Thursday, November 30, 1972 TFtE MI N SAN DAIILY Pace Three Thursday, November 30, 1972 THE MLCHIGAN DA~L'~ I Avu 1 ti U i4 THE REAL PUBLIC ENEMY NO. A WEED, 'RO J-. E cl" TH U. FRI. TIME CHANGE: 7 & 9:30 p.m. TOKYO STORY Directed by Yasujiro Ozu in 1957, this film was released in New York lost year & gained enthusias- tic reviews. The topic is the relationship between generations in r e c e n t Japan, the conflict be- tween traditional & mod- ern life patterns. ". . One of the manifest miracles of cinema." Penelope Gilliat Anything Goes ... pure delight By ALVIN CHARLES KATZ What do you get when you load up a transatlantic cruise ship with a nightclub singer and her five showgirls, a couple of Run- yonesque gangsters, a proper English gentleman and his fi- ancee, a young business execu- tive, two chinese gamblers and a host of others, and send it off to sea with a preposterous plot, gobs of old one-liners, some great Cole Porter songs and 25 pairs of tapshoes? In the case of Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of AnythinghGoes, three hours of sheer delight. Anything Goes, written by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse, with music and lyrics by the inimit- able Cole Porter, was first pro- duced on Broadway in 1934 and then revived off-Broadway in 1962. Civic Theatre has chosen to present the resurrected ver- sion, which is slightly rewritten from the original in order to acommodate the integration of some popular Porter songs writ- ten for other shows. -Pgs--- from DWAIN ESPER, producer of "FREAKS!" SINISTCR a short on dope-smoking in Egypt in the 1930's -- ptO- 'CPTAIN MARVEL' LATE SHOW 11:00 P.M. Friday and Saturday all seats $2.00 Ux "f6 19"f 0 . ..A shame have all had to long for it." that we wait so Stanley Kaufman SAT. SUN. DUVIVIER: Tales of Manhattan Architecture Auditorium The ridiculous plot finds a wide array of characters including Public Enemy No. 13, a brassy nightclub singer, a typical Wode- house type Englishman and a young stockbroker with a gang- ster's passport sailing from New York to England. Nearly every- one manages to fall in love with someone, and pandemonium reigns clear through to the happy ending. Fortunately, the play moves so fast that there is never any time to consider how silly the whole thing really is. Civic Theatre's production is certainly their best effort in some time. At the heart of it are director-choreographer Makram Joubran's dances, the. sort of strenuous, look - straight - ahead hoofing that dominated musicals in the 1930's. They are at once funny and exciting, and always well executed, the precision tap dancing being some of the best I've seen. Joubran's choreogra- phic skills also manifest them- selves in his refreshing, funny staging of the show's songs. The cast is an exceptionally good one, with no weak links. Bobby Chapel stole the show with a truly first-rate comic per- formance as Moonface, Public Enemy No. 13. Bruce Kent and Beth Titmuss, a pair of Uni- versity students, both sang and danced well in their respective roles as the young executive and his ingenue girlfriend, and Pro- fesor Beverly Pooley (of the Uni- versity Law School) was delight- ful as the British aristocrat. I also enjoyed Constance Avsharian and Patti Gold in their supporting roles as a gangster's moll and a dumb blonde chorine. Judy Reicker, in the female lead as Reno Sweeney, the night- club singer, was weak in the acting department in Tuesday's opening night performance, but demonstrated beyond a doubt that she can really sing. When she belted out "Take me back to Manhattan" (borrowed from Por- ter's The New Yorkers), I could just about close my eyes and see Ethel Merman. There isn't any doubt, though, that the real star of the show is Cole Porter. His music is catchy, casual, and sent me out of the theatre singing. His lyrics-some of the best ever written-are worldly, clever, and transformed the art of songwriting from the trite old "moon-June" rhyme schemes into what it is today. By HARRY HAMMITT If this cross-section of records is at all typical, music is really getting back on its feet. None of these albums borders on the sensational, but almost all of them are definitely above aver- age. A somewhat obscure folk-rock band is McKendree Spring led by Fran McKendree on acoustic guitar and vocals. They h a v e a new album out called Tracks (Decca DL7-5385). The s o n g s are all fairly typical, but pretty good, and are about evenly bal- anced between lighter acoustic pieces and more intense electric pieces. The band's main deriva- tion from the beaten path of folk-rock is the inclusion in the group of an electric violinist- violaist, Michael Dreyfuss. The strings werk fairly well; some- times they are extraneous, but they fit in particularly well in "Light Up The Skies," where themes borrowed from Vivaldi are integrated quite well into a folk-rock idiom. From England comes an acous- tic duo named Tir na nog. Their album, A Tear and a Smile (Chrysalis 1006) is a collection of songs by guitarists Sonny Con- dell and Leo O'Kelly which a r e fairly typical, personal folk songs delivered in rather intense fash- ion. I suspect that this band has something akin to the very old records by Tyrannosaurus Rex before electricity and stardom went to their heads. Again from England comes Steeleye Span which was orig- inally an off-shoot of Fairport Convention. All direct connection with Fairport Convention is now gone, but the band retains a good deal of the Fairport spirit. The band has been around several years, but their albums have al- ways been quite hard to get in the U.S. This is the first of their albums to come out in quantity in the U.S. It's called Below the Salt (Chrysalis 1008). The band is more purely English folk mu- sic than the Fairports, but with the strong vocals of Maddy Prior and the use of electric guitar and bass, they often sound like the Jefferson Airplane. As an example of their purity they do a version of "John Barleycorn" which is a good deal folkier than the one by Traffic; they also do a pseudo-Gregorian chant with excellent harmonies. One of the best of contempor- ary American folksingers is George Gerdes, long time friend and teacher, of Loudan Wain- wright. Gerdes has released the second album he has done called Son of Obituary (United Artists UAS-5593). It is every bit as good as his first, but somewhat dif- ferent. Gerdes sings, and plays guitar and harmonica. His folk songs are melodic, simple, a n d have quite good lyrics. On the second side, he also performs some light rock 'n' roll, includ- ing what should become a con- temporary classic, "Intellectual Baby," which has fine lyrics like: Well I was watchin' Muhammad Ali on the T.V./ And she start- ed to put me down/ But she thinks it's great when I medi- tate/ on a poem by Ezra Pound. Brinsley Schwarz is a nice middle of the road band from England. They are somewhat comparable to the Byrds, but tighter. On this new album, Ner- vous On The Road (United Ar- tists UAS-5647), they play some mellow light rock. They do nice versions of Dave Clark's "I Like It Like That," which is much lighter, easier and jazzier than Dave Clark's version, and a tight hard-driving version of "My Home In My Hand," a song also done.by Commander Cody. * * * Surprisingly enough, one of the best new albums is by the Ven- tures, the instrumental b a n d that had a string of hits in the early sixties. The new album is called Rock And Roll Forever (United Artists UAS-5649), and \ pays tribute to the big instru- mental hits of the fifties. The original members are augment- ed here by Larry Taylor on bass guitar, and Harvey Mandel on guitar. Mandel is the strength of the band as he plays in his John Simon distinctive devastatisg, but very low-key style; his playing here is the best he's done in a long time. Mandel and the sax-play- er do almost all the soloing, with an ocasional keyboard solo. The solos are good, and Mandel's playing is brilliant. The band does such oldies as "Honky Tonk," "Rumble," "Sleepwalk," and "You Can't Sit Down" to perfec- tion. "You Can't Sit Down' in particular really moves w i t h Mandel's guitar prodding it a- long. The only weakness is the ' inherent one that old icistru- mentals may get boring after awhile, but if you like them at all, this album offers them at their very best. The only weak album of the lot is John Simon's Journey (Warner Brothers BS 2663). Si- mon has been a successful pro- ducer for Simon and Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen, and the Band; he has even played as a session pianist on several albums, bit he is not a performer in his own right. On this album he is back- ed by hornmen Dave Bargeron, Randy Brecker, Dave Sanborn, and Howard Johnson, along with other capable studio musicians; the musicianship is good througn- out, including Simon's piano. But the songs are a collection of weak melodies with mundane ly- rics. To make things worse, Si- mon's singing borders on t h e atrocious. Simon would probably be much better off sticking with producing. Music 's getting back on its feet 7 & 9:30 p.m. 75c Join The Daily Staff RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE PLAYERS PRESENTS PINTER'S THE DUMBWAITER and STRINDBERG'S MISS JULIE A satanicaly funny movie. -Jay Cocks, Time Magazine g.R.- MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM FRIDAY-SATURDAY December 1 & 2 MODERN LANGUAGES AUD. 6:45-8:30-10:15 Friends of Newsreel $1.25 Cont. Daily Photo by DENNY GAINER A glimpse at AN EVENING OF BLACK THEATRE, an oral read- ing which captured portraits of and messages to black people, presented last night by the Ann Arbor Black Theatre. Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2t East Quad Auditorium-8:00 P.M. DONATION $1.00I TON IGHT NEW WORLD FILMS presents MARLON BRANDO in THE WILD ONES Outlaw club of thirty motorcycle thugs take over a s m a I I town' defying the law and terrorizing t h e citi- zens for a day and a night. Will Ann Arbor be next? 1 OPNIG TONIGHT, 8 P.M.! UNIVERSITY PLAYERS SHOWCASE PRESENTS "OLD TIMES" by HAROLD PINTER (An Experiment in New Theatre Forms) Nov. 30, Dec. 3, 4 8:00 p.m. PERFORMED AT THE Community Center Project 502 E. Washington all seats $1.00" Trueblood Box Office Open 12:30-5:00 p.m. Box Office 764-5387 6:00 2 4 7 News 9 Eddie's Father 50 Flintstones 56 Sewing skills 6:30 2 4 7 Newvs 9 Jeannie 50 Gilligan's Island 56 secretarial Techniques 7:00 2 Truth or Consequences 4 News 7 To Tell the Truth 9 Beverly Hillbillies 50 I Love Lucy 56 Bill Moyers' Journal 7:30 2 What's My Line? 4 Circus!' 7 Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour 9 Movie "Tarzan the Magnificient." (English; 1960) 50 Hogan's Heroes BACH CLUB Thurs.., Nov. 30--8 p.m. East Quad, Gre ueLounge -PRESENTS- VINCENT BRYSON, Flute SCOTT KNIPE, Oboe RUTH VANDER MOLEN, Clarinet ROBERT EVENDON, French Horn VICKI KING, Bassoon --PERFORMING- WORKS OF: BACH REIKA ROTA DEMASE No Musical Knowledge Necessary EVERYONE WELCOME More Info: 763-6256 Refreshments & People 56 Behind the Lines 8:00 2 The Waltons 4 Flip Wilson 7 Mod Squad 56 Advocates 50 Dragnet 8:30 50 Merv Griffin 9:00 2 Movie "Bandolero!" (1968) 7 Jigsaw 9 News 56 International Performance 9:30 9 Happy Though Married 10:00 4 Dean Martin 7 Owen Marshall 9 This Land 50 Perry Mason 10:30 9 Countrytime 56 Masterpiece Theatre 11:0024 7 9News 50 Golddiggers 11:20 9 Nightbeat 11:30 2 Movie "The Sky Above-the Mud Be- low." (French; 1962) 4 Johnny Carson 7 Comedy News 50 Movie "The Vengeance of Fu Man- chu." (English; 1967) 12:00 9 Movie "Zita." (French; 1967) 1:00 4 News 7 Blue Angels 1:30 2 Movie "Up in Smoke." (1957) 7 News 3:00 2 News wcbn today fm 89.5 9:00 Morning After Show 12:00 Progressive Rock 4:00 Folk 7:00 Talkback 8:00 Rhythm & Blues 11:00 Progressive Rock (runs 'til 3) RAMBLE-2\M SCROWE D 217 &ASH d2FPM--2AM Maddy Prior MODERN LANGUAGE BLDG. (Aud. 3) SHOWS AT 7:30, 9:00, AND 10:00 P.M. ONE NIGHT ONLY-ADMISSION $1.00 I I :*ALL SEATING UNRESERVED. (Because of the special nature of this theatrical event, most of the audience will be seated on the floor.) DEPT. OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION AND THEATRE I __ I "'LADY SINGS 2nd SMASHj THE BLUESH A RED HOT rNG -Gene Sholit, NBc-TV BLUES P 8.4 5 pm. 1-5 P.M. Box Office Opens Bargain 12:45 Day WHO IS THE MECHANIC? .: ...... ... :::tr: Ch ULUR ALUEtAR ART SPECIALS-Architecture and Design shows a multi- media presentation of the works of Dana Atchley and other artists this afternoon at 4 in the Arch. Aud. Archi- tecture and Design deposits an art "time capsule", con- taining some 150 art pieces, at the new A&D building site at N. Campus this morning at 11. DRAMA-U Players present Pinter's Old Times tonight at 8 in the People's Ballroom. RC Players present Strind- berg's Miss Julia and Pinter's Dumbwaiter in the RC au- ditorium at 8 tonight. MUSIC-School of Music presents an Opera Workshop with scenes from six operas in the SM Recital Hall at 8 to- night. The School of Music also presents Ronald Copes on violin at 8 tonight in Aud. 4, MLB. FILM-Cinema Guild shows Ozu's Tokyo Story at 9:05 to- night in Arch. Aud. 7. Daily Reviewer David Gruber says this about the film: "There is treasure for everyone in Tokyo Story," said Stanley Kauffman," and shame that we have all had to wait so long for it." Kauffman and several other critics have hailed Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film, released only recently in the U.S. and never shown before in Ann Ar- bor, as a masterpiece of austerity, simplicity, and beauty. It is a story of Japanese family life involving an elderly couple traveling to Tokyo to visit their children, who have grown apart from them. The children later return the visit when they learn their mother is dying. S. Quad Films presenst Butch Cassidy and the Sun- dance Kid in S. Quad Dining Rm. Two at 7, 9:30 tonight. The AA Film Co-op shows the Marx Brothers' Horse- feathers tonight at 7, 8:45 in Aud. A. Daily reviewer Larry Lempert comments: Both Robben Fleming and Bo Schembechler could learn a lot from this Marx Brothers free-for-all. As- suming the presidency of an ailing college, Groucho knows that the road to success leads straight through the goal posts, and if that means hiring some spare huskies (Chico and Harpo?) and attempting to kid- nap the other team's leading jocks, so what? T W}- Aa w aw l 7 m