Eight new performances added to 'Phantom's' Tucson run in April

Arizona Daily Wildcat

Eight new performances have been added to the Useful Theatre Company Inc.'s production of Andrew Lloyd' Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera."

The Tucson premiere of the Tony award-winning musical will be at Centennial Hall beginning April 10 and will run through May 4. Tickets for the additional eight performances went on sale late last month.

"The Phantom of the Opera" is based on the novel "Le Fant™me de l'Opˇra," and is the story of a mysterious figure who causes havoc for the inhabitants of the Paris Opera House.

Tickets can be ordered from the Centennial Hall Box Office in person or by telephone at 621-3341.

Film, TV actor Stockwell dies at 69 in Prescott

Associated Press

Guy Stockwell, an actor who appeared on nearly 30 movies and on 250 television series episodes, died Thursday. He was 69.

Stockwell died at Yavapai Regional Medical Center. The cause of death was not released.

Stockwell had roles in several TV series such as "Simon and Simon," "Knight Rider," "Magnum, P.I.," "Murder She Wrote," "Quantum Leap," "Adventures in Paradise," "Richard Boone Anthology" and "Return to Peyton Place."

In films, Stockwell was in "The Warlord" with Charlton Heston, and "And Now Miquel," a 1966 remake of "Beau Geste."

Stockwell was born in New York and had lived in Prescott for about five years.

He is survived by his first wife, Suzanne, one daughter, two sons and younger brother Dean Stockwell, who is also an actor.

Ellen DeGeneres actress

Student Funding Board to decide if DeGeneres will speak at Colorado State U.

U-Wire

Famed actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres might be coming to Moby Arena at Colorado State University in April, depending on the decision of the Student Funding Board.

The SFB heard a request Thursday night from the Student Organization for Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals in its attempt to bring DeGeneres to Colorado State University. The event would be scheduled during T'BGLAD 2002 - transgender, bisexual, gay and lesbian awareness days - which run April 7 to 14.

One major concern that the SFB says it has about the proposal is the possibility of SOGLB earning a profit from ticket sales to the DeGeneres event. The board will decide if the SOGLB should reimburse the Associated Students of CSU, and if so, how much.

SOGLB's initial plans include having the event be free for CSU students, while having non-students to pay $15 to see DeGeneres, who is scheduled to speak for an hour and a half to two hours.