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don b.'s Snow White The Off Center Warehouse Apr 1-24, Thu-Sat, 8pm Loud. Brash. Fun. Messy. Big. No, these are not the names of the dwarves in Lana Lesley's adaptation of don b.'s Snow White. They're just several words called to mind when the Rude Mechanicals are running amok on an Austin stage. No strangers to adapting the classics (remember the Rude's riff on Shakespeare last year, curst and Shrewd?), this time it is a modern work that gets churned through the Rude meat grinder. Source material for Lesley's dramatization oozes from the Donald Barthelme-crafted postmodern version. Yawn if you must, since postmodern is no longer that cutting-edge moniker of days past. But, hey, what sounds hip is hip, and this fractious fairy tale gives your friendly Rudes plenty of leeway to go doubly nuts with the formerly revered-to-death children's story. And, unlike the Snow White you may have loved as a child, this version includes some rather risqué scenarios: Dwarves rotating through shower stall encounters with our heroine may be the least devastating revelation to you fairy tale know-it-alls. Guaranteed to have you ducking for cover (there's a trapeze, but no food fight -- yet) and recalling your encounter for months, if not years, to come, this Snow White is "big-ass" theatre for the brave, the silly, or those looking for a Rude alternative to the status quo. Children, this may not be for you! 2211-A Hidalgo. 476-RUDE -- Robi Polgar

Emily van Evers Richard Wistreich Early Music Exchange The University of Texas School of Music Mar 26-Apr 6 Once upon a time (really) in France, the king died. His heir, newly crowned Henri III, in Poland at the time of the king's death, returned home via Italy, city by city, with triumphal entries and sumptuous festivities. No hopping off planes and shaking hands for Henri, for this was in 1574, when royalty took time to celebrate properly, and when occasions as grand as these were well-noted in glorious musical composition, preserved to share with future generations. Many generations later sees the triumphant journey of the University of Southampton to the University of Texas School of Music. This marks the first in a series of musical exchanges between the two programs bringing together the brilliance of old-world classical music scholars and musicians with their counterparts in the new world. Begun with the exquisite appearance of Anonymous 4 in the fall, this exchange continues the investigation and performance of works of Early Music, now topping the charts among the classically cool. This two-week's stay by the English group includes concerts, workshops, master classes, and Sunday afternoon's late addition Lute Jam (bring yer antique axe to the music building at 2:30). The sumptuous musical festivities kick off with the opening concert, È canto, o pur incanto?, at Bates Recital Hall, and events continue throughout the week at various on-campus locations. Take a sumptuous journey to hear some fantastic music, brilliant discourse, and bring yer lute, mate! 471-0777 -- Robi Polgar