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July 23, 1996
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"Dream " chance far focal children e choirs
The Brazos Valley Troupe and Shiloh Baptist Church Youth Choir
were chosen to perform in the OPAS fall production of Joseph
By April Towery
The Battalion
J oseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
is coming to Rudder Au
ditorium on Sept. 24-26 this fall
through the MSC Opera and the
Performing Arts Society.
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Joseph is written by Andrew Lloyd
Webber and is based on the Bible story
told in Genesis chapter 31 of Joseph
and his coat of many colors.
Karen Oster, the director of the
Dreamcoat Choir Challenge, has been
working with Joseph producers since
February. Part of Joseph’s trademark is
the use of local children’s choirs wher
ever it performs.
Oster said working with the children
adds to the production.
“Having the kids in the show has
nothing to do with money,” Oster said.
"It’s got to do with community effort."
The musical’s producers created the
Dreamcoat Choir Challenge to find a
children’s chorus to perform in the show
in each individual town.
There are five possible choirs, and
two were chosen to participate in the
musical, involving about 40 children be
tween the ages of 10 and 14.
The Dreamcoat chorus, which was
announced yesterday, includes the Bra
zos Valley Troupe, under the direction
of M.A. Sterling, and Shiloh Baptist
Church Area Youth Choir, directed by
Yvonne Hall. Both will be particiapting
in 18 of the 22 total songs.
Oster said choosing two of the five
possible choruses was a difficult deci
sion to make.
“These kids here were all great,” she
said. “So it was disappointing because
three good choirs weren’t chosen.”
Joshua Childers, a sixth grader at
Brazos Christian School, said he cannot
wait until the performance. Childers
will be singing with the Brazos Valley
Troupe in the Dreamcoat Choir.
“I played Noah in our school musical,
but this will be my first big one,”
Childers said. “We only rehearsed for
three days, so it’s really exciting that
our choir was selected.”
Childers said the two choirs will begin
rehearsing together early next week.
“We’ll start doing lots of things to
gether just to get to know each other,”
Childers said. “We have to become one
choir instead of two.”
The production is a part of a Broad
way national tour. The Dreamcoat chorus
will practice together for the remainder
of the summer and the beginning of the
fall. The overall director of the Dream
coat chorus will return to College Station
about a week before the performance to
practice with the children.
Sarah Nash, OPAS program coordina
tor, said she cannot wait to see Joseph.
“I have not personally seen Joseph
but am really looking forward to it,”
Nash said. “The narrator tells the story
of Joseph during the days of Pharoah to
the children, so the kids are onstage for
almost the entire production.”
A&M students involved with OPAS
have put time and effort into the pro
duction of Joseph as well.
Nash said several of the Aggies in
volved were helpful the day of the
choir tryouts.
“They greeted the choirs and acted as
hosts,” Nash said. “They saw them
through the warmup period, seated
them and hosted them for lunch, which
really made them feel at home.”
One of the stars of Joseph is well-
known soap opera star, Brian Lane Green.
Nash said Green’s performance
should add to the musical as a whole.
“Some people have gotten really ex
cited about a soap opera star being a
part of the production,” Nash said. “It’s
really going to be a wonderful perfor
mance, very upbeat and exciting.”
Sheri Scoggins, director of children’s
programming and a junior history major,
Stew Milne, The Battalion
Members of the Shiloh Baptist Church Choir and the Brazos Valley Troupe will per
form in the fall production of Joesph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
said having children in the production
makes it special.
“The auditions were great,” Scoggins
said. “It seemed like all the kids had a
really good time.
“We want all the kids to know that
even if their choir wasn’t selected, they
are all a part of the performance. Those
that weren’t selected can come to the
musical, and we plan to take them
backstage to meet the cast afterward.”
Scoggins said the director of the
Dreamcoat chorus not only auditioned
the singing ability of the children, but it
taught them some choreography as well.
“It’s a very lively musical, very upbeat,”
Scoggins said. “We hope to get the kids
dancing and really having fun with it.”
Oster said that Joseph is all about the
importance of children in the musical.
“The show is a great opportunity for
the kids — working as an ensemble,
taking directionand performing pub
licly,” Oster said. “All of these things
are important to life in general.
“Plus, people come to see the kids,
because the show is really all about
the children.”
No matter how many Keatons, Multiplicity falls short on laughs
By James Francis
The Battalion
Muftipticity •
Starring IVBciiael Keaton and Andie l
Directed by Harold Raiitis
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The idea that two is better than one is presented in
the film Multiplicity. But in this case, none is best.
Michael Keaton, Michael Keaton, Michael
Keaton and Michael Keaton portray Doug Kinney
and his three clones in a flat slapstick- driven
movie by director Harold Ramis.
Doug is a foreman who is trying to balance his
job with married life and time alone. By a con
trived stroke of luck, Doug runs into a geneticist
while working on a medical facility.
The doctor sees Doug’s stress and offers him a
favor he simply can’t refuse — to clone himself in
order to ease the frustrations of his life.
Reluctantly, Doug agrees to the procedure, and
soon there are two Doug Kinneys.
Doug’s wife, Laura (Andie MacDowell), begins
to notice subtle differences in his behavior, but is
happy because her husband now seems to have
time for his children and job.
Amidst all the clones, drawn-out dialogue and
exhausted attempts at physical humor, Multiplici
ty is too much, too many.
Keaton, whose better film credits include Bat
man and Clean and Sober, has a knack for the var
ious facial expressions and voice tones required for
his clones, but the script just did not provide
enough depth to his character.
In his performance as Three, the audience
wonders whether he is portraying a sensitive
side of the original Doug or a homosexual side
with blatant stereotyping, such as his great cook
ing and cleaning skills.
The role of Doug Kinney is not a pleasant one
for any actor.
MacDowell, whose acting is usually up to par
in films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral
and sex, lies and videotape, is dreadful as the
overstressed wife who wants a career and a home
life as well.
Her worldwide acclaim as an actress in her earlier
films, is lost in the constant whining of a character
that is supposed to be a strong woman of the ’90s.
Maybe cloning her character would have made
for a better movie.
The Director of Ramis, known for hits such
as Stripes and Ghostbusters, loses his touch on
Multiplicity.
Lackluster cinematography in the film does not
blend well with the special cloning effects and prop
problems in Multiplicity.
In the beginning of the movie, the Kinney
household is cluttered with dishes and junk, and
the walls resemble a demolition derby.
All of these elements contribute to distracting
backgrounds, drawing the audience’s attention
away from the onscreen acting.
What it all boils down to is that Multiplicity
does not have the goods needed to deliver a sum
mer smash to movie viewers.
The premise of a husband cloning himself in or
der to make his and his wife’s life more enjoyable
is good at heart, but good at heart does not mean a
good movie.
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