Hedwig is back, this time at Lord Leebrick.Byline: The Register-Guard OPENING THIS WEEK A pair of linked plays and a punk rock musical open this week on Eugene stages. Hedwig and the Angry Inch Lord Leebrick Theatre Company Friday through March 3 This "neo-glam, post-punk rock musical" opens Friday at Lord Leebrick Theater, 540 Charnelton St. The play tells the story of rock singer Hedwig and her search for stardom star·dom n. 1. The status of a performer or entertainer acknowledged as a star. 2. Star performers considered as a group. . Born a boy, Hedwig submits to a sex change operation in order to marry an American G.I. and get over the Berlin Wall to freedom. The operation is botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. . Finding herself divorced in a Kansas trailer park, she forms a band and encounters a lover and protege pro·té·gé n. One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person. [French, from past participle of protéger, to protect, from Old French, from Latin in young Tommy Gnosis gno·sis n. Intuitive apprehension of spiritual truths, an esoteric form of knowledge sought by the Gnostics. [Greek gn . Gnosis leaves her, steals her songs and becomes a huge star. Adam Goldthwaite stars, along with the Eugene band the Ovulators. The same team performed "Hedwig" in 2004 at 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. Lord Leebrick's staging will be true to the original stage production, which requires Goldthwaite to portray multiple roles, unlike the 2001 film adaptation. Director Craig Willis Craig Willis (born 1954-) is an Australian announcer who has appeared as the voice of many of the Seven Network's AFL Grand Final broadcasts. He is known to many as the 'voice of the AFL' He also performs voiceovers at many major events, including the Melbourne Cup. says ``the ambiguity of one actor playing both ego and alter-ego makes the stage show much more intriguing than the film.'' After Friday's opening, performances are Thursdays through Saturdays through March 3. Curtain time is 8 p.m. The show may not be suitable for children younger than 16. Tickets are $17 for Friday and Saturday shows, $12 for Thursday. Go to www.lordleebrick .com or call 465-1506. A preview at 8 p.m. tonight costs $10. House; Garden 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. Tonight through Feb. 17 "House" and "Garden," a diptych of linked plays by Alan Ayckbourn Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born April 12, 1939) is a popular and prolific English playwright. Life Ayckbourn was born in Hampstead, London. His mother Irene Worley was a writer of short stories who published successfully under the name of "Mary James". , opens tonight at South Eugene High School, 400 E. 19th Ave. Written in 1999, the two plays are designed to be performed simultaneously by the same cast on separate stages in two auditoriums. The house and the garden of the title are the home of Teddy and Trish (played by Aaron Kimball and Jaclyn Bovee), an old-money, middle-age couple in rural England about to embark on their annual garden fete. "House" will be performed in the Little Theatre while "Garden" will be on the auditorium's intermediate stage. The shows are for mature audiences. Tickets are $8, $5 for students, at the door. A separate ticket is required for each play, but you can buy tickets for both for $14, $8 for students. Both plays begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights through Feb. 17. |
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