Hendry Hall: Philadelphia, Here | Come! A young man contemplates emigrating from Ireland to the U.S. To April 17. North Vancouver Community Players’ Mainstage ‘93 Black. 47 make connection From page 22 * ghosts of Chopin (Black Minute Waltz),Earl King, Jelly Roll Morton, Ww.c. Handy and yes, Liberace himself (/'l! Be Seeing You) to “produce a rollicking and in- ; Vigorating’sel... Various Artists -- The Crying. , Game Soundtrack, EMI Records “~The dark horse of cinema for - 1992 comes With a soundtrack on- " ..y.worth owning for a few tracks. . The bulk of the disc is sleepy with mediocre orchestral filler. “The film's namesake, a'1964 a British pop hit for, minor-league “teen heart-throb Dave Berry, is - one of those sickly confections “that refuses'to let go once heard. On this disc you find.the original as well as a stronger cover version of The Crying Game by an ap- propriately sexually ambivalent ar- fist, Boy George.” * ~The dynatnic Percy Sledge tune; When A Man Loves a Woman, sets up the emotional context of the heterosexual stakes leading to; “the gender-switching. surprise at ‘sthe'fulcrum of the movie's plot... “Disco remakes, produced by Pet. Shop Boys,’ Let. The Music Play and’ Live For Today, up’ ‘the fibidinous., ‘Lyle. Lovett 's ‘cheeky straight: : faced version of Tammi Wyneite’ s Stand By Your Man. confirms the affair : Black 47 — “Fire of Freedom, EMI Records 1993 |: oo “This one connects with the im-: pact the Pogues made the first, Festival Entry. Tickets: 983-2633. Deep Cove Shaw Theatre: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. First Impressions Theatre tackles the Broadway rusical based on the Peanuts comic strip. Directed by Ward Ashlie, it features Mitchell MacKay as Charlie Brown, Heather Smith as time heard. The twist here is that the Irish music comes from an immigrant’s perspective, straight from the Bronx. Black 47 lead singer Larry Kir- wan began the band in 1989. He originally teamed up with NYPD cop and uileann pipe player Chris Byrne, to play music on the New » York Irish bar circuit. Along the’way Black 47 (named after the 1847 potato famine in : Ireland) found a favored spot, Paddy Reiily’s pub in Lower Manhattan, and gathered steam — Dexy’s Midnight Runners founder Geoff Blythe added his sax- ophones, Fred Parcells brought his trombone and Thomas Hamlin filled in with percussion. Kirwan tells it best: “The Reagan-Bush ‘recession’ hacl working-class New York by the balls and bars would hire Lenin himself, if he drew a crowd. Hence, we began Playin Paddy Reilly’s, a hole-in-the-wali doing so poorly, the roaches had even ; bailed out. At this crossroads of, - the world (28th Street and 2nd Avenue) we made our stand.” Ric Ccasek, of Cars fame,'co- produced Fire Of Freedom. *. ~ . The set is loaded with grand storiés, energized and colored by | = tumultuous history and cultural “collisions. Think of a creative meshing of ‘ the Pogues and Bruce Springsteen somewhere at the beginning of his career, toss in rap and reggae in- fluences and you geta a sense of the “possible here. : “At these prices, Pella ‘Windows will be © popping upail over. ” Bor e values on out exceptional windows and doors, Lucy and Doug Perri as Linus. The play coincides with Shaw Theatre's first anniversary. To April 10 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $12/10 at 929-9456. The Curate Shakespeare As You ern English and Shakespearean text with broad, physical comedy. April 14-17 at 8 p.m. Also: North Shore Drama Festival, April 19, Tickets: $10/8. Res: 929-3200. Presentation House: Harold © Pinter’s No Man’s Land, Theatre West Van presents Pinter’s witty and complex drama centring on Like It, Don Nigro’s play is a par- ody of the bard’s As You Like it, A play within a play, it mixes mod- four male characters who inhabit a no man’s land lying somewhere between reality and imagination. To April 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $10/8. Res: 926-9693. Elsewhere Vancouver Playhouse: Death and See more page 32 The excitement is s multiplying all week! od y. note, MONDAY, APRIL 5- THURSDAY, APRIL 8 What's up, doc? It’s our Easter Bunny Audition and Wacky Wabbit Wace. ‘Pre-register your pet rabbit by picking up a form at any Park Royal store ‘ before Thursday. Then, bring in your bunny 1:00 pm. Saturday, April I 10 for’ the judging and Wacky’ Wace at A 30 pm. . ff ) ‘GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 9, NOON - “4 PM . Our Egg Decorating Contest i is no yolk for kids, aged 2-10. Hard-boil and”: 7 paint your eggs at home. 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