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
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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