Thursday, October 31, 1991
Spooks ---
a hauntingly
funny comedy
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The Collegian
The stage is all set to go and
all the props are in place. The
scene is a typical Polish home,
and it's all quiet except for one
man going over his opening
speech, five women going on and
off the stage trying to get ready
for the play and a priest who is
watching it all.
If you would walk in on all of
this, you might get the
impression that it's the set for the
Golden Girls, but it's not. These
people are gearing up for the
opening of Spooks, The
Haunting of the Skowronski
Sisters.
Richard Boler, popular local
humorist who resides in Eric
wrote this play based on his real
life aunts who live in Eric. He
also wrote for National Lampoon
before trying his hand at plays.
Director Scott McClelland
also has praises for the cast and
the play itself. He remarks,
"Spooks stars five of the best
actresses in Erie." He adds, "One
of the characters is a Nun with
Alzheimer's who spews
obscenities."
Alberta Nelson-Gilman, who
plays Josie, is a retired
professional actress who was
Goober's girlfriend on the Andy
Griffith Show. She also starred
in all the beach movies with
Frankic Avalon. Gilman is not
the only one who has a famous
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Narrator in the play, was in The
Marriage of Bette and 800. It was
a play written by Christopher
Durang and directed by Steve
Buckwald here at Behrend.
McClelland enjoys working with
the cast and enjoys the play. He
said, "Spooks is funny,
extremely funny. Equus was a
huge success, and Spooks will be
the same."
Spooks is a welcome relief for
McClelland, "it's very refreshing
to do a comedy, as compared to
Equus which was very
emotional."
The cast works well together.
On stage and off, they look like a
real family. Each one
compliments the other. Linda
Gamble, who plays Annie, said,
"When in acting, your body is
your instrument and you get to
know yourselves. You feel
exposed, like you're mentally
naked." Bobbie Kocher, who
plays Irene-Rose adds, "the play
depicts what could be real
people."
Spooks opens on Halloween
night (Oct. 31) and that evening
there will be a catered Halloween
Party. Admission is $lO.OO that
night. The Roadhouse Theater is
located on 1505 State Street. The
play runs through November
24th. Admission is 57.00 for
students and $5.00 for seniors on
Thursdays and Sundays only. The
starting time on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday is at 8:00 p.m., and
on Sundays, at 3:00 p.m.
The Collegian
Ocean Blue's Cerulean
Contains only enough
you interested
b Sean Don 1 hert
The Collegian
Released about two months
ago, Cerulean by The Ocean Blue
has managed to gain recognition
on progressive charts, but this is
not the sort of release that will
earn The Ocean Blue a permanent
name in progressive music.
The Ocean Blue is a four man
group from Hershey, PA. Like
the other major progressive
release from Pennsylvania,
Umbrella, by The Innocence
Mission, Cerulean lacks a full
variation of sounds.
The vocals ; done solely by
David Schelzel, become boring
through repetition. There are few
back-up vocals and no female
voices. Also, David Schelzel
sings neither loud nor soft nor
with a lot of feeling. The above
combination robs the album of a
full range of sound.
The Ocean Blue uses a style
of singing over the music. That
is, the melody of the vocals and
the melody of the music often
don't match (like The Cure). This
style works well for The Cure,
however The Ocean Blue doesn't
use the style quite as effectively.
Regardless of first
the
cmpressions,
few excellent songs
on this album could
better.
Many of the songs of
Cerulean have fresh and new
musical sounds. Throughout the
album the use of piano, accoustic
guitar and synthesizer in their
respective arrangements give the
music alone an original sound.
The album has its negative
and positive qualities. It is saved
through some songs and brought
down by others.
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to keep
"Cerulean," the lead single,
begins with a duct, an accoustic
guitar and piano, and it gradually
includes light percussion and
bass. In this song, the vocals and
the music correspond well. The
result is one individual song
which has been successful on
progressive charts.
"Marigold," another song on
this album, is about a man who
realizes his girlfriend is the one
he wants to marry. The group
uses bass guitar, a six-string
combined with the varied sounds
of a synthesizer and strong
percussion to create a fine love
song.
The album has a few excellent
songs, but the problem is that
the not-so-excellent songs sound
too much like all the other songs
on the album. Regardless of first
impressions, the few excellent
songs on this album are simply
that, but the album could be
better. At least for now it is
enough to keep you interested in
The Ocean Blue.