Broadway hits State ical includes classic chart-topping hits By Zach Geiger COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER The Downtown State Theatre is trav eling back through time this month as Pennsylvania Center Stage presents the Broadway musical "Smokey Joe's Cafe." The show features 36 of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's hit songs from the 1950's and 1960's including memo rable classics such as "Yakety Yak," - Love Potion #9, - - Jailhouse Rock." "On Broadway" "Stand By Me, - and - I'm a Woman." said J. D. Daw, Class of "It's the music that brings them in Daw said. Hearing the music is a fun experi ence for both young and old audience members because kids will recognize the larger hits, and older audience members will remember the music and think back to a favorite memory, pro duction stage manager Kevin Paulsen said. "Out of the 36 songs there's maybe two I didn't hear before. - Paulsen (sen- iiill; I.IA-1 'l/2 3-10,m pRICE STEAK ••10.0- • 1 I t BEST i t a CASH tri Comer of Collett & Allen St. of Penn State students agreed that the distribution racks are conveniently located. Advertise imThe Dail#,Collegian and get noted! Col etan Statistics of Penn &Menke 2008 If you go What: Pennsylvania Center Stage presents "Smokey Joe's Café" Where: Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, 146 S. Allen St. When: Through July 31 Details: Tickets start at $24 and are available at Eisenhower Box Office, Bryce Jordan Center and Penn State Tickets Downtown for-stage management) said. "You can hear the music and remember an important time from your life." The play is experienced like a memo ry or flashback the way that director Amy Anders Corcoran. Class of 2010, personally interpreted the award-win ning show, Daw said. "It's the story of this neighborhood separating and coming back together," Paulsen said. "It's like a class reunion." That sense of the group returning to its home neighborhood is the theme WE ARE Penn State and WE READ The Daily Collegian • a eV t o mp rw Bbok o 93% that ties the story and the music together with the show, Daw said. Both Daw and Paulsen agreed that the musical selection and the excep tional talent of the cast are the driving forces behind the production. "The cast is sensational." Daw said "Everyone involved is Penn State." Each of the nine-person cast and the crew of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" is associ ated with Penn State somehow, includ ing performer Steve Broadnax. an associate theatre professor. Daw said. Corcoran has previously directed - Smokey Joe's Café" and was invited back to direct this summer's show. The showings coincide during the 25th anniversary of Pennsylvania Center Stage. Daw said. "Last time f"Smokey Joe's Cafe"l was low-budget, but it was fantastic," Daw said. "This opportunity is a full blown, professional project." So far ticket sales for the first three preview shows are close to selling out, Paulsen said. To e-mail reporter: zjgsol2@psu.edu Fa U P I a6lCffimm White Course The White Course provides a challenging alternative to the Blue Course. With holes dating hack to 1922 the White Course test even the most skilled ria\ er Greens Fees for the White Course $2B - Friday, Saturday. Sunday Fit*E- Meets $2O - Monday Thursday (excluding holidays) s ,,ortatt" ocor n acfo ss $48.9 holes anytime lran tbe tree ec. v‘akk• up 0257 Now affinity unlimited play with Penn Sint. White COMA' please Ca" Mentherahip $195- Fallgate 15 -tMcerater 31) for pick • New exhibit comes to Palmer Museum The newest addition to the Palmer Museum of Art fea tures an eclectic showcase of culture from classic litera ture to paintings in "A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections." Christopher Reed, an associate professor of English and visual culture and guest co-curator of the exhibition, said the exhibition aims to encompass the whole visual culture of the Bloomsbury group through a showcase. The Bloomsbury group was named for a town surround ing the University of London. which was centered around artists like Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry among others. according to a Palmer Museum press release. 'At the beginning of the 20th century Bloomsbury's members were trying to imagine what it would mean to live in a modern way," Reed said. - A lot of that imagining took place by way of imagining new and modern environ ments places for people to be modern in." Reed said the exhibition highlights how important Bloomsbury is to Americans. `All the works in the show come from North American... collections, from museums and libraries as well as from private houses," Reed said. The Palmer Museum of Art has added pieces to the show, including books and letters from the Rare Books and Manuscripts collection of Penn State's Special Collections Library and others from local collectors, he said. The exhibition will be open through September 26. The Best Deal in Town for Penn State Students -6.344 va-ds By Eddie Lau COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER To e-mail reporter: tolslos@psu.edu raxie a,adable PENN STATE GOLF COO6 Es
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