INTERNSHIPS ARTS / The Michigan Daily Friday, October 3, 1980 Page 7 ti 'FOR COLORED GIRLS' The real end of the rainbow WASHINGTON, D.C.-LANSING, MI. Interested in working in Washington, D.C., or Lons- ing, Michigan, during summer, 1981? Come fine out how at the University of Michigan's Public Service Intern Program Mass Meeting. Summer internships are available in legislative offices, executive offices and agencies, the judiciary, lobbying orgni"zations,. and the media. Financial assistance available. ORGANIZATIONAL MASS MEETING ACKHAM AUD. WEDNESDAY UNDERGRADUATES OCTOBER 8 A S I ONLY 7:00 PM. U Puc Senrice Interm Program , .' a RA By ANNE GADON ~Ntozake Shange's poem-turned- dapce-drama, For Colored Girls Who ave Considered Suicide/When the 'Itinbow is Enuf, is a composite of the sgductions and reflections that make up black women's lives. It is both boldly de- fiant of the sorrows cast upon women of color and grippingly realistic in its acknowledgement of the struggles of black womanhood. In a merger of poetry and dance, the seven-member female cast exultantly declares not to be "sorry and colored at the same time/it seems redundant in the modern world." Shange's women live in a different world than "white folks." The streets of Harlem are a distinct, universe ("six blocks of cruelty/piled up on itself/a tunnel close in." Children sing nursery rhymes with choruses me black and blue." of "Daddy beat F, t ".I 'I , erformance Guide Starting today, you can be guided through the tangle of Ann Arbor cultural events by the Michigan Daily arts staff, without having to hang around the '9tudent Activities Bldg. and endure the opinionating face-to-face. This weekly assortment of recommendations to the best, most obscure and in- triguing of A' entertainment is compiled by staffers Anne Gadon, Mark .Coleman and Dennis Harvey. MUSIC Bruce Springsteen-One has to experience the Boss' live.show to appreciate his fanatic appeal and the already-converted will dominate the audience at this long sold-out tour opener. Last minute ticket buyers should prepare to ,.part with more than their-scalps. Friday, October 3, Crisler Arena, 8 p.m. RH Factor-Ann Arbor's most adventurous jazz group resurfaces as a quin- tet, still led by everybody's favorite drummer, Rick Hollander. An early 'arrival is the only guarantee of a seat in this cavernous club. Saturday, Oc- - 'sober 4, Blind Pig 208 S. First. Music starts after 9 p.m. The Feelies-This NYC outfit's Velvet-ized surf guitar music came off a bit too clean and sterile on their stiff debut, but word is their live sound is a whole 'nother story. Anybody chosen as Best Local Band in the Village Voice is "vorth a listen, at any rate. Monday, October 6th, Second Chance, 516 E. Liberty. Music should start sometime after 10 p.m. THEATRE Qancin'-Bob Fosse's plotless Broadway celebration of dance tours to Ann _.Arbor's Power Center. Good luck to those who haven't already purchased tickets; this first offering of the season from the Professional Theatre program's series has been sold out entirely. Performances Friday through ..Sunday, October 3-5, at 8:00 p.m., with a 2:00 matinee on Sunday. Kennedy's Children-Robert Patrick's Off-Broadway drama focuses on five casualties of the 60's who hang out at a New York bar. Good-bye Camelot. k Performances Thursday through Sunday, October 9-12 at 8:00 p.m. Sunday natinee at 2 p.m., Canterbury Loft. FILMS 2,000 Maniacs! A rare chance to see one of the sub-cult favorites by Her- Schell Gordon Lewis, one of the few really formidable horror-movie schlockmeisters who has retained enough obscurity to avoid an A' following. Gore gaTore. Friday, October 3, Hutchins Hall (Law Quad), 8:25 p.m. Animation Festival-A mixed bag of old and new stuff, from the f'hallucinogeic frivolity of Quasi at the Quackadero to the weightier spaciness of SusanPitt's Asparagus. Friday, October 3, Lorch Hall, 7:00 and 9:15 p.m. Quadrophenia-Franc Roddam's near-brilliant visualization of Pete Town- shend's rock opera is a totally engrossing, schizzy dive into the Mods vs. Rockers culture of 1964 England. Wednesday, October 8, Aud. A (Angell Hall), 8:15 p.m. Phantom of the Paradise-Beyond even Carrie and Dressed to Kill, this is Brian De Palma's craziest film, horror-rock-musical-comedy-drama- fantasy wildly visualized as a 'satirical take-off on The Phantom of the Opera. Great, dazzling cinematic fun. Thursday, October 9, Nat. Sci. Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. Black Orpheus--Set amid Brazil's Rio Carnival, Marcel Camus' modern- day, all-black rewrite of the Orpheus myth is alive with color, dance, roman- ce and eroticism'. It achieves the sort of exotic cultural-mythical aura that The Harder They Come amateurishly flirts at. Thursday, October 9, Lorch Hall, 7:00and9:05 p.m. .1 BUT THESE women refuse to be con- fined, they reject the idea of sorrow. Their progression from childhood to womanhood is presented by a vigorous African dance. They are joyful in their ethnicity, rejecting spiritual as well as physical chains. One woman remem- bers her invisible girlhood playmate, Toussaint L'Ouverture, the black Haitian revolutionary. Toussaint is her shield against the model white children of story books, her attempt to maintaining pride in the color of her skin. Although Shange focuses on the con- ditions of her black sisters, all women can find much to empathize with in her poetry. In "Somebody Almost Walked Off Wid Alla My Stuff," the Lady in Red complains of men's efforts to possess women ("did you know somebody almost got away with me in a plastic bag under their arm.") And the inevitable cat-calls and the fear of at- tack ("regular beauty and a smile in the street/is just a set-up.") are also bitterly described. Shange is angry at men, but she isn't suggesting that they be completely written off. She stresses the importance of unity among women. Lovers change but sisterhood is something constant. Rather than competing against each other for men, women should support each other, Shange is saying. It is this support, the ensemble nature of For Colored Girls that makes it such a suc- cess. The collective spirit of these women is formidable in contrast to the pain that they present in their soliloques. DIRECTOR Duncan McLaren's production is wonderfully upbeat, although his indefatigable seven- member female cast occasionally exudes cheerfulness to the point of sacrificing some of the show's tenser moments. "I Used to Live in the World," a depiction of Shange's years in Harlem, simply doesn't hold water. The women seem unable to convey the immensity of fear that inspired Shange to write lines that cry for help ("No man ya can't go with me/I don't even know you/no"). - "Graduation Nite" as performed by the Lady in Yellow (Rochelle Cum- mings) is a rambunctious portrayal of a high school graduation. Cummings bounds about the stage, sentimentally recalling the joy rides of that fateful night (Lady in Blue: "You gave up your virginity in a Buick?" Lady in Yellow: "Yeh, and honey, it was wonderful"). Shange's women are sometimes angry and defiant but always sensuous. Debra Mims as the Lady in Blue slides captivatingly through Shange's poems, "One" and "'Sechita." Her body takes on the image of the poetess' words. In a supplemental poem from "Nappy Edges," another anthology of Shange'e poetry, she portrays a sorceress, resilient in her power to manipulate by black magic. Mims is the "goddess" of "Sechita," the almighty practitioner of black magic. Her every movement is mesmerizing and imperial. Less than mesmerizing, however, is the ART facility. Located in the Renaissance Center, this 100 seat theatre is plagued by posts that poten- tially block the view of patrons and an erratic sound system consisting of two stereo speakers lashed to the ceiling. Loft theatres are fine, but Ren Cen patrons are bound to demand less primitive conditions for their money. n ' , J Authentic SCRUB DUDS..' Wear the Latest in Fashion operating room scrub suits as worn by doctors and nurses in surgery. They're reversable, comfortable, look great and are available in two colors. O.R. GREEN _I.C.U. BLUE Shirts $10.95 ea. SM_ MED_ LGEXLG_ Pants $11.95ea. SM_ MED_ LGE_ XLG ' Add: $1.50 Per Order to cover postage and handling Name........................... Address ........................................... City .........State Zip Mail check or money order to / FAD SPECIALTIES INC. P.O. Box 105 Novi, Mich. 48050 HELD OVERI ROBERT DUVALL ;t: ooo-- sm -,% A r *k Sponsor a eaty Confttnt * This can help in the advertisement of your business Ann Arbor aid Ypsilariti's First Annual Beauty Pageant To be held at the MICHIGAN THEATER, Nov. 14, 1980 For more information write: Sponsor: Beauty Pageant Post Office Box 7915 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107 Deadline October 31, 1980 CINEMA GUILD'S ANIMATION NIGHT 7:00 & 9:15 at Larch Hall Some old, some new, but definitely some of the best animation of all time. Includes KOKO THE CLOWN, QUASI AT THE QUACKAISARO, Susan Pitt's ASPARAGUS, and RAPID EYE MOVEMENTS by Jeff Carpenter. Also Larry Cuba's Beautiful TWO SPACE which showed at the 16mm Festival this year. The classic APEMAN by Paul Tassie, and many others. Two full hours to tickle every funny bone you got and bug out your eyes with beautiful images. Join the club. CINEMA GUILD (CHIMERA GRILLED) ETC. Shana Alexander and James Kilpatrick-Forget their knee-jerk political reactions, this pair's combination of baiting, bickering, and back-biting should be hilarious theatre-it sure doesn't constitute a debate. Tuesday, Oc- tober 7, Hill Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.