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By DIANE LEVICK
Associate Arts Editor
Closing out this season's Pro-
fessional Theatre Program, Paul
Sill's Story Theatre at the Pow-
30 er Center this weekend offers a
thoroughly enjoyable voyage back
into magical childhood fables and
folk tales - and leaves the aud-
ience marvelling at the actors'
creativity.
Interspersed with contemporary
and traditional folk music, the,
Story Theatre production centers
around recognizable children's
tales, such as "The Golden
Goose" and "Henrny Penny"
(Chicken Little). Sills has mas-
terfully adapted the stories, mak-
ing them delightful yet instruc-
61 tive vignettes, endearing to all
ages. The material presents has-
ic, timeless themes -- greed,
-.cunning, generosity - sometimes
with a twist of contemporary hu-
mor and allows the audience to
moralize as much or as little
as they wish.
The charm of the production
itself, however, lies in the ac-
tor's effective uge of mime and
costume in creating the carica-
tures that Sills intends. "The
Bremen Town Musicians" fable
is definitely the showpiece of the
group's skill; they take on the
habits, stances, and voices of
re the animals they portray so con-
vincingly. Devin Goldenberg as'
the old, tired hound barked and
growled around the stage with
tongue hanging out,. even stop-
ping to urinate againstan imag-
inary tree.
Because Story Theatre uses
very few props, and relies on the
-- actors' narration about themselv-
es, the communication by body
movement is extremely import-
ant. The cast'of eight steps over
imaginary fences, rides imag-
inary horses, and roles over in
barrels with ease. Adding to the
effect are the semi-costumes,
just complete enough to allow
don stage
one's imagination to 'fill in the
rest. Larry Carr, an excellent
Ducky Daddles in "Henny Pen-
ny," for instance, wears a yel-
low cap, a yellow Boy Scout
neckerchief, and holds his hands
so as to simulate a duck's short
tail.
Truly a participatory exper-
ience for' the audience, Story
Theatre's sets consist of pro-
jected images on a white screen
and fantastic lighting which
creates creepy forests, b 1 u e-
green oceans, and red death
scenes. Momentary screen imag-
es create moods of eerieness,
fear, or joy.
But the mood is also set by tal-
ented lead guitarist and singer
Bob Crawford, performing t h e
traditional "Wildwvood Flower"
as well as various Bob Dylan,
Hamilton Camp, George Harri-
son, and Country Joe McDon-
ald tunes.
On occassion the lyrics are
quite fitting, as when Crawford
plays "Fixin' To Die Rag" after
Henny Penny's fine-feathered
friends all meet their death. At
times, the lyrics are ironic, as
when "I'll Be Your Baby T o -
night" ends a tale about a mur-
dered-bridegroom.
Alternating on amplified and
acoustic guitar, Crawford, who
has a slightly rough-edged but
suitable voice for the material,
provides musical sound effects
and background melodies.
The skill of the musician and
the actors is only one reason for
the production's success; their
enthusiasm. is the other. It over-
flows into the audience.
By HARVEY THOMAS
SLAUGHTER
Under the brilliant direction of
Artie Young, and a particularly
talented group of dedicated and
aspiring young actors and act-
resses, Aime Cesaire's Tragedy
of King Christophe came to life
Friday night. And for a brief
moment, the concept of Negri-
tude burst beyond the small, in-
tellectual circle to which it had
been confined since its conception
to make manifest and assert its
future humanizing influence upon
the affairs of-man.
Given the theme, the , woeful
ignorance of most of the audience
of black history, and the deplor-
able conditions of Trueblood aud-
itorium, it was surprising t h a t
Negritude in
the play was able to consistently
maintain and exert complete
suade over the audience.
This was mostly due to out-
standing performances by An-
dre Hunt, Barry Pugh, Dwayne
Williams, Willis Brown, and
Maigam Joubrain. These surpris-
ingly strong performances were
enhanced by the creative blend-
ing of European stage t e c h -
niques, the art of mimicry, and
Afro-American rhythm and move-
ments to enact storm and sugar-
cane cutting scenes which were
nothing less than realistic. The
end result of this synthesis was
the sense of being part of some-
thing completely unique as the
wind lashed the face of the aud-
ience, contorted with pain from
the cutting of the cane.
The play itself dealt with the
rivalry that evolved between
Christophe and Petrosky after the
demise of the Haitian leader,
the great Toussaint. Christophe
controlled the northern half of
Haiti. and Petroskv the remain-
ing. As a result of their differ-
ences, civil war eventually en-
sued. Christophe ruled strongly,
but not fairly, confusing strength
at times, with tyranny, while dis-
pensing his justice blindly with
double-edged swords. In h i s
efforts to carve a sovereign pow-"
er out of the chaos of Haiti, he
imposed upon the tottling frame
of the island the massive weight
of French customs and civiliza-
tion. This fusion was not to be, for
the very tyranny from which
they had just won independence
found its apex in French culture.
How can you berate the master,
ragedy'
yet exalt all that he stands for
by the use of his language, and
his way of life? What Christophe
proposed for Haiti was nothing
less than self-induced cultural
imperialism. But the Haitian
leader caught up in the rather
nebulous idealism of his own rhe-
toric could not see that what
Haiti needed more than manners
was an able administrator.
Petrosky was "such an admin-
istrator or claimed to be. He
favored democratic rule but be-
hind the thin veneer of congen-
iality and amiable coolheaded-
ness was a blatant lust for pow-
er. He lacked the strength a n d
force to rival Christophe's per
suasive character, and, as a re-
sult, did not fair well against
his forces. For Petrosky's fatal
flaw was that he was too weak
to be king but too conceived in
his self-importance to settle for
anything less.
What Haiti needed was b o t h
Christophe and Petrosky, fused
into one force and one character.
For the real tragedy of Christo-
phe was that he lacked Petro
sky's administrative ability, and
Petrosky, Christophe's force of
character. In a sense these two
characters can be looked upon as
facets of a split personality.
Their struggles to reunite are
reminiscent of the struggles of
Africa and %Africa overseas to
merge° and re-define themjselves
through the "commonality of ex-
periences". This "commonality
of experience" was the basis
upon whih Negritude was found-
ed, and that night nowhere was
it more evident.
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By LORRE WEIDLICH
It's really hard to write a re-
view of Diana Markowitz. For
some people, most of the audi-
ence, in fact, the evening was
enjoyable from the beginning.
For me, the first impressions
were negative, and it was only
gradually that I began to enjoy
the performance. Besides this,
there was a change in Diana
herself during the evening.
What turned me off about
Diana's act was her style of
humor. She relies on wide eyes,
exaggerated gestures, and melo-
dramatic speech. I seemed to be
in the minority in my aversion,
however.
The aspect of Diana's perform-
ance that everyone responded
favorably to was her songs, a
balance of humor and sensitivity
Nothing was sacred, and some of
her barbs were gems. "This is a
song for my first love,' she
announced. "He can shove it up
his " She went into a song
that had the audience cheering
and whistling in appreciation;
almost everyone's had at least
one love affair, so it was
a song everyone could relate to.
Another prize was. the song
about the "plight of the sen-
sitive artist in the grasping ma-
terialism of our society," a song
she explained to me was about
a whole group of New York
Jewish neurotic poets who ex-
ploit their Jewishness and up-
bringing. The song fell down
slightly at the end when she
came out and called the artist
a "faker" instead of letting her
irony get the message across
as she had during the rest of the
song.
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Not all of her songs were
humorous, many were serious,
for example, "Take her serious-
ly," about the ending of a love
affair that didn't work.
Diana's piano playing was
nothing outstanding, but her voice
has strength and expression. It's
a strong voice, with a dryness to
it, and a stunning thick vibrato.
Probably the song which brought
the best aspects of her voice to
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hanky-tank. She's been perfoarm-
ing professionally for only a year
now, and should have a record
out in the next year.
Diana's third set was a change
from her first two, possibly in
response to the warmth of the
small but enthusiastic audience.,
She let her songs, many of them
repetitions of songs she'd sung
earlier in the evening, speak for
themselves, without the heavy
comedy routine she'd used be-
fore. The songs bear listening to
more than once, and the second
time their sensitivity was far
more apoarent. Her third set
was by far the best.
I hope that Ms. Markowitz will
continue performing more .in the
style of her final set, and forget
the comedy routine. It only takes
the emphasis off her material
and voice, which are strong
enough to stand on their own.
to
FILM-Cinema Guild and Future Worlds show Godard's
Alphaville tonight in Arch. Aud. at 7, 9:05; Cinema II
presents Bergman's Virgin Spring tonight at 7, 9 in Aud.
A; UAC Mediatrics show One Day in the Life of Ivan
Denisovich in Nat. Sc. Aud. tonight at 7, 9:30; tomorrow
Cinema Guild and Future Worlds present Pal's The
Time. Machine.
DRAMA-Professional Theatre Program performs Story
Theatre today at 3, 8 in Power Center.
MUSIC-The Music School performs the opera, Pellas and
Melisande at Mendelssohn tonight and tomorrow night
at 8; Music at West Side presents Music for Flute and
Strings today at 4 in West Side United Methodist Church;
St. Claire's Episcopal Church presents Ars Musica Con-
cert at 3, 8 today; Dona Id Bryant conducts Stabat Mater
at First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor at 5 today.
DANCE-Ann Arbor Dance Theatre in Concert at R.C. Aud.
today at 2:30; the Black Markley Council presents
Reflections of Spring today at 4:30.
ART-A and D sponsors an Undergraduate Art Show from
7 to 10 today and 11 to 5 tomorrow.
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Miarkowvitz
the forefront was one which she
did not write, a song from 'Blue
Angel.'
Ms. Markowitz off stage is a
warm, friendly person, and talk-
ed freely with me about how
she got into her music. She grew
up in Ste. Agathe, just forty
miles north of Montreal, and
tried for several years to sing
blues, accompanying herself on
guitar and tambourine, before
she discovered the piano just
three years ago. For her it was
a major improvement, because,
as she explained to me, "The
notes are all there in front of
you." At the same time she took
up song writing, strongly in-
fluenced by Kate McGarrigle,
although her piano style was
tonight
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