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Arts & Entertainment Rogers, Parton give memorable show By Robert Richardson Staff Reporter Singing the duet “Still the One,” Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton walked onstage and immediately took con trol of the crowd at the Bob Dcvaney Sports Center on Sunday night. Surrounded by a crowd of 8,145 people, Rogers and Parton put on a diverse show by singing together and then splitting up to perform their own hits. After a few short duels, Rogers left the stage, and Parton took charge. Dressed in a stunning white jumpsuit, Parton talked about her mother and father and what it was like growing up in the Great Smoky Mountains of cast Tennessee. Parton said people in the Midwest remind her of people back home and that is why she likes coming here. “We always look forward to com ing to this part of the country. People are always so nice to us,” she said. Parton walked around the stage giving the four sides of the sports center equal time as she mixed her songs with down-home chats. When Parton left and Rogers came back, he warmed up the audience by picking out men who only came to see Parton. He also asked a woman in the second row to pul down her bin oculars. Rogers, like Parton, had a very conversational performing style. He made friends with the audience between songs like “Daytime Friends, Nighttime Lovers,” “Lucille” and “The Gambler.” Rogers spent a lot of time just talking with audience members, but they didn’t seem to mind. Gene Golden, who plays the key board and sings backup vocals in Rogers’ band Bloodline, said he en joys playing and traveling with the band. He said Kenny and Dolly’s music falls between two categories. “They arc the bridge in between country and pop music,” he said. Rogers and Parton didn’t just come out on stage, sing and leave. They gave audience members something more than pictures to take home with them. The two country music greats gave the audience a great memory. And a chat after the show revealed that Rogers intends to keep doing just that. “It’s what I do for a living and it’s something I enjoy more than any thing else,” Rogers said. “There arc a lot of other things I can do, but this is what 1 really enjoy doing. I’ll be in it as long as people show up.” ‘Playboy’ gratifies audience with captivating Irish tale By Julie Naughton Senior Reporter The Dublin-based Abbey The atre, on its first U.S. tour in more than 50 years, presented its rendi tion of Irish playwright John Milling ton Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World” Saturday and Sunday at the Lied Center for Per forming Arts. The richly textured performance of the Synge classic was both a joy and a triumph for the talented company. The Synge play has just fin ished a six-week sold-out engage ment at Washington’s Kennedy Center. The play, written just three years before the playwright died of Hodgkin’s disease, tells the story of a young athlete who comes to a sparsely populated town in west ern Ireland.The hero of the play, Christopher “Christy” Mahon, (Frank McCuskcr) arrives in town with a shocking tale to tell: He has killed his father, “the old roller.” In modem America, this would cam the young lad a one-way ticket to the nearest jail. In this town in early-1900 Ireland, it makes him a hero. Christy glides through the next act or so, impressing the girls and women of the town, while avoid ing the peelers (policemen) and skelping the slooks of the Dead Women (beating the low rocks shaped like grain slacks near the shore.) He scratches the bull of his lug (the lobe of his ear.) He main tains a stream of slrclccn (chatter) in the borccn (lane outside the house.) He also falls in love with Pegeen Mike, whom he wants to marry. Christy’s captivating personal ity docs not charm the men of the town. One townsman, also in love with Pegeen Mike, offers the young lad a ticket to the Western States (the U.S.), plus his new coat and hat, if Christy will just gel the heck out of town forevermore. Christy’s reasoning: Why should he leave? He’s having the time of his life. Christy puls it best, when the young and beautiful heroine of the story, Pegeen Mike (Roma Downey) offers him a warm bed and a hand made quilt to sleep under: ‘‘I think I should have killed the old man years before.” Our hero’s problems start when a member of his family shows up in the village and reveals that Christy’s story is a complete lie. The towns people then shun Christy. The fascinating Irish expressions and melodious Irish brogues add an intriguing aspect to the already interesting and enjoyable play. McCuskcr, as Christopher Mahon, was charming and com pletely charismatic on his first visit to the United States. His Christy was a sweet-talking, think-on-his feet kind of guy, ready to impress anyone. For such a young actor — McCuskcr has been with the Ab bey barely two years — he turned in a first-rate performance. Downey was also impressive as Pegeen Mike. Downey, an Irish born actress, most recently has been seen on the New York stage and on the ABC soap, “One Life to Live.” Her diverse acting experiences helped her bring depth and charm to the role of Pegeen Mike. The love scenes between Downey ’ s and McCuskcr’s characters were fun to watch. The set and lighting designs, by Noel Sheridan and Tony Wake field, supervised in Lincoln by Geraldine O’Malley and Ken Billington, added texture to the already rich fabric of the play. The set easily could have passed for an Irish soddie, while the lighting was completely realistic. The Abbey Theatre created a warm, gratifying theater experi ence for its audience this weekend. Audiences will miss a gifted com pany if the Abbey Theatre waits another 50 years before embarking on its next U.S. tour. Folk singer Yvart to spread word of peace and harmony to Lincoln By Sean Green Staff Reporter French folk singer Jacques Yvart blends traditional sea-faring songs with a message of peace and world har mony both among people and with the sea. To spread his message, Yvart has been perform ing al campuses al 1 over the United Slates, and Lincoln is the next stop on his tour. Accord mg to Tom Carr al the U N L Department of Modem Languages, Yvart sings in the tradition of trouba dours and chansonniers, and the words and story line arc as important as the music itself. According to Carr, Y vart was born in a small village on the North Sea and descends from a long line of seafarers. In the 1970s, Yvart was a protegd of Georges Brasscns who is the most famous contemporary chansonniers, Carr said. The Iasi lime he visited Lincoln was during one of his first U.S. lours in the middle ’70s. Carr said that although Yvart’s songs arc in French, he often uses bilingual introductions,and theexpo surc to the music makes it well worth the effort of attending. The concert will be tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union. Tickets arc on sale for $2 in advance at the north desk of the union or S3 at the door. Brian Shellito/Daily Nebraskan An Emotional Fish’s songs net the traditional rocker By Stacey McKenzie Staff Reporter An Emotional Fish “An Emotional Fish” Atlantic Records An Emotional Fish’s self-tilled debut is hook music for the tradi tional rocker. A product of the London/Dublin music scene, Fish baits with grinding guitar and sliding bass yet docs not shy away from head-snapping rhylhms. Gerard Whelan generates musical visions of the Irish sound scene with a voice that sounds hauntingly like the howls of U2’s Bono. And An Emo tional Fish is not unfamiliar to the Irish music world. The group declined offers to record a major-label album in favor of a single with U2’s Mother Records. “Celebrate,” a somewhat contrived tune, reached the Irish Top 10. Characterized by a fast, driving rhythm, “Celebrate” is a radio-ready song. But like most of the first few songs, it lacks the ingenuity found on the second half of the LP. The only real loot found on side one is “Lace Virginia.” Along with Whelan, members Enda Wyatt (bass), David Frew (guitars) and Martin $3 00 per day for 15 words on individual student and student organization ads $3 75 per day for 15 words on commeraa' ads $ 15 each additional word $ 75 billing charge Personal ads must be prepaid Found ads may be submitted free of charge DEADLINE: 2:00 pm. weekday before publica tion. The Daily Nebraskan will not print any adver tisement which discriminates against any person on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, disability, marital status or national origin. 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