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ALL EDITIONS CZ The Arizona Republic Wednesday, March 28, 1990 fmsmm ii.m'"'"!".' 11 uiiti.i.i, uwi Married Simpsons' hand a local ratings victory. By Greg Joseph Arizona Republic TV Columnist Pox's potent one-two comic Hpunch, The Simpsons and Married With Children, scored a victory over all network opposition -in the shows' respective time "periods Sunday night among Valley viewers. The Simpsons airs at 8:30 p.m. and Married With Children at 9 p.m. on KNXV-TV (Channel -15).

The Simpsons, the wildly tskew sitcom about a cockeyed cartoon family, beat two network -JV movies (NBC's The Old Man mid the Sea, and ABC's Dangerous Passion) and Part 1 of CBS' "miniserics Common Ground. "We're generally in the top five -highest-rated Fox affiliates in the United States that's in the top five out of 130 affiliates," said Peter D. Brake, KNXV general manager. "As to why that is, I can only speculate that a large segment of people here come from elsewhere, and are a little more adventurous, a little more innovative. The population here tends to try things that are new and tends to experiment more.

"The population here tends to mirror the universe (demographi-cally). The Simpsons, for example, had broad-based appeal in the ratings book, from 'baby-boomers' and their kids on up." Brake said The Simpsons and Married With Children are the highest-rated shows on his station. Caterwaul returning to Valley By Salvatore Caputo The Arizona Republic Caterwaul at Asylum talk about a perfect match. And not in name only. After all, you would expect some caterwauling at an asylum, wouldn't you? Caterwaul is an "alternative rock" band, and Asylum bills itself as an "alternative dance club." Caterwaul, a quartet that started in Phoenix, didn't always have such appropriate venues.

"We'd play the Mason Jar and Impulse, which used to be right across the street," says Betsy Martin, the group's lead vocalist and lyricist, calling in from I.R.S. Records in Los Angeles last week. "Nobody came to the shows." This was in 1986-87, as the Mason Jar began its move toward mostly hard-rock and metal acts and the Impulse began a dive into obscurity. (I passed by the old Impulse last Friday, and it looks as though an appliance store is starting up on the premises.) Needless to say, this was not the environment to nurture a band that was playing original music. "Original" both in the sense that the band was doing its own material and in the sense that the material was mighty different from the norm.

The group's sound is based on Cross, Betsy Martin and Mark Schafer I.R.S. Record left Phoenix for Los Angeles and success. Childsplay production shows kind face of death Arts fest to spotlight 114 performances in South Carolina IF YOU GO The Masquerade of Life WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and April 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday and April 7 and 8. WHERE The Herberger Theater Center, Stage West, 222 E. Monroe. TICKETS: $5 and $8. Phone 252-8497.

until the very end of the play, when Paz wears his own death mask. The most elaborate mask in the show is that of Dona Sebastiana, a 7-foot puppctlikc figure (similar in form to Sesame Street's Big Bird) manned by Ken Lovc, Jere Luisi and Jeff March. Dona Sebastiana's most outstanding feature is what Guerrero calls a "caricature of a skull," which carved out of plastic foam. "She is what you might call the ultimate metaphor of the Mexican expression of death," he said of the character. "Even though she is obviously a skeleton, she is also very elegant and yet whimsical, She's not sinister, but instead is a benefactor to man." Both Guerrero and Surface empha sized that although Death is a central figure, the mood of the play is cheerful rather than morbid and agreed that young audience members should not find the show frightening.

"Except in that wonderful way that kids like to be frightened," Surface said. "There is a spirit of playfulness the show. I don't mean that it's childish or patronizing in any way, there is a sense of going to a fabulous fiesta where everyone spirit rich and full and celebratory. By Howard Reich Chicago Tribune The Martha Graham pance Company, Chick Corea Akoustic Band and Dublin's Gate Theater will be among the performers at the Spoleto '90 Festival, from May 25 through June 10 in Charleston, S.C. MANN UP1WTTTION $.

fwy. NOW normii THE WIZARD (PG) TANGO CASH IHI i 1 I Dn.Q-Jfl "We have Betsy's parents to thank for her unique voice," says drummer Kevin Pinnt, who is also on the line. Caterwaul had to go to the Scream club (another perfect name, no?) in Los Angeles before it was really heard. After its debut there, the band started lo build a strong following in the City of Angels. That was the encouragement Caterwaul needed to pack up its equipment and first album, The Nature of Things (released in January 1987 by the tiny Lost Arts label), and head for the Coast and its measure of fame.

It was not easy to make the move, Martin says, because the group had Carlo Menotti. A recent fund-raiser at New York's Lincoln Center provided $350,000. The highlights for this year's event will include: The world premiere of a new opera by Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg, The Hydrogen Jukebox. HARLEM NIGHTS (R) THE WIZARD (PG) TANGO 1 CASH (R) NIGHT BREED (R) WAR OF THE ROSES (R) CHRISTMAS VACATION (PG-13 STEEL MAGNOLIAS (PG-13) 12 45-3 50 BLACK RAIN (R) 1 2 30-2 50-5 10-730-9 50 TO! 1 NOW SHOWING UNITED ARTISTS PAVILIONS Indian Bend A Pima Rd HARKINS CINE-CAPRI 956-1901 Camclback a SI HARKINS CAMELVIEW 945-617B LJSll'iUSO 70lh SI No of Camolbacli AMC METHO VILLAQE 6 99774B3 IN STEREO On 31 st Ave soPooria MANN SOUTHWEST 873-0093 1HX STEREO 671ti Ave Thomas Rd UNITED ARTISTS MESA 641-0006 ton SUM Soulhem A Val Vista REVENGE (H) 1 LOOK WHO TALKING (PCi-13) 1 1 5-5: 1 5-7: 1 5-9: 1 Li 1liliPr Caterwaul Kevin Pinnt (left), Fred IF YOU GO Caterwaul WHEN: Undertow opens at 9 p.m. Thursday.

WHERE: Asylum, 1300 N. McClintock Road, Tempe. TICKETS: $6, available at the door. Martin's voice. It's an eerie cackle that rides the band's washes of industrial-strength sound using lyric fragments for ballast.

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"It is the Mexican people's way of honoring their ancestors and at the same time acknowledging that death is an essential part of life," she explained. "There is also the belief that by embracing death, you can actually live life more fully." The playwright hopes that The Masquerade of Life will communicate this positive philosophy, but emphasized that her intention was not to write a script that was essentially a cultural documentary. Instead, her work finds its source in a Mexican folk tale about a street musician named Paz who meets the personified character of Death, Dona Scbasliana, while en route to sell his chickens in the village. He shares his meager possessions with the foreboding but benevolent figure, and she rewards his kindness by making him a curandcro, or healer. The rest of the story deals with Paz's misuse of his powers due to anger and greed.

Guerrero, who plays guitar, will play the role of Paz. He says he is familiar with the kind of paranormal events the play describes. "I've known a lot of men like Paz," he said, "men who have gone through mystical experiences and have become clairvoyants and healers. This is not common, but it does happen in Mexico." However, Guerrero as Paz is the only character who remains unmasked ASK SHERWIN WILLIAMS CHECK YELLOW PAGES FOR THE STORE NEAREST YOU Z5 Expires 3-30-90 Good after 4 p.m. Mon TO Frl 1 i aau nci II I BUY ANY DINNER OR I SANDWICH GET UUlr 2nd ONE FOR ONLY o( aqua! or leaaai valut with coupon owr coupon pi customi no take out PARK CENTRAL CHRISTOWN CAMEL VIEW PLAZA SCOTTSDALE mmm 12025 N.

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