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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE MONDAY, MAY 3, 1999 D-5 MS a eiimmiiiMiii? i Pauly Shore gives his heart to role as principal for a day CMU to continue new plays project i. Z- 4 If i i' T. i John HellerPost-Gazette The Banana family, from left: John Zarra Donny Zarra, Judy Zarra and Johnny Zarra at their club in 1995. Banana rocks, but not around the clock By Steve Carney Los Angeles Daily News "Weasel. Weasel.

Weasel," the students chanted as they followed their principal en masse Friday at Canoga Park High in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley and not one of them got in trouble. They were trailing Pauly Shore, comedian from movies and MTV fame, who was one of 200 volunteers in a districtwide Principal for a Day program. The arrangement with the Los Angeles Unified School District had entertainment industry figures and business and community leaders becoming part-time educators, taking attendance, supervising lunch and visiting classes. "There were all these Spanish kids in Spanish class," Shore said. "They're bored.

They all know it. Of course they're going to get an A on every test. I said, 'Leave. Bring back some French The idea behind the program is to create partnerships between influential people and public schools, said Eiko Moriyama, director of the LAUSD Adopt-a-School program. Some volunteers follow up with donations of money or equipment about $15 million a year, she said.

Others send employees back to the school to lend technical expertise or mentor students, or have the children visit their businesses on field trips. That way the students can see how their lessons translate to real-life jobs, she said. Volunteers from the local media, universities, Dreamworks SKG, Salomon Smith Barney, GTE, MTV the Hamilton United Methodist Church and various other organizations participated. Monday, May 3 For info: 41 2-bHA-41 1 1 The School of Flesh (France) Affliction (Oscar Winner) Mon-Thurs 7:30 choreography by Ben Benedum Center. ST lf -vi.

discounts, call A i i "i'5 I IYIE ISIRE If BESTINCTION, I IlLTIMiTE EXPEraCi WITH Itf mmmm ii -Esinn in rmm 'Tt'rt 3 1 The paintings, he says, are good. But the industrial band, whose name will be withheld to protect fragile musicians' egos, was "horrifying," he says. "They should have a law. Like they have gun control. They should only sell instruments to people who know how to play them." At 12:30 a.m., Johnny Banana tells the band it's time to call it a night.

As Untamed tears down its gear and the customers drift out into the darkness, Johnny Banana says the music would have gone on until 2 a.m. if the place had been rocking and rolling like it has on some Saturdays past. "They would have played until the cows come home or the cat called the cops." mt -am nam mra u- S4.25-ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6 P.M. IDLE HANDS (R) 6:40, 7:40, 9:40 EHTRAPMENT PS-13) .,5:35,7:35,9:35 PUSHIN6 TIM (R) 6:30, 7:45, 10:00 MATRIX 7:30,10:00 SHOWS BEFORE 6 P.M. .,5:45,7:30,9:40 .5:25,7:25,9:35 .,5:40,75,9:50 nOSTIFOUHD(lt-IJ).

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He is wearing earplugs, but you won't hear this nice dad complain about the ruckus in the basement of his Scott home during the band's practice sessions. "I am from the '60s. I like rock 'n' roll. I think it is better than rap." Johnny Banana goes to the back room and shows off the music-inspired, edgy paintings that an artist painted while an industrial band played at his club a few years ago. THE CUT CF TGHRS(pg-i3) 7:30, 9:30 -rtiuis ar mrthhe irs-iii 115.315.s15.

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ENTRAPMENT (P8-13) 5:05 7:35 9:55 DIGITAL NEVER BEEN KESED (PG-1 3) 5:20 7:30 9:45 STUMIWStlTTIVO THE MATRK (R) 4:00 7:00 9:40 STADIUM SEAITttO ANALYZE THIS (R) 6:00 7:25 9:50 STADIUM SFJ3TN0 SHAKESPEARE LOVE (R) 4:30 7:05 9:30 DIGITAL Work hotter than a mnoie, and you won't lust- li rx-iwti-n Ihc rushlonft. TV Vet'k. evt-ry Sunday in the Pos(-iatUi. UtilJurpl wf OnhiHi 7:00,9:15 715 9:30 Pauly Shore "I like to go right for the kids that no one ever talks to." As Shore breezed through Canoga Park High, star-struck students shouted, "Hey, buuuddy." and called for "the weasel," Shore's catch phrase and nickname from earlier in his career. "I wish they would listen to me as much as they listen to him," said the school's real principal, Denny Thompson.

"He's been really good listening to what the kids have to say, all kidding aside. Kids really open up to him." Shore, star of "Encino Man," "In the Army Now" and "Bio-Dome," said classmates at Beverly Hills High School picked on him before he graduated in 1986, so Friday he focused on the kids at the margins. "I like to go right for the kids that no one ever talks to. Once you talk to them and kind of make them laugh, that's all they really need," Shore said. "I have an understanding of where they're coming from, how sad a lot of them are.

That gets to me." FORCES OF NATURE (FS11) 5:25,7:25,9:25 SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (I) 5:10,8:10 OCTOBER SKY (PO) 7:35,9:35 BABY GENIUSES (P0) 5:40 ANALYZE THIS 5:30,7:30,9:25 Stevenson music by Joseph Horoviti symphony in choreography by George Balanchine music by Georges Bizet fibeneoum Xenter 1412.456.6666 or visit the Tickets start at 13. For group sales 281.0360 Rttsburgh BalletTheatre r.K, ill 7, I'm a b'j STBQ10M 11 11 iasSiisi it i ui UJ U3 I .1 By Christopher Rawson Post-Gazette Drama Editor The professional new play development program will be back this summer at Carnegie Mellon University. Modestly re-named the Summer New Plays Project, it will be led by an artistic directorate of Peter Frisch, Milan Stitt and Greg Lehane (head of CMU drama, directing and playwriting, respectively), and managed by Daniella Topol, who is leaving her current position at City Theatre. Originally called the CMU Showcase of New Plays, the program was founded by Don Marinelli in 1987 and led by playwright Frank Gagliano from 1989 until he resigned last September. Some assumed that because Gagliano was so closely identified with the showcase, this would signal the end of its 12-year run.

But Frisch said then, "This is a chance to examine the program from the ground up," to determine what CMU most wants to do with its summer time and space. The resulting New Plays Project differs in some respects from the showcase but is similar in many. In this first year, there will be three major productions, each outfitted with a professional director and cast who will work with the playwright for two weeks and then offer three public staged readings 8 p.m. Fridays and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays with the audience invited to provide feedback to director, playwright and cast.

Frisch says that the plan will be to stage only plays that come sponsored by a theater that is planning to stage them in the year ahead. "We'll partner with theaters around the country doing new work, offering to workshop scripts they like and we like that are going to be done the following year. We hope to have about 10 to 12 partner theaters." There will also be a slot set aside for an alumnus of the CMU play-writing program. The three shows this summer should grow to four the year after. In many directors will be part of the package proposed by the theaters.

Equity actors will be featured, as in the past. Continuing another tradition, there will also be a Monday night series of more informal readings. This summer's schedule: July 2-3: William Kovacsik, "Slice of Immortality" (alumni slot). Fed up with corrupt Athenian society, the aging Euripides encounters a follower, wealthy aristocrat, former lover, Aristophanes and God. July 17-17: Keith Adkins, "Wilber-force (New York Theatre Workshop).

A spiritual turning point in the lives of a free colored family in 1856 Greene County, Ohio. July 31-Aug. 1: Kate Miora Ryan (book lyncs), Kim Sherman (music), "Leaving Queens" (Julia Miles and The Women's Project). A musical exploration of a lost Irish immigrant history. Monday Night Series (July 12-Aug.

2, dates to be assigned): Kourtney Rang, "Happily Ever Andrea Lepcio, Denise Pullen, "Phone Drew Sachs, "I to My Friends." ARTHISTORY NOTES A reception from 12:30 to 1 p.m. tomorrow will open the first Indiana University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Festival, which is free to the public. Events, including performance, theater and art exhibitions, continue until 10 p.m. Artists will host open studios from 1 to 5 p.ra For information call 724-357-2530. The Carnegie Museum of Art Board has elected five new members: Eliza Smith Brown, corporate director of communications for Burt Hill Kosar Rittleman Associates; William S.

Dietrich II, chairman of Dietrich Industries Inc. and president of the Mallard Fund; Jane Haskell, Pittsburgh artist; William E. Hunt, president and CEO of the Elmhurst and James Johnson, president and CEO of the Russell Standard Bridgeville. Representatives from the Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission will seek public input for the state Historic Preservation Plan for the 21st century at a public meeting from 4 to 7 p.m. May 19 at Manchester Citizens Corp.

on Brighton Road. The commission sees this as a way to prepare for the future by identifying important buildings, neighborhoods or even objects that should be saved for posterity. They want people to participate in a review of a draft of the plan. Reservations are not necessary. For information: Cathy Broucek at Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, 412-471-5808.

SATURDAY FROM PAGE D-l cred Reich. What little wall space left is covered by neon Budweiser, Coors Light and Miller signs. Johnny Banana is seated at the bar lit up with a lonely string of green lights. He is wearing all black fike the band, but he is looking more like your uncle than a metal-head. He does a play-by-play of the band.

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