ARTS The Michigan Daily Sunday, November 6, 1983 Page 5 Bishop rocks Rick's By Mike Cramer ANOTHER quasi-guitar legend is in town. Following appearances earlier this year by Willie Dixon, Bo Diddly, and Matt "Guitar" Murphy, '60s style blues-rocker Elvin Bishop brings his guitar act to Rick's American Cafe tonight. Unlike most of his peers, Bishop didn't begin playing the guitar until he was a ripe and wrinkly 18 years old. Not long after he learned his fourth chord, Bishop met Paul Butter- field, when he was going to college in Chicago. He and But- terfield became friends, and Bishop joined the original ver- sion of the famous Paul Butterfield Blues Band. After leaving that group, Bishop headed west, and recor- ded three albums for Epic records. He also became a major part of the late-60s San Fransisco music scene-which gave rise to bands like Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe and the Fish, The Grateful Dead, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. The center of the San Fransisco rock and roll scene was the famous Fillmore West Theater. According to Lee Barry of Prism Productions, Bishop was the final act in the three-day multi-band rock and roll extravaganza which closed the Fillmore. After the San Fransisco phase of his career, Bishop signed * with Capricorn records, and recorded seven albums for them. On an album called Struttin' My Stuff, Bishop mean- dered from his blues-rock style, and recorded the smash pop hit "Fooled around and Fell In Love." Both the album and., the single went gold, and Bishop ended up selling two million' records under the Capricorn label. Bishop recently cut a three-song demo tape with producer Robert Margouleff (who's also produced Stevie Wonder, Devo, and David Sanborn). Plans are in the works for a new Bishop album, and he and his band are doing about 200 live shows a year. Elvin Bishop is a talented guitarist who's definitely been around. Even though he'll probably sing "Fooled Around and Fell in Love," the show tonight ought to be a fun, maybe i a little off-the-wall, performance of good '60s-style blues rock. a Elvin Bishop rocks the cafe Sunday night with '60s-innuenceu ro 'The Forest' needs a By Lisa Freiman W HAT DO YOU have in common with a young new director? Well, if you saw The Forest last night, you both wish that there were just a few more good actors and actresses around Ann Arbor. Perhaps in the '60s when there were real political activists, real tudents . . . maybe there were real thespians just hanging out waiting for parts and practicing mouth calisthenics. Does that mean the play was bad? It all depends on when you came in. If you missed the first act and came in for the second, you saw what could very easily be called the best theater that Ann Ar- bor has seen for a long time. On the fther hand, if you came in on time you ight not have stuck around for the econd act. Quite simply, the play varied. Some of the actors were brilliant, and some would be embarassing in the confines of a Theater 236 class. The latter disrupt the rhythm of the former. The Forest's plot sprouts up around the widow Raisa Pavlovna and her ill- fated plan to sell her property to Ivan Petrov, the local swindler. Raisa's deal falls through because of the antics sup- plied by her niece, Aksyusha, who is having an affair with Petrov's son, Petya. More trouble for Raisa arrives on her doorstep in ' the persons of two travelling actor/beggars named Gen- nady and Arkady. When they show up, the land deal's doom becomes far- cically certain. If this seems mushy or trite then this play is for you: the performance is designed to be a complete satire on this very soapy story. The best example of this is a scene in which Ali (Aksyusha) is the maid in di am-dead," she recites as tho a cue card in front of her, "I a-go," and then screws up] the audience. Unfortunately, Patti Attar miss the whole point as Karp in the household. When she d news of Gennady's arrival, t set up so that she tells Raisa agonizingly, tracing a big cir the room until she reaches plops Gennady's note in fr( But Attard does not seem tot the point, and looks more l parading in a ring without ding why. Moreover, only Maker s satirizes her dramatic mono otherwise superb performan Nicholson (Gennady), Bria (Arkady), and Alese M trimming son Maker housekeeper) are marred by their istress. "I- serious deliveries, especially in ugh it is on Mazor's case. For if this is a farce, I-died-long- their serious monologues seem most her face at ridiculous of all; where Maker makes us laugh, these three make us uncom- rd seems to fortable. , a servant Performances by Charles Husa (Ivan delivers the, Petrov) and Mark Kaplan (Aleksey) the scene is are unconvincing. It is disappointing slowly and that the outstanding performances by rcle around Maker Tomlanovich (Petya), Harcourt Raisa and and Nicholson are so poorly supported ant of her. by the mediocre-to-bad acting of understand Kaplan, Attard and Husa. The result is ike a horse that the audience does not know what to understan- expect when the lights come up. Despite its weaknesses, parts of the uccessfully play are definitely worth seeing. It con- )logue. The tains some professional-quality acting, ices of John and the direction is innovative and en- n Harcourt tertaining. And whatever you do, don't azor (the let the Russian names get you down. TUESDAY LUNCH - DISCUSSIONS at the INTERNATIONAL CENTER, 603 E. MADISON, 12 NOON November 8-"THE GRANADA INVASION" through the eyes of Sassan Mohtadi, Medical Stu- dent at St. George's University, Granada November 15-"MYTH AND MYOPIA- AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE," Jane Myers, Columnist, Ann Arbor News, November 22-"THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE" Louis Belcher, Mayor of Ann Arbor Co-sponsored by the Ecumenical Campus Center and Church Women United of Ann Arbor LUNCH IS $1.00 SOAPS i Here is a synopsis of what hap- pened on. the campus' favorite soaps this week, as submitted to the Daily by students. If you're interested in writing next week, call 764-0552. As The World Turns Steve convinces Whit that Craig was the one who set him up. Betsy and baby Danielle are released from the hospital. After learning that Danielle was two months premature, Margo contem- pates telling Betsy that Steve, not Craig, is the father. Craig gets in touch with Ernie and tells him Cricket is pregnant with his child. David suspects Jeff has been taking amphetamines and insists he take a blood test to prove he's not. Dr. Adams comes on to Annie but she tells him to get lost. John and Karen tell Dustin that Gunnar is his real father, then announces to the news media that Gunnar, not James, is the true Stenbeck and that Dustin is the heir to the fortune. Unfortunately, Barbara and Gunnar have just given all of their money to a charity. Paul goes, F into a deep depression over his father's death and blames Gunnar. -Maureen Mullan General Hospital Luke and Holly are shot, but escape unharmed because Grant put blanks in the gun. Grant manages to return the completed disk to the expo in time for the satellite launching, but gets arrested. He may be freed and granted asylum, but Luke gets Jake to be his lawyer in case Grant must stand trial. The Quartermaines put pressure on Celia to renounce Grant and annul her marriage, but she is unsure of her feelings. Connie is ordered to Gulistan to help prosecute Lod Rama and agrees to go when Luke can't commit to her. Robert and Luke look chummy again and Holly tells Robert that she loves only him and that Luke accepts it. Bobby finally tells Brock that she's pregnant. He is shocked, but suppor- tive. -Susan Jones All My Children Palmer has Nina back at home, as well as his still loved ex-wife Daisy, who is getting over her narrow escape from Lars. Palmer wants to get remarried, but she feels it is too soon. After making a new video tape, Opal has finally gotten her wish-a man. Her problem will be maintaining the facade of a "lady." Tom wants Brooke to look at the job in San Francisco, but doesn't want her to take it. Jesse found out that be is a father and Angie is having second thoughts about giving her baby up for adoption. Her father, however, is determinded to see the child adopted in the interest of Angie's future. Will Jesse make it to the hospital in time to stop Angie from signing the papers? Tad and Liza's mom will be leaving for St. Lucia soon. They've got alibis all over town to ac- count for their absence, but Opal is still suspicious. -Douglas C. Middlebrooks The Guiding Light Eli plants a bomb in Billy's car and when it blows up, everyone presumes Billy's dead. Later, he turns up alive and says he traded cars with his secretary. Bradley rapes Beth. After this, she refuses to see Phillip and gives back the necklace he gave her. She also threatens to kill Bradley if he ever touches her again. Ross and Rony suspect Eli of the murders. All the families in Springfield meet at the Chamberlain home where Henry and H.B. are going to tell everything about the picture. H.B., however, doesn't show up because Eli shot hm. Eli plans to bomb the Chamberlain house after Henry finishes telling the story. - Maureen Mullan One Life to Live Brad ruins the seance, then kicks in a wall at the inn and finds a secret passage. He and Jenny argue because Brad suspects Jenny of having an affair with David. Ava returns to stay at David's. Dorian meets with gover- nment agents who tell her that David is a subversive agent, but Dorian refuses to help them catch him. David threatens to tell Cassie he is her father if Dorian doesn't. Herb suspects there is something between David and Dorian. Dan tells Larry he is interested in Cassie. Marco and Edwina call off their wedding. Delilah goes to Bo and he tjurns her down. She packs and disappears. Alec takes' illegal pain killers. - Lisa Hall and Beth Bring Young and the Restless Tracey loses control of her car after taking drugs and is hospitalized. She remains in a coma until her college English professor visits her. Jill, believing she is pregnant, tells Mrs. Chancellor but later learns the results of her pregnancy test were negative. Jill and the ex-Mrs. Abbott confront each other. Ashley learns of Eric's af- fair with her mother and temporarily breaks off relations. Victor gets a bus- boy job and later helps his employer repair a ransacked diner. - Joe Ortiz and John Jones Ann Arbor Civic Theatre pesents THE PHILADELPHIA STORY I EST DE S STO RY at POWER CENTER NOVEMBER 10-12 at 8:00pm & NOVEMBER 13 ' ti S .0 ON *l0 r W O cmc t J0 men89,E.J.vs :t c^EL69 E300 1 . _ _ "= ' 0E '.0]an ml . " sagW3,ra 'JJ4 °9L0=.00saJog @ o~a Y.. .ep -.-. -N ip a t,.vy "v 9 ] a- -- - I f S iE C t 5 C - r. .. 5z c :ti '.cin a as w n>.m m mad... «,Im u.+ WI:ti I I w+! m.v