Halloween fun will arrive early.Byline: The Register-Guard OPENING THIS WEEK A couple of campy Halloween shows make up the week's openings on Eugene stages. Bat Boy: The Musical Actors 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. of Eugene Tales of Bat Boy have been a regular feature for the Weekly World News since the tabloid's writers first "discovered" him in 1992. Since then he's traveled in outer space, aided the troops in the war on terror This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism. The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism and even helped capture Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq—died Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad) President of Iraq (1979–2003). He joined the Ba'th Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. . Now, the musical version of the half-bat, half-human creature from Hope Falls, W.Va., is headed for the stage in Eugene in a production of a campy farce that first opened off-Broadway on Halloween 1997. Joe Zingo directs, with musical direction by Don Kelley and vocal direction by Marc Innocenti. The cast includes Chris McVein as the Bat Boy, plus Erica Jean, Tony Joyner, Rebecca Teran, Bruce McCarthy, Colin Gray, Tyler Holden and Laura Holden. "Bat Boy" opens Friday runs at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturdays through Nov. 4 at Actors Cabaret, with a Sunday matinee mat·i·nee or mat·i·née n. An entertainment, such as a dramatic performance or movie, presented in the daytime, usually in the afternoon. at 2 p.m. Oct. 22. Tickets are $17 reserved, $14 general and $32.95 for dinner seating; call 683-4368. The show moves to the Hult Center for three performances: at 8 p.m. Nov. 10 and 11 and 2 p.m. Nov. 12. Tickets are $18 to $22, available at 682-5000. Dracula South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. Even more campy Halloween fun opens on stage at South Eugene High School next week with "Dracula," a dramatized interpretation by Hamilton Deane and John Balderston. Bringing this "gross misinterpretation" of Bram Stoker's classic to life are Aaron Kimball, Culley Page, Abby Bluth, Ellis Hoffmeister, Chanda Littlefield, Maddy Jordan and Azalea azalea (əzāl`yə) [Gr.,=dry], any species of the genus Rhododendron, North American and Asian shrubs of the family Ericaceae (heath family) that are distinguished by the usually deciduous leaves. Lewis. The deranged de·range tr.v. de·ranged, de·rang·ing, de·rang·es 1. To disturb the order or arrangement of. 2. To upset the normal condition or functioning of. 3. To disturb mentally; make insane. Dracula is played by Geoff Derven. The director is Nate Greenley. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. starting Wednesday night and running through Oct. 21. The theater is at 400 E. 19th Ave. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 students and seniors, available at the door or at 687-3521. - The Register-Guard |
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