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March 2, 2012

The Daily News

1 Theatre News: Thought I would point out a couple of awesome shows that are currently running in the San Jose Area. First, our own Angie Higgins has directed Northside Theater's current production of Art, running through March 4. Many of you know and have worked with Angie, as well as with cast members John Rutski, Tom Shamrell, and Evelyn's own Christian Pizzirani. This show won a Tony in 1998. I've heard some GREAT comments about this show, so if you are a drama person, give it a look, and "favorite" this DN so you won't have to hunt the info down! Also, I have included information about San Jose Children's Musical Theater's production of Legally Blonde, which opens tonight and runs through March 11. I posted both of their ads at the end of this DN, because trying to embed them caused all sorts of havoc with fonts and things. That's why today's DN seems more bold than usual. Ah, who cares? Here's a bit more about Legally Blonde at CMT:

2 Our incredible vocal director for Grease, Rachel Michaelberg has a daughter named Hannah who is in the production. Rachel talks pretty straight up about local productions and was WAY enthusiastic about the quality of this production. She said that it is EXACTLY like the movie, only "with AWESOME music!"

3 A whole bunch of DN readers are theater people, so it is the season for theater right now. These groups work hard, are tremendously professional, and reasonably priced.

4 Get off Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, Stumbler and everything else that stops you from living, and support incredible theater in our own community. Even if you have to travel, you might visit San Jose, stay in town and enjoy an awesome weekend of theater. Give it some thought.

5 Moving on, Part the First: On the home front, my first rehearsal as Teen Angel went quite well after hellishly long home rehearsals. Two days ago I must have practiced the song fifty times, and nailed it maybe twice! The night before last, I couldn't even get back to sleep after doing the DN I was so nervous, so I went into rehearsal feeling pretty raspy. I arrived to see an almost full cast gathered in the Theater! Teen Angel evidently is going to be performed with around fifteen "groupies" (Rachel's term, not mine!) doing a lot of sho-wops and do-wops in the background. David Chavez, our director, is bringing in four teachers to do the parts, so it was fun working with another teacher yesterday. David also sang, so the whole thing was absolutely amazing. Three teachers crooning Beauty School Dropout, and the kids swooning starry eyed! I felt so much less pressure knowing that other teachers were going to perform as well. We had a laugh, and absolutely loved working together. David told me originally that he wanted several teachers in the part, but nobody else showed up to rehearsals, so I was a nervous wreck. It is SO much more fun with revolving Teen Angels! I relaxed and had a ball.

6 Yesterday also marked our first rehearsal of the monumentally timeless tune We Go Together. Rachel took that cast from not knowing a thing to full memorization and harmonies within two hours! After that, we kept going! Rachel had us do Born to Hand Jive, which had everyone boogying and doin' the jive. And after THAT, David had the boys show the entire cast the choreography to Greased Lightnin'. It was incredible watching these guys develop and grow.

7 Tremendous fun. Everyone stayed until well past 6:30 last night, and many wanted to keep going! The exit to the parking lot was hilarious, with ramalamalama kadinga de ding dongs and boogety boogety boogeties dominating the joint. The ride home was a a-wop bop-a loo-mop, a-lop bam-boom!

8 Moving on, Part the Second: I'm going to keep it short today, because the first hour of writing today's DN was spent negotiating how to embed the theater ads into this folderol. Fonts kept changing, items kept disappearing, and I'm still not certain as to what is going to happen when I push "Save". I love Xanga to this day, but sometimes other things simply don't want to work with it.

9 I'll probably change some day, but I sometimes like familiarity and stability.

10 The DN has evolved over the years, but it still has its original flavor. I don't write it; some moron in my head tacks this stuff out in the middle of the night.

11 Time and again I have reported waking up and laughing at some of this crumbbum stuff, wondering who the heck wrote it.

12 AnywayZ...

13 It is again approaching the 4 a.m. so I think I'll get outta here. I'm afraid of pushing any "Save" buttons for fear that it might erase all eighteen items.

14 Feels as though I've written around sixty!

15 I'm outta town this weekend to visit my Dad, so if you throw an email my way and I don't answer, it's because I won't have internet access at my Dad's house.

16 So have a GREAT weekend.

17 Pencil these shows into your plans!

18 Peace.

~H~

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GET CAUGHT IN THE ACT!

2011 - 2012 33rd Anniversary Season

Next on stage:

a comedy by Yasmina Reza

Featuring

Marc: John Rutski
Serge: Tom Shamrell
Yvan: Christian Pizzirani

Directed by Angie Higgins

One of Marc's best friends, Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting. It's about five feet by four, all white with white diagonal lines. To Marc, the painting is a joke, but Serge insists Marc doesn't have the proper standard to judge the work. Another friend, Ivan, allows himself to be pulled into this disagreement. Eager to please, Ivan tells Serge he likes the painting. Lines are drawn and these old friends square off over the canvas, using it as an excuse to relentlessly batter one another over various failures. As their arguments become more personal, they border on destroying their friendships. At the breaking point, Serge hands Marc a felt tip pen and dares him: "Go on." This is where the friendship is finally tested, and the aftermath of action, and its reaction, affirms the power of those bonds.

Winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play.

Winner of the 1996 Olivier Award for Best Comedy.

"…wildly funny, naughtily provocative…" —NY Post. "

Performances Feb 9th - March 4th, 2012


THURS	FRI	SAT	SUN
9 8 PM	10 8 PM	11 8 PM	12 3 PM
16 8 PM	17 8 PM	18 8 PM	19 3 PM
23 8 PM	24 8 PM	25 8 PM	26 3 PM
1 8 PM	2 8 PM	3 8 PM	4 3 PM

Ticket Prices

$20 General Admission
$15 Disc (Seniors 62+, those under the age of 18)

Group rates available 10+

Box Office: 408 288 7820 Tuesday-Friday 12-5 pm

Remember, if online tickets are sold out this does not mean that all tickets for that performance have been sold. Call our Box Office before you change to another date.

Olinder Theatre, 848 East William Street, San Jose CA 95116

(408) 288-7820 northside8@hotmail.com