Entertainment : In Depth - Black Swan

The Palace will be closed to movies on Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19.

ACT I presents “Picnic” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 20.

Sue Gates, Kyle Webb, Katie Hancock
, Trent McAtee, Mandy Peterson, Caroline Dick, Cathi Calderwood
, Jeffery Seitz
, Bunny Fritch, Rachel Kramer, and Rich Hainstock round out the talented area cast, directed by Tony Bopp and Allison Watkins.

Tickets, $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, may be purchased online at www.act1.org.

FACEBOOK PRAISE FOR PICNIC

Just saw the show. The characters were wonderful! Great job everyone! ~MS

Mandy, The play was awesome and you did a great job! Congrats! ~MN

Best opening night audience eeeeeveeeer :) ~KH

We had a FANTASTIC opening night. The audience was great - one of the best I've ever experienced, and this is my 18th or 19th show! It was fun. All of my fellow actors did a wonderful job. ~KC

Great show! What an awesome cast. ~KN

Congratulations to Tony and the cast of ACT I's production of Picnic! Thank you all for a great performance, I really enjoyed it tonight! ~SA

FIVE DAYS ONLY

Our “sort of” Oscar month continues with “Black Swan,” playing Sunday, March 20 and through Thursday, March 24 at 7 p.m. nightly, on Monday, March 21 at 2 p.m.

Rated R for strong sexual content, violent images, language and drug use, “Black Swan” is definitely for adults only. Check out kids-in-mind.com for details on the graphic sex scenes in this movie.

Natalie Portman won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Nina, a ballet dancer who is so intent on landing the role of the Swan Queen that she finds herself in a world where her imagination takes control, with violent results. She goes crazy.

Winona Ryder plays a rival ballerina, Barbara Hershey, Nina’s mother, and Vincent Cassel is Thomas Leroy, head of the Lincoln Center ballet company, notorious for having affairs with his dancers.

My 23-year-old daughter Erin praised this movie – “It was a great movie. An amazingly real portrayal of the ballet world. It’s all about obsession. Once she finally realizes her dream she can’t handle it. “

Erin also mentioned that the sex scenes “might be a little weird for some people.”

Hope you find time to catch ACT I on stage this weekend and see the final big screen offering in our “sort of” Oscar month.