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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
A rts &E n t r a et Thursday, December 9, 1976 Page Fivek
Soph
Show
has
feminist twist
I
HARRIET (Dana Barton) spars verbally with her ribald admirer, Dorimant (John Wojda)
In a scene from PTP's "Man of Mode", which began last night in the Frieze Bldg's Arena
Theatre.
By JOANNE KAUFMAN future, to say nothing of a key
THE TITLE of this year's to the executive washroom. The
Soph Show, How To Suc- title of the books is - you
ceed in Business Without Real- guessed it - -How To Succeed
ly Trying, which opens tonight in Business Without Really Try-'
in Mendelssohn Theatre is quite ing. He has to slay a few dra-
a mouthful to swallow. gons along the way - a few
aous th tlot swallo rnvice presidents, the boss' neph-,
So is the plot which concerns ew, and the boss himself; of
acertain Pierpont Finch's course boay meets girl and boy,
climb up the executive ladder. loses girl.
Actually he starts at the top of
a ladder - as window washer But why do I keep referring
at World Wide Wickets - but to J. Pierpont as "he." Gloria
willingly trades it in for a Steinem and Betty Friedan
crack at a three piece suit and should only be at Lydia Men-
a home in New Rochelle. delssohn at 8 tonight, For in
And how does he do it? Well, this version of Abe Burrow's
it seems that J. Pierpont has Pulitzer Prize winning play,
gotten hold of a tome that con- Pierpont is a female window
tains the key to his successful washer who chucks it all for
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that same three piece suit, a
home in New Rochelle and, yes,
a key to the executive wash-
room. Here too there is ro-
mance - gir'l meets boy, girl
loses boy and girls gets boy
(No; I won't reveal the ending.)
AVID T. V. viewers may find
a number of the songs from the
show strangely familiar. Two of
them, "Brotherhood of Man"!
and "I Believe in You" have
been bastardized into commer-
cials for cars, beer and razor!
blades.
Phoebe S
By JIM SHAHIN
PHOEBE SNOW has been gar-
nering rave reviews from all
sorts of people. y Her voice can
.slide with an easy elasticity,
and fall soft as snow on your
ear. She can ever nearly belt
when she really puts her mind
to it.
But, though she is touted as a
major talent and brilliant new
pop star, hers is a submarine
sandwich without the meat.
Her recent release, It Looks
Like Snow (clever, huh?) is
good, but could've been better
if there was more beef to the
bite.
THE STRINGS - as in most
pop albums - are there for no
apparent purpose, except to pad
things. They make her better
compositions sloshy. It's mysti-
fying that the producers decided
to make her sound as if she
were singing from the bowels
of a musk melon, when they had
so many top-notch sidemen help-
ing out.
Melodically, the album is noth-
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It's up-tempo a n d catch
"Mercy On Those" is also a
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ORIGINAL
PRINTS-SCULPTURE
by
Ralph A. Wolfe
U-M Art faculty
Friday-Sunday
l1:00a.m.-6:00 p.m,
The unwardly mobile J. Pier- who has danced in Guys and
pont, who believes in the bro- Dolls, and Damn Yankees
therhood of man and in herself choreographed; Lief Bjland and
is here played by Judy Valenti. Scott Eyerley, both students in
Rick Gondelman plays the the School of Music, served as
faithful Benjamin Pilkington musical director and choral di-
who vows to keep dinner warm rector respectively.
for his tired executive wife. And just what are wickets
Other cast members include anyway? Producer Jim Stern
Reginald Cathey as J. B. Gig- may know but he's not telling.
ley; Pat Kolinski as Brett Why not pick up a ticket for
Frump; and Don Dennehy as Soph Show '76 and find out
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