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THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTFRiDAY.MAY2o.2oo5
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THE THRESHER'S
RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR EVENTS AROUND
HOUSTON THROUGH
JUNE 19,2005
First awarded in 1980, the Sammys are
the Thresher's way of recognizing Rice theater
productions. Nominations are solicited from and
voted on by the Rice theater community.
Quoted comments are from Thresher reviews
and unquoted comments are notes from the
editorial staff
the best of Rice fheaiei
picks
tonight and
tomorrow
musicals
HITMAN WITH
A HEART OF
GOLD
best musical
nominees
A New Brain (Sid)
Patience (Will Rice)
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winner
Cabaret (Wiess)
In Wiess Tabletop Theaters
brazenly ambitious production of
John Kanderand Fred Ebb'sclassic
musical Cabaret, madcap heroine
Sally Bowles sings, 'What good is
sitting alone in your room?/Come
hear the music play/Life is a caba
ret, old chum, come to the cabaret.'
And it's good advice. This produc-
tion has inexhaustible vigor and
style to burn.
best director
nominees
Louis Bega,
(Hanszen)
■ Elisabeth Papadopoulos and
Nicole Rodin, Cabaret (Wiess)
hree
Postcards
winner
Laura Sawver, A New Brain
(Sid)
2H
Although the hour-and-a-half
show is presented without intermis-
sion, it retains a zealous energy that
forbids the audience from boredom.
All this means more work for the
actors, more work for the crew,
more work for director Sawyer and
more enjoyment for those in the
audience.
ANNA WHITMIRE/THRESHER
A high school reunion
has never been as darkly
humorous as the one
in Grosse Pointe Blank.
John Cusack proves that
even hitmen have hearts
in this witty comedy.
Tonight and tomorrow
at midnight.
The River Oaks Theater.
2100 West Gray Street.
Call (713) 866-8881 for
more information.
Sunday
IN THE MOOD
FOR LOVE
Acclaimed director Wong
Kar-Wai's tale of youthful
longing in 1960s Hong
Kong, Days of Being
Wild, screens at the
MFAH. Maggie Cheung,
Tony Leung and Leslie
Cheung star.
The Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston.
The Caroline Wiess Law
Building.
1001 Bissonnet.
ongoing
NOVICE
EFFORTS
The artwork of Houston
youth is on display in
the exhibit Hit Me! New
Work from Houston Area
Teens.
Through June 19.
The CAMH.
5216 Montrose Blvd.
Baker College senior and Best Actor winner Scott Banks (left) and Lovett College sophomore and Best Actor nominee
Evan Ross star in The Rice Players' production of Peter Shaffer's Equus, which won the award for Best Play.
nominees
■ The Importance of Being Earnest
(Lovett)
■ The Shape of Things (Rice
Players)
winner
■ Equus (Players)
"Playwright Peter Shaffer's
scripting alone is enough to disturb
you and leave you with The Silence
of the iMtnbs-Wke chills. The Rice
Players' performances, as well as
the visually unsettling stage, will
heighten the sensory shock sub-
stantially. Brought together, Equus
is thought-provoking, frightening
and entirely worthwhile."
best director
nominees
■ Adriana Ramirez, Paganini
(Ivovett)
■ Nick Stephens, The Importance
of Being Earnest (Lovett)
winner
■ Ben Burford, The Shape of Things
(Players)
"Burford and his
cast gamely pen-
etrate this provoca-
tive ground. And
thankgoodness.Too
often, college theater
relies on safe bets for
subject matter. That
means the same dull
Neil Simon musi-
cal comedies and
David Ives one-acts
over and over again.
The Shape of Things
offers a play about us, and in Burford's
hands, tailored specifically for us."
best actor
nominees
■ Stephen Bender, The Shape of
Things (Players)
■ Evan Ross, Equus (Players)
winner
■ Scott Banks, Equus (Players)
"Banks provides an intense
performance that creates a brilliant
chemistry with co-stars Evan Ross
and Meg Bayer."
MARSHALL ROBINSON/THRESHER
Baker College junior and Best
Actress nominee Kristin Walstad plays
Kate in Baker's 77ie Taming of the Shrew.
nominees
■ Nicola Lugosch, Vie Importance
of Being Earnest (Iajvett)
■ Kristin Walstad, 7Tie Taming of
the Shrew (Baker)
winner
■ Liz Mims, The Shape of Things
(Players)
"Mims clearly revels in her
role as puppetmaster. From the
beginning, she eagerly wraps her
hand around Evelyn's icy veneer
and plays her catty exploits to
the hilt. When she is on stage,
the audience, of course, cannot
look away."
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nominees
■ Dan Pagnano, 7 he iMramie Project
(Players)
■ Adam Williams, Paganini
(Lovett)
winner
■ Jonathan Jackson, The IMramie
Project (Players)
Jonathan Jackson in particular
stands out in Laramie's sprawling
ensemble. He, like the rest of the
cast, excels at portraying a catalog of
different characters. Yet each of his
portrayals emerges as distinctive.
best supporting actress
nominees
■ Meg Bayer, Equus (Players)
■ Tina Rad, The Taming of the Shrew
(Baker)
winner
■ Tatum Clinton-Selin, The
Importance of Being Earnest
(Lovett)
"Clinton-Selin is an absolute
hoot with her shrill voice and
sarcastic adaptation of a judg-
mental English aristocrat. I^ady
Bracknell's obvious skepticism
of Cecily's personal qualities is
quickly assuaged by Jack's men-
tion of Cecily's inheritance, and
Clinton-Selin's portrayal of this
drastic change in opinion is obvious
and comedic — a true expression
of Wilde's parody of the British
nobility's idiosyncrasies."
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JENN MOLHOLT/THRESHER
Brown College freshman and Best
Actor winner Stephen Hammel sings
in Will Rice College's production of the
Gilbert and Sullivan musical Patience.
best actor
nominees
■ Rick Spuler, Cabaret (Wiess)
■ Patrick Stegnar, A New Brain
(Sid)
winner
■ Stephan Hammel, Patience (Will
Rice)
Hammel is charming as the poet
Grosvenor, Patience's soulmate
and true aesthete. He masters the
deadpan comic delivery that satire re-
quires. On top of that, he has exceed-
ingly charismatic stage presence. He
also does well with Sullivan's lively,
though unremarkable, score.
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Obermeyer, Amber. The Rice Thresher, Vol. 92, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 2005, newspaper, May 20, 2005; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth443173/m1/20/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.