The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 16, 1991 -- Page 7 is, who what where when) Punk may be dead, but the Exploited still aren't, so dig out your black leather 'and dust off those combat boots. Yeah, their mo- hawks start in the middle of their heads, but even Axl Rose'll have a receding hairline some day. So if you're in the mood for some serious hardcore slam dancing, check out the old men tonight at cozy St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit. It , and country artists? You know only Michelle Schocked could be that cool. Her forthcoming album is called Arkansas Traveler, and like her previous three releases, it com- bines catchy melodies with lyrics that definitely lean toward the left. She will be appearing tonight at the (More) Power (to the People!) Center. Tickets are $17.50 at TicketMaster (p.e.s.c.). Show starts at 8 p.m. A fun treat for you who what readers! Tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Ann Arbor 1 & 2 there will be a FREE screening of Drugstore Cowboy director Gus Van Sant's hot new film My Own Private Idaho, starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix. To insure yourself a seat, drop by the theater early and pick up a pass. Another filmic treat! Director George Sidney celebrates his 75th birthday in Ann Arbor this weekend with a load of events in his honor. Sidney, who directed legends like Gene Kelly, Ann-Margaret, and Our Gang's Spanky, will appear at a spe- cial tribute tomorrow at 4 p.m. in MLB 1. Hey, Ralph G. Williams fans - Hill St. Cinema begins its "Proferred" film series tomorrow with Visconti's The Leopard, cho- sen by Professor Williams as a film everyone should see. The movie, which won the 1963 grand prize at Cannes, is showing at 8 p.m. Admission is $3. Everything but elephants-and dancing girls comes to Dinner by Austin Ratner The Man Who Came to Dinner will include "everything but ele- phants and dancing girls," says Charles Sutherland, director of this Ann Arbor Civic Theatre produc- tion. But the play does have a chil- dren's choir, which is almost as good as dancing girls, and at least as good as elephants. In two and a half hours and three acts, Dinner follows the comic repartee between radio announcer Sheridan Whiteside, who is laid up with a broken hip in the home of the of people were going to the theater to forget, just as they do nowa- days." Dinner was designed as an ef- fort to ignore what was going on in Europe through the used of light- hearted humor and the glitz of American stardom. Sutherland de- scribes the play as "(the type) where you leave and you think, 'Boy, was that funny. And I don't remem- ber a single thing they said."' The Ronald Reagan approach to theater- going, perhaps? Although The Man Who Came to Dinner is an oft-performed American classic (it's been around for 63 years) this is the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's first production of the play, and Sutherland says he was excited to take a crack at George S. Kaufman's and Moss Hart's origi- nal script. "They are wonderful old pieces which are large in scope and in heart," Sutherland said of the duo's plays. Sutherland, a University gradu- ate who has been directing for more than 10 years, loves reviving old theater and has worked to produce a meticulously accurate set, including costumes from the Ann Arbor Civic See MAN, Page 8 i r. i fi 1 Pooley i A lot of people were going to the theater to forget, just as they do nowadays' -Charles Sutherland, director of The Man Who Came to Dinner Stanleys, and a wide variety of other guests. Whiteside will be played by Beverly Pooley, a professor at the University Law School and a 30- year acting veteran of 'Ann Arbor. Pooley is one of a 25-member cast, which Sutherland says he feels is a sophisticated group, skilled in deal- ing with the play's quick wit and with the language and attitude of the glamorous era just before World War II. Sutherland said that in 1939, when the play was written, "a lot NFO~*FEST' Brought to you by the undergraduate Library and the Residence Hall libri -Where you can eat, drink, mnerry and learn somethin at the same time. . .. ..... ..... ............... ... .. 1beyl6 $ ......... .f..r :>:K:::::i r.t{"i4.}:s le}.; .}; i;~}:M a:"}} i:4}:i?: 4::}S: b } y:}:._:::v-:' %: t:%.":: s;n}%i~r {::%;}}: