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Lied stage prepares
for ‘Porgy and Bess’
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preview
Saturday, should not be perceived
as a prostitute, although she came
off as a beautiful and sexual wom
an.
“She’s a woman who is sexually
and physically bound to this man
named Crown,” he said. “When
she meets Porgy, she becomes emo
tionally involved.”
Marshall said Porgy and Bess
leaned more toward a “love quar
tet” because Bess was being pulled
by Porgy, Crown (Stephen Finch)
and drug dealer Sportin’ Life
(Cornelius White, John Lesane).
“There’s the bad-guy element, a
drug element and a love element;
however, the piece really first and
foremost deals with religion and
spiritual ity and the need for prayer,”
he said.
Placing blacks into such strong
subject matter as this in the 1930s,
instead of the traditional roles of
entertainers and jokesters, was
Gershwin’spurpose, Marshall said.
“He wanted a show that was
going to feature all Negros,” he
said. “Negros would be the leading
characters and would be the focus
for this type of subject.”
By Paula Lavigne
Senior Reporter
In the midst of a segregated
South, burdened with Jim Crow
laws and the Ku KJux Klan, black
people were isolated and hidden
from society.
In 1935 this subculture was
pulled from the ghettos and placed
on the stage in George Gershwin’s
revolutionary opera “Porgy and
Bess,” which will be coming to the
Lied Center for Performing Arts
this weekend.
Although it featured a cast of
black actors, the opera did not focus
on black issues. Instead it was a
love story about a crippled man
named Porgy and a young girl
named Bess.
William Marshall, who will be
portraying Porgy in Friday night’s
performance, said the opera could
be a very uplifting experience.
Marshall said Porgy started out
as a rather lonely individual wait
ing for something to happen. He
said when Porgy met Bess, his out
look on life was transformed.
“All the emotions play in him—
love, anger, hope, despair, even
jealousy,” he said.
“He has the determination to get
up and Fight for what he believes is
right.”
However, Marshall said, Porgy
shouldn’t be seen as the underdog.
“That would be too simple,”
Marshall said. “He’s not necessar
ily the hero. He’s just someone like
you and 1, except with problems.”
Marshall said the love story was
even more intimate because Porgy
was strapped to a go-cart and Bess
had to kneel to communicate with
him.
Marshall said Bess, who will be
played by Vanessa Stewart on Fri
day and Claudette McCargo on
He said when Porgy and Bess
was in musical form, A1 Jolson
wanted todoitwithablackface.but
Gershwin rejected it.
“It was about southern Negro
1 ife. The portrayal ofblacks seemed
more real,” he said, “more blood
and-guts, not so stereotypical.”
Marshall said “Porgy and Bess”
opened many doors for black actors
and actresses.
“It immediately put to the direc
tors that blacks were capable of
taking leading roles,” he said. He
said it opened the public’s mind as
well.
Marshall said it was important
for people to realize that although
the story line behind “Porgy and
Bess” was strong, it was not a mu
sical. It is an opera.
Porgy will be played by Andre
Solomon-G lover on Saturday.
Tickets for “Porgy and Bess”
this Friday and Saturday are $28,
$24 and $20; student tickets are
half-price.
Country-punk hits
Knickerbockers
By Joel Strauch
Servor Reporter
The southern bluegrass “cow
punk” sound of Blue Mountain is stam
peding into Lincoln this weekend.
Blue Mountain, a dynamic three
member band from Oxford, Miss., has
recently self-released its self-titled
debut album. The album shows great
diversity with its broad spectrum of
songs.
The backwoods rock of “Soul Sis
ter” and “Bud” blends well with the
melancholy banjo and mandolin-,
streaked tunes “Let’s Ride” and
“Mountain Girl.”
Their style of music is highly orig
inal, combining punk rock with folk,
bluegrass and country music.
Blue Mountain’s music stems from
a variety of influences, ranging from
Neil Young to Hank Williams.
“KRNU (the University of Nebras
ka-Lincoln campus radio station) has
been playing them heavily,” said Ernie
Pulos, publicity director of the
Knickerbockers bar.
“Blue Mountain is on their top
rotation,” he said. “And Saturday at 5,
KRNU is going to do an over-the-air
interview with the band.”
Blue Mountain consists of lead
vocalist Cary Hudson on electric and
acoustic guitar, background vocalist
Laurie Stirratt on bass guitar and Matt
Brennan on the drums.
Hudson and Stirratt were members
of The Hilltops and formed Blue
Mountain in early 1992. Brennan
joined them in June of 1993. They
have toured heavily in the Southeast
and the Midwest.
“A lot of people are really excited
to see them play here (at
Knickerbockers) ” Pulos said.
“They should draw a pretty good
college crowd.”
Blue Mountain will be playing
Saturday at Knickerbockers, with
Omaha’s Hanna’s Porch opening.
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