ARTS Page 7 Friday, July 11, 1986 The Michigan Daily Summe By Nolan Feintuch D URING THOSE long summer nights in Ann Arbor, the place to be (if you are a movie buff) is the parking structure at the Power Center. Movies, ranging from Brando's The Wild One to Bogart's The African Queen are shown free and provide a pleasant way of enjoying the night. Beer, mostly smuggled in under cover, food, and many summer residents make up the atmosphere of the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. However, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival is more than the showing of these movies. It was first started last summer and is now becoming a mon- th-long tradition throughout July. It includes a wide array of events: Theatre, Dance, Mime, Movies, and various forms of children's enter- tainr mov proc orga spon mer Th spon seve them Afrii and Hou the t Cent Shah com char char by C seve Tes. his t Festival offers diversity, talent ment. All these events except the 'em hell, Harry - a portrayal of the Pilobolus Dance Theatre - which was minute dance trends, which include ies are paid attractions, the life of President Harry S. Truman. performed to standing room audien- breakdancing, popping, locking, and eeds of which go to the non-profit Rounding out the schedule of theatre ces in last year's Festival, will be per- breaking and spinning. nization, which hopes to continue events will be the performances of forming a variety of different reper- Other noted performers who will be soring this event for many sum- South Africa's "Market Theatre toires. This Washington based group making appearances in the festival s to come. Company." They have performed the has toured extensively world-wide, are jazz great Dizzy Gillespie, ac- e three major theatre events play Asinimali which takes a vivid including a U.S. State Department companied by J.C. Heard and his Or- sored by the Festival include look at the life of a black South sponsored tour of India, Afghanistan, chestra, and Marcel Marceau - the ral acting companies, among African township. This production in- and Sri Lanka. The Philadelphia mime whose popularity stems from The Acting Company, South corporates a mixture of song, dance, Waves, billed as a pulsating dance his lovable character Bip. These are ca's Market Theatre Company, mime and storytelling performed group, will be giving two summer per- just a few of the top notch talents that Kevin McCarthy. John directly to the audience in the style of formances. Founded by Shimon and can be enjoyed during these slow days seman's The Acting Company is a cabaret. This play was inspired by Lis Braun, the company grew from of summer in Ann Arbor. ouring arm of the John F. Kennedy those who were forced to leave their the collective circles of Philadelphia's Tickets are available for these er. They will be performing homes in South Africa. After these best local talent. events by calling (313) 763-tkts, and kespeare's hilarious romantic peformances, the company will take Wave's performances incorporate are on sale at all Ticket World outlets edy As You Like It as well as or- part in festival which will be a demon- traditional jazz styles with up-to-the- or the Power Center box office in Ann ds as a Michigan premier. or stration against apartheid in South Arbor. ds is a series of seven short stories Africa. hekhov adapted for the theatre by This month-long festival is also - ---______ n American Playwrights. On going to sponsor performances from 7 Barber Stlists , July 15, Kevin McCarthy will prfm the Organic Pilobolus Dance Theatre THE DAILY highly noted one-man show Give and Philadelphia's Wave. The C ASCT~T~iflC .. . I r- 4 The Brechtian test of truths By Elizabeth Block hiding the fugitive Grand Duke is fools. Thus, Azdek's heroism is overlooked. Such an act was con- tragically reduced. Perhaps this is the sidered admirable among Brechtian crux of Brecht's message. Such a vital T HE BRECHT Theatre and Communist culture. Not only is moment deserves more attentive Company's summer ex- Azdek's self-denouncement im- execution. travaganza The Caucasian Chalk Cir- perative, but the fact that his good- Walsh does, however, exude an cle premiered Saturday. The setting, ness is negated by the authorities energy which moves the pace of the in the Residential College's North whom he surrenders to is, also, players up to that of the script. His Court, was definitely an asset, along significant. They are, in fact, the real See POWER, Page 8 with a chorus of musicians. They were the true ensemble of the company. ANN ARBO R The players, however, seemed more interested in perfecting their lines " " rather than listening to each othe * UaEssaaaEaUUUE COUPON *EsEEEE NEE MEE speak. Often it appeared that an actor $with this entire ad $1.00 off any $4.50 or $4.00 sought to surpass his fellow actor in 1 " " ticket - 1 or 2 tickets - good through 711786 hopes of recognition. A lust for *Us eUUU.U..eUUgu euume E eseeeu uues uuu heroism was the apparent attitude on stage. DAILY The play's two outstanding perfor- CLUB PARADISE TWILIGHT LABRY NT (mers were Azdek, the Village Clerk lsh) and Grusha, aSHOWS fugitive peasant (Barbara E. Thor- ne). Throughout the epic Grusha lives Call for show times in constant flux over the soldier she will someday marry, and the Gover- nor's abandoned child who she protec- ts. Thorne grapples with the two suc- cessfully while captivating the audience with her fight for survival in the snowy mountains. The real hero, however, is Azdek. But director Bob Brown and actor Martin Walsh fall short in exposing this. Perhapa it is true at a superficial N E O EE T A M N Y level (as the program boasts) that Azdek alludes to Shakespeare's Sir Toby Belch, yet Azdek's scruples out- shine that of the Elizabethan "Lord of We're accepting applications Misrule." Walsh parades around the for temporary Art Fair help. stage, chiselling every word into a comic block of wood. He appearsInev ws ilbeh d preoccupied with Azdek's obvious sexual frivolity and drunkness, for SATURDAY ONLY, July 12th example, rather than seeking his deeper, more personal level, thus from 12 - 4 allowing the comedy to emerge ApplY in person naturally through Brecht's words. The comic Azdek is only his egregious side while his subtle mien is Azdek the tragic hero. The slapstick routine 338 S State 996-9191 where the drunken judge releases a case for money or sex is so used that the critical self-denoucement for rrofrwessiona" Experiencei ARE A GREAT WAY TO NO WAITING! 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