HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-11-02, Page 30PAGE 30. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1994.
Country Playhouse announces season
Max Reimer, artistic director and
general manager of the Huron
Country Playhouse has announced
his line-up for the 1995 Main Stage
Summer season. The Playhouse
will feature two musicals, West
Side Story and My Fair Lady; a
comedy, The Foreigner ; a thriller,
I'll Be Back Before Midnight and a
hilarious farce,W7io's Under
Where?.
West Side Story, which runs from
June 13 - July 1, features a twist to
the Romeo and Juliet story. It is set
in the contemporary slums of New
York City and celebrates, with fiery
intensity, love's attempt to flourish
against a backdrop of hate preju
dice. Songs inc\ude:Tomght, Some
where, I Feel Pretty, Maria and
Grand undertakes ‘Search’
Jane Wagner's runaway
Broadway hit The Search for Signs
of Intelligent Life in the Universe,
the next mainstage production of
the 1994-95 season at The Grand
Theatre, runs Nov. 1 through 22.
This funny and moving play offers
an insightful tour of contemporary
expectations and achievements.
Trudy, a bag lady, is standing on
the comer of "Walk, Don't Walk",
waiting to meet her space chums;
these are alien beings from outer
space on a cosmic fact-finding
mission to discover Signs of
Intelligent Life. Since losing her
sanity, Trudy has been acting as
creative consultant to the aliens,
guiding them through earth culture
and explaining important concepts
like Reality, Time, Art, Humour
and Non-dairy Creamer.
Through Trudy, we meet a
variety of people who demonstrate
the habits, dreams, obsessions and
neuroses of life in the latter part of
the twentieth century.
The Search for Signs...poses a
dazzling challenge for its performer
because its cast includes some
sixteen characters -- young and
older, female and male, rich and
poor, sane and not — but they are
all played by the same actor!
Seana McKenna, who was last on
The Grand stage in the production
By John Schedler
Headlining this week's new releases is Belle Epoque ***1/2 (C/FP), the
1994 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film. Set in 1931 Spain,
the story tells of a young army deserter who wanders the countryside and
eventually forms a friendship with a witty old painter and his four
gorgeous daughters.
Sexual entanglements, joys and sorrows abound in this freewheeling
film whose sensual and intellectual pleasures are many.
I highly recommend this fine and warmly humorous movie.
(In Spanish with English Sub-titles and Rated R - for sexual situations)
In the Canadian made drama I Love a Man In Uniform ** (Alliance) an
actor loses his grip on reality when he becomes obsessed with his role as a
policeman on a TV series. Tom McCamus gives an appropriately creepy
performance, but I for one found the film, on the whole, a bit too slow.
(Rated R)
Kids and families in general will like Muppet Classic Theatre ***
(Henson - $22.95 or less), a reworking of six classic fairy tales with that
slightly warped Muppet twist. (Unrated)
Among the new and unpreviewed releases is Black Beauty (Warner) the
fifth filming of Anna Sewell's classic novel about a beautiful black horse
rescued from an abusive owner by a kindly family. (Rated G)
Saturday Night Live cast member Dana Garvey stars in Clean Slate
(MGM/UA), a comedy about a detective suffering from a rare form of
amnesia. (Rated PG-13)
Martin Short plays a mischievous 10 year old in Clifford (Orion), an
alleged comedy that also features Charles Grodin and Mary Steenburgen.
(Rated PG)
Several interesting sci-fi classics are finally being released in their
original theatrical widescreen format on laserdisc. Steven Spielberg's
wonderful UFO drama, Close Encounters of the Third Kind ***1/2
(Columbia/Tristar) looks and sounds great, restored to its original frame
size. (Rated PG)
of The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Sheridan Whiteside's much-put-
upon secretary Maggie, will be
Trudy, the bag lady, who is the
play's central character -- and
everybody else too.
Miles Potter, who directed A
Christmas Carol in both 1992 and
1993, will return to direct The
Search for Signs. ..He will be joined
by Grand newcomer Warren Carrie
who will design set, costumes and
lighting for the production. Sound
design is by John McCulloch, also
making his Grand debut.
Originally produced by the Belfry
Theatre (Victoria, B.C.), The
Search for Signs of Intelligent Life
in the Universe is co-remounted by
the National Arts Centre English
Theatre (Ottawa) and The Grand
Theatre.
GDCI
hosts
Enviro-
fair
The communities involved in
environmental work will be dis-..
playing and teaching about their
projects at an upcoming EnviroFair
at Goderich District Collegiate
Institute on Dec. 1.
The open house will offer visitors
the opportunity to view student
environmental works from art and
lab classes, classroom workshops
dealing with assorted enviro-
themes; envirogames; displays by
local government agencies, envi
ronmental groups and local indus
tries and the trade fair/flea market.
Anyone wishing to display envi
ronmental goods, speak to students
regarding the environment or show
pictures or videos showing local
environmental projects may contact
Dave Cloet at 524-7353 or 524-
6059.
America.
The Foreigner, by Larry Shue,
runs from July 4 - 15. It demon
strates what can happen when a
group of devious characters must
deal with a stranger who (they
think) knows no English.
I'll Be Back Before Midnight, a
thriller by Peter Colley, begins on
July 18 - 29. This play is set in a
haunted house and is complete with
witty dialogue, colourful charac
ters, and frightening, heart-thump
ing scenes.
Who's Under Where? , a produc
tion by Marcia Kash and Doug
Hughes is scheduled to appear from
Aug. 1-12. Featuring suspicious
wives, stolen underwear, mistaken
identities, five million dollars, a
scantily-clad, male model and a
lecherous hotel security guard all
combining to make a truly giddy
farce.
My Fair Lady, music by Alan
Jay Lerner, will run from Aug. 15 -
Sept. 2. It is one of the most highly
esteemed musicals of all time and
has proven to be an enduringly
popular show. It is the story of a
phonetics expert who transforms a
Cockney flower girl into a society
lady. Some of the songs being per
formed arc.Wouldn't It Be Loverly,
The Rain in Spain, and On the
Street Where You Live.
Mr. Reimer says, "Three of five
Main Stage shows last year sold out
and still our popularity is rising."
Subscriptions for the productions
are available by calling the Huron
Country Playhouse Box Office at
(519) 238-6000 or toll free within
area code 519 at 1-800-706-6665.
Jackson says be
grateful to patrons
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Ms Jackson said that customers
will return to a business that they
trust. "To gain that trust, don't be
afraid to admit mistakes. Respect
them as you would a best friend, be
honest with them and listen to
them. Look at them and
acknowledge them. When you
thank them make it genuine."
Small businesses are in the
process of undergoing a lot of
change, she said. "You need to use
tools and strategies to make the
change positive."
The main points in staying
competitive as a small business, she
said are to learn to control the
controllable, being 'you-nique' and
providing 'extra-ordinary' service.
- She noted businesses such as Wai
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which have established their unique
selling point and made them work.
"Disney's secret success formula,"
she said, "is 'All the little pieces
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and continuously implemented
which produce desired results'."
The key words, constantly
monitored and continuously
implemented, were stressed. "You
have to make an effort to remind
yourself on a regular basis," she
said.
Communication with customers
can be done three ways, through
words, body language and tone of
voice. It is essential that the first
impression be a good one, Ms
Jackson said, as "you only get one
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negative thoughts. "You become
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Employees should also get the
royal treatment, Ms Jackson says.
"Treat them like the crown jewels.
Empower your staff and don't take
it away. Train them, nurture them,
polish them. Let them make
mistakes and give them
acceptance."
Ms Jackson was partially
sponsored by the Federal Business
Development Bank's Counselling
Service for Business.
Stop motion animation wizard Ray Harryhausen's only widescreen film
First Men in the Moon *** (Columbia/Tristar) also looks better than it has
in years. (Rated G)
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