company Wednesday through June 3 "The Sex Habits of American Women" makes its Northwest premiere at Lord Leebrick Theatre Company next week. There will be preview performances on Wednesday and next Thursday, May 11. Opening night is May 12. Julie Marie Myatt's play takes a voyeuristic peep into the sex lives of American women during the '50s era of pointy point·y adj. point·i·er, point·i·est Having an end tapering to a point. bras and pompadours. In the play, a psychoanalyst named Fritz Tittels is writing a book titled "The Sex Habits of American Women." The play was developed at the Guthrie Theatre and San Francisco's Magic Theatre. The Eugene cast includes David Stuart David Stuart may refer to
` `Sex Habits' is a parody of the past for a postmodern world," director Kimberly Colburn says. "Sex might not be a taboo subject any longer, but that doesn't mean we've got it all figured out.' Additional cast members include Bryan Madigan, Bethany Osborne-Koch, Nicole Trobaugh and Ian Armstrong Ian Armstrong can refer to:
Lord Leebrick Theatre is at 540 Charnelton St. Performances are Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. through June 3, with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. May 21 and May 28. Call 465-1506 for tickets, which are $8 for previews, $16 for opening night (with an additional $9 for the post-show reception), $16 for Friday and Saturday evening shows and $12 for Thursday evening shows and Sunday matinees. Benches - The Musical Springfield High School Springfield High School may refer to:
Tonight through May 13 "Benches - The Musical," which was created by Springfield High School director of bands Chris Holt The name Chris Holt refers to several people:
It's got music ranging from Igor Stravinsky Noun 1. Igor Stravinsky - composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971) Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, Stravinsky and George Gershwin to John Williams, and features 24 instrumentalists on stage performing along with a company of 19 actors and dancers. Among the performance pieces are ``Hey Pachuco pa·chu·co n. pl. pa·chu·cos A Mexican-American youth or teenager, especially one who dresses in flamboyant clothes and belongs to a neighborhood gang. ,'' a hot swing dance, and ``String Thing,'' a J.S. Bach cello suite performed by McKenzie Kramer and danced by Jennifer Cunningham. "Benches" includes band and dance arrangements of the theme from "The Incredibles," a medley of Williams' themes, and Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite." The play's original music includes ``The Tubes,'' created for an instrument made of 3.5-inch PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. pipe, and ``Junkyard Rumble,'' a garbage can medley, directed by band director Dana Demant, and ``Collage,'' a Latin-inspired improvisational jazz number. The show opens tonight and runs Friday and Saturday, then May 11-13. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. in the Springfield High School auditorium, 875 Seventh St., Springfield. Tickets are $8, $5 for students and seniors. Call the Springfield Theatre box office at 517-9028. Once Upon a Mattress Thurston High School Thurston High School is located in Springfield, Oregon in Lane County. Their mascot is a black colt. Shooting On May 20, 1998, student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel killed his parents, William and Faith, both Spanish teachers at local high schools. Friday through May 13 The Broadway musical "Once Upon a Mattress," which is based on the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea," shot Carol Burnett to stardom. Now it's coming to the stage in Springfield in a production by Thurston High School. Princess Winifred (played by Jackie Hiebenthal) is a hardy, likable, weight-lifting gal who swims the moat to win her mama's-boy beau, Prince Dauntless the Drab (Jonathan Lanning). The domineering dom·i·neer·ing adj. Tending to domineer; overbearing. dom  i·neer , possessive queen (Chelsea Jennings) is determined
to disqualify To deprive of eligibility or render unfit; to disable or incapacitate.To be disqualified is to be stripped of legal capacity. A wife would be disqualified as a juror in her husband's trial for murder due to the nature of their relationship. all contenders for her son, while refusing to let anyone else in the kingdom marry until Dauntless finds a bride. When the knights and ladies learn about the queen's scheme with the mattresses and the pea, they devise a scheme of their own to be certain the princess wins her man. The production is co-directed by Mark Huisenga and Andrew Hock hock: see wine. and features choreography by Thurston alum Betsy Reinhart. The show runs Friday and Saturday and May 11 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the school, 333 58th St., Springfield. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at the door or by calling 988-5350. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Sheldon High School Friday through May 13 The Broadway musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" offers a sendup of corporate America and gender roles in the 1960s with a lot of toe-tapping music and dance. The show opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the auditorium at Sheldon High School, 2455 Willakenzie Road, and continues with performances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; and at 7:30 p.m. May 12 and 13. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors; call 687-3391. The director is Lynda Czajkowska-Thompson. The show is produced and choreographed and has music direction by Nancy Anderson. The orchestra director is Tracy Ross. CAPTION(S): Tony Joyner (left) and Bruce McCarthy "Let It Go" in the number of the same name in the Actors Cabaret production of "The Full Monty." |
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