European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Willu s Dawn mane Flynn As Kathie the innkeeper s daughter brings drinks to the actors playing students in the student at right a quintet of americans is dressed and ready to go onstage in the student Prince from left Tim Fitzgerald Jorge i Serralles Gary Wetterhall Rachael Wyr Tki and Andrew Snyder. Is Michael Abramss a Michael Abrams for american singers Bymark Kinkade staff writer Hen maj. Tim the stage during performances of the student Prince in Heidelberg Germany visions of stardom Don t dance in behead. He just wants to sing. It s an occasional pleasant diversion said Fitzgerald operations officer for the Heidelberg Community. Pm not driven to be on stage or suffer delusions. I m just having a lot of Fitzgerald is one of several americans in the supporting cast of the famous operetta. He plays one of the students in rival fraternities that provide the human backdrop to Sigmund Romberg s Light opera which opens saturday. Each year the City of Heidelberg sponsors the English language operetta on the grounds of the City s massive Castle. For eight shows in August Fitzgerald and the other americans play extras in the Story of a German Prince who Falls in love with a waitress while attending University in Heidelberg. While Many of the performers Are professional opera stars from the stages of Europe the americans Are strictly amateurs. And while the professional singers play the show As a Brief respite from the Rigours of the marriage of Figaro die Fleder maus and Wagner s ring epic the amateurs have their Chance to Shine in a professional production. / it boils Down to a kind of summer Stock for a lot of these Guys said Gary Wetterhall a member of the. Student chorus. But for me it s the whole season. This is _ _ All the americans in the show have prior stage experience and most of the student Prince s cast a re _ _ veterans of the production according to Veteran player Andrew Snyder. Snyder who works for the University of Oklahoma at Rhein mail a Germany has been in the show for seven years. Wetterhall a civilian working for the army in Meckenheim Germany joined the production in 1989, and Fitzgerald is in his second season with the show. The americans come Back to the show each year for. _. Many reasons. For some it s the Chance to do something different. = i leap from living in a military housing Village and land in another culture Fitzgerald said. _ Wetterhall said the family atmosphere surrounding the cast keeps him coming Back. My son was in the show As the Young Prince for a couple of years Wetterhall said. With All the people we know returning to the cast and my son in the show it was a family affair. You know these people and enjoy working with _ _ and still others return each year to be part of German culture and to experience the other Side of life in Europe. I do occasionally go out and Altstad Rand across the River and Marvel that i m part of this Snyder _ said. This show s roots Are in Heidelberg and we re part of that when we Fitzgerald agreed that s what makes it so neat the show has the imprint of the is Michael Abrams a member of the orchestra practices at a warm rehearsal of the student pop singles 1. Stay i missed you Lisa Loeb & nine stories _ 2.1 swear All-4-one _ 3. Fantastic voyage coolie 4. Can you feel the love tonight Elton John 5. Any time any place and on and on Janet Jackson 6. Don t turn around Ace of base 7. Regulate Warren q. & Nate Dogg 8. Wild night John Mellencamp & me Shell Ndege Ocello 9. Fund fled a brat 10. Back and Forth Aaliyah top albums 1. The Uon King soundtrack 2. The sign Ace of base 3. Forrest Gump soundtrack 4. Purple Stone Temple pilots 5. 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Latin tracks is Michael Abrams. � Tounsi no Jim aug Kevin a. Tarte far left As the Prince and some buddies Telephone 06221-21144. Rehearse a serenade. How to get tickets n a Nice night the student Prince is staged outside in the Heidelberg Castle courtyard which is absolutely the Best place to View Rainy nights it s staged inside in the Castle s Ken Isaal or King s Hall. More seats Are available outside so it s relatively easy tickets on the night of the performance at the Gate of the Castle right by the Moat. All performances Are at 8 . Tickets Range in Price from 19 Marks or about $12.33, to 44 Marks or $28.57, for All shows except an aug. 30 Uso Benefit performance. A ticket to the student Prince entitles holders to free transportation three hours before and after the performance on Van Rhein Neckar transportation streetcars buses German trains routes without a surcharge and the Berghahn or Mountain Tram Cable car leading up to the Castle. For information on the Uso Benefit Call Dan 380 7668 or 7195, civilian 0621-730-7668or 7195. Sales outlets for tickets to the shows on aug. 6,13, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 27 Are Rei Eshop am Necka Munz. Telephone 06221 12760 fax 06221-184917 Zig Arren Grimm am Bismarck Platz. Telephone 06221-20909 Konzer Tasse theater str. 4 in the Heidelberg Alstadt or old town Telephone 06221-583521, fax 06221 58352.1. No surcharge. Tourist information am Schloss Neue Schloss bar. 54. Michael Moorcr dance modern Roc tracks reggae albums 1.amorprohlbwo,-Selena-2 site Vas Jon secaaa3 jul sclera Ricardo Montane 4. Pero que be Ceslad j"ajabnel5.teconozco,ricardoarjor4 6. Diablo los fugitives j7.unanochedeamor, Boazz 1 0. Vida la mafia 1. Take it easy mad lion 2. Nappy Heads fugues 3. This d.j., Warren g. 4. Do you Wanna get Funky c c music factory 5.100% pure love Crystal Waters 6. Fantastic voyage coolie. 7. Give it up Public enemy 8. No guns no murder Rayvon 9. Stroke you up changing faces 10. Fund fled a brat 1 come out and play offspring 2 Vasol lne Stone Temple pilots 3 prayer for the dying Seal 4 fall Down Toad the wet sprocket 5. Einstein on the Beach counting crows. 6 Black Hole Sun sound Garden 7. Stay Lisa Loeb & nine stories 8. Basket Case Green Day 9. Labour of love frente10. Headache Frank Black 1. Queen of the pack Patra 2 bad boys inner Circle 3. Kids from foreign born americans 4. Promises & lies ub40 5. Cool runnings soundtrack 6. Yaga Yaga terror fabulous 7 in control bores Hammond 8. Lethal riddles 94 dance Hall explosion various artists 9. Songs of Freedom Bob marley10 All she wrote Chaka Demus & pliers compiled by billboard on disc dec rarities vol. 1 various artists dec Geffen i s a previously unreleased nirvana demo Worth even the budget Price of this collection when a that track is a to play a 1990 Punk fury explosion that evolved into stay a Way the answer is _ _ yes. But wait there s More Hole s intriguing single Beautiful son and lesser but still Worth collecting efforts from Beck sonic youth and counting crows make this 14-track anthology a Good value. Steve Hochman los Angeles times get up on it Keith sweat Elektra i Here s always been something of a Lover Man Aura to Keith sweat s music but he s never a presented that Side of his sound As literally As he does on get up on it Between the Pillow talk persuasiveness of his voice and the single minded insistence of his lyrics sweat makes no secret of How he defines Romance. As such get up on it comes across less As a musical Valentine than a sort of danceable sex manual. To his credit sweat avoids the kind of slavering explicitness that Marks the work of his proteges in silk but even so there s not a whole lot of subtlety to be found in the likes of come into my bedroom or grind on you. Worse the beats usually one of the Best things about sweat s work Are As monotonous As his lyrics with Only the Roger Troutman spiked put your old Van through the test exhibiting anything in the Way of spunk or originality. . Cons done Baltimore Sun one step ahead of the spider my 900 it. Jesus american utting Edge rapper and All around studio virtuoso my 900 it Jesus . Mark Griffin i kicks his feet up and lays far Back for his third album and major Label debut. The record s Balmy and organic grooves Are far from the electronic dance pulse of previous records and now he steeps his hip hop sensibilities in minimal Goatee stroking album has a Sharp cynical and thinking Edge. It s a hybrid sound the 25-year-old texan who carries a College degree in trumpet has been mutating toward since his professional delivers lyrics with a cadence that shifts quite fascinatingly Between those of a Finger snapping beat poet a cheap detective novel and. A bar Stool storyteller. The subject matter ranges from Long Smoky tales one song clocks in at 11 minutes to pne shot scenarios. Saxophone clarinet flute and of course trumpet converge to make seductive and \ sometimes hyperactive backdrops. Machine generated beats Are extremely minimal giving Waytz the More imperfect thump of bongos and Drums while the Lone rap number on the album boasts Clever wordplay above nifty sampling. Lorraine ail los Angeles times focus entertainment editor".".,.r.tt.r, Doke editorial assistant Sandee Jones listing contributors staff writers Marian Hamilton Cindee Morrison sue Palumbo Nancy l. Torner also Ferenc Pajtas Joe Olano. Send entertainment news tips Story ideas and listings to the stars and stripes entertainment. Unit 29480, Apo a 09211 or civilian Postrach 11 14 37, 64278 Darmstadt Germany. Telephone Dan 348-8350, Civ. 06155-601350, Tel fax 06155-601416. ". Outside Germany the country code is 49. Drop the 0 from the prefix. _-.-. 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