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Muppet act
stars alien
An unannounced visitor from the
stars stirs up some excitement on
Sesame Street when the all-new Ses
ame Street Live, “Big Bird and the
ABC’s,” comes to life Tuesday and
runs through Thursday at Lincoln’s
Pershing Auditorium. The show will
then move to Omaha’s Civic Audito
rium Friday through Sunday.
Big Bird and his pals arc always
ready to welcome newcomers to their
neighborhood, but this time the new
kid on the block is like no one they’ve
ever met before. They could say she’s
different or unusual, but the best de
scription is out-of this-world. Her
name is Tec Hcc, and she’s a lovable
alien from the planet Crayon. When
she finds her way to Sesame Street, the
stage is set for non-stop singing, danc
ing and fun-filled entertainment.
But, alas, there’s a challenge fac
ing the residents of 123 Sesame Street.
Tec Hec doesn’t communicate the
way they do. She’s never even heard
of thealnhahct It’s nn in iht* Mnnnok
to lend their extra-terrestrial friend a
hand, or paw, and bridge their com
munication gap with a lively lesson
about the ABCs.
This heart-warming learning expe
rience starring Big Bird, Bert, Ernie,
Grover, Prairie Dawn, Oscar the
Grouch, the Count and Cookie Mon
ster sparkles with upbeat numbers
leaturing Sesame favorites like, “C is
for Cookie,” “AB-C-DEF-GHI,”
The People in Your Neighborhood”
and “Sing.” A collection of new tunes
including “Come on and Count,”
The Laughter Song” and “Grover
Rap” rounds out the musical score.
Sesame Street Live is now in its
eighth season and is produced by the
Children’s Television Workshop.
Big Bird and the ABC’s” was written
b> DavidConncll and Jim Thurman of
CTW, with musical arrangements by
Paul Walbcrg. Stage and set designs
were created by Jim Waters, and the
production is directed and choreo
graphed by Diane Arnold.
Tickets for Sesame Street Live arc
on sale in Lincoln at Pershing, in
()maha at the Civic and at all Younk
ers ticket outlets. Cost is $9.25, $8.25
and $7.25.
Seven actors sought
for UNL student film
An open audition for a University
of Ncbraska-Lincoln student film will
be at 6 p.m. Thursday at Richards Hall
Seven actors arc sought: six men 30
to 50 years old and one woman 30 to
40. Two parts require some knowl
edge of sports, and one requires a
stunt. Experience is not necessary. All
parts require signing a release. Actors
won’t be paid.
The film is to be shot on weekend
nights and early mornings in late
February. Production and rehearsal
times will be announced at the audi
tion.
The film is a production of the UNL
16mm filmmaking class.
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Violent Femmes’ Ritchie promoting album
By Ken Havlat
Staffjtcportcr
Brian Ritchie of the Violent
Femmes has embarked on a nation
wide tour in supportof his first solo
album, “The Blend,” on SST Rec
ords. Ritchie and his band will
perform Tuesday night at the
Ranch Bowl, 1600 S. 72nd St. in
Omaha.
“We (the band members) de
cided to take a hiatus from the
Femmes. We felt we had reached
an impasse,” Ritchie said. “I de
cided to free-lance and do my own
thing.”
Touring with Ritchie are Chris
Loss on drums, John Kruth on
mandolin and Cynthia Bartcll (ex
Tete Noire) on bass.
“We arc trying to explore differ
ent musical regions,” Ritchie said.
“The Blend’ is more of a serious
project then the music of the
Femmes.”
“The Femmes live to be goofy,
cute and to perform live where we
could display our showmanship,
and it made for good perform
ances, better than our albums,”
Ritchie said.
“None of us have a personal ax
to grind against one another,” he
I said. “We look forward to getting
back together in a couple of
months. Maybe it’ll suck, but we’ll
see.”
The Femmes recorded and r
worked together for five years
before taking a hiatus last year.
Ritchie helped produce the Tete
Noire album on Rounder that came
out last year. Ritchie also has
played with Sigmund Snopek, a
seminal percussionist (who has
performed with the Femmes), on
his solo record on Dali Records,
and Eugene Chadboumc on his
“Horses on Foreign Wars” LP.
“The Blend” isadifficultalbum
to describe. “No Nuclear War” is a
song the Femmes have done live. It
is a very guitar-oriented album, yet
contains a Far Eastern approach to
the music that can be very satisfy
ing. Ritchie has done much to
explore those exotic realms the
Femmes have just touched upon.
It is fascinating to contrast the
songs Alphabet” and “Two Fat
Dogs.” These are minimalistic in
approach, compared to side two,
which features the whole ensemble
and takes away from it the idea of
a solo project by a man who is a
member of a popular band.
Opening will be Blind Idiot
God, a four-piece instrumental'
group from New York. They arc
reminiscent of SST stablemates
Lawndale and Gone in that they
require you to pay attention to the
music’s details.
The show starts at 9:30 p.m.
Admission is free with tickets ob
tained in advance at the Ranch
Bowl or $2 at the door.
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Photo courtesy of SST records
Brian Ritchie will perform at the Omaha Ranch
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