Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 21, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press december 15 entertainment m Means music and melodies by Nell Harris this review is brought to you by the letter m is for Merri merry Christmas and Bob Mcgrath brought his Christ Mas show to town last night and the in the audience there should have been More had a wonderful for 18 years this age less performer has been charming the kids out of their cribs to the Surprise of no one who has Ever seen him on sesame the Charm works on adult Type kids a show such As this can be enjoyed at so Many first of All there is the timeless Christmas last night we heard it All from the Little drummer boy to 0 holy there is the genuine pleasure of hearing it played by a full symphony we enjoy the sense of participation that comes from joining in on Christmas carols and the charming round of How Lovely is the there is the Delight in hearing the childrens voices of the Fot Lorama youth there is the smooth product Ion lighting and effortless musical and then there is Bob the last thing one would Ever Sug Gest is that his talents Are being wasted on sesame an entire generation has grown up influenced by this captivating no Small part of that has been the presence of this Superb but to Sug Gest that he is just a childrens review a family Christmas Bob the Winnipeg symphony Centennial concert performer is to ignore a Lyric Tenor voice of Silken he is not your heroic he is simply a Singer who uses the gift of music to reas sure sometime in the face of evidence to the that there Are things we must never lose in this Lee Morris who conducted the orchestras and arranged most of the music is one of those consulate professionals that we do not value with shrewdly constructed arrangements he tied the evening together with taste and the kind of modest theatricality that kept the program moving in an effortless the orchestra had the Opportunity to play two other selections of considerable musical Babar and father a musical Story in the Peter and the Wolf style had a Rich and witty accompaniment by dance of the tumblers by Rimsky Korsakov was Lively and was neatly played by the the Fol Lorama youth trained by Corinne added much to the concert but it was a pity that a More informal position could not have been found for them on the new outlet for artists created at Nymha by Randal Millroy in these Days of restraint and unromantic its always encouraging when a new Art gallery in keeping with the new resourcefulness of the the Nymha jewish Community centres new display space serves multiple from lecture the atre to Book fair it int just a Naomi adult services director for pointed out we can turn it into whatever we on a sunny morning As Walter Lampe mounted the final works in his show of which ended Globerman explained that the space fulfils the Yuhas mandate to serve the cites jewish she said she wants to stage More Art shows if the demand from artists and audience in certainly interested if they she said she has wanted to do this for and the Opportunity came in 1984 when the Mai floor room was created As part of a major renovation of the 370 Hargrave Street a significant step was taken last year when the Nymha presented a group show of jewish women artists in another excellent response the response was and what we did confirmed our policy that we want to support local jewish both performance and Globerman pausing Between said one of the exciting things about the plan is that it will Demon Strate tangibly that there is a Moti vation to support visual the about 12 metres Long by four metres enjoys uncommonly Rich sunlight for a local with windows running the length of the East slender wooden upright dividers on the West Wall allow which Are Hung from dowels in the to be mounted close together while main Taining slats behind this Wall can be opened to Welcome Light from the and can be closed to create a Neutral Large portable Flats stand at the narrower North and South Walls to support More while easels on the East Wall make it possible to set Art in front of the Neutral col ored panels in the adjacent Hall offer even More potential hanging Ideal viewing who recently participated in an exhibition at Uptown finds the space offers Ideal viewing most of his 23 pieces depict Pale Geometric the quiet charms of which could be lost in the Glare of unsympathetic Light Given that these Are water col ors with the Glare is relatively while the amount of Light is he the Nymha space joins a growing number of galleries predicated to varying degrees on an ethnic us Tural including the display areas at the Centre culture de Boniface and the ukrainian cultural and educational Olya curator of the has said Shes interested to see if there is a recognizably ukrainian Canadian reflecting a Cross cultural Fertil asked if she Hopes to find a similar synthesis in the jewish i dont think so in More interested in supporting local it May be a Little Lampe but if we could cultivate a base one might then have a basis for Globerman said she Hopes to pres ent the same wide variety of Art and artists seen in the women which included the celebrated Esther and which offered such disparate attractions As paint pottery and a gorgeously illustrated a traditional marriage judge blocks Osbourne suit los Angeles a a couple who claim their son was induced to shoot himself after listening to Ozzy Osbourne song suicide solution has lost an attempt to reinstate a wrong Ful death suit against the heavy Metal Superior court judge John Cole blocked the attempt by the parents of 19yearold John Mccollum to raise allegations that a Low hum on the record made Mccollum More susceptible to the Cole reiterated his earlier ruling that the lyrics were constitutionally and said the hum was nothing More than another generalized clearly protected by the first amendment of the the parents plan to Joes Bingo group Bingo every monday 2 locations 493 College 290 Dubuc Early Bird Over 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offer to adapt the off Broadway musical think ing there were too Many ways to fail with i looked at the script and said i cant do this of i didst think i could get my hands around there were too Many it was a period it was it was come there were 14 songs and a puppet that was going to weigh a hungry Plant but the about a flesh eat ing outer space Plant and the Row Flower shop attendant who becomes its faustian eventually proved irresistible to him and he waded a year and a half at the studios research screening in an audience seemed to be telling him he made the right with the final credits Al most in the floor gave be Neath the audience did not like what it was Audrey the shark toothed Green Mother from outer was eating everyone in sight and by the time he gulped Down Seymour Rick the likable shop and his Girlfriend Audrey Ellen the audience had turned they hated us when the main characters of in the 7 wanted to stay True to the there eaten by the but you know there coming out for a curtain but the Power of movies is different they really believed in those characters and they were already Over schedule and Over went Back to Pinewood studios in with Moranis and Greene and others from the cast and and put in More the ending had to be completely i wanted to stay True to the but after that screening i Felt that it the plays last act was not of it had to have a Happy it was not a matter of Warner and Geffen saying you have to do it and the director pounding his fist on the they did say i had to do but i wanted Little shop May prove to be one of those rare a film that is actually improved by Radi Cal pos production revisions and becomes a hit despite delays and Cost estimates of Little shops budget have gone up to of insists the actual Cost was less than fully packed its a lot of Money for a movie that runs Only 88 minutes but there is also More movie stuffed into that time than you Are fikely to find anywhere else this Holiday of resolved the problem of too Many elements in the script by adding at the suggestion of his costume Marit of took the three girls who appeared As Street characters in the play and used them As a soul singing greek or motown like a Trio of cloned aretha Franklins forming musical Bridges Between dramatic scenes and musical All of a i got very excited about the three of they became the key to the visual style of the they made the whole thing work for of said he auditioned about 500 teenage girls in before selecting Tichina Tisha Campbell and Michelle weeks to play Chiffon and the most improbable Knockoff group since the we will undoubtedly hear from them diminutive Rick the Arnold Stang of the was the perfect physical Choice for sey the impish Flower shop of knew what he was getting with the powerful voiced Ellen who played sey Mours Ditsy Blond coworker on with All those much of the Early Praise for Little shop has gone to Steve whose supporting role As the sadistic dentist with an Elvis Presley Leer has been mentioned As an Oscar Candi and Bill who does a two minute Cameo As a pain Junkie who Falls into ecstasy at the sight of Martins of said that after 25 years of creating puppets and performing with his main objective with Little shop was to get audiences to believe in the especially in Seymour and his girl i Felt it was important to care about Seymour and of i wanted them to have a sweetness and warmth that audiences would sympathize the director succeeded so Well that the producers had to spend a few million getting the couple rescued from Audrey ii s an assignment of said he was glad to i am Happy about the he i wanted Seymour and Audrey to live Frank of hits All the right notes in musical the wizard of of is alive and Well and running a Flower maybe that should read the wizardry of Frank of to be and the Floral store he runs is none other than the infamous mus Niks Flower better known As the Little shop of but theres nothing horrible about Ops film version of the stage this movie is music to the ears and a feast for the Little shop of horrors is crammed with insane amazing fantastic special and rollicking Rock Roll sounds of a bygone of never strikes a false his staging is nothing Short of Roy walkers sets Are embodying the Dingness of a real skid Row with the surreal Quality of old Hollywood in the Centre of this crazed skid Row is a cast seemingly born to their Rick Moranis is perfectly placed As the nerdy Seymour the most unlikely of Media Seymour toils for Sushnik Vin cent Gardenia in the dingies of Flower seymours one res Pite from his drab existence is Audrey Ellen the squeak voiced blonde in the tight Black Audrey works for making Flower arrange Seymour loves Audrey but thinks she finds him too goofy to Audrey loves but feels Shes undeserving of so Nice a some wonderful musical numbers Point out the Hopes and despairs of these skid Row Deni life changes drastically when Seymour comes across a strange pod bearing he Only has to put it in the window and customers the Audrey eventually explains that she would really like some fresh movies Paul Mckie Liole shop of horrors starring Rick Moranis and Ellen produced by David Geffen screenplay by Howard directed by Frank classification parental flock to mus Niks Flower trouble Seymour cuts his Finger on a Rose one Day and discovers Nis Plant christened Audrey ii has a craving for As Audrey ii grows in Seymour grows More but mus Niks business is now Blooming All because of Audrey Seymour must keep the Plant then one Day Audrey ii tells Seymour what he must that the Plant talks this baby with the voice of the four tops Levi Stubbs no what Audrey ii wants is a Little fresh boldly going where no film Musi Cal has gone Little shop of horrors explores Man eating and along the Way there Are songs Rife with Black humor and biting great scenes Are too Enumerable to including some Surprise Cameo Worth the Price of admission alone is Steve Martin As Audrey demented boy the sadistic Orin Sci leather Clad and Martin hams his Way through a terrific musical exploration of scr Vellos devious dental meth ;