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": ":::"ii ; ?:';:g ?:;:? :;:y3i:% :r : ii=:sir=: ..:..:.. :..:.:.......:...........................:::..::::: :::': n". . :: :.... w.".:. ,.... ...,.;.;.."v.;,;:"v.vw::::."w::k ::. ::.,v.":. ...::;::::::::::::::::::.i{"i : :6:?:?':.4: ".."'" .. 4.t .........-... ..........:... ..::...; ...:::.:y::.: :::::::::::. ._::::v :v::,". ::.:. .".v. . . tw.::: v..::::. .: :. . ..:..:::%:Y:::-}:: }:6}:v::.'."n:: ry. x..., :.............::.:::. .v::::": iv:::4: ' Ndwi By Susan Makuch COVER STORY Black and white Page1 pop. The Gateway trio a Billy Idol all come to towr Endgame Performance Network 8 p.m. Friday/Saturdays thru October 30 T HERE'S A LITTLE bit of every- thing in Ann Arbor, we all know that. But did you know that there's a lit- tle network right down the road? The Performance Network, a mere youngster in the Ann Arbor theater district, was founded in January of 1982 with the intention of providing inexpen- sive theater space to "alternative" productions and groups. Upcoming events include displays by the Reader's Theater, the Young People's Theater, the San Francisco International Video Festival, and W5 (currently producing plays at the Canterbury Loft. The founders of the Network, David Bernstein, Ruth Bradley, Linda Pan- try, Michael Perry, James Moran, and Ned Richardson, hope to showcase a variety of entertainment including dance, music, film, and video. "We want to keep things basic, more experimental," says company director David Hunsberger. Bernstein and Moran, originators of the Attic Theater in Detroit, felt the Attic was getting too big and pretentious, according to Hun- sberger. "They decided to put something together where artists could try new things, not the same old stand- bys," Hunsberger explains. The Performance Network's current production, Samuel Beckett's En- dgame, can definitely be placed in the experimental category. The one-act play deals with the last survivors of a nuclear holocaust. "I thought this play would be a perfect statement, with the newfound popularity and interest in the holocaust," Hunsberger says in regard to his decision todo this piece. Not many places would produce a play such as this one. It's very down- For such a supposedly liberal college, the Univer- sity has got a fairly restricted class of students. The gains and promises of the early '70s have largely been unfulfilled a decade later. But pinning the blame on any of several causes still doesn't help the alienation and segregation felt by many blacks on- campus. Cover photo by Brian Masck, FILM Yesteryeara Page 6 DIRECTOR Richard Benjamin takes a nostalgic look back to the early days of television, when comedy was live, New York was truly a capitol of en- tertainment, and you could still believe in heroes. THE LIST Happenings Page 7-10 Your guide to fun times for the coming week in Ann Arbor. Film capsules, music previews, theater notes, and bar dates, all listed in a handy-dandy day-by-day schedule. Plus a roster of local restaurants. RFSTAUPANST' Lovin' Spoonful Page 11 Actually more of an ice cream parlour than a true DISCS Releases A look at recent releas least half of Steely Dan. hotter reviews. THEATER Stand up Local funnymen get th< undergraduates at Laugh every Wednesday night. 'I to Hill Auditorium to c slightly off-center brand something a little more se in on Beckett's Endgame Network. DANCE Point work The Zagreb Grande Ball ter and students dance Graduate Dance Concert. Theater: 'Endgame' by Beckett IC restaurant, Lovin' Spoonful delivers some of the best, lip-smackin' dairy products around town. MUSIC Pop and jazz Page 12 You want jazz, we got jazz. You want pop, we got Endgame: The end of the world beat, almost depressing in its theme. But that's why the Network took it on. "I didn't have a place (to do the play), any actors, or any money," Hunsberger says, "so I brought the idea here and they went for it." Endgame is a play with only four characters (there's not room for many more on the Performance Network stage), each of whom has some han- dicap. Hamm, the protagonist, cannot walk or see and remains stationary in the middle of the stage for practically the full hour and a half. Clov, Hamm's servant, can walk, but cannot sit down. The two remaining characters, Nagg and Nell, are Hamm's parents and sit in garbage cans. Hamm is a very embittered man, and Robert Beaupre portrays that quality quite well. There are a few jokes now and then, but the majority of Hamm's lines are tense and anxious. But, Beaupre's strong performance is a credit to his acting ability and not to the script. He has to be good for the play to come off at all-with very little movement on stage, the audience must be glued to Hamm's each and every word. Clov was played with a humorous edge by Joey L. Golden. He exaggerated a lot of Clov's movements and though, at times, his actions became redundant, his was a favorable performance. One of the best and most insightful aspects of Endgame was the belligerent disagreements between Hamm and Clov. It was as if they had to be hostile to one another in order to com- municate. When Hamm asks, "Is it light (out)?" Clov must answer an- tagonistically by saying, "It isn't dark." Even though they are among the last survivors on earth, they cannot give enough of themselves to allow someone else a chance at being relatively happy. Each seems to want the other to remain miserable. Hamm also makes life difficult for his parents by keeping them locked in gar- bage cans-he blames them for bringing him into a terrible world. His attitude toward them is no better than his attitude toward himself. He hates everyone and everything. David Bernstein and Sandy Ryder, as the parents, were probably the least captivating members of the cast. Their roles were, of course, limited (we only see the upper-third of their bodies), but for the duration that they are on stage, each tended to overact. Bernstein shouted a lot when it wasn't par- ticularly necessary and Ryder kept shaking her body and cracking her voice trying to convince us that she was very old. Endgame is definitely a production to see, however. The material is striking and along with an often forceful cast, you can't help but ponder its messages after the lights dim. As director Hun- sberger says, "This play is still vital." Off center. By Richard Campbell Gallagher Hill Auditorium 8 p.m. Friday, October 22 Tickets: $7.50, $8.50, $9.50 OMETIMES HE walks around carrying a big wooden mallet. But Gallagher doesn't follow Teddy Roosevelt's advice and speak softly. He's got quite a bit to say to us all about America: "We're losing to the Japs. We're not getting a cohesive team spirit. We're not inventing." Gallagher, one of the more inventive comics around, comes to town tonight to give us all a pep talk on what's going on in this great land of ours. But it seems as though Gallagher is the one in need of a pep talk. With ticket sales lagging, he seems a bit perturbed. "I'm catering a Gallagher party," said the comic during an interview last week. The slow sales indicate "the students of Ann Arbor can't support a show for themselves." In general, though, Gallagher, who apparently lost his last name somewhere, likes the Midwest. "Ann Arbor is a hell of a lot better than Pit- tsburgh." Holding degrees in English literature and chemistry, Gallagher found that he couldn't hold a job. When he. was 26 someone suggested that he should become a comic. With typical for- thrightness, he went straight to the Mike Douglas Show and finagled his way on the air. "I hate to hear some people ask about your big break," he says in response to a question about his break. "People come to LA to get into the business. The business doesn't make the people, it's the people that make the business." "If you offer Americans a different product," he insists that Americans will accept it. "America is the land of; Weekend Weekend is edited and managed by students on the Weekend, (313) 763-0379 Vol 1, Issue 5 staff of The Michigan Daily at 420 Maynard, Ann Ar- Daily, 764-0552; Circulation Friday. October 22. 1982 bor, Michigan, 48109. It appears in the Friday edition tising, 764-0554. Magazine Editor.............Richard Campbell of the Daily every week during the University year Assistant Editor ....... . ................Ben Ticho and is available for free at many locations around the Copyright 1982, The Michi campus and city. 24 hours 994-4846 EVRTIG20% {Disci with Student .D * Meeting Facilities Available * All Night Study Area 'a 2080 W. Stadium I - a' .... }1 ;R EST/ 120 E. Li R - (313) 761 NowServing 4 ~Fresh Fish, $7. A choice of 4 varieties of specially prepare Our Garden of Earthly Delights Salad B steaming hot Russian rye bread. Tuesday Special - ~3 We Gallagher: A different sort of comic the individual. Nothing hurts me. I'm doing just fine in the face of a depression." And if Ann Arbor takes to the slightly different product offered by Gallagher, ' he'll do just fine here too. 14 Weekend/October 22, 1982 _ _ r _.