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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1995)
ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE Emcee Steve Wolf Introduces the next act for the open mike show, "This Could Be the Night,” at the Rainy Day Cafe Artists, step right up to the stage ■ OPEN MIKE l He the Night h gyves to the Rainy Day Cate By Anne MoserKornfeid A scene from a largely t heesy. unknown film of the t950s set the wheels of ire ativity in motion and inspired two friends originally from the t.os Angeles area to take up the i ause of revitalizing l.ugene s downtown cafe si one Steve Wolf and University of Oregon comparative literature major Liuren Horwitch met in hugene Their shared interest in the performing arts and in vaudeville-type shows con vimed them what Eugene needed most was ,1 safe plat e to help nurture the talents of those people 'who have been doing ar ts in the closets Every Tuesday night after 7 ill p in performers of all sorts arrive at the New Koinv Day Cafe to sign up for an open microphone even) titled "This Could He the Night The vim e of Slave Wolf i ills out to the crowd, 'Duties and Gentlemen, hold onto your lull' bet hum? this could Ih- the night!" Beginning lust Tuesday the open microphone moved in I h*! New Rainy Day ( de it JO I llth Avc The cafe's titivv owners. Sharon ami I,«>w** 11 K«k h a rt. said they w ere pleased with the lurnmil at 1 tiosday ' show "Kverybadv seemed to like the show It was pretty much what I expet ted hut every time is ^oing to hi’ different,* .Sharon Tick hart said That every show is different is what Keeps tin* i rowds > ant ing in week after week Wolf reminds potential participants "there is no tontrol of the amount of variety or the mater i ll presented eac h week To prevent partu ipants Front feeling left out or jealous bet atise they showed up late without se< tiring a lime to per form, names are thrown into a hut onstage and then drawn randomly Shortly after tt p m . the names of 12 acts are announced for what amounts to about a two-hour show two songs or It) minutes. whichever ( omits tirsi Irv ,t poet and farm ti r l m versiti student. likes thti formal Inn tiuse 1| is all ran doin "Then* are no blase* and there's no hierart In There's always a ( hom e lo perform and no matter how good you think you are. there s a chance you don't gel to go up." 1 r\ said U nit and 1 lorw lit h emi ee the show and tnterai t with one another, a little ad lib, a little slapstu k Hut (. alam 11 y Lo. ns If or witch is culled, said, H hat w ii do is for the per formers " She also said there's a real concept of com monit) that the open nuke is building up One performer even went so lar as to toll in and ask the owners to slip a name in the hat |ust to ensure there might he a t.Irani e of real hmg an audience And is Wolf said, with so many people show ing eai h other there Is no right Will to do things. " This could he the night Non-aDrasive Alice still conveys its call tor equality between sexes ■ WOMEN: Successful vaudeville style musical addresses gender issues in a comic fashion By Andrew Mayer freelance Repent** "A My norm; is Aike," said the t ast, one after another The play, performed at Vi Hard Hall's Arena Theatre, is written hv Joan Micklin Silver and Juhanne Boyd, and vs as worth waiting a day to see. as 1 was out of lu< k with the sold (nit Saturday evening show and had to buv tit kets lor the Sunday mati nee THEATER REVIEW A...My Name is Alice Teresa Fmdorjf-Johnum, Sandy Lvu Valenr Herbert, Pamaa Meuile ami Rene Ragan Direi tor Mithae! Phillip ★ ★★★ Dirts tor and piano man Michael Phillips played as Ins c ast of five wunwn acted out thti 20 si tmt.'s dealing with issues of gun dor Thu piny was a vaudovillian format and presented Ivvo acts, whiiJi showed the play wrightx' view of women in society as equal among themselves and among men in a way that vs as non-abrasive for the male audience, hut was adamant enough to strongly convey the intended message of the need lor equality lietween the sexes In fact the idea of a bleeding-heart fem inist vvas satirized ill a recurrent scene played hv I’atru la Meade, who had the audient e laughing boisterously Also satirised was the idea of the repressed sexual desires of the prim and proper ladies of soc iety that was played out hv Teresa findorff Johnson. Valerie I lerkert and Sandy l.new m the m ene tilled Pretty Young Mi'ii Rww Kagan got in mi the fun with littr satire Htu French Monologue and Song," m which she seemingly identified ,ill the different Western cultures that exist in Amerti <i I Ini mush range allowed the in tors to show off thi'ir voir es Not <>11 si tint's went musical. though, and those scenes wore nil ted in well to < rente it variety for the audittllt I' Plan niltsui to gt't 111 Rets for till! evening shows and see a matinee if it is sold out Hither way you i annul go wrong ( ill the Mat) Ihn k I lieutie box office at Hit I I'U for more information Be cool. MaUc a biffercuce. CVt 0015c tlic worlb. 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