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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1995)
Story by Trista Noel Mart 901 (Katherine Spencer) and her guardian angel (Lesley Roth) discuss the future Heaven sent The University’s Mains tage Season continues with its proclction of 'MarisoV zone, where angels have replaced their wmgs with uzts and motorcycle jackets Eventually the homeless arid displaced people ot New York City join the angels m the attempt to save the universe Mansol has received rave reviews from The Village Voice and New York Newsday, among others It also wav, the winner ot 1993 Qbie Award lor Best Play Otf-Broadway Rivera is also the author of The House ot Ramon Igiesia. The Promise and Each Day Dies with Steep Director Elizabeth C Ramirez, a proles sor m theatre arts and director ot E thnic Studies, beneves Mansol -. an important production, as it brings a different cultural perspective to trie stage 'It brings new faces, particularly peo ple of color to trie Robinson stage.' Ramtre* said Rivera the playwright, is Puerto Rican, and he also brings a level ol diversity to the theatre with hs play The University Theatre cast includes Spencer as Mar so Autumn Madrano as June. Christopher H. Curtis as lenny, Lesley Ann Roth as the Angel, and an ensemble consisting ol Jos*.ca McNama ra. Kirsten May. Kara Wen ham, Stacia Jensen. Amy Soter. De/bah tousia St-umptt. Arvin V Enter a. Kristen Miles and lakshmi Narayan Kaur Khaisa The design stall is made up ol Jeff, scenery Alexandra Bonds, costumes. Kolyn Greenweii, lights, and Robert Hen son. sound Janet Rose a; the technical director and David Hess is the produc tion stage manager ■wnnHwnmmaiHHHMK Mansoi is the third of tour shows in the University's Mamstage Season and will be performed April 7-8. 13-15 and 21 ?? An performances will begin al 8 p m , with no late seating The April 9 matinee per I or ma nee at 2 pm wiii benetit Adei.into Si. sponsors of the Fiesta t anna Tickets lor an seats al the benelil performance are $10 ticket paces lor Ihe evening perfor mances are $8 general admission $6 tor senior citizens, University stall and non Universily students and $4 ‘>0 tor Univer sity students the Robinson Theatre is located m Vii lard Hall. 1109 Old Campus Lane For more information or to order tickets, call the University Theatre Bo* Otlcn at 346 4191 ‘Bye Bye Love’ got a ‘Bye Bye’ from audiences this spring Movie studios hope summer releases fate better at box office PASADENA. Calif (AP) Here’s one way to see how poorly today s movies are performing Duck into a local theater A! a pnme-tme show mg of Tank Girl four days after its debut, two people bought tickets T his adaptation ol a futuristic ccmc book, which earned 8 pitiful $2 million m its debut weekend, isn’t trie only new movie that's bombing March admissions were the worst o! the 1990s. and Hollywood can! wait tor summer and its big-budgeted blockbusters to arrive Only two recent movies Warner Bros ' Outbreak and Paramount's The Brady Bunch Movie have done moderately well at the ticket window so tar tins year The new Warner Bros gonna movie Born to Be Wild played worse than Tank Girl Other recent washouts include Fox s Bye Bye Love Disney's Tall Tale The Unhe hevaoie Adventures oi Pecos Bill. ana Roommates Paramount's Los mg Isaiah, ana TriStar's Hideaway North American ticket sales lor March were $301 3 mtii'on, a t-ve year low ana an 11 percent decrease irom last March Year-to date revenues are $957 miii.on, down more than 10 percent from last year's $1 0? Mion Studio executives have looked everywhere to expia n the bus nciss The answer al ways comes back home They 're making bad movies Specifically. Hollywood is making bad. cheap movies The trims aren't simply poony plotted and acted, they look bad, too Most o! the 'a ing movies are aimed at narrow audiences ■ horror tkcks. joke comedies, and action-adventure macho movies COURTESY PHO O Bye By Love Is Just one of several spring releases that flopped in theaters
