For instance, men â€"gve;.r;era;lly "We think, don‘t mind if they don‘t understand rious. That something a woman says, he said. But if 2 dies." s . Defending the Caveman, s se tre on Nov. 2â€"3. Tickets are And these differing communiâ€" No cation styles can lead to conflict. 1 boutbiniinnik i "Women bonded through conâ€" versation. So if you fastâ€"forward to today, when a woman says she‘ll call you, she means when she gets home, but when a guy says he‘ll call, he means sometime before he dies." Women, conversely, chatted among themselves as they forged for vegetables and roots in larger groups. * "If you didn‘t hear from the woman beside you in the last 10 minutes, that probably meant she‘d been eaten by a lion or something. wrane 00. 1 P 1 "Consequently, men bonded through activities like that, but not through talking, not through conâ€" versation," Van Osch said. Men would go out to hunt in small bands. If they wanted to catch dinner, they had to be quiet. "(When) a woman says she‘ll call you, she means when she gets home, but when a guy says he‘ll call you, he means sometime before he dies." The audience at this hit comedy ill hear how primitive people helped shape modern relation â€" ships. "And therein lies the problem. We try to understand each other and we basically can‘t," said Michael Van Osch, who will perâ€" form the popular Broadway show about men and women called Defending the Caveman at the Waterloo Entertainment Centre this weekend. 1 I ol en eeun ns Back then, men were hunters and women were gathers â€" roles the two sexes still fill thousands of years later. e differences between men I and women can be traced to the days when prehistoric caveâ€"people roamed the planet. Broadway comedy s'tarring Waterloo actor comes to local theatre ‘Defending the Caveman‘ 24 + WATERLOO CHRONICLE â€" â€"Michael Van Osch Actor By Jennirer Ormston Chronicle Staff Wednesday, October 31, 2007 But if a man says something a hink, well, women are myste That‘s fine." ARTS FOCUS e o e en starring Waterloo native Michael Van Osch, comes to the Waterloo Ente e $37.50. Van Osch attended both local universities before becoming an woman doesn‘t understand thinks he‘s wrong. "So Defendir‘fg the Caveman is , comes to the Waterloo Entertainment Cen . she 2 year 40,000 km comprehensive limited warranty 2 year unlimited mileag Roadside Assistance Low Finance Rates by Volkswagen Finance O.A.C. (For details check www. vewaterloo.com) Volkswagen Waterloo all about saying, hey, men aren‘t wrong, we‘re just different," said Van Osch, who was born and 550 Weber St. North, Waterlco (519J 884â€"7470 info@vwwaterloo.com Here‘s why: actor. susmiTTED Proto Aoms ty www.waterlooentertainmentcenâ€" tre.com or call 519â€"883â€"0300. 1 Mn n ote "It‘s the kind of piece that pretty much anybody who has ever been in a relationship or who might be in one now is going to enjoy because it‘s a universal topic, it‘s something we all understand," she said. Genevieve DeMerchant, the Waterloo Entertainment Centre‘s manager of marketing and develâ€" opment, predicts the show will be a fun night out for theatreâ€"goers. uit o e s orome "It‘s fun to see that, and it hap pens all the time," he said. And by the end of the pla;' they walk out laughing, their arms interâ€" locked. "They start to nudge each other and say, ‘Hey, that‘s you,‘ or ‘You do that‘ or ‘Is that what you were doing?"" "It looks like they‘ve had a spat in the parking lot," he said, adding they gradually move closer as the play progresses. While performing, Van Osch notices couples in the theatre who, although sitting sideâ€"byâ€"side, are as faraway from each other as their chairs will allow. Instead, it‘s about celebrating both sexes, he said. "(It‘s about) saying women are great in this way, men are great in this way, if we understand each other a little betâ€" ter, we‘ll have a better time." And having a good time is something the audience at Defendâ€" ing the Caveman is in for. For tickets or information The New York resident was in several short films, commercials and plays before he began touring with Defending the Caveman, the longest running solo show in Broadway history. The audience shouldn‘t expect to see males or females being bashed in this production, which runs on Nov. 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the uptown theatre. yearâ€"old pursued a career in sports marketing before deciding to embrace his creative side and take up acting. raised in Waterloo. Later, the 41 "It‘s something we all understand." â€"Genevieve DeMerchant WEC‘s marketing manager . go to