2002:07:17:15:40:29 Family 48 LOS ANGELES TIMES CALENDAR WEEKEND Aquarium of the Pacific Sharks you can touch some you For advance tickets, call (562) 590-3100 or visit www.aquariumofpacific.org 100 AQUARIUM WAY LONG BEACH, CA students recognized for excellence by high school theater critics. The critics and performers are partici- pants in the Critics and Awards Program, a 3-year-old, national mentoring and peer review pro- gram sponsored by the Capitol Steps political satire troupe. Capitol Steps and Cappies co- founder William Strauss, whose most recent book, with co-author Neil Howe, is the sociological study Rising: The Next Great saw the Cappies as a way to counterbalance the nega- tive press teenagers received fol- lowing the tragedy at Columbine Arts Zone By LYNNE HEFFLEY TIMES STAFF WRITER going to be acting and singing with people who think the way I do about acting with people who think like me. not used to that. I value music so, so much.
To me, music is almost like Danielle Withers, 18, of Mason, Ohio, was waxing enthusiastic about her upcoming trip to Holly- wood, where she and others like her will perform at the John Raitt Theatre. As the newly formed Cap- pies Hollywood Theater company, the young high school theater artists from Ohio, Oregon, Texas and will present three musicals, staged by theater professionals, starting Friday and running through Aug. 3. pretty much an opportunity of a said cast member Jonathan Matthews, 18, of Spring- field, Ore. To be chosen for the Cappies Hollywood Theater company, Withers, Matthews and eight other teens competed against other Cap- pie arts High School in Colorado.
He also wanted to give recognition to stu- dents in theater arts who often have much attention paid to them in relation to sports, for ex- ample. goal we had was to try to provide more positive community celebration of the great things that teenagers he said. The young actors will strut their stuff in two original musicals, writ- ten by Strauss and scored by vet- eran composers Bo Ayarsand Ste- ven Rosenhaus. a comic take-off on Gilbert satirizes high school stresses over grades, standardized tests and col- lege applications. ic.Com,” said Strauss, about high-tech teenagers who like to upload and download songs and a big entertainment company that wants to stop In its final week, the company, joined by veteran Broadway star John Raitt and will present Tribute to Richard a musical revue cele- brating the centennial of the com- birth, which they also will perform at the Beverly Hills Civic Center Plaza.
The Cappies joined with the Hollywood-based American Cen- ter for Music and Theater this year to create the Cappies Hollywood Theater. Next year, the center plans to expand the program into a larger summer stock company with actors 18 and older. school theater is the real youth Strauss said. where out there, do- ing something, shaping some- thing. And what doing is so much more illuminating than what you see on TV shows or at a young age are not always taken seriously as perform- said Paul Gleason, American Center for Music and co- founder and general director.
had one person call this a summer camp. It no summer camp. They are working 12 hours a day; they are doing three full shows and performing for legitimate audi- ences. They have and film advising them. are not kids.
From this moment, we call them young working Withers, who will attend Howard University in the fall with a double major in music education and mu- sical theater, will pur- sue it as a career. be Vanes- sa Williams doing the someday. I want to be a John Raitt Theatre, 6520 Hollywood Hollywood, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sun- day at 3 p.m.; John Raitt Theatre, July 26-27 at 8 p.m.; July 28 at 3 p.m.; Tribute to Richard John Raitt Theatre, Aug. 2-3 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $10; (323) 871-8082.
www.cap- pies.com. Beverly Hills Civic Plaza, 450 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, Aug. 4, 5 p.m. Free.
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I ve been recognized, in Italy something I achieved myself re- ceive that kind of notoriety. Not that it easy living up to constant Cousin Oliver expecta- tions, especially if you ve gotten on with your life. I remember on a long road trip talking to Robbie about the Cousin Oliver thing, says Walter Cleven- ger, a veteran pop musician with whom Rist has performed, and I came away thinking, I wouldn want any kid to go through that. Rist has moved on, with an atti- tude chirpier than you expect from a guy who totes around his music gear in a Ford Aerostar van with more than 300,000 miles on it. After his early work in TV, which included a few episodes as Ted Baxter son on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rist had sundry small- and big-screen roles and has done extensive voice work, no- tably as Michelangelo in the Teen- age Mutant Ninja Turtles movies.
But music has always been the one thing that mine, he says. Rist didn plunge into music in earnest until he was almost 30, but his influences were in place long before. When I was 14, I saw the Knack and said, Holy cow, I wanna do that he says. Of course, 2 1 2 decades later that brand of pop is about as cool as plaid pants. Still, fashion fascism does not stop Rist from champion- ing the cause or pontificating on perceived crimes against melody.
hip quotient I have no time Rist says. a wealth of music out there that peo- ple have never heard because they were too busy buying Trent Reznor records that were created in a vacuum. not music, col- lage, and I learned in kindergarten that collages belong on the refrig- erator. then he adds, laughing, have half-baked theo- ries about says David Bash, the International Pop Over- throw promoter. very preco- cious, just like Cousin Oliver was.
Part of his charm is that he still has that precocity. He can get away with saying things that other peo- ple even so, not as im- pressed with himself as other peo- ple are with Indeed, skill at any num- ber of the en- ergy he brings to the him a welcome addition to many bands. The Florida power-pop outfit Nice Guy Eddie needed a bass player on its trips to the West Coast. Frontman Chris Jackson found Rist. sent him a tape of our songs, but I think he listened to Jackson says.
practiced twice. He was like, go ahead, get And he not just a quick says Ken West of the L.A. band Re- ceiver. gets behind it. He more than just produced our re- literally grabbed my hand and told me what we were gonna do.
a complete mystery to me why not just Maybe when the cultural spin- ning wheel stops on skinny ties and Rickenbackersagain, he will be. not as big as Bill Rist says, sometimes I bet he says, wish there so much stuff.
