Thursday, October 5, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Thursday, October 5, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three S Student Laboratory Theatre LAST PERFORMANCE TODAY, Oct. 5 Harold Pinter's LANDSCAPE dir. by NATHAN GARNER AND THE ONLY GOOD INJUN NEW PLAY by MICHAEL REHAK dir, by JAMES HAWTHORNE ADMISSION FREE 4:10 p.m.-ARENA THEATRE (FRIEZE BUILDING) Lighter By TANIA EVANS While Shaw called his third act of Man and Superman a "to- tally extraneous" one, he did not mean for anyone to believe him. However, in Tuesday night's production opening Eastern Mich- igan University's October series, "A Celebration of Shaw," direc- tor James Gouseff has taken the playwright at his word and re- duced the play from fourto three acts. There are identifiable reasons for doing so, one of these being simply time, for the play, as cut, runs a full two and a half hours. The fact that this series is es- sentially a student production is an additional motive, for the de- mands of the third act can be met only by a very experienced cast. The deleted act is, however, shade of Shaw essential to the play's intellectual force and its omission makes of Shaw's Superman no more than the knowing prey of a woman genius, and transforms the play from the in-depth look at human society Shaw intended to an en- tertaining drawing room tickler. While Eastern's production of Man and Superman is not Shaw the artist - philosopher, it is defi- nitely the playwright as an artist of comedy - jibing at every member of society, including himself as the reformer. Much of his success can be credited to his amazing grasp of the En- glish language, including tonal ranges from the very dry to the almost slapstick and an intensity that varies from sidelong glances and light blows to deadly thrusts. Two players were particularly ~*artci in ema THIS WEEK- "Teenage Fantasies" better than 'throat' Daily ARTS 11 p - - - -- - -ow CUL'WRF CAL.EI'WEAR FILMS-Cinema Guild features tonight American Under- ground Retrospective-Program 4 in Arch. Aud. at 7, 9:05. Also, Ann Arbor Film'Coop shows tonight The Soft Skin. About this film Daily Reviewer Richard Glatzer notes: The Soft Skin is one of Truffaut's most overlooked films. And no wonder. Following The 400 Blows, Shoot the Piano Player, and Jules and Jim, this simple, ordinary love triangle, an interesting but flawed film, disappointed most critics. Pretty stewardess Francoise Dorleac has an affair with Jean Desailly and disrupts the man's mar- riage, leading to predictably tragic results. An opportun- ity to see a film rarely shown here. DRAMA-Rehak's The Only Good Injun and Pinter's Land- scape produced by the Student Lab Theatre this after- noon at 4:10 in the Arena, Frieze Bldg.; Tonight at 8 in Quirk Aud., EMU Players continue the production of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman; the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre production Forty-Carats tonight at 8 in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. MUSIC-University Musical Society presents the Israel Phil- harmonic Orchestra in concert tonight at 8:30. 200 rush tickets at one dollar apiece go on sale this afternoon at 4 until 4:30 at the Hill Aud. box office. successful in projecting the full force of his humor, Monica Merryman as Ann Whitefield and J. Douglas James as Octavius Robinson, both of whom were able to follow the difficult rhy- thms of Shaw's long and intri- cate phrases, so essential to his comic effect. Another similarly successful player is Tom Koch, in the role of Henry Straker, Shaw's "New Man," the chauffeur with a gen- tleman's sense of class snob- bery. Opening night jitters seemed to have struck only one player, Chris Clason, in the leading role of Jack Hanner. He had a dis- arming tendency to reverse words at the height of his other- wise well-articulated speeches. The turn-of-the century setting follows closely the elaborate stage directions included by Shaw, with only slight modifica- tions in the English and Sierra scenery to accommodate the inti- mate Quirk Theatre. The cos- tuming also follows Shaw and is excellently suited to the play and the characters. Lighting, scenery and costume work cre- ate an airy, summer atmosphere that balance with the sharp, in- tellectual quality of the language. The play as a whole is, in fact, a study in balance, with a cast of characters provided by Shaw sufficiently diversified in intellect and interest to set against the focal figure of Jack Tanner. G o u s e f f, in con- junction with his talented and en- ergetic players, creates a fine tension and a quick pace after the first act, building to an up- roarious conclusion with Jack the parrot prey and Ann the gen- teel amazon queen of the Life Force. While the deleted act would set this conclusion to rights, the play is nevertheless a definite comic success. Persuasions spread wvord By HERB BOWIE The Persuasions are an a ca- pella group. This means they per- form without the aid of any in- struments other than the human voice. Theyare also religiously oriented. They also possess a conspicuous lack of talent. Considering all these limita- tions Spread The Word is not a bad album. The members of the group hardly ever sing off-key and the album's production is immaculate. What's more, no one on the album ever coughs, stut- ters, or burps - not even once! Those of you planning to see Cheech and Chong on this Sat- urday at Hill can justifiably look forward to hearing a perform- ance as flawlessly mediocre as the one recorded for posterity and unsuspecting frequenters -of bargin bins on Spread The Word. The MOJO BOOGIE BAND 217S ASH 2PM.-2AM By TONY CECERE University Philharmonia Orchestra, Josef Blatt, Conductor. Program: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 of Johannes Brahms, Ricard Wagner Prelude to Lohengrin, Serenade No. 9 in D, KV 320 ("The Posthorn"). Octo- ber 4, 1972, 8 PM Hill Auditorium The University Philharmonia presented a somewhat puzzling concert last evening, in that the playing was in a checkerboard pattern. Portions of the concert were simply excellent; still, there were times when it was hard to believethatan orches- tra as capable as the Philhar- monia could have produced some of the out and out bad sounds that arose from the Hill stage. The program got off to a good start with the Wagner. The play- ing was very sensitive, a quality admirable in an orchestra of any caliber, but especially so in a university group. Maestro Blatt had a firm grasp on the orches- tra, leading them through the continual tensions and releases that are so charact-ristic of Wagner's music. I was excep- tionally pleased with the inter- pretation. The brasses were the ultimate glory of the piece - they played solidly and regally, without any displeasing edge to the sound. The Mozart piece did not fare quite as well. The Serenade lost most of its intimacy due to the excessive size of the orchestra and the lack of definition of in- dividual parts. In general, the Mozart was overplayed, especial- ly in regard to the dynamics. There was, however, some very refined woodwind playing. The Brahms was very surpris- ing: the opening was very dra- matic and expressive, but the rest of the movement suffered from insecurity on the part of some players. Yet, the work seemed to take a strong uphill swing, starting with the excel- lent Violin and Oboe solos in the second and third movements. The Finale was solidly played, with the brasses in the limelight. As a veteran of many past Philharmonia concerts, I must comment that the orchestra has made a giant step forward in Daily Photo by ROLFE TESSEM Forty-Carats Laughter grows in a scene from the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre production of Forty-Carats which opened here last night. (review tomorrow) music- In checkerboard patterns ' I terms of sheer playing ability and musicality. The strings were exceptionally good, displaying a high degree of polish for the op- ening concert of the fall Term. Maestro Blatt, as usual, did a superb job of interpreting the music, which compensated for some of the bad playing. 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