Welcome to the Auburn Public Theatre Cinema: Do The Right Thing

 
All films are $5 .
Enjoy our comfortable seating and dynamite sound system!

Fri/Sat January 16, 17 2009
8pm

Do The Right Thing

Spike Lee’s incendiary look at race relations in America, circa 1989, is so colorful and exuberant for its first three-quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward. Do the Right Thing is a joyful, tumultuous masterpiece–maybe the best film ever made about race in America, revealing racial prejudices and stereotypes in all their guises and demonstrating how a deadly riot can erupt out of a series of small misunderstandings. Set on one block in Bedford-Stuyvesant on the hottest day of the summer, the movie shows the whole spectrum of life in this neighborhood and then leaves it up to us to decide if, in the end, anybody actually does the “right thing.” Featuring Danny Aiello as Sal, the pizza parlor owner; Lee himself as Mookie, the lazy pizza-delivery guy; John Turturro and Richard Edson as Sal’s sons; Lee’s sister Joie as Mookie’s sister Jade; Rosie Perez as Mookie’s girlfriend Tina; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as the block elders, Da Mayor and Mother Sister; Giancarlo Esposito as Mookie’s hot-headed friend Buggin’ Out; Bill Nunn as the boom-box toting Radio Raheem; and Samuel L. Jackson as deejay Mister Señor Love Daddy. A rich and nuanced film to watch, treasure, and learn from–over and over again.

Welcome to the Auburn Public Theatre Cinema.

Auburn Public Theatre Cinema That Midnight Kiss and The Toast of New Orleans
All films are $5 .
Enjoy our comfortable seating and dynamite sound system!

Fri/Sat January 9th and 10th 2009
Mario Lanza Double Feature! only $5
6pm That Midnight Kiss
8pm The Toast of New Orleans
The first 10 patrons get in free!

That Midnight Kiss and The Toast of New Orleans take us back to a time in the history of film making that has never been equalled. Everything about these films seems to work. The stars were superb, and the costumes and sets were magnificent. The stories were light and frothy, and there were no real attempts to create “real” stories. The audiences happily suspended their disbelief, and were contnent to be carried away by the beauty and purity of the music. Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza were magnificent singers and were perhaps at their best in opera and operatic inspired music, a regular feature of films starring these two singers. We may well have been seeing the beginning od “crossover” music here. These films represent the best in production values of their day, and were made in 1949 and 1950 when the world was still expressing the joys of the early Post-War period. Definitely 5 star.

    
Auburn Players Community Theatre Newsletter   
    
    
 
Our Country’s Good opens this Friday
 
The APCT is glad to announce it’s latest dramatic production; “Our Country’s Good” which is directed by Jason Manning and stars several of the most talented performers in our region.

Performances begin Friday at 8PM. January 9th. There will also be performances at 8PM on Jan 10, 16 & 17 plus two matinees at 2pm on the 11th and 18th. A video of pictures from the production is available on the Auburn Players site at www.auburnplayers.net
Tickets are available at the door of the Irene A. Bisgrove Theatre located at Cayuga Community College, 197 Franklin Street, in Auburn, NY, or by calling our reservation line at 315.258.8275
Our Country’s Good is the story of convicts and Royal Marines sent to Australia in the late 1780s as part of the first penal colony there. It follows Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark’s attempts to put on a production of George Farquhar’s restoration comedy The Recruiting Officer with a cast of male and female convicts. The play shows the class system in the convict camp and discusses themes such as sexuality, punishment, the Georgian judicial system, and the idea that art can act as an ennobling force.
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CNY Theatre Pipe Organ Society Christmas Concert
Sunday, December 14 2008

Hours:

Doors open at 7:00pm, Concert starts at 7:30pm
Description:

Presenting Mr. Ned Spain in his debut performance on the world famous Syracuse Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ.
Website: www.jrjunction.com
Price:

Non-member admission – Adults $15.00, children $2.00
Building: NewTimes Theater at the McNeil & Co. Art and Home Center
Phone: 315-451-6551

COMMUNITY EVENTS AT Auburn Public Theatre

Sat, Sept 27th 10am – 1pm

FREEING THE WRITER WITHIN – Writers Workshop
with Patricia Roth Schwartz

Take this unique opportunity to unleash your creativity and expand your skills as a writer. Join published author and award-winning writer, Patricia Roth Schwartz for this 3 hour workshop.

$25 advance/door

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FALL ACTING WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Taught by professional acting teacher, Carey Eidel, these workshops will explore the basics of acting technique.
Ages 11 – 18 Oct 2nd – Nov 20th

THANKSGIVING CHILDREN’S SHOW

Join Auburn Public Theater founders Janie MicGlire and Angela Daddabbo and veteran teacher/director/costume designer/make-up artist, Diane Bauso, as they mount APT’s first ever Thanksgiving Production. Your child will be given the opportunity to sing, dance and act in this one hour extravaganza. Basic acting, singing and dancing technique will be introduced.

All levels of ability are welcome. However, please know, we must limit class size to forty children. So, if your child is interested, please register as soon as possible!

For more information or to register your child, please contact Janie MicGlire by email at janie@auburnpublictheater.com or by phone at (315) 253-6669.

Ages 6-10 Oct 4th – Nov 29th

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COMING SOON TO CINEMA APT

Fri, Oct. 11 & Sat, Oct. 12 at 8:00pm

MY LIFE AS A DOG (1987)

Starring: Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen Director: Lasse Hallström Rating:PG

Simultaneously elegiac and raw, this unforgettable tearjerker tells the story of Ingemar, a 12-year-old working-class Swedish boy sent to live with his childless aunt and uncle in a country village when his mother falls ill.

Fri, Oct. 17 & Sat, Oct 18 at 8:00pm

BEING THERE (1979)

Starring: Peters Sellers, Shirley MacLaine Director: Hal Ashby Rating: Rated:PG

Thanks to an extraordinary, delicately balanced performance by Peter Sellers, Being There has since become a celebrated comedy with a loyal following. It’s one of the most unusual black comedies ever made.

Fri/Sat Oct 24 & 25

Original Halloween Double Feature!
THE BLAIR B%&CH PROJECTwith Linda Blair
COMEDY HELL with Eric Roberts

Meet Hollywood writer/director Scott LaRose who will be speaking before and after the screenings!

Monday, Nov 3rd at 7:30pm

THE FILMS OF MATT McCORMICK
Sponsored by NYSCA & The Schweinfurth Art Center
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Thur, Oct 30th at 7:30pm

GURUGANESHA SINGH with Nirinjan Kaur
Live in Concert

Tickets: $21 in advance at our box office, www.auburnpublictheater.com or www.spiritvoyage.com ($31 at the door)

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COMMUNITY EVENTS AT APT

Auburn Players Second Stage
ORIGINAL SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL
9/26 – 10/5
Call (315) 253-4315 info