4 INDIVIDUAL THEATRES 5th Ae at lberty 761-9700 $2.00 WED. SAT. SUN. SHOWS BEFORE 6 PM A NIGHT WHEN CASANOVA, THOMAS PAIN AND RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE MEET AND WITNESS THE END OF ONE WORLD AND THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER. MARCELLO MASTROIANNI HARVEY KEITEL HANNA SCHYGULLA LA NUIT DE VARENNES FRI. 7:00, 9:15 SAT., SUN. 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15_ HE'S ON TRIAL FOR BEING AN IMPOSTER. IF FOUND GUILTY HE WILL HANG. GERARD DE PARDIEU Pma 9 FRI. 7:25, 9:30 SAT., SUN. 1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25, 9:30 ARTS Friday, September 23, 1983 Page 6 The Michigan Daily. Fellows twist allnight By Jane Carl BIG TWIST and the Mellow Fellows sounds suspiciously like a new candy bar, but in reality it is an eight piece, Chicago-based rhythm and blues band that will appear at the U-Club tonight. Born during an all-night jam session in Carbondale, the brassy blues band perform '60s soul, gospel, blues, and rap songs with their own special brand of hard-drivingrhythms. Vocals are supplied by the 6-foot-4-inch, 300- pounds-plus Larry "Big Twist" Nolan, a veteral of the Chicago soul scene. He began his career singing behind chicken wire to avoid flying bottles in Southern Illinois' redneck bars - just like the Blues Brothers. From a growl to a pristine falsetto, Big Twist's in- credible vocal range and individual, style are as impeccable as his three- piece suits and matching fedoras. In 1976 the core of the group - Nolan, sax player Terry Ogolini, and guitarist Pete Special - migrated to Chicago to create a classic R&B revue. Hooking up with five hot players, the multi-racial septet called the "Mellow Fellows" began. The Fellows, a young ensemble, con- tains a variety of up and coming musicians trained by masters. Keyboard player Sid Wingfield toured with Luther Allison. Paul Howard, trumpet, and Jim Exum, trombone, are former members of the Tyrone Davis band, and drummer Willie Hayes was with the Mighty Joe Young group. Packing more of a punch than their name suggests, the group is known for their funk rendition of Mancini's "Peter Gunn" theme. After several appearances at New York's Lone Star Cafe, the band has found a following in the East, not to mention their Midwestern and Southern audiences. The group's first album on Flying Fish Records, an independent folk label, received national critical ac- claim for their renditions of R&B stan- dards. Subsequent albums have seen an evolution to a more contemporary sound. Playing for Keeps, their most recent album (released on the Alligator label), runs the gamut of the blues without ignoring a new, pop-oriented feeling. Sure to spark some hot, dance floor action, the group's two shows will be at 8 and 10 p.m. in the U-Club, with tickets on sale at the door and in advance at the Michigan Union Ticket Office. s Presents - K4/ Major Events Presents: huek. mangione Oct.13 Hill Auditorium 8pm Michigan Union Ticket Office, CTC Outlets 763-2071 Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows will rock your Friday night away at the U- Club. No monarchs among Sun., Oct.r23 Crisler Arena 8pm 12.50,11.50,10.50 On Sale 9/23/83 MI Union Ticket Office.CTC 763-2071 these By Chris Laue A NN ARBOR CI production of Bu gave the impression pell-mell. The play is ficult to direct becaus schizophrenic. Ther watching a melodra the consciousness ofc was happening back one-liners were grea tion failed to capitali comedic vision on a g Barraged by suc "two's company, thr corny gags as when loses her wig - wh supposed to do exce "this is cute" during1 Don Baker, hero, go moves to New Y Napolitano played th was great pretending 'Butterflies' ,r set consisted of Don's apartment and included a loft-like bed left by the for- mer occupant, who Don says "likes to VIC THEATER'S sleep high." Don meets Jill, the girl tterflies Are Free next door, and before you know it, the of melodramatic adjoining door is forced ajar, creating s intrinsically dif- more open living arrangements. This is e its premise ieso one of the few melodramas where hero e nothing like and h'eroine end up in bed before the fir- ma influenced by st scene is over. But don't think this on usnsthat wasn't good, clean fun - the curtain in the 60sr The was dropped after an embrace. t, but the produc- Next scene, Don's mother catches sze on the author's them in bed - same old story of old raner scale. morality clashing with the new. She h meta-jokes as wants Don to come back home with her. ee's an orgy" and Ann Antell, as the mother, delivered the girl next door some great deadpan lines. at is the audience Jill's conflict is that she doesn't want pt maybe whisper any serious commitments. Referring to the intermission, her earlier marriage of six days, she od guy, and blind, says it "seemed like weeks." Jill ork City. Dean declares Don "groovy" but then splits e role of Don and with another guy. g to be blind. The See BUTTERFLIES Page, 7 4 a I I 4 A N D-T_ H E CRUISERS