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J..-) . (f . , (| .. - - ^ ?. Entertainment TOE <aM??? Area drama By Wanda M. Hite One of the good things about Columl that it has allowed itself to reach out an to experience every aspect of life. theatres here are no exception. Columbia offers a wide variety of ] and it has good reason. In addition t< Longstreet and Drayton Hall theatre campus, there are other theatres neai campus. Town Theatre, on Sumter Street abou blocks from the historic USC Horsesho* fers the student a great deal of enjoy with its musicals. Last year Town Theatre kept its aud entertained with such musical blockbi as "West Side Story." NEXT YEAR promises to be even i exciting with productions such as "G For more information, call 799-2510. Because it offers such an unusual va of plays, Workshop Theatre has becoi favorite with USC students. Billed as a director's theatre, Work: Theatre keeps Columbia spellbound such past productions as "1940's R Hour," "American Buffalo" and 41 Oldest Living Graduate." i lie upcuiiiiug sea;>oii win cuiuiiiuc tradition of keeping its audience enthrz with such productions as "Sister Mary natius Explains It All for You" and "Cri of the Heart." For more information, 799-651. COLUMBIA'S NEWEST theatre, Ac located in West Columbia, just over bridge, has certainly come a long way. The theatres first producti "Deathtrap," walked off with the regi< title in South Carolina Theatre Conferei Last year Act I presented such product as "Look Homeward Angel" and r WUSC radio Campus statio By Marisa Porto WUSC, the "alternative radio station," offers a variety of special programs for USC students and Columbia, station manaeer Rick Wiener said. "We are not the official voice of the university, but WUSC plays an important part in informing students as to what is going on," Wiener said. The station, which began in 1947, recently increased from 10 watts to 3000, allowing them to comnete with other radio stations around Columbia, he said. "Our primary responsibility is to the USC community. "ONE OF my big goals is to expose the station. We want to gel people around campus and in Col umbia to know who we are," h< said. The main focus for the statioi this year will be publicity, fund rais ing and participation, according t< Wiener. "The on-campus publicity wil include video nights. These are bi; things on campus. It's not lik anything on MTV. We have a ver good reputation with the recori "Awesome in the Midlands" WUSC-radio station manager Rick Wie i theaters prom t ' " * Dia d 1 _ a*. A Ig- Getting into costume mes USC's Longstreei Theatre gets a new coat of p call recently, its production of "Crimes of the UpartM 11/ac r\roconto/4 an/4 toil 1 tri * ivui i wua pi vjviuvvi unvi Trait vuiupvu m ;t I, this year's South Carolina Theatre the Conference. on, The upcoming season will offer such plays anal as "Butterflies Are Free." For more inforlce. mation, phone 796-7550. ions nore AND, OF course, there's always our own n offers alternative i companies so we are able to get our have ei records free. commt "What makes our video nights rely or interesting is that the videos one problei would see on these nights are not but we shown on MTV," he said. situatic The radio station will also be involved in the 'All Niter,' an annual NE)i event organized by Carolina Pro- change gram union ana student groups. ing an< "Th "WE WILL be doing a video more c night or a dance with the D.J.s. up a c We'll be getting involved with annoui Cinematic Arts (CPU's movie com- the en( mittee) on movies, cosponsoring ing m< them. We'll do our annual fund more i raiser, Moolah for Music said, Marathon, on October 20th," "Wi Wiener said. money I "I'm thinking about getting the and e> Station invr?lvpH with cii.Hon. c?.-: <* 1(11 JIUULIII O^lli i organizations, with speeches. That Boerk would help some of the Carolina directc i community." varied According to Wiener, off- percer ) campus video nights at Striders 4tOi Concert Hall might also be a music II possibility for next year. Such off- umbia g campus events are WUSC's biggest jazz, e problem, he said folk a y "There are fewer things schedul- said, d ed off-campus because we Hon't ai; | m longei cordir :-; tional % traine tes1, H(.rik |F / - Ifegg Ac( I "" "' has g J ' stages tion a Photo by Ray Gronberg A yea to 3,( ner prepares to announce. 90 5 lise exciting fa mm ' . II BHraBSR .< M ' ' il I'i i I 1 11 i ii M HR mMi mrnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn: w 'MJ*: aint before the fall season. outstanding theatre right here on campus. Longstreet Theatre is one of the few remaining theatres in-the-round. Last year students pack the theatre to see such productions as "Henry IV," "Suddenly Last Summer," and "Caucasian Chalk Circle." This season students will be equally entertained with "Come Back to the Five and Dime limmv Dpan limmv n?on" oc mall - mmmmmmmj ?MI? f %M 1 1 1 I I I I J I^VHII UJ ?VI1 CI 3 a mixture of other productions. Viem arogramming open nough money. We are not a rrcial station so we have in i other people. That's a big Ann Farmer 11. We'd bring in more bands can't because of the money A Neil Simo >n," Wiener said. what organizer Cultural Series LT YFAR will see many The organizi s in the station's programm- make up Care 3 development. $50,000 debt ir e programming will become Among Friend livprcifioH IH"? * ^ 4 ...v.ji.ivu. in \j urwc iu M<iii musical "tvita :omedy program again. Our The debt wa ncing will become tighter. By committees an< J of May, we will be sponsor- $150,000 yearlj >re events, and there will be THe CPU bi station promotion," Wiener ference made u dent Glenn Gei e should end up with more ' for production, equipment LAST SEA :posure," he said. Marguerite Ipp lor journalism major Art The 1983-84 e, the station's program Canadian Bras )r, said WUSC's music is mime troupe a , and the basic format is 50 The Vienna ( it new music. Oct. 26. The Is ir format is basically playing Memories" wil that the other stations in Coldon't play. We play rock 0ther evems folk reggae, heavy metal. 25 and The N( nd hard-core mink R'vrtp scries will cone on April 30. THOUGH THE station no THF COMIV has a classical program, they dancc t'heater t, to reinstate one next year, ac- Choir Boys sh lg to Uoerke. said e are going to have organiza- . ' And lhjs meetings ai .he beginning of Concern, its I ill. We have a training pro- sal for six weeks. Once the es go through that and pass a "We've got t< they can go on the air, more symphon e sa"*- geared toward :ording to Boerke, the station Auditorium foi one through many different rrknnfkr,c\ I.' / . . Carolina Cor was originally an A.M. sta- Atlama Symph ind went to f-.M. at 10 watts. r ago, we changed the wattage TICKETS F XX), and went from 91.9 to packets only an We used to eall ourselves available for Ih See WUSC, page 17 for students, ill seasons ^^ng^ungp ^^A\ ', - ?BHb? ^v '- n^nHv %\V t| ? w aa * ^ \ X HBHB hor more information, call 777-2551. AND IF you are worried about money, don't panic. Workshop Theatre offers students a chance to see a production free simply by ushering. So, if you are interested in theatre, don't let money problems hold you back. You can enjoy a night out on the town, with little cost or, if you prefer, no cost at all. ia Choir Boys PmUi.kaI UUIIUI dl OtHICS n comedy and a Taiwanese magic show lead s expect will be one of the most successful seasons ever. ing committee, one of nine committees that ilina Program Union, has recovered from a IPIirrAH in I OQ 1 i v v*? vu in i yu J V-%11V.I1 I^IUUUCllUin U1 itiuiuvi s," starring Lana Turner, and the broadway " earned less than expected. s eventually paid with extra funds from other i CPU's share of student activities fees (about /) idget totals about $500,000 a year, with the difp in revenues, according to former CPU Presirman. SON, the series earned a $4,000 surplus, olito, committee chairperson, said. series included concerts by B.B. King and the >s and performances by the Mummcnsehantz nd the Joffrey Ballet Dance Theatre. ~hoir Boys are scheduled to open the season on Jeil Simon broad way comedy "Brighton Beach II be Feb. 14. are The North Carolina Dance Theater on Feb. ?wport Jazz Festival All-Stars on Apr. 2. The lude with The Chinese Magic Revue of Taiwan IITTEE expects the Neil Simon comedy and the f) hp nnniilnr amr>nci ctn/lorttc u;hilp thp VipnnR ~ ~ w UIIIWII^ .11 UULIIUl, WIIIIV HIV ? lould appeal to older theater-goers, Ippolito ar the series should do well against Carolina traditional competitor in season subscription otally different shows. (Carolina Concerts) has y-type things," she said. Plus, the series is smauer audiences (events arc at the lownsniy the series and at Carolina Coliseum for the icerts offerings include Henry Mancini and the ony and whosits. OR Carolina Concerts are sold in season id cost $20 for the six events. Series tickets arc n Or fr\r inHit/irliiol ckAiift nr*si rnQt Si 1 5 i WI 1I1UI V luuai 3IIV/VT3 M??v? V V* ? - 22 for faculty and $27 for the public.