Wednesday, September Z, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Wednesday, September 2, ~ 970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine theatre 1 Howard Coopor t - The Famous "bugPr with its nfastbackrand "rsquarebackt cousins has, become a proven utilitari'an vehicle, taking its 'The p By MARCIA ABRAMSON From "The Rape of the Cambodian Women" (guerrilla theatre) to "Hadrian VII" (PTP), theatre is part of life in Ann Arbor. Hardly a day goes by without some performance, be it theatre in the streets or a star-filled show from Broadway. The glamorous Professional Theatre Pro- gram (PTP) and the Association of Per- forming Artists, (no longer in existence) have usually stolen the spotlight in the past with offerings such as last year's "Mac- beth", "Chronicles of Hell", "The Time of Your Life", and smash revivals such as "Harvey" (with Helen Hayes and Jimmy Stewart). Some of -the old APA members Make up part of the cast of the newly-formed Actors Company, which will be producing "Summertree", "In the Manner of J. Robert Oppenheimer" and "Little Murders"' this fall. And the Broadway-oriented PTP will bring in "1776", "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," "Plaza Suite," "Hadrian VII," "Zorba!" ,and, unsurprisingly, "Hair:" Last year saw the first wave of r o c k theatre in Ann Arbor, with highly success- ful presentations of "Come Together" and "Shoppin!". Both plays were well received by the Ann Arbor audience. Another successful, 1970 production was the cabaret performance of "What Are You Wearing to the Revolution" as part of the UAC-Michigras blast. There is sure to be more of the same this year. But, unfortunately, original offerings are still the exception in Ann Arbor. Most lay's the thing:. student and community groups stick to test- ed plays. Exceptions last year were the student-written play presented by the Uni- versity Players, the official student theatre group; a performance or two at Canter- bury House; and a short play put on by the LordChamberlain's Players. The Players are a gorgeously motley crew dedicated to the production of such esoteric and, literary offerings as "The Drunkard," "Tom Thumb" (by Henry Fielding), By- ron's "Manf red" and "MacBeth"' (by Charles Marowitz) Aided byaa foundation grant, the faculty-student group has dazzled audiences in the Angell Hall foyer (!) with their innovative performances. Although the University Players group also worlds on new treatments, they gener- ally stay with more standard material. And often their productions are excellent. Most ordinary students who get into theatre belong to the three major musical companies: MUSKET, Soph Show, and Gil- bert and Sullivan Society. All three present highly competent pro- ductions of standard musical. comedy fare. G & S of course concentrates on Gilbert and Sullivan, but the group also presents such perennials as "Paint Your Wagon."' Soph Show restricts participants to soph- omores, but MUSKET (Michigan U ni o n Show, Ko-Eds Too) is for everybody. Their performances have been so well done that the groupf was selected by USO for a year-long tour of military installations. Another student production came last year from the new Residential College Play- ers, who presented an evening of Cocteau and Ionesco.S Jimmy Stewart comes to town And a real bargain is available in the Student Laboratory Theatre, where per- forming students practice in all kinds of different theatrical media. The productions -generally in the afternoon-are free. And then there is the guerrilla theatre, which comes right to you and is often more bright and creative than anything the pro- scenium arch set has to offer. 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