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Evans said students should
not be turned off by the play’s
musical format.
“A lot of people will proba
bly think about the West Side
Story movie from the sixties
when they see the ads,” Evans
said. “They might think the
whole thing is cheesy, but it’s
just like going to that Vanilla Ice
concert. When it’s live and in
front of you, it’s a good time.
Just because a person hated
the play on TV they shouldn’t
stay away from the play when
it comes into town.”
“West Side Story” will be
playing at Rudder Auditorium
tonight and tomorrow night
at 8. Tickets are available for
both performances at the
MSC Box Office.
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation finishes first this week
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortal Kombat
Annihilation premiered atop the box office
this weekend, but Anastasia’s debut in
the No. 2 spot was enough to give Mick
ey Mouse a run for the money in the Walt
Disney Co.-dominated field of animated
features, industry analysts said Sunday.
The big budget musical produced
by 20th Century Fox earned $15 million
in its debut, enough to make it a formi
dable challenge to Disney’s animation —
considered the single most profitable
franchise in Hollywood history.
“I think it’s great, it’s wonderful, it’s about
as much as we could hope for,” said Bill Me
chanic, the chairman and chief executive
officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment.
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of the animated blockbuster, The Little
Mermaid, drop to No. 5 from the No. 2
spot last weekend, earning $5.8 million.
In a weekend dominated by youth-ori
ented films, Mortal Kombat Annihilation,
the second installment in a series of ac
tion-adventure movies based on the
video game, earned an estimated $17.5
million, according to box office estimates
by Exhibitor Relations Co.
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strong showing, debuting at No. 3 with
$11 million in earnings, followed by the
action-thriller, The Jackal, with $9 million
in its second week.
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