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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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OKLAHOMA: It’s Hammerstein time!
Continued from OKLAHOMA, Page 1
It’s a nice, breezy, full-of-
talented-actors play. Guns and/
or knives settle most disputes.
And - if no guns are handy
- some serious necking will
solve any relationship problem,
whether said necking comes in
the form of “Oklahoma hellos”
or “Persian good-byes.”
Speaking of Persia, James
Sharinghousen’s portrayal of
the slightly scummy peddler,
Ali Hakim, was a highlight
of Oklahoma! His bewildered
fallings in and out of mar­
riage with assorted hyperactive
females made for some inter­
esting scenes.
The two leads, played by
Emily Jackson (as Laurey) and
Nick Jones (as Curly), show­
cased their vocal talents as they
sang their way through the pro­
duction. Brianna Shewbert, as
Ado Annie, had enough energy
to fuel the entire production
by herself, and Tanya Earle, as
Aunt Eller, kept things delight­
fully sarcastic.
The whole production was
bursting with movement and
sound. The live orchestra -
while a little loud af times for
those members of the audience
seated right below it - added
something truly wonderful to
the experience.
It was fascinating to watch
the music, actors, costumes,
scenes and set interact with
each other.
I have heard that many peo­
ple either love or hate Rodgers
and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
I would encourage both sides
to take a step back, leave their
assumptions, obsessions and
egos at the door and just go
to see some inspired perfor­
mances and hear some lovely
music. Maybe it will be a pain­
ful experience; maybe it will be
glorious.
It will always be good.
The show runs in the
Osterman Theater from
Thurs., May 31 through
Sat., June 2 at 7 p.ml
with a matinee show!
ing at 2:30 on Sun,
June 3. For more infor
mation, please contaci
Jennifer Schwartzman oi
the Theater Departmenl
at (503) 657-6958, ext
2356.
All photos by Katie Wilson Clackamas Print
ABOVE: Tanya Earle and Mark Polendey dancing.
RIGHT: Brianna Shewbert and James Sharinghousen
holding each other close as they perform.
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David Stark
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The wait is over, and the count­
down has begun.
But what is the countdown to?
That is one of many questions
that will be answered in DC Comics’
series Countdown.
Countdown is the sequel to DC’s
previous year-long maxiseries, 52,
and will be released in the same man­
ner: one issue a week for 52 weeks.
However, while 52 went from issue
1 through 51, Countdown will, as
its name implies, count down from
issue 51 to issue 0.
The teaser image for Countdown
started a flurry of speculation about
the content of the series, as it depict­
ed Batman in chain mail wielding a
sword, the silver-age Flash, Donna
Troy in her old Wonder Girl attire,
someone dressed as Red Robin, as
well as the bodies of recently-killed
characters Blue Beetle, The Question,
Jade and Maxwell Lord.
In addition to the teaser image,
there were five styles of pins given out
at conventions advertising storylines
in the comic. The first four pins say
“WWMMD?” (What Would Mary
Marvel Do?), “I Found Ray Palmer,”
“Look to the Skies” and “.Timmy
Olson Must Die.” The final pin pro­
claims “Darkseid Rules!”
So far, Countdown has shown us
that things are afoot in the universe
that the heroes know nothing about
Characters such as the Monitor, who
has been absent for more than 20
years real-time, return to deal with
problems that have surfaced since
the end of2005’s Infinite Crisis tn V
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that they need to read before
are Crisis on Infinite Earths, Id
Crisis and Infinite Crisis, in
order.
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be something that can be en
into easily, its all-star list of
ers ensures that it will be wortj
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