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Lincoln
alive during
Dead Week
At long last, Dead Week is upon us.
And we all know what that means; we
only have one more week to put olY
studying for finals. But what to do to
waste that lime? Let us offer a few
suggestions?
At Knickerbockers, 901 O St.,rock
V roll will never die. And this week
end, four bands are out to prove it.
Tonight’s show will feature Kranic
Gravel Band and Norfolk’s own won
der-kids, Spelling Tuesday. Cadmium
and Gasoline will take the stage Satur
day night. Both shows start at 10:30
p.m. and have a $3 cover charge.
At the Zoo Bar, 136N. 14th St., the
Grateful Dead will never die, not as
long as the Grateful Dudes have any
thing to say about it. The Grateful
Dead cover band will perform tonight
and Saturday. Both shows will start at
9 p.m. and have a $3 cover charge.
In a special Sunday concert at the
Zoo Bar, the Honeyboy Turner band
will rock the house for a good cause.
The concert, a benefit for the Lincoln
Action Program, will run from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. and has a $3 cover charge.
At Mudslide Slims, 1418 O St.,
Sunday night’s concert will be a little
bit funky and a little bit pop. The show
features the funk-flavored rap and rock
of Boogie Shoes and the sweet sounds
of local heroes Plastik Trumpet. The
show starts at 10 p.m. and has a $3
cover charge.
The semester is coming to a close,
but the movie releases are just warm
ing up.
Fans of Comedy Central can Hock
down to catch “Kids In The Hall: Brain
Candy,” a movie based on the popular
scries.
More comedy awaits in “Celtic
Pride,” where Daniel Stern and Dan
Aykroyd play a couple of overzealous
Boston fans who kidnap a rival team’s
star player (Damon Wayans).
On a twist from “While You Were
Sleeping,” Ricki Lake plays a home
less pregnant girl who winds up the
guest of a very wealthy family in “Mrs.
Winterbourne,” also starring Shirley
MacLainc and Brendan Fraser.
A mix between “Full Metal Jacket”
and “Saved By The Bell,” “The Sub
stitute” stars Tom Berenger as a sol
dier of fortune who forges teaching
credentials to go after some gang mem
bers who attacked his girlfriend.
For those who missed the sneak
previ cw of the romant ic-comedy “The
Truth About Cats and Dogs” Tuesday
night, there will be another one Satur
day night at the Plaza 4 Theatres at
7:10. This one won’t be free, but the
good news is you can stay to see “A
Thin Line Between Love and Hate”
for free afterward. (Hint: Buy your
tickets early.)
Returning movies this weekend in
clude “Down Periscope” and “Broken
Arrow” to the Starship 9 and “The
Bridges of Madison County” to the
Joyo Theater.
Have something to contribute to TGIF?
Send information to “TGIF,” c/o Dally Ne
braskan Arts and Entertainment, 34 Ne
braska Union, 1400 K St, Lincoln, Neb.
68588, or fax us at 472-1761. TGIF is com
piled by the arts and entertainment staff.
BretGottschall/DN
Theatrix takes its act outside
By Brian Priesman
Staff Reporter
Theatrix ends its Spring ’96 sea
son with a story of love, deception
and pride in the classic “Oedipus the
r=-— -1 King.”
Tncalcr “Oedipus the
PfPlliPlMKing” tells the
tk story of Oedipus,
the King of
Thebes. He must
solve the riddle of
the death of the
former king to
end a plague that
is devastating his
--kingdom and
people.
Unlike most Thcatrix produc
lions, “Oedipus the King” will not
be in a typical theater. Instead, “Oe
dipus” will be shown the way it was
originally—out under the sky in the
outdoor sculpture garden west of
the Sheldon Art Gallery.
The story of “Oedipus the King”
is well-known. Oedipus was bom
the son of the King and Queen of
Thebes. But because of ancient
prophecies saying that Oedipus
would kill his father and seduce his
mother, his parents sent him to an
other kingdom to be raised.
But Oedipus returned to Thebes,
not knowing of his real heritage.
Along the way, a dispute broke out
between Oedipus and a man on the
road; Oedipus won, leaving the man
for dead.
Oedipus then solved the ancient
riddle of the Sphinx, fell in love with
Jocasta, Queen of Thebes, and was
declared King after the old King
was found dead on the roads.
Tliat ’s where “Oedipus the King”
starts.
Unbeknownst to him, the man he
had killed was his father, the old
king. And Jocasta was his biological
mother. Thus, Oedipus unknowingly
fulfilled the ancient prophecy and
brought the plague on Thebes him
self.
Written by Sophocles, “Oedipus
the King” is considered one of the
classic examples of Greek tragedy.
Director Laync Ehlers ap
See OEDIPUS on 13
Lied goes
Cajun for
concert
i
By Lane Hickenbottom_
Staff Reporter
Get them crawfish off the skillet
and get on over to the Lied Center
for a Caj un-style gig Saturday night.
_ The spicy mu
I iprfl sic ofBeauSoleil
brings Louisiana
Ceilter living home to
Lincoln.
David Doucet,
the Bayou Billy
of the music
world, and his
fi ve -member
band,
1-1 BeauSoleil, will
play non-Nirvana era-type tunes.
Along with ’ 90s-fami liar gui tar, bass
and drums, BeauSoleil will feature
the Acadian accordion playing of
Jimmy Breaux and the banjo and
fiddle playing of A1 Tharp.
Nominated for six Grammys
through its 20-year career,
BeauSoleil has been heralded by
critics and other musicians as the
premier Cajun band in the United
States.
The band’s staunch perseverance
is comparable to the Grateful Dead,
as it has put out more than a dozen
albums since 1976. Doucet and
BeauSoleil even opened for the Dead
in 1990 at a Mardi Gras celebration,
givingmore than 17,OOODeadheads
something to dance to.
Two pre-performance talks will
be given by Deborah Reinhardt, as
sistant professor of music educa
tion, 55 and 30 minutes before cur
tain in the Lied Center’s Sleinhart
Room.
Saturday’s concert will start at 8
p.m. Tickets cost $20, $ 16 and $ 12,
and arc half-price for students:
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Photo courtesy of TriStar Pictures
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Ricki Lake stars as an unwed mother-to-be who gets stuck
in a situation of extreme marital confusion in the romantic
comedy “Mrs. Winterbourne.”
Film a poor excuse
for Cinderella story !
By Cliff Hicks
Film Critic
With all of the times and ways
people have heard the Cinderella
story told, someone in Hollywood
--_-always wants to
Movie do il asain‘
_ . Sometimes it
ReVieW flies, sometimes
it falls. “Mrs.
Winterbourne”
drops like a bad
penny tossed off
the Empire State
Building.
I suppose part
1-’oi the problem
would be the fact that death in the
film is taken so lightly. Within the
first half-hour of the movie, there
are three people dead. Two of them
are even nice people.
Did the director just say, “Who
cares, we’ve gotaplot to get into”? As
if the plot were worth getting into...
The short version is:NConnic
Doyle (Ricki Lake) gets pregnant,
and then her boyfriend throws her
out. She gets shuffled onto a train
and meets this guy and his wi fe. The
wife lets Connie try on the ring, and
an accident hits. Both the guy and
the wife are dead, and everyone as
sumes Connie is the wife because
she’s still got the ring on, so she
masquerades as the dead wife.
She may be a good talk show host
Film: “Mrs. Winterbourne”
Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Ricki
Lake, Brcnden Fraser
Director: Richard Benjamin
Rating: PG-13 (language, adult
theme)
Grade: D+
Five words: Cinderella story
lacks any magic
(don’t ask me, I don’t watch talk
shows), but Ricki Lake (“The Ricki
Lake Show”) displayed the acting
depth of the shallow grave she dug
herself with this performance. Her
one emotion, confusion, is slightly
convincing, but it would’ve helped
to see any others. At all.
Shirley MacLaine puts on a fairly
good performance, considering the
material she’s been given to work
with. She, the priest (Peter Gerety)
and the servant, Paco (Miguel
Sandoval), are the only ones who
can draw a laugh.
Brendan Fraser (“With Honors”)
doesn’t draw laughs. His stuttering,
babbling, gibbering idiot is hard to
like, easy to dismiss and doesn’t
capture interest at all.
See WINTERBOURNE on 13
