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The Write Stuff
Helen Reddy (Tarcher,
$26.95)
She is woman,hear
her roar. We are critics,
hear us snore. Without a
doubt,one of the worst
celebrity autobiographies
ever penned. Helen is not
reddy to join the best-
seller lists, not with this
384-page (not that we
counted) embarrassment.
She doesn't mention any
of her abusive husbands
by name, doesn't discuss
her own drug problems or
a career that's been over
for close to two decades.
But wait! She does reveal her uncanny metaphysical/para-
normal abilities, including the dream she had that Robert
Kennedy would be assassinated. Paranormal? Maybe it
should abnormal ? Reddy says that reincarnation involves
people "reincarnating together to resolve unfinished busi-
ness" - Elvis, she matter-of-factly writes,was formerly King
Tut; Richard Nixon was formerly Andrew Johnson,who was
formerly Thomas Paine. Zzzzzzzz.
For the Record
The Lady With the
Torch (Ghostlight Re-
cords)
And so the torch
has been passed. Pat-
ti LuPone 'sthrobbing
alto is put to good
(but never great) use
on The Lady With the
Torch. Her latest solo
CD - released on the
heels of the new cast
recording of the re-
vival of Sondheim 's
Sweeney Todd,for which LuPone will probably snag a Tony
this year - features an eclectic array of ballads about love
unrequited,love lost and love not yet found,songs by such
legendary composers and lyricists as Jule Styne, Sammy
Cahn,Harold Arlen,Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter and George
and Ira Gershwin. Chris Fenwick conducts the superb Jona-
than Tunick orchestrations,and Patti reminds us once again
that she knows how to wring emotion from her the most
benign lyrics - a sign of her talent as an actress as much as
her vocal prowess. The best track: The gloriously heartfelt
cover of "My Buddy, " dedicated (as is the entire CD, read
the liner notes) to her longtime late musical director/pianist
Dick Gallagher.
DVD Quick Picks
Capote (Sony
Pictures)
Unquestion-
ably a bril-
liant movie ,
with stagger-
ing work by
director Ben-
nett Miller ,
astounding
cinematogra-
phy by Adam
Kimmel,and
magnificent ,
on-the-button
performances
by all,espe-
cially Philip
Seymour Hoff-
man as Capote
and Catherine
Keener as
Harper Lee.
This is the
story of Capo-
te creating a
novel based on the pointless murder of a family in Kansas by
a pair of luckless losers. In researching the novel,he bonds
with the more attractive of the two killers,and suffers a crisis
of soul when he realizes that the only way his novel can end
is with the execution of the two killers. Miller 's directorial
choices are evocative,super-realistic and extraordinarily
liberating for the performers who, in turn,brilliantly inhabit
their characters,bringing to each of them a life that may - or
may not - have actually existed. Kimmel' s camera captures
the claustrophobic New York City literary life,as well as the
vast,impersonal and vaguely threatening landscape of pre-
winter Kansas. Unfortunatel y, the movie is ultimately about
a betrayal of two murderers. That Capote was an openly
gay media hero is, perhaps,beside the point. He was smart
enough to know that he could never have passed as straight ,
and smarter in his ability, along with the New Yorker editor
William Shawn, to manipulate the public and the media into
believing in his oxymoronic "non-fiction novel. " The four
victims of the murdered Clutter family are treated,both here
and in the original novel,like so much clutter required only
to further the plot. Yes, Capote is a brilliant movie,but it is
also dark,disturbing and morally questionable.
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Cahoon show spotlights
Higham's Barnstable visions
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Paints 'places man
has touched,but
not destroyed'
By Brad Lynch
arts@barnstablepatnot.com
HEAVENLY LIGHT - "West Parish" by Tom Higham is part of an exhibit of his work opening at Cahoon Museum of
American Art May 9.
Tom Higham's pictures make
me wonder: where have all the
people gone? The 51-year-old Cape
Cod artist paints land and shore
scenes without people in them.
Yet his smallish acrylic canvases
are drenched in humanity,
It'sasif the boatwright put down
his chisel and closed the shed a
minute ago to walkhome for lunch,
or the fishermen's boots scuffed
up small fragments of coal and
pebbles that give a new texture
to the beach. The actors? They
stepped offstage and out of the
scene. They will be back soon.
His subject matter is that of a
hundred Sunday painters: boats,
beaches, cupolas, stately old hous-
es, little beach shacks. At what he
does,Tom is, simply, the best.
Now, the Cahoon Museum of
American Art in Cotuit is giving
him a solo show. It runs from May
9 through June 25 with an opening
reception free of charge on Friday,
May 12, from 5 to 7 p.m.
It's a show that concentrates
geographically on the Town of
Barnstable,with paintings of the
Centerville and Bumps rivers ,
Ropes 'Barn in Cotuit, West Parish
church and Jenkins Farm in West
Barnstable,the Crosby Boat Yard
in Osterville and cranberry bogs in
Marstons Mills, to mention a few
of his locations.
Higham is an individualist, a
gentle person but strong of will.
He's alover and defender of native
Cape Cod. Hear what he would tell
a young man or woman to be an
artist on the Cape:
1.Practice and practice. Tom car-
ried a sketchpad with him as ju st
a kid and knew what he wanted to
do back in junior high years.
2. Study with able,encouraging
teachers. The greatest influence
in steering his career (and those
of other local painters like William
Davis, Loretta Feeney and Tony
Fazio) was art teacher Edward
Bolton at Barnstable High. Later
Tom studied at. and graduated
from,the Swain School of Design
in New Bedford. He's been study-
ing and working with his hands
and head since in boatyards,on
carpenters ' framing crews,in land-
scaping and design, with emphasis
on flowers. It was inevitable that
he follow an arts career.
3. Don't mind loneliness. He gets
his ideas on solitary walks along
the Cape beaches he loves.
4. Research and plan the work.
Tom collects old magazines with
antique pictures he can refer to
at home in his studio in Hyannis.
Often he takes a camera along to
make studies for a painting. But
most of the ideas "just pop into my
head. " His ideas and the drive he
needs in order to paint successfully
come from inside the individual not
form outside stimuli.
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HJT delights with Frog and Tod
Show portrays hi-
larious,heartwarm-
ing friendship
By Kathleen Manwaring
kmanwaring@barnstablepatnot com
HARWICH JUNIOR THEATRE PHOTO
KICKING IT OFF - Andrew Peace (left) and Will Hopper kick things oft in A Year
With Frog and Toadnow playing at the Harwich Junior Theatre.
When my son was younger I
used to delight in reading him
Arnold Lobel' s Frog and Toad
books. I loved each adventure of
the amiable companions nearly
as much he did.
Last Friday night my son'schild-
hood friends merrily came to life
onstage with the Harwich Junior
Theatre 's opening of A Year With
Frog and Toad.
This is a story about the unex-
pected yet profound relationship
between two characters that are
polar opposites and somehow still
best friends.
Marking his final debut with the
theater before graduating from
Sturgis Charter Public School at
the end of the month is Will Hop-
per as the winsome Frog.
Not only does Hopper bring a
wonderful sense of cheer to the
role, but his low-key manner
conveys his character 's essence
well.
Hopper,obviously having a
super time in the role, perfectly
portrays the debonair,level-
headed Frog That he cares deeply
for his anxious friend is apparent !
throughout the show, especially
when,upon witnessing Toad' s
sadness about his perpetually
empty mailbox, he writes Toad
a letter.
As Toad, Andrew Peace suc-
cinctly captures his character 's
endearing neuroticism and utter
devotion to Frog.
Peace is the fitting choice for
the role of Toad, lending a vast
array of facial expressions to his
lively, sometimesjittery character.
He balances out the worrisome
tendencies of Toad with a lovely
sense of innocence,reminding his
audience that Toad, after all. is a
beloved children's character.
One of my favorite moments
found Toad in his newly planted
garden,eagerly anticipating the
growth of his seeds. "But when
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