arts Jn review_ ____________ Benson disappointment r ■X ¡owing music returned to By Shawn Parkhurst "lackluster". Of The Print Too many people left the The bill should have read: concert early-the result of "Tom Scott with Special Dis­ disappointment. Of course appointment George Benson- there was that crazy girl in the Live at the Paramount Thea­ second row who clapped her tre... "Unfortunately, Tom hands raw (I have the feeling was found warmin' 'em up for she would have done so for George to cool back down the roadies)-but most of the again. faces I caught sight of were Saturday night at the Para­ solemn. mount Theatre was the time No more listening to "He's and place of a congregation of better live"for me. I listen to "Jazz-Rock Fusion" connois­ seurs as George Benson, Gui­ George Benson only when I'm insomnious; and he succeeded tar virtuoso, and Tom Scott, in making me just as drowsy as a saxophonist; one of the as the Paramount is on my most creative musicians in Beauty-Rest mattress. Tre­ in progressive sound, alter­ mendous. nately skidded and blazed If the show had led to Tom through two performances. Scott, as it should have, the Scott was the so-called performance would have been "back-up" artist, but in order salvaged. to save the best for last, it's Grinnin' Tom is a saxo­ necessary to talk about Mr. phonist and a transporter: Benson first. "New York City In Action" Technical excellence with placed me in a taxicab, crui­ no force, no prime mover: this sing through the city. Don't is the apparent inadequacy-in worry about destination; look Benson's music. He seems to out and listen. It's haunting. have convinced himself and "Shadows" clarifies the admirers that he creates and murky and makes (of course) interprets in conformity with the underside of things as a generally worthy adage-- anything Donald Fagen and "Art for Art's sake": In his Walter Becker have composed. case it's complacency for in­ Actually, Steely Dan and Torn dolence's sake. Stagnation. Scott are synonymous-they A concrete style is one of live the same music. the foremost demands an ar­ Will isn't separated from tist is obligated to fulfill, but action, just as audience isn't George's style has crystallized removed from performer, to the point of arthritic im­ when Tom Scott's music mobility: instead of trying to plays him. express the essence of a song, Why couldn't Tom Scott Benson adapts it to his tech­ have appeared with Special nique. Guest Star Tom Scott? How For one instant, in "The about Tom Scott and the World is a Ghetto", I saw a Portland Express? glimpse of progression-the song was really strong in a We Were all "cats" when ^physical sense; but the fol- the grin took the stage. J Theatre travels county Recently, the College theatre department has put together sev­ eral excellent theatrical produc­ tions. The upcoming shows promise to be a repetition of bygone Works. The department is currently performing a children's extrav- eganza "What If We All Froze?" "What If We All Froze?" is a futuristic science fiction chil­ dren's show acceptable for adults. The Chamber of the Gods,- which are protected by Raygon the Evil Wizard and his computer Terbor, is the setting for the show. The Evil Wizard calls forth two sacrificial victims from the city to perform three tasks which no other city dweller has been able to complete. The show re- GLADSTONE volves around Rina the Reject and Evad the Weak Wizard, who need to complete these three tasks. The finale consists of the two wizards battling to the epd. There are three performances remaining of "What If We All Froze?" They are: Thursday, April 20 at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. at Sunset Grade School; Tuesday, April 25 at 1:15 p.m. at Hol­ comb Grade School and Satur­ day, May 6 at 1 p.m., which is a benefit performance and will be presented in the McLoughlin Theatre. Society's hypocrisy viewed in 'Mrs. Warren's Profession By Shawn Parkhurst Of The Print Beginning May 18, "Mrs. War­ ren's Profession", a play writ­ ten by the incomparable George Bernard Shaw, will be presented by the College theatre depart­ ment in the McLoughlin Theatre. "Mrs. Warren's Profession" was completed in 1893. It took nearly nine years to be produced because, by the order of an in­ competent censorship^ theatres —English theatres to be sure— were not allowed to make the audience wriggle with guilt with­ in viewing distance of such a "disgraceful piece of filth". When it finally was produced, the revieviers, 1 who -failed to- comprehend Shaw's message, gave it a bad name through their articles. most part, responsible for) mes­ sages, "Mrs. Warren's Profession" is recognized as one of Shaw's most definitive dramas: George Bernard Shaw was an iconoclastic artist, and this play is a deep, cynical expression of one of his most profound disgusts with some of the sanctioned institu­ tions of society, such as pros­ titution. -Shaw'granted-.that society expressed abhorrence towards the venerable profession of pros­ titution, but, he contended that some of the most "virtuoa members of society profit from what they supposed scorned. Shaw, along with the nam sake of the play, the characd "Mrs. Warren", was disdainful the hypocrisy of societyjHw ocrisy is the crux of la gj deal of the dramatist's wog and it is just as relevant tol as ever. | Jack Shields is directijjl play and the six membfl contains some exciting perfol ers, such as Barbara Bragl(|i Warren), Susan Nicklas (Vis Mrs. Warren's daughter™ David Wilkes. Kevin Da