VOL. 10, NO. 12
^^The truth is out there...
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
FRIDAY, MARCH 31,1995
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ALTERNATIVE BAND “LIFE IN GENERAL” PERFORMS SATURDAY FOR SPRING FLING.
^Little Shop of Horrors^ offers
rousing finale for Coltrane
By ALAN P. FELt6^®’"
When the curtain closes on the
final performance of Little Shop
of Horrors it will signal the end
of an era for the North Carolina
Wesleyan Theatre Department.
‘ In addition to brin^j\@\the
4 994-95 performance season to a
close, Little Shop of Horrors is
the final show to be performed in
the Coltrane Theatre before the
* move to the Dunn Center for the
Performing Arts.
Yet, as the Coltrane Theatre
gasps its law few breaths, it is not
a sad occasion because in Little
Shop of Horrors the NCWC The
atre Department has saved its best
for Coltrane’s finale.
Little Shop of Horrors is a fast
paced musical set in Mushnik’s
Skid Row Florist Shop. The ac
tion centers around the hapless
Seymour Krelborn, an employee
'at the florist’s shop, who creates
& new and exotic plant named the
Audrey II. The plant is a quick
success and causes the small flo-
•tist shop, owned by the sour Mr.
Review
Mushnik, to become an overnight
success.
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Seymour is adopted by Mushnik
and is besieged by offers to ap
pear on the cover of Life maga
zine and to host his own garden
ing show on television. Mushnik’s
Florist Shop, transformed into
Mushnik’s and Son, is contracted
to provide the flowers for the
Rose Bowl parade and all seems
well as Audrey II continues to
grow larger.
However, Audrey IFs magic
has one dark drawback; the plant
can only survive by being fed hu
man flesh and blood. Seymour’s
struggle with his new fame and
the increasingly ravenous plant
propels the musical towards its
surprising, but moving, conclu
sion.
Kevin Corbett portrays the
newly succcssful Seymour.
Spring Fling
to continue
on weekend
Corbett is fantastic in his role and
performs his musical numbers in
crisp, clean tones. He is a natural
actor for the part and allows the
audience a good look at
Seymour’s moral dilemma over
having to gain success at the ex
pense of human life.
Clay Jackson is the voice of
the meat-eating plant, Audrey II.
Jackson provides the plant with
an unique personality that walks
a thin line between the comical
and the sadistic. In addition to
being Audrey 11’s voice, Jackson
plays the role of a skid row drunk
that leaves the audience delighted
and giggling.
Tod Burke plays the pain-ob-
sessed dentist Grin, who delights
in placing his patients in as much
agony as possible while he laughs
at their suffering through a ni
trous oxide haze. Burke is amaz
ing in his role and is genuinely
frightening in his scenes with
Audrey, another employee of the
flower shop and the namesake of
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By PATRICK BRANNAN
North Carolina Wesleyan’s
Spring Fling wraps up this week
end. The second annual Sun Tan
Jam Band Fest takes place start
ing at 2 p.m. on Edgecombe lawn
Saturday. Delta Sigma Phi holds
their second annual Sand Volley
ball Tournament Sunday.
Saturday features the music of
Johnny Clueless, life in general,
Tomorrow’s Party, and Wes
leyan’s own Jack Strawe.
Tomorrow’s Party has been
described as, “the ultimate music
experience.” Featuring a wide
range of alternative rock, the band
has released two CDs. The band
travels from the “shimmering
acoustic rhythm.s to riveting elec
tric leads, epic ballads to all out
rock and roll storms.” Playing
new songs fi'om the hot groups
today, the band keeps the crowd
on their feet the entire show.
Life in general call themselves
a “happy, aggressive, alternative,
folk-pop” band. They have
opened for The Connells, The
Judybats, The Romantics, and
many more. Hailing from Win-
ston-Salem, this three-person
group has thrilled over 150 dates
each year. With sounds like Toad
the Wet Sprocket and the Gin
Blossoms, the band draws on
many diverse musical acts for
their musical influence.
Throughout the day Wes
leyan’s own Jack Strawe will be
januning on stage. So come check
out some local talent and get some
sun.
Spring Fling kicked off Mon
day with Delta Sigma Phi’s Goofy
Olympics. That night the Fettucirii
Brothers lit up the Student Ac
tivities Center with their juggling
and comedy routine. A crowd of
about 40 people enjoyed the hour-
long show.
Sane Sullivan and Steve Lan
gley kept the crowd laughing and
amazed as they juggled the night
away. With plenty of audience
participation, the duo juggled
various numbers of pins, knifes,
and flaming torches.
“We’re the poster boys for
graduation,” Sullivan mused dur
ing the show. “Stay in school or
this could happen to you.”
The two from Charlotte met in
the kitchen of a grill and seafood
restaurant.
“There weren’t many custom
ers so we just started juggling
stuff in the kitchen and it amused
the staff. We figured we could do
it full time,” Sullivan said. Full
time has been seven and a half
years now as the two have played
colleges, cruise ships, comedy
clubs, and “almost everywhere.”
“We hope to start a juggling
and cooking show in the future,”
Langley said. “We could call it,
come pasta the time with us.
There are a lot of talk shows now,
so why not a juggling/cooking
show?”
Wednesday was Tie Dye Day
as Pi Epsilon hosted the event on
Edge lawn. Thursday was the day
to get back at your favorite, or
not-so-favorite professor at
SNCAE’s Pie Throwing. That
night comediennes kept the crowd
laughing in the SAC.
Friday, Edge, lawn becomes a
festival of activity as Wesleyan
Gladiators kicks off the weekend
at 2 p.m.