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SDMhMMhMlm' role in a Broadway musical @ B# tamed for its frenzied, energetic, and stellar dancing, Robert * Sheridan isn‘t much of a hoofer. Then again, he doesn‘t have to be. 3 _ in the New York touring production of 42nd Street which comes to The Centre in the Square this week, es mmpmem : avems Sheridan plays the role of stage *A m‘ . director Julian Marsh, one of the ,* 7 > few nonâ€"dancing roles in the "definâ€" " itive backstage musical." than a year ago, Sheridan was a bit _ _ 4 A fus A A OSA intimidated by the fact that he was .‘ _ W P SV n‘t among the show‘s army of â€" 14Arn , M dancers. But he soon came to realize . +7 e the importance of his role and the +/ responsibility that came with play _ . ‘ .. _ on the role of Julian. "I was in New York in the typical grind, and I thought, ‘I‘ve got to get a job, I‘ve got to get a tour, I want to leave the city.‘ And | opened up Backstage, the trade paper for actors in New York, and this audition was listed. So I called for an appointment and they asked me for what role. | kind of knew the show and knew there were some nonâ€"dancing roles in it, and thought, ‘What the hell, I‘ll just see if they‘ll read me for something.‘ The secretary said she‘d put me down as Julian, and | said, ‘Okay, fine with me.‘ I just wanted the appointment." Sheridan was born and raised in Marcellus, N.Y. near Syracuse, Sheridan says he was looking for a production specifically like 42nd Street when he auditioned â€" a production that would get him out oftmuqcnyfqawmk.smr!didnfinuesaiiyhmhbfightm "At first, at the rehearsals in New .‘ York, | was intimidated by this," /_‘ Sheridan says in a telephone interâ€" view from New Brunswick, New Jerâ€" _ / sey. "The dancers are extraordinarily talented, and there‘s no secret that wl l “_fi this show is about the dancing. The M $ ¢ dancers are the stars of the show, â€" M / not this character Julian. And since | . Bs c wasn‘t a dancer and wasn‘t on their _ | P team, so to speak, | had to find my *A own way, hold my own, and keep e , f the show interesting when they E weren‘t there. in a way, | gave it the . 4 wih | same approach they give it when en they learn the steps â€" you know, ‘% E’, i Aiirrrretad io. just do it and do it and do it and * become secure with it. | wanted to ad give my performance the same kind i of energy that they give to the steps % e M â€" find the rhythm of the script and the scene. Even though the music has stopped and the dancers are gone, the play should not come to a screeching halt." 42 Street, which features such classics as Luilaby of Broadway, Shutâ€" fle Off to Buffalo, and We‘re in the Money, is based on the 1933 Warner Brothers film starring Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers. It opened on Broadway in 1980 to rave reviews and ran for a remarkable 6,137 performances there. ing it. manom UR e i Ne : t s anei se onl CR io nsWm c Anmacmeamen Sheridan‘s list of acting credentials obviously reflects his ability to tackle any type of theatre, whether it be drama, comedy, or musical. But he doesn‘t necessarily have a favorite. Whatever he‘s doing at the time, he says, is usually his favorite. "They‘re all so different, they‘re favorites for various reasons." Sheridan says. "Like, Look Back in Anger is a great play and the role of Jimmy is a fantastic role, but, gee, it‘s just so depressing. It‘s not like 42nd Street where it‘s all jubilation and all of that. It‘s rewarding and emotional to go out there and be angry Jimmy all night. It‘s also just as exhilarating to be the triumphant Julian at the end. | try to make every show I‘m doing at the time my favorite, and sometimes it really works out that way. It‘s like, ‘Wow, | really love this,‘ and I think that just comes from loving being an actor." 42nd Street will be at The Centre in the Square May 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $42, $37, and $32, and are available at The Centre box office, 578â€"1570. Mmoheb«aminurededinmmotz\dhbimzn;mmxm local community productions. His interest in performing major in theatre at university and eventually took him to New York to find the footlights. "I did my first play as a 12â€"yearâ€"old. it was Pippin and the local comâ€" munity theatre needed a little kid," Sheridan recalls. "My older brother commmnn nz onyr m » K PP was m@ and he told me M o a %%‘;«g ;& needed a little kid. So I went in there [ & ____ _ _ OA . and sang for a part and | got it. Then CA / _ Istarted doing the school shows and | _ _ continued with the summer shows f + ‘R _ _ and eventually found myself a theâ€" AP WA %/ 4/ B 0 atre major in college. #% "I went to a very small school â€" en irars ATCE _ Eimira College only had about 600 ud , *A A, ; " _ _| _ was a senior, only eight theatre J V P _‘ _ majors. So there was a huge opporâ€" immmmm . tunity for me to perform every time Â¥ _ _ ‘they were doing a show. | believe &" ‘| _ that you learn more by doing than s _ from the classrooms. The setting, i / _ lights and the costumes, is, I think, a / _ much better classroom, as it were, |â€" _ than a dassroom at 9:15 in the ‘‘ _ morning, where you‘re drinking _‘ _ you‘re coffee and taking notes." _ About six months after graduatâ€" | _ _ ing from college, Sheridan found an § | â€" _ apartment in New York and began & [ _ _ his "typical life as an actor." § "I waited tables, scrounged up P | / odd jobs, auditioned, and took _ EM es parts," Sheridan says. "It‘s the typical WE M _ story you‘ve heard before, really." Among his acting credits in New MB _ York are the roles of Medvedenko in mmraecmerennerermmmen remrnarar The Seagull, nine characters in Tâ€" OEAAA CCCA ~! _ Bone *n‘ Weasel and Jimmy in Look Back in Anger. Other acting credits include the roles of P.T. Barnum in Barnum, John P. Wintergreen in Of Thee / Sing, Willum in The Nerd, Lycus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Sebastian in Twelfth Night. He also toured the U.S. as Johnny Canâ€" tone in The 1940‘s Radio Hour. mmwnmmw fundraising art auction, May 25 at the ‘Toronto fine art auctioneer Robert Parks will oversee the auction and encourage the audience to bid on oneâ€"ofâ€"aâ€"kind pieces by g mng(audindq,nmdm Clay a to holt The Canad Waterloo wil fundraising a gallery. § ‘toromofin will oversee t Instead of four musicians and a drummer, audiences will hear four drummers and a musician at a workshop/concert May 24 at the Waterloo Community Arts Centre on Regina Street. Local tabla player Hari Pal has organized the event because he believes that "rhythms generated by drums can be incorporated into a complete concert without being under the umbrella of big musicians." The twoâ€"hour concert, "Rhythms & Melodies", begins at 8 p.m. The first portion of the concert, Rhythms, offers a new style of tabla performance coupled with other drums, and features Dale Marcel (congas), Hari Pal (tabla), Jay Purdie (drum set), Karl Stevenson (bass), and Shukri Marzouk (dumb ekka). The second portion of the concert, Melodies, offers romantic and spiritual Alfred Carn (electric guitar), Hari Pal (tabla). Tickets are $12 for the general public, $10 for students and community arts centre members, and are available at Pal‘s Galerie, 170 University Ave. W., in Waterloo (746â€" 8650) or the Button Factory (886â€"4577). Waterloo art centre and a cash bar. Music will be provided by Waterloo band Fat Old White Guys, and there will be light for money, spent 10 years family is a writ is making me ¢ We are all, l here at the a hat and tails. For all her ha receive a gift in the future, Her favorite ural world, 1 city life was of Toronto: st grids. No one it harder and area. 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