The Dining Table in Mid-Day Musicales Concert WESTFIELD – the First Con- Orchestral Masterworks
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A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and THE TIMES of Scotch Plains – Fanwood Thursday, March 30, 2000 Page 21 Arts & Entertainment Kirkpatrick Choir to Perform The Dining Table In Mid-Day Musicales Concert WESTFIELD – The First Con- orchestral masterworks. The fea- gregational Church of Westfield, tured work on their Westfield 125 Elmer Street in Westfield, has program will be the Bach motet, JOSE TEJAS announced the continuation of “Jesu Meine Freude.” 700 US HIGHWAY NO. 1, ISELIN, (908) 283-3883 their Mid-Day Musicales series Following the concert, a soup of free, half-hour concerts with a and sandwich luncheon will be program by Rutgers University’s available in the church social hall By MICHELLE H. LePOIDEVIN and burgers. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times Kirkpatrick Choir at noon on for $4.50. Parents are encouraged Caribbean Shrimp, Crawfish Wednesday, April 5. not to bring children under the ISELIN – A bright turquoise Popcorn and Shrimp en Brochette The Kirkpatrick Choir, under age of 5 to these programs. neon sign reading “EAT” beams are just some of the amazing the direction of Dr. Patrick Funding for these concerts has along Route No. 1, beckoning appetizers Gardner, is a select ensemble of been made possible in part by lovers of Creole offered. The fare into a terra 50 students, comprised primarily the New Jersey State Council on RATING: seasoning in of music majors at the Mason the Arts, Department of State, cotta hued res- all of these Gross School of the Arts. through a grant administered by taurant speckled appetizers is Their repertoire ranges from the Union County Division of Members of the Guys & Dolls ensemble with multi-col- never over Renaissance motets to choral- Cultural and Heritage Affairs. ored Christmas the top or lights. Highest Possible Rating: 4 chef hats scorching to Answering the the tongue – Guys & Dolls Performance call with burning simply per- POPCORN appetites, diners at Jose Tejas in fect and reasonably priced, with Iselin always come away satiated the highest being about $6. Mission To Mars On Tap at Union Catholic and longing for more spicy food Perhaps you’re looking to en- upon their next return. joy something a little lighter in- Never Gets Off The Ground SCOTCH PLAINS – Guys and Powell, Sabina Sabados, Kim Beyond festive, Jose Tejas is stead of a main dish. Jose Tejas Dolls, the Damon Runyon musi- Deo, Melissa Gregory, Catherine decorated with more Christmas showcases eight salads from as By Michael S. Goldberger cal fable of Broadway, will be Burns, Ryan Price, Ninou lights, strands of jalapeno pep- One Popcorn, Poor • Two Popcorns, Fair • Three Popcorns, Good • Four Popcorns, Excellent Mesquite Grilled Tuna Salad performed at Union Catholic High Hardaker, Leanne Kaczur, Takara pers, and Mexican hats. You will ($6.99) with tuna steak and black- 1 popcorn Compounding the script’s guile, it School for two weekends, April Kaczowski, Samantha Large, be serenaded by the suave ened corn, tomatoes, red on- Exciting. Fun. Adventurous. Inspir- seems Jim and Maggie weren’t the 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. in the Leslie Montferret and Deena sounds of South of the Border ions, cheeses and other spices to only married duo on NASA’s payroll. ing. Suspenseful. One would expect a high school’s auditorium. Zack. melodies which appropriately Cajun Cornflake Chicken Salad movie about a mission to Mars to There’s also Woody and Terri (Connie The cast of 52 members in- Last year, Union Catholic High blend into the dining experience. conjure at least some, if not all, of the Nielsen), eager to join Jim on mission ($5.99) with green peppers, to- above descriptions. But it’s no such No. 2 after the numero uno errand cludes Rick Flynn as Sky School’s spring musical received A vast seating area with com- matoes, lettuce and chicken fried luck for director Brian De Palma’s goes awry. Quick question, though: Masterson, Laura Bowman as Sa- five nominations, including Best fortable wooden chairs makes with cornflakes. Mission To Mars. Playing more like Did these folks meet before they joined rah Brown and Dan Korner as Play, Best Director, Best Actor, up the main room, while a gener- Shrimp and Crawfish Caesar just another hard day at the office, this up? Because if they didn’t, then maybe Nathan Detroit. Sarah Mugavero, Best Supporting Actress and Best ous bar area accommodates NASA could bolster its coffers by dou- Salad ($6.99) is simply stellar. A mundane misfire might as well be couples and small groups of renamed “Mission Unaccomplished.” bling as a matchmaking service. the PaperMill Playhouse 1999 Ris- Hair and Make-Up Design. Cajun zinger to the average Cae- The red planet was never so drab. Naturally, the big trip ultimately ing Star Award winner for Best Maryann C. Carolan with Assis- friends hoping to sip a frosty sar salad packs punches with Mr. De Palma’s circa 2020 adventure leads to pretentiously vast discoveries Supporting Actress, will play Miss tant Director Tracy L. Trukowski margarita before being escorted refreshing spices and bounties about the origins of life. (No sense about a rescue effort to Mars after the Adelaide. Along with her Hot spearhead the play. Larry to their tables. of delectable gulf shrimp. first manned mission winds up going all the way to Mars if that doesn’t Box Girls, she will perform “A Rothweiler is the Musical Direc- Waiters and waitresses are shrouded in mysterious catastrophe happen, right?) Hint: There’s a Sphinx- Seasoned smoke trails emanat- has virtually no soul of its own. An like structure sitting in the red dessert, Bushel and A Peck” and “Take tor and Ed Bontempo is the Cho- adorned in clean white uniforms, ing from the tempting fajita dishes astonishingly derived script by Lowell and...drum roll, please... something Back Your Mink.” reographer. always polite and ready to please. that pass your table may make Cannon and Jim Thomas sees to that. may be in it. Now, that’s a new one, The Hot Box Girls Chorus in- Ticket prices are $9 for adults I have never encountered an un- you want to follow the aroma. But the film’s biggest sin is the huh? cludes Leila Apuzzio, Lauren and $7 for students. All seats are pleasant member of Jose Tejas’ De Palma fashions these revelatory Also reasonably priced, fajita commission of sci-fi heresy by ripping wait staff. off Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space scenes with all the subtlety of a tent Biddulph, Toni Bottone, Cory reserved and may be reserved by dishes range from $7.99 to $15.95. Odyssey (1968). Although the director revival. The only thing missing is Frank Cassidy, Jamie Fargnoli, Amy calling (908) 889-1600. A bowl brimming with lightly Filet Mignon may be found in the may see it as an homage, the discom- Morgan (The Wizard of Oz) calling the Grillo, Nicole Gryzwacz, salted tostada chips with tangy Cadillac Fajitas, while scrump- shots behind the curtain. fort is palpable when the spacecraft’s Stephanie Heil, Amanda Hudziak, salsa for dipping is immediately tious blackened and boneless onboard computer sounds a bit too Rather curiously, the accomplished Leanne Kaczur, Phyllis LaPelusa, brought to your table as you much like the former movie’s nefari- helmer of Dressed To Kill (1980) and Duo Pianists chicken breast accompanies the ous HAL 9000. Carrie (1976) seems to be directing by Jen Montferret, Leslie Sanchez, select from an abundant menu Rio Grande fajita selection. With its blatant copying of mood omission. The risk-free result is sadly Katie Schurtz, Sheena Sikat, Continued from Pg. 22 featuring appetizers, salads, I cannot tout enough the Craw- and temper forcing comparison, even without novelty and oddly unevent- Rachel Vieni, Nicole Wilkens and fajitas, Mexican specialties, Cajun fish Etouffee at Jose Tejas. About the special effects here fall shamefully ful. Those are good qualities in an Yavonia Wise. favorites, mesquite grilled fare short of the classic’s pre-computer accountant, but hardly a recommen- said of Mr. Pierce’s performances, four years ago, I paid my first visuals. dation for a science fiction film. Other cast members include visit to this establishment, leery As if to make up for its failed action Roger Brace as Nicely-Nicely “The American pianist, Joshua The tip off that this outer space Pierce, is an expressive artist of any shellfish but clams, shrimp excursion is doomed to failure comes angle, Mission To Mars attempts some Johnson, Michael Volt as Ben and crab. However, my dining rather ineffectual tugging at the whose vigorous playing style in the very first scene. At a barbecue Southstreet, Bryan Hughes as Editorial partner at the time, urged me to held at the home of Luke Graham heartstrings. First, there’s the manipu- Arvide Abernathy, Brian Reagan showed outstanding and skilled (Don Cheadle) and his wife (Elise lative, soap opera-like handling of playing…a wide degree of capri- Continued from Pg. 22 try crawfish. I was never sorry Jim’s widower status. And then there’s as Big Jule, Oscar Vieni as Harry Neal), the astronaut banters and chides cious nuances and expressive and I’ve been going back to Jose playfully with his two best NASA bud- the equally mawkish depiction of the Horse, Nick Krauss as Lieu- differences…captivating his au- Tejas time and again for the fla- dies, Jim McConnell (Gary Sinise) and Connie and Woody’s cutting edge tenant Brannigan and Zeena it is always important to re- vors that can only be found in Woody Blake (Tim Robbins).