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Page 8 ? February 1, 1985 E ntertainment THE GAMECOCK Wendy Wolff plays the title character in Workshop Theetre's upcoming production of 'Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for Vnai ' 'Purple Rain,' 'Th highlight film scl By Andy Duncan Stanley Dc Mel Gibson, Marlon Brando, Woody Brides for Si Allen and Prince are among the stars and Feb. 12. Nov Stanley Kubrick, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred in this tale ol Hitchcock and Mel Brooks among the direc- to town on tl tors whose work will be shown in the Russell "An Office House Theatre in February. for Feb. 13-1 Sponsored by the C inematic Arts Commit- story of a yo tec of Carolina Program Union, the month potential thr opens tonight with "Red Dawn," director Richard Gere John Milius's vision of a Communist inva- and heroine, sion of the United States. Powers Hoot he obligatory hi plays a fighter pilot who helps a gang of Oscar for this teenagers conduct guerrilla warfare from the A more r mountains overlooking their captured town. "Purple Rail Peter Weir's "The Year of l iving Ibis epic vid Dangerously," which runs Feb. 2-3, embroils music and Mel Ciibson and Sigourncy Weaver with in- prince, whos? triguc and romance in 1965 Indonesia, l.inda !9K4's holies Hunt, an actress playing the male role of cameraman Billy Kwan, won an Oscar. AI.FKFI) next week, w VIVIKN I.FIOM is Blanche and Marlon III: The Se Brando is Stanley in Elia Kazan's 1951 ver- scheduled for sion of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar it, here's a hi Named Desire." To be shown Feb. 4-5, this But the res Oscar winner costars Karl Maiden and Kim Master of Si Hunter. Birds," Hilt Woody Allen's classic slapstick farce, what would "Sleeper," is scheduled for Feb. 6. Woody friends go mi wakes up from a minor operation to find tack on the c himself in the year 2173. He has to contend the most chi with 12-foot bananas,a dictator's stolen nose, nie," the sto an automatic sex machine and other hazards will he showi of 22nd-century life in this nutty tale that most contro costars Diane Keaton. Hedren and S "Eddie and the Cruisers" will be shown a Hitchcock c Feb. 7-8. This story of an enigmatic rock of "The Mai musician attracted attention only after it lames Stews aired on cable TV, primarily because of a stumbles ont fine soundtrack by John Cafferty and the "The Troub! Beaver Brown Band. chcock's rar< Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space of a corpse i Odyssey," one of the milestones in screcn plicating the and science fiction history, wiil be shown MacLaine a Feb. 9b 10. Slow-moving and pompeus at others. times, tJw overall effect h stweming, and the Feb. 25-24 special effects have never (teen nwyassed. tor, Francoii Special credit is due Bttueles Rain as the FHayer" siwr: atqtaer vetice of tfce 1momit oompuCer HAL ptsnfot in a w* TV of am adtoks WM. 11 brings aa-tagmar Bergman doufete young Jean-I feature. "Persona" casts Liv Ultmann as an Jim" is Trufl actress who won't speak and Bibi Andersson romantic tria as her nurse. "The Seventh Seal" is Serre and Jei Bergman's world-famous masterpiece about February < a 14th-century knight (Max von Sydow) who Brooks's con stakes his life in a chess game with Death. dies," Feb. 2 Rounding out the evening is "The Dove," a Midnight 15-minute short spoof of Bergman's films, Theatre durii starring Madeline Kahn. Fried Movie. 'Sister Mary' is to Workshop pi ay wnoy uuncan One of the most controversial plays of recent years is coming to Columbia, but the director says there's no cause for alarm. "Sister Mary Ignations Explains It All for You" and "The Actor's Nightmare," both by playwright Christopher Durang and both directed by USC student Reid Davis, open at Workshop Theatre Feb. 6 and run through Feb. 17. A special student night performance will be Feb. 5, with ticket prices of only $3. All performances begin at 8 p.m. except for the 3 p.m. matinee Feb. 17. "SISTF.R MARY" premiered off-Broadway in 1981 to considerable acclaim, and won an Obie Award for best play. Its vitriolic portrait of a warped Catholic nun, however, has sparKca protests irom eatnoncs almost everywnere performed. "I don't think it's a blasphemous play," Davis told The Gamecock. "I think a lot of people would think it was sinful, but I don't think it's dangerous. "I think it's an important thing that we question our institutions so they can stay in touch with people's needs." Davis said the play opens with Sister Mary, a teacher at Our Lady of perpetual Sorrows school, lecturing the audience on her view of how the universe works. "It's Catholic dogma filtered through her warped logic," he said. "It's a bizarre view of reality." SISTER MARY is interrupted by four of her former students, who tell everyone how Mary's teachings ruined their lives. iq Dirrlc' iijf MII ua ^| )ncn's famous musical "Seven I'- : /; ;v/. even Brothers" will be shown vard Keel and Jane Powell star \^J7--~"v~ -T r a fur-trapping clan who come - ic prowl for women. j : r and a Gentleman," scheduled r 4, is the enormously successful ^^|RhuA| ii nit mmk who reaches his true ough . and Debra Winger arc the hero ' .' "'7 /and Louis Gossett Jr. is the liHying sergeant; he won an . Directed hy Taylor Hack ford. ecent box-office blockbuster, l," will he shown Feb. 15-17. 'jflwfrff vehicle for magnetism of pop supei.star : soundtrack album one of ' IIIKIiaX K dominates the *!&%$;. ith the exception of "Star Trek t arch for Spock," which is P?: i:?u ">n ->-* if u ?i ^ ' ?Vfi4 rcu, x11 yuu iuivcii i !BfriFc'v l in: They find him. , l of the week is devoted to the nspense. Feb. 18 brings "The .hcock's horrifying vision of happen should our feathered irderously amok. The crows'at- Music superstar Stevie W hildren leaving school is one of backstage at a gospel conci lling in screen history. "Mar- Little Richard, the Clark Sis ry of a beautiful kleptomaniac, r? Feb. 19. one of the director's versial works, it stars Tippi >can L.onnery. fen. ZJ-Z4 nrings m iouble-fcaturc. His 1956 version Y M fHfl O 41 f \ I ^ Who Knew Too Much" stars U | IIIUwlw' irt as an innocent man who S w o an assassination plot. And - I le with Harry" is one of Hit- X ^ I" Pi 0 0 I** Cl : comedies, involving the story IU B O \J) 1*1 fl O that just won't stay put, cornlives of John Forsythe, Shirley By AaaaaMad Prats nd Mildred Natwick, among L&S ANOKLE8 ? A son American rack and movie spotlights another matter duec- starving in Africa will not 5 **?** ,hc P March, but those involv s i harles AniavMr as a timid estimating it may help raise seo??td-rate cafe. 'TKe 400 miMion for rdief effoits. affatH's autotoiographicai study Afler the sHlg|e .<We Ar co?t s coming of age, starring released, a recording fe?t< Piarre I.caud. And "Jules and unreleased songs by many o faut s acclaimed handling of the participated will follow, st ngle, with Oskar Werner, Henri personal manager for Lionel anne Moreau as participants. nv RoHCrs. two artists : :nds on a high note with Mel project nic masterpiece, "Blazing Sad- Kragej, who organized , Richie and Harry Hclafonte movies in the Russell House ,he jo-hour recording sess ig February include: "Kentucky marketed. The total effort could rais >n't blasphemy lay s director "It's hilarious, and it's also pretty terrifying," Davis said, likening it to "Dr. Stangelove." "It's a very, very dark comedy, but it's really funny. He said leaders of the state's Catholic Church had requested ^ that Workshop cancel the production, but the theatre believes "that the play is important and needs to be done." - - - ? ?. _ - f r _ ? 1 A *? ? ? I A ? * uavis saia nc nimscu is noi ^ainunt, uui wiai i uun i think Sister Mary is an example of any nun. She's just an extreme, extreme example of what a person in a position of power can do. We're not trying to condemn. "THE CHURCH will survive this play and anything else that comes up against it." The companion piece, "The Actor's Nightmare," opens the evening. It's the story of accountant George Spelvin, who finds himself backstage in an unfamiliar theater just before curtain time with no knowledge of his lines or of the play he's % about to star in. He winds up onstage, floundering through parodies of plays by Noel Coward, William Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett, among others. The same cast performs in both plays. Wendy Wolff, a USC student known for her performances in "Cloud 9," "Working," "The Club," and "Fifth of July," plays Sister Mary, and John Emerson plays Spelvin. Other cast members include "Cloud 9" alumni Debra Leopard and Robin Roberts, as well as Karen Harmon and 8-year-old Andy Seay. This is Davis' first major directing effort, but he says he's not nervous. "I trust the play; the play's proven. And I trust my own sense of comedy. And the cast is very good. ' ++ ^ > v 'iSnnBH ?4K ELLIOT COHEN/Th? Gimtcock ondar poses with 'Pops' Staples, laadar of tha Staples Singers, irt at New York City's Beacon Theater. The recent show starred ters and the Steples Singers. 1 t m en, Dylan, 4d more song to aid hungry combat starvation in Ethiopia and elsewhere g recorded by 45 in Africa, Kragen estimated. stars to aid the Quincy Jones produced the single by 43 be released until stars. ed are already The session began Monday night after the as much as $300 American Music Awards show. The group was caHed United Support of Artists for e the World," is Africa-or USA for Africa. wring previously if the artists who Also participating was Irishman Bob lid Ken Kragen, Geldorf of The Boointown Rats, one of the I Richie and Ken- organizers of another Ethiopia-Aid record, nvolved in the "Do They Know Its Christmas," by a collet"; tion of British rock stars known as Bandhe sesssion with Aid. , said a video of The Band-Aid single has sold an estimated ion will also be 7 million copies worldwide. ^ The American single should be out in W c $200 million to March, said Kragen.