Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday,' November 6, 1970 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, November 6, 1970 Kicks from 'Can-Can' 1 I 'IT I ODYSSEY LAST 2 PERFORMANCES Friday & Saturday Trueblood Theatre Box Office 12:30-8:00 SAT. ONLY 5:15-8:00 this WOIKM JOE HICKERSON FROM THE LIBRARY of CONGRESS NEXT WEEK -- DAVID BROMBERG TUESDAY - TERRY TATE /NRS I P Z ARM/American Revolutionary Media presents Two by Robert Rossen 11 Rent your Roommate with a Classified Ad All the King's Men with Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge "The rise and fall of a political demagogue, obviously patternec after Huey Long s tempestuous ca- reer. has been fashioned by Robert Rossen into a film of considerable distinction and singular dramatic force." --Newsweek btwn Liberty & William Fri. King's Men 8:00 p.m. Sat. King's Men 7:30 p.m. Sun. Lblith 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 Lilith 10:00 p.m. Nov. 7 Lilith 9:30 p.m. Nov. 8 King's Men 10:00 p.m. Lilith with Jean Seberq, Warren Beatty, Peter Fonda Lilith, in ancient Babylonian my- tholo6v, was the female embodi- ment of total "evil"-and free- dom. In Robert Rossen's film based onh. R. Salamanca'sgothic novel, she "wants to leave the mark of her desire on every living creature in the world." contribution $1.00 By LAURIE HARRIS clothes (ooh la la!) and the dlirt innuendoes- Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre was transformed into a latter day Minsky's as Soph Show's Can-Can took to the aisles and stage. Abe Burrows' play is about a lascivious little night club in Montmartre when dancing the Can Can and other lewd tricks simply weren't allowed. But La Mome Pistache and her dancing girls eventually win the heart of Judge Aristide Forestier who is exposed as 'the secret vice lord of Montmartre' at the Quatz' Arts Ball. The justice minded Aristide turns the oc- casion into a test case and the Can-Can wins in the end. Unfortunately, it takes clear through the first act for Can- Can to wake up and get kicking. Cynthia Sebstad as Claudine and Frank Begun as her Bulgarian artist-boyfriend, Boris Adzinid- zinadze form the subplot, which controls the first portion of the play in which Boris' carica- ture of the frenzied, irrational artist is the only good point. But it is not strong enough to keep the play rolling. If you loved me truly' towards the end of the act brings the dancing and singing ability of the cast to the fore. The chore- ography becomes alive and the zany artists and girls of Mont- martre do also. . Sebstad has the fragile beauty needed for her innocent role as Claudine, but she does not have the spirit, eventually causing U1ty 1 Lt1u u. The play does, however, have its slow moments - like scene changes, and there are an ob- vious plethora of them. Director Robert Colby should simply have admitted that scenes do change and expose them to the lights and the audience, all the while keeping the action going. The choreography, by Kathy Hamby, is a spirited invention to include the audience and not Delta Sigma Delta Dental Fraternity Open TG to supercede the ability of her chorus. In fact, the chorus - males included - was extremely agile especially in the 'Apache' scene of desperadoes flinging their 'woman' roughly over the stage. As the show draws to its heel- kicking climax the Can-Can barrels its way into the court- room. Girls rush down the aisles rustling skirts, flailing tails behind, swinging their legs and doing only what they can-can. 1411 Iull STREET 76F1S1 i r A FPA fAa -- 0 s. 331 Thompson I TRUCKSTOP SPONSORING THE U 9-12 FRIDAY 75c STOCKWELL'S COFFEE SHOPPE f"Rush Tickets: 3 200 AT $1V0 # (2 tickets per person-no choice of location) ON SALE 11:30 to 12:00 A.M. AT THE Hill Auditorium Box Office SAT., NOV.7 Los Angeles Philharmffonic, and ZUBIN MEHTA Conductor WILL BE PRESENTED IN HILL AUDITORIUM SAT., NOV. 7, 8:30 PROGRAM SYMPHONY NO. 96 ("MIRACLE").........Haydn 4pr 6-9 P.M. Fri., Nov. 6 1502 Hill St. SIX PIECES FOR ORCHESTRA .... . SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN E-FLAT ............... W ebern Bruckner TICKETS: $7.00-$6.50-$6.00-$5.00-$3.50-$2.50 AT {I UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY, BURTON TOWER, ANN ARBOR Office Hours: Mon. thru Fri. 9 to 4:30; Sat. 9 to 12 (Telephone 665-3717) (Also at Auditorium Box Office 1 12 hours before performance time.) 9 TONIGHT 1 I I More neato ARTS on Page 6 her to be upstaged by Begun's cl1o wn i sh and light-hearted Boris. Debby Peckham, as the moth- ering and enterprising Pistache, encompasses the show with her voluminous voice sometimes in the style of Ethel Merman (but thankfully always on key). Her warm smile and not-so-furtive flirting come over nicely when she does not become too dra- matically involved with her songs. And from the moment Aristide (D. T o b y Marwill) walks on stage it is Louis Jour- dan-tall, lean-faced and slight- ly, but not offensively, off key. Marwill needs to bring a little spirit into his too controlled voice, but he does well as the prim, virtuous man of law. And the award for the Best Supported Actress goes to the artist's model, Barbara Wesch- ler, who casually tosses off her ---ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY--- THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEN'S GLEE, CLUB, Willis Patterson, Director and THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MEN'S GLEE CLUB, William Olson, Director * 4 IN JOINT I H ILL AUDITORIUM CONCERT 8:00 P.M. $3.00 $2.00 $2.50 I DIAL 5-6290 TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE AT BOX OFFICE AND AT DOOR Shows 1, 3, 5, 9:10 IS THE MOST MOVINGTHE MOST INTELLI- GENTTHE MOST HUMANE -OHTO HELLWITH IT! - IT'S THE BEST AMERICAN FILM I'VE SEEN THIS Y-VINCENT C.ANB AMI ICYOLS FLM 11 Schlitz Malt Liquor is like a two-ton African rhino, who's been zapped on the tail by a bolt of lightning. 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