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On The
Scene
Our Choice
Cultural Connection
Our Town is a return to yesterday
*Jeborah Durkee
Pendulum
If car chases and violent action are
"'hat interest you, hit the local movie
heater. But, if you're looking for a
Slimpse of yesterday, check out Our
^own.
Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-
'vinning play will be presented by the
department of Theatre Arts in the Fine
Theatre April 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. and
April 14 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5, free
"'ith Elon identification.
The play, directed by Elon Fine Arts
Professor Fred Rubeck, has little scenery
less action. It is a return to the simple
life, "This is the way we were..." states a
line from the play.
Our Town is set in Grovers Comers,
N.H. at the turn of the century. It was a
^e when a boy married the girl next door
®nd people lived and died in the same
town.
"(The play) is a journal," Rubeck
^id. It talks about things that have always
^n the same about all of us, he said.
A familiar life theme includes a
teenage girl asking her mother if she is
Pretty. Other familiar themes are being
just a little bit crazy" when you fall in
ove and marriages that last through
50,000 meals.
"Actually, the play is deceptively
simple," Rubeck said. "Wilder has created
® very simple and clean script with some
universal messages."
Elon students (left to right) Todd A.
Elen's production of Our Town.
Guy Walden, 2I-year-old junior from
Washington, D.C., plays the stage
manager who narrates the play. Walden
said he believes the theme of the play is
that people go through life and pay
attention to the big things, the
ceremonies: births, marriages and funerals.
"People don't pay attention to the true
value of life," Walden said. He said people
look to the future but don't look at the
here and now, the smell of coffee or the
color green.
Other lead roles are played by
Christina Dougherty as Emily Webb and
Herman and Guy Walden prepare fer
Todd A. Horman as George Gibbs. Elon
student Tracie J. Ablard will design
lighting and Elon professor Jon A. Drtina
will serve as production design
coOTdinator.
Other students in the production team
are Chris Bower, sound design and John
Scango, properties master.
"We are trying to incorporate more
student designers in our productions to
increase their educational experiences,"
Rubeck said. "It's a great learning
experience for all involved."
Out of Time - not a typical REM album
Kristen Meyer
REM--Om/ of Time (Warner
brothers) When I saw REM about six
years ago at Rutgers University frontman,
^chael Stipe, passionately vowed to the
crowd that they didn’t care how far they
^ent, they were strictly for us—a college
band.
REM has certainly come a long way
since then. After the prodigious success
of their Green album, and over two years
later, REM has returned with Out of
Time.
This is not a typical REM album.
This atypical sound manifests itself in the
addition of new instruments such as horns,
harpsichords and strings.-The band ■
members also traded instruments on some
songs. On three cuts, Kate Pierson of the
B-52's is featured vocally augmenting
Michael Stipe's voice.
On Out of Time, REM also deviated
from their common fascination with
political declarations and they wrote songs
a little closer to the heart.
The finished product is an unexpected
surprise—very unique and distinct from any
other REM album. The first released
single, "Losing My Religion" is already
climbing its way up the charts. "Radio
Song" and "Texarkana" are noteworUiy
cuts, sure to make Out of Time an
unequivocal success.
Top 10 Money Making Movies
1. Teenage Mutant Ninga TurUes II:
The Secret of The Ooze
2. The Silence of the Lambs.
3. New Jack City.
4. Class Action.
5. Sleeping with the Enemy.
6. Dances with Wolves.
7. The Hard Way
8. Home Alone
9. The Doors
10. The Perfect Weapon
Top 10 Video Rentals
1. HaUiners
2. Air America
3. Die Hard 2: Die Harder
4. Darkman
5. Days of Thunder
6. Navy Seals
7. Arachniphobia
8. Problem Child
9. Death Warrant
10. The Two Jakes
Heading To Concerts
■ Indigo Girls, April 15, War
Memorial Auditorium. Tickets are
$18.50.
■ The Judds, April 26, Charlotte
Coliseum. Tickets are $18.50 and $23.50.
■ Pink Floyd Laser Light Show,
April 26. Tickets are $ 11.
At TKe Movies
■ Home Alone, Teenage Mutant
Ninga Turtles II, Class Action, Silence of
the Lambs- Janus Theatre, Church St.
Huffman Mill Rd.
■ Out for Justice, New Jack City-
Janus Theatre, Church St. Times not
available.
■ Dances with Wolves, PinkFloyd
-The Wall, Graham Cinema. Tickets for
these shows are $3.(X).
Muslcals/Plays
■ "Madame Butterfly," April 12, 14
and 16. Stevens Center. Tickets range
from $6.00 to $20.00. For reservations
call 725-2022. •