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Page 10? March 22, 1985 E ntertainment THE GAMECOCK ^ David DaWitt and lead Harold Odom promise t( opens tonight. iiiaiyn i Priest spreads n through televisio Rw A(?nrintnrl Prnac F LOS ANGKIlkS ? In the past 25 years, many of television's biggest stars have worked for producer Ellwood "Bud" Kiescr in local and syndicated productions, but it took him that long to make it to the networks. ABC will broadcast his network debut, "The Fourth Wise Man," as a one-hour Easter special on Saturday, March 30. It cfttrc \/fCl,?an U0I.-.I1 n..ll'.ro? Alan Arkin, liilecn Brennan, Richard Libertini and Lance Kerwin. It is a first for a Roman Catholic priest and a Catholic production company, for producer Kieser is the Rev. Kllwood Kiescr, the head of Pa . st Productions. Since I960 he has been the executive producer of "Insight" and is the president of the Human F;amily Institute, which awards the Humanitas Prizes cam ycoi . In the drama, based on a short story callcd "The Other Wise Man" by Protestant Minister Henry Van Dyke, Sheen plays a magi who studies the prophecies and hopes to find the Messiah, fie pursues him for 33 years, only to miss him at every turn, until he finally finds Christ. Kieser is developing other movies for the networks and producing a syndicated series called "Buchanan H.S.," set in a high school newspaper office. African famine By Robert O'Connor Is it just me, or arc all those African relief s ing as starvation itself? livery time I reluctantly decide to turn on the pop singers are singing their hearts out presurr starving people in Africa and hthiopia and gait for themselves. Somehow, I cannot help but f< those without food and shelter will turn out tc trend. Why did Lionel Richic and crcw dccide to wj help dying people? These Africans have been since time began. However, fashion has not dei needy until now. IT ALL SEEMS so hopelessly ironic and ur The Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof kicked i teaming together a group of British person winter's "Do They Know It's Christmas." The not bad, nor were the reasons behind it. Now Richie, Cyndi l.aupcr, Michael Jackson and teen are gaining international acclaim Tor the ir A rr The " And that's not all. "Don't Let Them Starve" will be released in I i ? ( I s I Msmmamam ) steal the show when "Taming of the Shrew" jligious message n script-writing "Insighi" was for many years Kicscr's vehicle for spreading spiritual values. It was tne most widely televised religious TV series, and at its height was seen on 274 stations. It tackled such subjects as the plight of the working man, prison reform, genetic manipulation, child abuse and the theology of liberation. But television's deregulation has made it more difficult to get good timeslots. "Insight" is still being distributed, but no new shows have been made since 1983. "For years it seemed that our best investment was "Insight," " he said, "and now if seems to be movies. As one door was bein* closcd, another was being opened." Kieser was born in Philadelphia in 1929. He became a Paulist priest in 1956. Although he continues as an active priest at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in West Los Angeles, he devotes most of his time to production. He has also led prominent Catholic laymen on visits to famine-stricken areas of A frwa an/I li?jt Iol! KaTa r A # lw? Ll/\iira? 'in ivci uiiu nu.i iv,.iuii\.u v. iiiv i lumt subcommittee on Africa. '"The Fourth Wise Man' is an ambitious production," he said. "I would have been frightened at tackling a movie of the week two years ago. Now, I wouldn't. We're releasing 'The lourt Wise Man' internationally as a 90-minute movie. It's a costume drama with 25 actors." songs are fash ongs as sickenr radio, famous fl lahly to aid the B. ! a little respect 'el thai helping ^4* CBF| > uc ii tiresome a rnTMtoBlffiflFi f until 198$ to starving nearly I *1 creed aid to the |A J||fgKHW&jm |f Q itj i uic ictu uy j alities for last I tunc itself was the egotistical pairing of 1950s and I960 s doo Bruce Springs- Vikings and The Cadillacs. Not ti icredibly sappy John is attempting to group toge to join the stylish bandwagon. 5 rap soul song haa been released late April by a hungry. All-male 'Shre JyMariaBaens ti The long rows of empty scats circled the B .-enter stage. On stage 14 actors rotated their b( leads in synchrony to Hcrbie Hancock's w 'Rockit." One actor, a blackbclt, tuned his h nuscles with karate. They exercised their si bodies from head to toe then curled up on the floor like fetuses. Later, an eerie throng of /oices echoed through the halls of Longstrcct a rhcatcr as the actors flexed their vocal cords. w rhey were seriously gearing themselves for a P :omcdy. " This was how it was a week before the open- I: ing night performance of Shakespeare's t( "The Taming of the Shrew," as the all-male it :ast went into rehearsal. The play is set to li run March 22-24 and again March 31. a "This js not a romantic comedy as many y ceil lobe," said director Ellanor I'ruitt, a r< graduate student in directing in the Theater u and Speech Department. She added, "It's about the war between the sexes. A man in a woman's role makes it less brutal and ai releases parts of the script to be comic. We C arc also approaching this with a historical I perspective. None of the actors in I r? i? k. i IIIIIV. wu t mucin . The play includes the induction, a scene ignored in many productions, where a drunk h named Christopher Sly is made to believe he n is a lord. A play is presented before him by a n troupe of actors. The play within the play l< revolves around the Italian nobleman Bap- a The Swimming Pool Qs will perform tonight and group members J.E. Garrett, Anne Richmond Bosti lionable, but tir MY IIKAKT is i ol guilt when I co wilt admit that tlx Bill when will ii outdated relies of People may cot blems, but will Ca ? of Top 40 relief so Greatest Hits" efl m m r* The starvina in I oerx u uonnor given to them, bi from rock singers . . . r passion into some ertainment Editor A SOLUTION -?J these people who millions. Michael -wop groups such as the Del- returns from "Tf o be outdone, Olivia Newton- Springsteen or C ther fellow Australian singers clothing because t Someone even told me that a concerning the plight of the The songs arc p< everyone. Howevc w' to begin sta's two daughters, Katherina and Bianca. ianca is well-loved but cannot be married cforc the older Kate. Kate, "the lusty ench',' is in a word, a fiend. Much of the umor arises from the efforts of Bianca's litors to get Kate married. m Lithe and muscular, Harold Odom makes ^ 11 unlikely Kate, but at rehearsals, his Kate as excitingly vinuu*. niic in.v>c>, >|m> uiiu acks a wallop that sends fellow actors alfway across the stage. Kate's feisty suitor Petrucchio is played by >avid DeWitt. He said about his fellow ac)rs, "We're having a ball. All the actors in ic cast feel a lot of freedom not having to vc up to traditional expectations." He said bout his role, "Any role you take on helps ou grow. It's excellent training. Much of my :>le developed out of working with these ac- ^ jrs who give so much of their own." Also notable in the cast are Kevin Barber nu tfrian laylor as manca s suitors, uaryl ,'oleman as Bianca, Alex Skidmore as iianca's lover Luccntio, Don Graham as iaptista. and Bernard Addison as Cirumio. Whose laughter rings loudest remains to be icard at l.ongstreei Theater, hut the great naster himself wrote, a little "merrilent. . .bars a thousand harms and mgthens life." Take his word for it. These ctors do. 9 1 I # Stefan j& Hrm - ";j ^ ? V, i' ' # i I .1. V,\; ,, i tomorrow night at Rockafella's. pictured are an, jeff Colder, Billy Burton, Bob Elsey. esome, trend not a fro/en, emotionless organ. I felt pangs uld not finish a plate of lima beans. And I ; initial idea was a noteworthy one. : end? When will African aid songs become society? isider me apathetic toward the world's prosey Kasem soon be dishing out a countdown ngs? Will K-Tel produce an "African Relief fort and offer a Ciinsu Knife collection? ::tniopia uescrve any aiu mat can possioiy De it the pompous display of pseudo concern is unnerving at best. These people invoke thing they know nothing about. to the problem could be donations from can afford to disrobe themselves of a few Jackson is nearinu the billion mark on iriller." And I seriously doubt that Bruce ,'yndi Lauper wear toned-down or thrift hey have a low checking account balance. jpular because they strike a humane nerve in :r, the only nerve they strike in me is anger.