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August 19, 2011 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 6 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT School of Stage and Screen announces 2011-12 Mainstage lineup From Staff Reports ~ Western Carolina Univer- sity soon will be opening up its doors to kick off the Uni- versity Theatres Mainstage season. The 2011-12 season in- cludes four shows - two mu- ~ sicals and two comedies. This season will open with the play I Hate Ham- let, directed by faculty member Claire Ey and written by Paul. Rudnick. The New York Times de- scribes the play as unapolo- getically silly and at times hilarious.... Affectionately amusing about the thea The play tells the story of hot, young television star Andrew Rally, who finds his career in limbo when his series is canceled. After re- locating to New York, he is offered the role of Hamlet on stage. His life gets more complicated after meeting his roommate, the drunken ghost of John Barrymore. Show dates for I Hate Hamlet are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 5-8,. in Hoey Auditorium. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, faculty, staff and seniors. Student tickets are $7 if purchased in advance. | Next on the playbill is Sweeney Todd, a musical written by Hugh Wheeler with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Terrence Mann, WCUs Plemmons. Distinguished Professor of Musical Theatre, will direct. Sweeney Todd is the win- ner of eight Tony Awards and two Golden . Globe Awards and is acknowl- edged as one of the most acclaimed theatrical works of the 20th century. In the play, Sweeney Todd returns to the seedy underworld of 19th-century London. His savagery soon finds its equal in Mrs. Lovett, who wastes nothing of the barbers re- cently deceased clients. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. from Thursday-Satur- day, Nov. 10-12, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the John W. Bardo Fine and Perform- ing Arts Center. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for fac- ulty, staff and seniors. Stu- dent tickets are $10. Tickets purchased early by students are $7. The third show of the sea- son, Music Is by George Abbott, is based on Shake- speares Twelfth Night. The play features music by Richard Adler with lyrics by Will Holt. A guest direc- tor has yet to be announced. The production, a tangled comic mayhem of mistaken identity and ever-shifting affection, will be the first re- vival in the world since the Broadway premiere in 1976. The play is based on a score among the vast files of the Rodgers and Hammerstein archives at the Library of Congress. : Show dates are 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, with a mat- inee at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5. Both showings will be in the Bardo Center. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for facul- ty, staff and seniors. Student tickets are $10. Students can FILE PHOTO BY SHELBY HARRELL. buy their ee in uldaide ~ for $7. Wrapping up -the Main- stage season is a modern re- telling of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shake- speare, directed by faculty member D.V. Caitlyn. This loud and bawdy version of the Bards classic comedy has been billed as Shake- speare meets The Sopra- os. Petruchio, on the hunt for a wealthy wife, sets his eyes on the fiery-tempered Thursday-Saturday, Katharina, and while he may be able to win her for. his wife, he struggles to win her heart. Show times are 7:30 p.m. March 22-24, and a matinee at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 25, in the Bardo Arts Center. Tick- et prices are $15 for adults, $10 for faculty, staff, seniors and students. Students can purchase tickets for $7 in advance. Mainstage season sub- scriptions for all four shows cost $50 for adults, $40 for seniors, faculty and staff and $20 for students (a 30 per- cent savings over individual prices) and will be available Aug. 16 to Oct 5. In addition to the Main- stage season, the School of ' Stage and Screen will pres- ent two special events: a radio. adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula on Tues- day, Jan. 24, and the fourth annual Controlled Chaos Film Festival, featuring stu- dent films, on Friday, April: 27. All seats for both shows, to be held at the Bardo. Arts Center, are $10. These - events are not included in the subscription price. To order tickets, or for more information about the: season, call the box office at 828-227-2479 or online at fapac.weu.edu. A preview of' . events will appear in future editions. Mountain Heritage Day to include food competitions | From Staff Reports Local residents are invit- ed to enter their honey and home food products in A Gathering In, the traditional foods. competition held an- _nuafly at Western Carolina Universitys Mountain Lae : tage Day. The 37th annual festival on Saturday, Sept. 24, will feature contests for canned. goods, baked goods and heritage foods, the Best in the West Berry Recipe con- test, and a competition for extracted honey with catego- ries in light, dark, and comb. The recipe contest will highlight the importance of berries ih the regional diet, said Peter Koch, education associate: at the museum. The recipe does not have - to be original, but the entry must be made from scratch and must include berries, he said. The foods contest is co- ordinated jointly by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Services Jack- son County Center and the Mountain Heritage Center. Ribbons will be awarded to the top three entries in youth and adult divisions, and a grand champion will be selected from each of the divisions of canned goods, baked goods, heritage foods conservation, and honey. Food entries will be ac- | cepted at the Mountain Heri- tage Center at specific times : during the week leading | up to the festival. Canned goods, honey, and heritage foods can be dropped off at the museum between 7:30 | a.m, and 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept..20. Baked goods and berry recipe contest entries should be brought +o. the Mountain Heritage Center between 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23. Winners will be an- nounced at Mountain Heri- tage Day. All entries must be picked up from the Moun- tain Heritage Center by 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. For more information about the foods contest or to obtain a contest guideline booklet, call Peter Koch at the Mountain Heritage Cen- . ter at (828) 227-7129, or vis- it. www.MountainHeritage- Day.com for a downloadable booklet and entry form. _ Gastle, Debo co-edit texts centered on teaching world literature From Staff Reports Brian Gastle, head of the English department, and Annette Debo, associate professor of English, co- edited books available this fall as part of the Modern Language Associations Ap- proaches to Teaching World Literature series. Gastle co-edited Ap- proaches to Teaching the Po- etry of John Gower. John Gower was a 14th-century poet and friend of Geoffrey Chaucer, and his poetry en- ables teachers to introduce their students to medieval literature and culture. The book features essays on top- ics ranging from available editions and translations of Gowers poetry, to how to teach the historical context of Gowers work. Debo co-edited Ap- proaches to Teaching H.D.s Poetry and Prose. Early 20th-century poet Doolittle helped launch the free verse movement and au- thored long narrative poems, novels, and memoirs. Essay writers share approaches to teaching H.D.s writing such as exploring themes of myth and religion. Hilda | 2011- 12 Galaxy of Stars Series announced From Staff Reports The Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Caro- lina University announces its seventh Galaxy of Stars Series with a lineup intend- ed to take audiences down memory lane. Subscriptions to Galaxy of Stars performances are available through Sept. 10. At $100 for adults; subscrip- tions offer a substantial say- ings over individual ticket prices and allow patrons to select and keep preferred seats. (The subscription price for individuals aged 60 and older is $90; $80. for WCU faculty and staff; and $25 for students and children. Individual tickets for the 2011-12 series are on sale now. Those prices are $20 for adults; $15 for WCU fac- ulty and staff; $10 per person for groups of 20 and more; and $5 for students and chil- dren. The 2011-12 season line- up follows: Masters of Motown, 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. There will be dancing in the aisles with this celebration of the music and style of artists including the Temptations, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Rob- inson & the Miracles, the Four Tops, Diana Ross & the Supremes, the Jackson 5 and Stevie Wonder. Masters of Motown features stylish costumes and fully choreo- graphed tributes backed by a live band. The Grascals: Dance *Till Your Stockings Are Hot and Ravelin, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. The Grascals, named the International Bluegrass Music Associations Enter- tainers of the Year in 2006 and 2007, pay musical trib- ute to The Andy Griffith Show with their trademark take on traditional bluegrass and classic country. The Grascals built a reputation performing with Dolly Par- ton and have shared the stage with Brooks & Dunn, Dierks Bentley, Patty Loveless, Mac Wiseman, J.D. Crowe, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Rogers, Steve Wariner and Vince Gill. Jimmy Dorsey Orches- tra and the Pied Pipers, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. One of _ the most popular groups of the 1940s, backed by one of the 20th-centurys most popular big bands, delivers a program filled with classics from the- era, plus favorite holiday songs. This show will bring back memories of music from the years of World War II and holi- days spent with family and friends. Neil Bergs 100 Years of Broadway, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27. In this revue of Broadways most beloved songs, five stars of Broad- way, backed by a live band, re-create the finest moments from the greatest musicals of the century. The produc- tion features treasures from Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim and An- drew Lloyd Webber from shows including Phantom of the Opera, Les Mi- srables, Jersey Boys, Chicago, Mamma Mia! and Jekyll & Hyde. The Vienna Boys Choir, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. } @ PHOTO SUBMITTED The Grascals will perform in October as part of WCUs 201 112 Galaxy of Stars Series. Subscriptions for the series are now available. Founded in 1498, the Vienna Boys Choir is one of the old- est, most famous boys choir in the world, with a reper-- toire that includes medieval, contemporary and experi- mental music. Long a fixture * -in Austrian musical life, four choirs of boys ages 10-14 now perform hundreds of times a year worldwide. : That Mancini Magic, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29. The renowned pianist Mac ~ Frampton and Cecil Welch, Henri Mancinis solo trum-". ' peter for 20 years, bring the great American composers: cherished melodies to the: stage. Supported by_,the Moon River Orchestra, an * ensemble of violins, sax0o-)... phone and rhythm, That, Mancini Magic Moon River, Days of Wine and Roses, Cha- rade, Peter Gunn, The Pink Panther Theme. and : Baby Elephant Walk. To purchase tickets, or. for more infortnation about, _ Galaxy. of Stars events, con- ,, tact the box office at 828- . 227-2479 or go online to www.fapac.weu.edu. } includes.

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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