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Snip and cut: Actors collect grist for show
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sure, they can act. But can they cut hair?
Actors in the upcoming Alliance Theatre production of “Cuttin’ Up” have been making the rounds of Atlanta barbershops to learn the finer points of cuttin’ hair and swappin’ stories for their roles in the play, which celebrates the traditions and hairstyles of African-American men.
Keith Hamilton Cobb (best known for creating the role of Noah Keefer on ABC’s “All My Children”) and three Atlanta actors — Donald Griffin, E. Roger Mitchell and Eugene H. Russell IV — are among the cast for the show, which opens April 11. The actors had some specific questions for the barbers, like, “How do you put the gown over the customer’s head?” said Bobby Jones of the Paramount Barber Shop on Ponce de Leon Avenue near the Fox Theatre. “They wanted to see how we treat the customers. In fact, some of them even got haircuts while they were here.”
CROWDS AT THE ZOO
Want to see the Empress of Cute (that’s Mei Lan, Zoo Atlanta’s baby giant panda) during spring break? Consider getting your tickets online. On Monday, the first day of spring break week for many families, people waited in line for timed viewings of the famed youngster and her mom, Lun Lun.
You have to have a ticket to see her (after paying the zoo’s admission fee) and people who got theirs on the Web had a far easier time getting a glimpse of the cub than people who bought tickets at the gate, said Susan Elliott, a spokeswoman for the zoo. The catch? Timed tickets cost $5 online versus nothing if you get them in person. For more details, go to www.zooatlanta.org.
HONORS FOR REVIEW
The Georgia Review, the Athens-based literary journal, is among this year’s recipients of the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities. Gov. Sonny Perdue makes the awards each year to individuals and organizations involved in humanities education. The Review also is a finalist in the annual National Magazine Awards. Win or lose, author John Berendt (“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”) will host a party for the journal in his New York apartment May 2, a day after the award winners are announced, said Brenda Keen, the Review’s business editor.
ON MY iPOD
Michele Caplinger, executive director of the Atlanta chapter of the Recording Academy (the organization that gives out the Grammy Awards): “It’s so difficult to list my top three songs, but these always seem to make every playlist I create: ‘She Sells Sanctuary’ by the Cult; ‘Millennium’ by Robbie Williams; and ‘Dogs of Lust’ by the The. When I hear that song, I can literally recall all the sensations of falling in love (lust?) with my husband, Blair.”
CELEBRATING PEACH
The life of dynamic Atlanta singer Peach of the funk group Whild Peach will be celebrated tonight by longtime friend and frequent collaborator Joi at Sugar Hill in Underground Atlanta. Peach passed away Sunday of breast cancer, friend and business associate Carmen Lovelace told Buzz on Monday. And while there will probably be other tributes here — and in her home state of Texas — Lovelace said, this will be fans’ first opportunity to show appreciation for Peach, a frequent background singer for rap duo OutKast and a force in her own right. Doors open for the weekly jam session at Sugar Hill, 50 Upper Alabama St., at 9 p.m. For more information, call 404-658-0068 or go to www.sugarhillatl.com.
Speaking of departed local talents, the lineup for the April 12 memorial concert for Ken Batie continues to grow. The Center Stage show includes Roy Ayers, Maysa Leak, Anthony David, Vinx, Mike Phillips and Ken Ford, all playing for the former WCLK-FM announcer who kept them in rotation on his “Hot Ice” show. Tickets are $25 and available through Ticketmaster, 404-249-6400 or www.ticketmaster.com.
WEDDINGS A LA SOUTH
Whether you’re planning your first Southern wedding or your fifth — and whether it’s a tulle-strewn pageant or a shotgun affair — authors Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays can advise on the proper etiquette. Such as: the top 10 foods not to serve at your wedding (“anything on a saltine or Ritz cracker”) and what to do if your daughter brings home the wrong boy (“simply ignore him”). The native Mississippians and authors of the best-seller “Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies’ Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral” have turned their attention to matrimony in “Somebody Is Going to Die If Lilly Beth Doesn’t Catch That Bouquet: The Official Southern Ladies’ Guide to Hosting the Perfect Wedding.” They’ll discuss the book at 7 p.m. April 18 at the Margaret Mitchell House & Museum. “We love Atlanta,” Metcalfe says. “My mother read ‘Gone With the Wind’ during both her pregnancies. You know, like how Yankee mothers play Beethoven.” For more information, go to www.gwtw.org/csl.html.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Actress-singer Doris Day is 83. Actress Marsha Mason is 65. Singer Wayne Newton is 65. Singer Billy Joe Royal is 65. Singer Tony Orlando is 63. Singer Richard Thompson is 58. Guitarist Mick Mars of Motley Crue is 51. Actor Alec Baldwin is 49. Actor David Hyde Pierce (“Frasier”) is 48. Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy (left) is 46. Singer Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) is 39. Actress Jennie Garth (“Beverly Hills, 90210”) is 35. Actress Amanda Bynes is 21.
Contributing: Mark Davis, Sonia Murray and news services
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