THE MICHIGAN DAILY kA---L 'IA .'Tne^ _THEMICHIGAN DAILY . _ r IT nursay, M'arch ZU, Ii9V . theatre J& S Society's well-stacked deck 605 E. William 769- 1593 BILL HINKLEY and By JOHN A The University's Sullivan Society to on Iolanthe last ni with the help of a two won the game may have lost a po there it didn't m when the chips were at the end. Director' Roger chose to stylize the duction, emphasizin tasy and playing chances for humor worked very well women's chorus it l chorus looking a b and out of characte too often inaudible, the first act, which impression that the together comfortab swirls and flourish staging. Musical director7 kept the tempos do in. keeping with the ception. Under his orchestra held toge playing with as mu as the absence of tra pit in Trueblood lows. They gave so support to the ent About those aces, Clark Morningstara the Lord Chancellor 23rd production wi .LLEN bert and Sullivan group, w a s Gilbert and a pair of them all by himself- ok a gamble and as one of his fellow players light - and observes, "This is what it is spare ace or to have two capacities." Mr. . While they Morningstar's subtleties of fac- int here and ial expression and gesture were catter much ideally suited to the stylized de- e contedmuch licacy of the production. , His counted up penetrating diction and solid vocalizing, on the other hand, Wertenberger were precisely what the evening whole pro- needed more of, and they serv- ng the fan- ed him well throughout h i s down the scenes, particularly in that mad- r. While it dest of all patter songs, "Love with t h e Unrequited" - or, as it's bet- eft the men's ter known, "The Nightmare bit confused Song." r. They were All of the soloists, in fact, especially in came through tens or higher, added to the with the possible exception of y weren't al- J. Mark Rottschafer, who tend- le with the ed to be uncomfortably f 1 a t hes of the most of the evening, in the role of the Duke of Tolloller. But Brad Bloom Charles Sutherland as the Duke wn slightly, of Mountararat, Dave Johnson overall con- as a gangling Private Willis, and baton the Joan Susswein in the title role ether nicely, came through kings and queens ich restraint respectively. And the show's an oreles- true queen, Linda Deater (who Theatre al- led the women's chorus as queen lid musical of the fairies) finessed herself. tire evening. into being one of the evening's ,. Geshom aces. Ge saMichael Reinhart as Strephon appearing as and Nancy Jaynes Bloom as r' in this his Phyllis, his lady fair, were th the Gil- another pair of aces. Mr. Rein- hart's singing and acting were independently satisfying; taken together they were downright exciting. That somehow adds up to five aces, which is theastrong * * * kind of hand you can deal your- self only when the deck is neat- "The French ly shuffled and stacked in the to the amor- first place. Iolanthe is that kind spring, the of deck. Full of that special joy expressive - manufactured by W. S. Gilbert Le nuarnce and A. S. Sullivan especially for very nuance future generations of collegiate Drthe group Savoyards, Tolanthe remains a te. gr pertinent commentary on gov- se. ernment, law, social problems, s Ives' ver- and the politics of dabbling. 0" brought The wild deuce of the eve- k the sombre ning also deserves a word. John In was there, Alexander is, for his third show in dropped in a row, everybody's favorite y ,aensemble beanbag. He is tossed about he carefully from purple pillar to lavender s anda-ed up post (Tom Ault's visually excit- ded u ing doing as technical director ted. and set designer)-and he takes dued finale his falls as beautifully as ever. s and chimes How many of these shows he ords did the can survive is open to question: the high one can only hope his insur- Rorem piece, ance company doesn't hear hoir plainly about it. So long as he isn't bat- and that's tered into a one-eyed. jack, how- pring prob- ever, his gentle art of self-de- do with. struction is a pleasant accent in e some flesh an often subdued yet ultimately satisfying show. MAR.' 9:30, old-time fiddle music 21, 22 FRI., SAT. 10:30, 11:30 $1.00 "PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND" JOHN FORD, &r. Gloria Stuart, Wo.ner Baxter MAR. 20, THURS. MAR. 21, 22 7c dot 8, 10 P.M. 1:00 A.M. tcairs )wnst ** . .. . 3020 Washtenaw, Ph. 434-1782j BetweenYpsilanti & Ann Arbor FEATURE TIMES Wed., Sat., Sun. 1:15, 3:50, 6:25, 9:00 Mon., Tues., 'rhurs., Fri. 7:00=9:15 W te DISNFX$ DIAL 5-6290 (haplinesque. "Robertson displays a flair for humor," -TIME Letter Perfect.i. "CHARLY is a sensitive, intelligent film," -CARROLL, NEWS ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST ACTOR- CLIFF ROBERTSON TECHNICOLOR - ' TECHNISCOPE Science Fiction... "Robertson gives on earnest performance. It's science fiction without gadgets, a horror film without thrills." ---ANBY, TIMES TECHNICQOLR PANAVISiON' CIMWARD*-"*"-* 44M I I *I~6 Walt OItny Pr~ucfloftt ~ i F, -'music Even musicians have flesh By JIM PETERS It was another one of those strange nights at Hill Aud.; the University Chamber Choir start- ed out its, concert quite badly and moved slowly towards some excellent music by the second half. Yet their final piece, though not really objectionable musically, lacked the shine to give the entire evening's per- formance a good name. Conductor T h o m a s Hilbish chose a-remarkable program. Its accent was mostly modern and its spirit was meditative but op- timistic. But his vocal group lacked ensemble through most of the evening, spoiling an eve- ning of rarely heard works. The evening's ups and downs began with Poulenc's "Mass in G." This short work by the French m a st e r omits the "Credo" section and concen- trates on the=- intensity of the three shorter lyrics balancing the long "Gloria." The opening "Kyrie" is a ,Renaissance mad- rigal with. modern tonality, combining the voices in differ- ing rhythms and harmonies. The "Sanctus" is antiphonal, matching 'the basses and altos against tenors :and sopranos. But the high incidence ! of missed entrances and shaky vo- cal lines deprived the work of an polish. The Choir's voices wee just not integrated for the smooth ton'ality Poulenc de- mands. I noticed the most trou- ble with the basses, but the so- pranos were weak here as well. Brahm's first group of "Lie- beslieder Waltzes" improved things immensely; and I was confident that this was one of those evenings when the musi- cians needed a while to get go- ing. The fast sections were bright and alive, tight ensem- ble here which faltered only in the quieter interludes between these bursts of energy. Of the. three soloists, none were re- markable; all were troubled with unsure intonation or, as far as the tenor, emotionless declama- tion. I guess it took something like world premiere to wake everyone from his spring doldrums, and composer Ned Rorem provided his "Paris Journal." The piece, in nine sectiorns, is scored for fourpart chorus and small or- chestra. The piece is great. The vocal lines are full of the delicate harmonies ofuBenjamin Britten, brightened with the charm of Satie. The orchestra with its huge assemblage of percussion noisemakers is most often ac- centual and comments almost emotionally on the text. From the wit of" Telephone" section t ous recollections of Chamber Choir wa and sensitive to eN of tone. Conducte sure hand provided with expert guidan But, then Charle sion of "Psalm 9 trouble. The feel for pleading of the wor but the Choir aga back into that fuze of the first half. T planned crescendoe celerandoes of Ives broken and. disjoin Only in the sub with its echoing bell over broad organ ch group again attain standard set by the f The Chamber C] had a bad night, something which sl ably had much to Even musicians hav4 and blood. the emu players series presents, AN ITALIAN, STRAW HAT madcap french farce with music emu's quirk auditorium march 26-30 TIX $1.75 FOR RESERVATIONS: 482-3453 (Weekdays 12:45-4:30 P.M.) c>- Litter doesn't throw itself away; litter doesn't just happen. People cause it-and only people can prevent1 it. "People" means you. 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