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8 THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2003 BUSSIT FROM PAGE 5 someone shouted, the door open ing 10 minutes ahead of schedule. The cast members scurried to their dressing rooms as Ardalan unleashed a war cry. And within three minutes, people were backed up out of the door into the lobby. The boisterous Friday night crowd cheered when the house lights went down and whistled when they spotted their friends in the opening dance number, which went off without a hitch. After delivering one of the night’s funniest lines “These goddamn pantaloons are chafing BUTTERFLY KISS FROM PAGE 5 ed by the actors’ magic-marker sig natures and inside jokes. After Elrod arrived, she met with the cast onstage for a final warmup exercise. Laughing and talking wildly, their camaraderie was evident. Although they shook with all the excitement of a kinder garten class, they were anything but nervous. Rather, they w’ere genuinely ecstatic about the play. Before the w armup, Elrod told her cast how- proud she was, giving each actor a hug. “Y'all are so aw esome. This was a huge challenge ... and we did it,” she said. “We’ve created something that’s real, and it’s really cool.” Then, with about 20 minutes EV E RY Dueling Piano Bar & Grill standard mixed drinks Tf-yrTT i J ITHURS: LADIES HiCHT it A 1 1 1 25 CENT SHOTS k m I I $2 Long islands . $1.75 Bud/Bud Light [TJJIII'J.YId sszs&ttM (WITH COLLEGE ID) and we mean everything! www.rumrunnersusa.com 136 e. rosemary st. chapel hill, nc 27514 (919) 945-6436 GET PAID TO GO TO SCHOOL TALK ABOUT ROLE REVERSAL The U.S. Air Force will pay for you to continue your education while you serve your country as a nurse. Through selection into the Air Force Institute of Technology program, you could earn your advanced degree in as little as two years and get paid to do it. You'll be part of an elite team of medical professionals who have chosen to serve their country in this proud institution. To learn more about Air Force Nursing, please visit airforce.com or call 1.800.423.U5AF to request more information. w ❖ U.S. AIR FORCE CROSS INTO THE GLUE the bejesus out of me” Pugliese nearly cracked up. And when a mistimed scene change left a prop handler on stage after the lights came up, Pugliese managed to stay in character. “Thanks, short beard ed man,” he said. During a duet, voices crackled over the sound system. A glance up confirmed that the singers were on the mezzanine level, and their mic bore the neon green strip. Despite these flubs, the audi ence erupted in a standing ovation after the last exuberant dance. An impromptu reception of cast mem bers and guests flooded the stage. Backstage, Pugliese ran out of his dressing room in street clothes remaining before the curtain call, it was time to get down to business. To warm up their bodies and voices, the actors shook out their arms and legs, doing fast, spastic repetitions of 16, then eight, four, two and one. After a football-like huddle and cheer, Elrod led the cast in what looked like a game of Simon Says on crack. The actors took turns leading the game. To do this, one actor had to approach the others in the circle, and they competed through a call and-answer sequence that exercised the actors’ reflexes. The game was played in the cast’s own language. If the command was “Treehouse," the actor danced and pantomimed drinking. “Toaster,” “Beatles” and “social pristine chick en” led to appropriate gestures and, ultimately, a lot of giggling. Diversions to shouts of “Y’all fucking rock!” Ardalan’s band played exit music for a few minutes, then shed their instruments, flushed and happy. “I’m on top of the world,” Ardalan said. “If all the shows go like this one, I’ll be thrilled.” He grinned, making his way into the throng of well-wishers. Kallianos also wove her way through the crowd but graciously extracted herself to collect stray programs left on the seats. After all, even if opening night was a smashing success, there were still five shows left to go. Contact the AdE Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. Freshman English major Britt Cloudsdale, who starred as Lily Ross, said warmups like these, however silly, are crucial. “It brings us together as a cast,” Cloudsdale said. “It also gets your energy up and reminds you that you’re here to do a show right now.” With only a few minutes until the show went on, Elrod stood out side, greeting the theatergoers and emotionally preparing herself for the final performance with a look of awe and excitement spread across her face. “We took a group of people who didn’t really know each other, and we made art,” she said. “It’s amaz ing, it’s alive, and I’m so proud of it.” Contact theAdE Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. Alt-country Truckers rock, riff and repeat BYTACQUE KIRKSEY STAFF WRITER It was like Ol’ Dixie, version 2.003, at Cat’s Cradle Friday. Rock ’n’ roll chicks, dressed like refugees from “Almost Famous,” milled about with grizzle-bearded men in Elvis tour T-shirts. The Drive-By Truckers, an alt country rock opera version of The Who, brought this unique mix to the venue with their brand of updated Southern rock. The band has created a buzz for itself with ambitiously titled, warmly reviewed albums such as Southern Rock Opera. Opening for the band was Chapel Hill’s own Leadfoot, who tortured the speakers with solo laden, country-inflected metal encapsulated in songs like “Chicks Love Metal.” The band gave off a sUper macho vibe, owing more to Van Halen’s bravado than Lynryd Skynyrd’s geographic pathos. This made for a noticeable change of gears when the headlin ers took the stage. Slowly but sure ly, the thigh-booted rock ’n’ roll muses left the venue, leaving the hall to the Marlboro Man adher ents of introspective country rock. Under the glow of soft purple lights, the club immediately became the realm of the headlin ers, who were never short on intri cate slide guitar runs that accented epic three-chord drinking songs. Not that the entire show was based on shaking the walls. The THE FIRST SPRING BREAK Wfflt REALITY MOVIE! ■I NO SCRIPTS. NO ACTORS. Y 5 NO RULES. \ > ”, APRIL 25 ONLY IN THEATRES FROM THE PRODUCERS OF THE REAL WORLD REAL CANCUIM ilm£,ngine /.£*■ ONLINE KEYWORD: THE REAL CANCUN www.therealcancun.com *3? !SS? jvorzzr. W Ellis Marsalis s considered one of the world's premier jazz pianists. He's taught some of the world’s most famous musicians. Even fathered a few of his own. But with retirement approaching, he didn’t want to improvise. Not when it came to money. We worked with him on ways to make the most of his retirement plan, so money wouldn’t get in the way of his music. After all, jazzmen aren't supposed to play the blues. Log on for ideas, advice, and results. TIAA-CREF.org or call * llfil l|f Mfpfl Managing money for people with other things to thi RETIREMENT I INSURANCE I MUTUAL FUNDS I COLLEGE SAVINGS I TRUSTS I INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT / Ellis Marsalis became a participant in 1990. TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services. Inc., and Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc., distribute securities products. ©2002 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF). New York. NY Ellis Marsalis was compensated. CONCERTREVIEW THE DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS CAT'S CRADLE FRIDAY APRIL 4 band’s opener was an affecting tribute to a friend who died of AIDS, complemented with arrest ing threadbare vocals and chords. The constant guitar barrage ran the risk of becoming featureless. Though always tasteful and tech nically superior, almost every song was uniformly undercut with solos that became givens as opposed to surprises. Perhaps the greatest strength of the Drive-By Thickers’ repertoire was the vocal harmony that made “Bulldozers and Dirt" more than a rock assimilation of country themes but rather a genuine throwback to countiy’s Grand Ole Opry roots. DBT brought their A-game to the Cradle, never failing to per form at the top of their instrumen tal prowess and delivering strong vocal performances, even after what appeared to be endless indul gence in nicotine. When the band’s set nearly three hours ended and the het erogenous crowd departed, one thing was clear. No matter where Southern-flavored rock goes, fans will quake in their boots, be they Durangos or Doc Martens. Contact theAdE Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. U-tjp Baily oar HM DIVERECOMMENDS ‘Hard Boiled’ If you want to know how actor Chow Yun-Fat and director John Woo caught Hollywood’s eye, study up on their Hong Kong collaborations. “Hard Boiled” is arguably the best exam ple of Woo’s extraordinary ability to dramatize and beautify the typ ical shoot-’em-up. Granted, there are more bullets flying about than syllables of dialogue, but harping on the story won’t get you any where just sit back and let the action junkie in you take over. Jimi Hendrix, BBC Sessions First, go for The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s three official albums, then try Band of Gypsys. But once you’ve sampled the basics, it’s time to delve deeper into the guitarist’s career. This two-disc set includes exciting renditions of other artists’ tunes and takes of Jimi’s own songs that are even spicier than the album versions. From the opening salvo of “Foxey Lady” to the closer —a rowdy, all-too-brief cover of Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love” this collection will help you under stand how Jimi set Britain aflame. “The Wonder Years’ It seems as if every television series of note has experienced a second coming on DVD except for this absolute gem of a show from the late ’Bos and early ’9os. Looking back, it’s amazing how well “The Wonder Years” blended the microcosm of Kevin Arnold’s adolescence with the macrocosm of coming of age in America during the clamorous 19605. Despite its shiny surface, the show never failed to expose the bumps and bruises of growing up. Contact Elliott Dube at dubee@email.unc.edu.
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