European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Cher shuns love scenes by Larry Mcshane associated press he Money making movie formula Lor 1087 is simple notion suspense and be that combination reaped millions for flirt a Clam and to out Cher. Sid of Chr Lio office Winner suspect which grossed $1 3 million Over one weekend in november in pics iwo out of three s no bad there s plenty of Achon Fin i suspense in her Lales Floit but movie goes won t see her making love with co Star Dennis Quail there Are no steamy scenes Between to Slars of this flick which is just the Way Cher wanted it i to icon l even want to kiss him. Bill they made us do that said Choi who plays a lawyer defending a homeless Man in ,1 murder Case Quaid plays a Washington lobbyist who ends up As a juror on the Case i did t even think about aids i did t think Aboul anything " the actress said ii bothered to lha a professional woman who had a Fol of Mac Only. Would forget All thai because of a Man i thought it was absolutely wrong and i did t want to do it " it s about the Only thing Trio As Serivo Star without a Guinane has t done lately. On the heels of her role As an attorney in the highly successful suspect Cher has completed work in Iho upcoming Christmas comedy Moonstruck. Released Hei itrel album in live years Cher with production help irom Jon Bon Jovi. Reunited with sex husband Sonny Bono albeit under protest to perform f Gol you babe on late night with David in Tretman born Sherllyn Sarkisian Cher was just 16 when she moved in with Sonny a decision which ended up delaying to acting career by about two decades the 41-year-old Star said. When i met Sonny. Ihal s what i wanted to be an Cher said during a recent interview. And Ihen we became famous so it kind of went on the Back Burner " Insl cad. She became a Singer scoring such hits As the beat goes on Wilh Sonny and bang bang Hall Breed and gypsies tramps and thieves As a Solo act although a successful to show followed the marriage and the Al broke up in the mid-1970s Singer Victress Cher in a scene the witches of Aller pursuing a Solo singing career. Cher returned to her first love acting. She made her debug m 1981 s Oil Broadway come Back to the five and dime. Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean when i came to be York what i was coming to do was get an apartment and fake acting lessons from Lee Strasberg Char recalled. But i Gol the Job before t go the lessons i Don l know that you need to Luko lessons to appear confident on screen. I think it takes a remain kind of person to act i s net for everyone that s for sure acting is not frightening Al s kind of easy " the acting jobs kept coming with critical acclaim and awards soon following an Academy award nomination for her role As the lesbian Roommate in Silkwood the 1985 Best actress award at the Cannes film festival Lor her portrayal of the biker mom in mask loved my role in mask i Felt really close to it. Said Cher who considers it her Besl dramatic work and Iacre was something about it because of Eric Stolz. Who played her son just working and sharing time with Anol her person " she has the same Good feelings Aboul her i wines. Star Jack Nicholson questions Aboul Rock idol Bon Jovi who produced two songs on her new album elicit similar raves although Cher was Lar More apprehensive about singing Ihan acting ii you had asked me. Will you Ever make an album again i d say. Probably not or Are you Happy acting i d say yes Bui i Worgol How much i enjoyed singing said Cher who confesses to sheer fright Al thes Larl of the project she was pleased with the results though calling r Best album Ever company serves up Home grown Talent in diner theater by Carolu Egnell associated Pressi t s the smell of the grease and the Roar of the exhaust Ian As the Orange Vinyl Booths Brown and White linoleum and counter with mismatched stools in Vidlak s family cafe in Omaha. Neb., become a theater the Circle theatre actors travel up and Down the cafe s length As patrons eat and waled from Booths and tables lining the Walls characters exit and enter via the diner s front door. However using a cafe As a healer poses problems for writers. Directors actors and technicians said actress Laura Marr. Who s also the company s business manager in the Winter we have to run around the Block in the Marr said last summer during the storms and downpours a Lech person would Park his Van out there to drive around front to drop us of " the comings and goings through the storefront cafe s door attract a lot of alien lion said her husband Doug Marr the company s resident playwright. The people in the shows Are not your average Joes he said there Are bag ladies men dressed in Gypsy costumes we Hae As big a crowd across the Street Matching As inside the healer curiosity erupted into Fisli cuts during a recent rehearsal when iwo lighting actors exiled into the Streel a rather intoxicated Man stumbled Over irom across the Street and asked the larger of the iwo actors Why Don t you leave him alone7 and then socked him m the jaw Laura Marr Sand we were Lucky it was just a props become intermission refreshment As real life customers polish off the pot of Olfee made by the character customers in the first a fluorescent lights Are turned on and Oil in different parts of the diner Lor lighting effects you Are in such close proximity to the audience everything has Lobo very realistic or in looks fake dog Marr said actors also must adjust to having an audience of up to 85 people a spoon s length away the first time you do it. It s said Laura Arr. When we full Star Tel lie sea ing was Smaler. Some audience members were soling at the a e s counter and actors would sit to those people during Ifie play they really share at you try interested in everything you say " the Marrs run the 12 member Circle theatre company from their Kitchen table they re the Only two official employees of the non profit corporation but other company members Are paid for their work whether in s acting directing or technical skills the company was born at their wedding reception when a group of College friends. All involved in theater decided they wanted to work in Thea fir Ana they wanted to stay in Omaha we Hae a real commit Penl to Nebraska we trainee Here grew up Here we want to stay Here Laura mar said we weren t sure we would be Ubie la slay Here and do the things we wanted to do " that was five years and h Der healer plays ago the company at first looked Lor a More traditional monday. December 7. 1987 theater space but plans to renovate an old movie healer fell through. Doug Marr said so. Armed with a play sol in a diner that he had written in College he approached the owner of a Cale who already sponsored poetry readings we tried to talk the owner of one cafe to let our show be performed there i said we d even write him into the he said but he sold the cafe bal Oil we could Doil " the company eventually landed Al Joe and Judy s cafe now called Vidlak s family cafe they started out with nine comedy dramas since then the plays have ranged irom murder mysteries loan annual Holiday extravaganza bul ail Are entered on the cafe s l shaped counter the company also is looking too her writers Lor material Moat of the plays Deal with misfits people misplaced in traditional settings but they can Lind another family with people who inhabit the diner Doug Marr said the company started out with one or two snort run plays. 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