ARTS page 6 Open Door was Joe (Mr. Loder) who returned to the dime store twenty years later, as Come Back Jimmy Dean “Joanne” (Miss Burrell) to A R&R gain revenge on all who by Mike Baran betrayed him, especially If Ed Graczyk is not goal in life was to be a Mona. Alternative careful, he is going to have a skating star in the Ice The three pivotal char­ runaway hit play on his Capades. It was a delightful acters were Juanita, the hands. That hit play is change to see Miss Flagg on store clerk, played by by John McCosh Come Back to the 5 & Dime, stage than on a television Georgia Southcotte; Stella Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean game show. May, a former Diciple, It seems strange to me which just finished its Atlanta’s finest actress, played by Diane Deckard; that a city the size of premiere run at Alliance Dana Ivey, protrayed Mona and Edna Louise, another Atlanta has not given birth Theatre. The play deals as as emotional woman who Diciple, played by Linda to any major rock bands. with the first reunion in was unstable in her actions Kampley. All three were Atlanta certainly gets its twenty years of the Diciples and suffered from hypo­ excellent, especially Miss share of rock concerts. But of Jimmy Dean, set in a chondria. (She “suffered” Deckard, whose drunk even southern rock groups rundown dime store in the from asthma.) Mona was scene was simply hilarious. seem to originate from fictional town of McCarthy, hiding a great secret from Being a pivotal character neighboring states. In fact, Texas on September 30, everyone, a secret that means that you can con­ Georgia’s biggest claim to 1975. As the plot progresses, would soon be revealed. verge in two different time fame in the rock world must startling truths about each Her portrayal of Mona was periods in the play. There be the Allman Brothers’, character are revealed and much better than her were two scenes in the play and they’re from Macon. climaxes with truth about a protrayal of the emotionless where all the major char­ Things are looking up for woman and he so-called Hedda Gabler, her most acters were on stage, Atlanta now. From the “relation’ with James recent role. depicting both time periods. unlikely city of Doraville, a Dean. (She supposedly Pamela Burrell played a All in all the new work is local band is getting some gave birth to James Dean’s convincing Joanne, the excellent. Director Fred long overdue recognition. son.) Incorporated in the antagonist who brought all Chappell has taken the new Their latest album A Rock plot are time changes which the hidden, rotten truths script and molded it into a and Roll Alternative is set the period back twenty about each character, es­ great production. The reaching national popular­ years, to September 30, pecially Mona, to light. scenery and set design, ity- 1955, when their teenage The three young adults supervised by Michael Stau­ This newfound popularity years were dominated by who played their teenage ffer will set a standard for has spurred a renewed the philosophy that James counterparts were just fan­ future productions of the interest in early music by Dean expressed in his tastic. Erika Petersen, as show. The costumes, the Atlanta Rhythm Sec­ movies. September 30, 1955, the teenaged Sissy, posed a designed by Martha Kelly, tion. The demand for the by the way, is the day that striking resemblence to truly depicted the hard like first two Rhythm Section James Dean was killed in a Fannie Flagg. Kristin of the southwest, today and albums became so great, one-man automobile acci­ Griffith portrayed the teen­ twenty years ago when life that they have oeen re­ dent in Southern California. aged Mona with the same was supposed to be easier. leased as a double album. Special guest star Fannie emotional qualities as Miss Additional help was given Buddy Buie and J R. Cobb Flagg made her first Ivey did with Mona as an by playwright Ed Graczyk, wrote such Rhythm Section appearance on the Alliance adult. Richard Loder who helped many of the standars as “Conversa­ stage as Sissy, the spicy, played Joe with great actors create the character­ tion”, “Back Up Against the red-haired bombshell whose strenght and flexability. It izations. Wall” and “Wrong”. The first album features Rodney So we played Citizen Kane Justo as lead vocalist. This by itself andA Streetcar album is good and seems to The Silver Screen Named Desire by itself, but establish the framework for the group. by John R. Platt for the most part we play double features.” After the first year, Justo Since October, The Silver left the group for a solo With a city as young as judgement. He has done career. He was soon Atlanta, and I say young very well in giving the Screen has changed its format according to the replaced by Ronnie Ham­ looking at it as a still public what they have mond. Hammond seemed growing modern city, there wanted through a system he audience’s suggestions ta­ ken in and evaluated. to change the group some­ is constantly new areas of has set up in his lobby of what. The Rhythm Section public interest coming into taking requests and or “Initially, we were showing strictly nostalgia or retro­ began to meet success. the city. One of these new criticisms about films the With the release of their areas, combining the usual public have liked or dis­ spective films, now we are mixing our calendar up with second album Back Up with the unusual, is The liked. “We also have a Against the Wall, they Silver Screen Theatre. The printed calendar which is some things a little bit more contemporary that we have established what they call usual being that it is a available and also patrons an Atlanta sound. MCA is movie theatre but the can get on a mailing list to had requests for that people have expressed that have featuring a discount double unusual being that the receive this calendar at album set on this release movies shown are chassics home. We do not deviate at wanted to see, and that allows us to show what we also. If you’re looking for of a bygone era. all from our calendar an album to invest in, The The Silver Screen, located except of course, when consider the better of the old films.” Atlanta Rhythm Section in the Peachtree Battle something happens to the would be happy to receive Shopping Center, was tot­ print beyond our control. To sum up The Silver your money, and you’ll be ally bought, organized, and Sometimes we have a Screen in just a few words is happy with your end of the is run by Mr. George feature that is doing ex­ all but impossible. Check it deal, too. Lafont. Mr. Lafont came to tremely well box office wise out sometime, I think you’ll Atlanta about 12 years ago, but we play it three days like i t ^ . but while living here, his and its gone. This has been DEALER COST PRICES travels carried him to many an educational process on major cities throughout the movie patrons in Atlanta TO DEKALB STUDENTS AND FACULTY U.S. Here he talks about because they know that if MOUNTING • COMPUTERIZED BALANCING what he found; “I saw that they really want to see it all major cities would have they have to get down here their repatory, or film to see it or it’s gone.” T ires by houses that did a lot of this All the features, except on MICHELIN type of thing, double rare occasions are double National Tiro Wholaaala features and the like, but features. On the reason why nothing in Atlanta. I felt a single feature over a that Atlanta needed this double feature, Mr. Lafont Identification type of entertainment.” explains: “There are required at The Silver Screen opened certain movies that because time of last October and has done of their own strengths or the &TBiÆ.inr(§)su purchase extremely well. 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