THE MICHIGAN DAILY
rts & Entertainm ent Saturday, November 1, 1975 Page Five
'Looking Glass: Not worth a
trip
By ANDREW ZERMAN unimaginative subjects for par- pel song "Heed the Word of she didn't have to say anything. tesque, he turns on the charm
Satirical musical reviews with ody. If I've seen one skit about GM" was actually the best num- She simply used her wacky without becoming overbearing
wit, cleverness, sophistication i J.B., the slick movie produer, ber in the show but it had silly-putty face and demonstrat- and, in general, he carries him-
and the proper light touch can II've seen twenty-five, nothing to do with Sesame ed impish comic talent. self like a professional instead
provide a delightful and divert- There have been about as Street. John Reed, who seemed to of just carrying on.
ing bit of entertainment. Unfor- many game show spoofs as there For the record, there were be given the dumbest material He just has that gift of know-
tunately, The Looking Glass, have been game shows, also some snappy jingles for again and again, finally scored ing exactly what to do on stage
the new dinner theatre attrac- A good musical revue must Bicentennial souvenirs that pro- as a Russian baker-a female as if he'd been born and lived
tion at the Campus Inn, has above all be fresh and saucy. vided the evening's most spright- one. most of his life there.
none of those appealing quali- That's difficult when you're ly use of words. Laugh-In-type Maria Olds has a natural, un- I was told that changes are
ties, working with last year's cock- blackouts aren't very effective forced witty charm about her being made in the show. But
Instead, it is predictable, tail party topics: hijackings, when you have to see people that's reminiscent of Lily Tom- the material was too consistent-
simple-minded and provincial. Sesame Street, astrology, wives walk on and off the stage. uin. Her astrologer was one of l mediocre for anything but
The show has the light touch of with newly-raised conscious- The cast of five, an endearing the more sensitive, intelligent major overhauling to save the
a marching band and it just nesses and disaster movies. bunch, deserved better. There character sketches of the even- show. There are no signs that
plain isn't funny. Even the CIA proves barren was an occasional tendency, I ing. A brief snatch of "Au Lumn Bilik can come up with beder
Jerry Bilik, who created the ground for satire. We've been especially on the part of Diane Leaves" showed that she can work than he already has.
show and co-directed it with making fun of secret agents for Baverman, to overdo, overmug put over a song warmly and I should point out that the
Richard Burgwin, has arranged years. and come on too strong. affectingly. predominantly middle-aged udi-
half-time shows for U football Bilik's forays into the area of But, given the severe short- Best of all was David Paymer ence with whom I saw the show
games and, in fact, many of the political satire were not nearly comings of the material, the who again proved that he is cue got quite a kick out of 'he whole
skits in The Looking Glass fol- acerbic enough and, I think,, cast controlled their perform- of the most talented fellows thing. To me, however, this
low the formula of half-time were too polemic. ances admirably. Sheila Hey-! around town. He does broad looking glass revealed only what
shows. A half-time salute to Ameri- man was perhaps the luckiest- {{comedy without becoming gro- I've already seen.
You start with a trendy theme can industry (at first I 'houghta - - .- -- a t-
and use popular songs to zdlus- it was about the Mafia - the
trate it. target of this satire was strange--"
So Bilik gives us miserably ly imprecise) was so intent on
singing "Close to You," an as- it forgot to be funny at all.
trologer singing "I've Told This half-time skit and the
Every Little Star" and hijackers "Sesame Street" skit both tidn't
making their destinations kntwn work because in each case Bilk: fl'
with "I Love Paris" and "I Left imposed political satire on mo-
My Heart in San Francisco." tifs that didn't take to it all.y
Let no one say this isn't the If you're doing a Sesame By JEFFREY SELBST a fine shading and tonal ora- in projecting a rich tone trom
tackiest show in town. Street parody, fine. But what's;
Bilik asks for trouble by that got to do with General At Hill Auditorium Thursday tion. the instrument. Perhaps it was
choosing the most obvious and Motors and big cars? The gos- night I witnessed an almost- In the very competent third caused by playing opposite such
cMmarvelous thing: the University I movement, the strings were a large group, or in making the
- - - Philharmonia concert. T h e y slightly out of balance and as a sound of a cello fill Hill Audi-
played a traditional program, result, tended to obscure any torium. I don't know.
yis the bridge and they played, mostly, ex- other sections of the group. Cc- Many: times he sounded a
S Honestyitremely well. What, then, were casionally the brass peeked little too thin. But otherwise it
player's most deadly the problems? Mostly, there through. was utterly enjoyable. In the
weren't any. But the fourth movement was sections where he stood out
eans of self-destruction The concert included Dvorak's fine. Bridging from the third from the group, and those where
_Symphony no. 8 in G major, op. almost without pause, the mark- he melted in perfectly, he dem-
By MARK FRIEDLANDER 88, Prokofieff's Sinfonia Con- ed difference in conception from: onstrated himself firmly in con-
certante for Cello and Orchestra, the previous movements was trol of the instrument.
trump making five because and Mussorgsky-Ravel's Pic- emphasized by a strict rhythm,
Northmwhen declarercouldn't help tures at anrExhibition. The first crisp balance and precision turhe Muss gnuental sh-
- K Q 6C himself, he talked the defense and last are conventional show-, playing. tpe.Msly twsfn.
into giving him a hand. But de-'stpe.M tliwafn.r
4 10 2 .arer gasinohmonopold.oBtdc- pieces for symphony orchestra, The tuba made one regret- The only exceptions to tis were
West * Q542 East darer has no monopoly on trick- the other not often played. table entrance near the begin-the Promenades, none of which
V J109 7 4K 10 7 6 4 8 5 2 The Dvorak was played with ning, but the highlighted per- were played quite correctly, the
4 K 9 6 4 V A J 8 5 3 North taste and style by the members formances by cellos, flute and "Bydlo" section, where tne tex-'
9 43 South K 7 6 4 A J 9 2 of the Philharmonia. The trouble violins were nothing short of ture was muddy, the "Cata-
4 5 3 with the piece lay in the catch- masterful. The clarinet solo was combae," where the tone was
V A 4 3 West f7S2 East as-catch-can interpretation by devastating; light, lovely and shaky and the dynamic varia-
A Q10 93 4 Q 10 7 4 4 A K 8 4 4 K 5 Uri Mayer, the conductor. utterly controlled. tions were not well-controllkd
* A Q 5 2 rQ10 0874 The first movement displayed The coda was a little bit rush- and "The Great Gate of Kiev."
4AQ K Q 109 South * 8 6 4 3 an excellent sound, a nice rich ed and the dynamic shift to The problem with this Jast
South West North East 4 9 3 2 4 8 6 3 4 Q J 10 6 tone from the strings, both lower triple-fortissimo was too abrupt. piece was again in unity. This
1-NT pass 3 NT All pass ; A K J 9 6 2 and upper. The cellos showed a Other than that, a perfect move- section must sound larger-than-
Opening lead: J of Spades i A silky, supple sound, while the ment. life, and near the end, it almost
In most professions honesty is violins played with a lovely The Prokofieff, a virtuoso did. The strength of the Phil-
the best policy. But in bridge North East South West exactness. In this movement, the piece for cello (and orchestra) harmonia is in playing quieter
another cliche takes precedence: 1 Club pass 1 Heart pass upper and lower strings alter- was given its technical due by sections, those that demnd pe-
nice guys finish last. An hon- 1 Spade pass 3 Hearts pass nated with each other to good soloist Richard Harlow. Bowing cision-playing. When tey try
est declarer is at a distinct 4 Hearts All pass effect, while the horns and flute the intricate passages, he made for the huge effect, as in this
disadvantage in trying to make; O loverlaid well. the performance look deceptive- piece they must, there is a touch
hopeless contracts. Opening lead: K of Diamonds The conductor, however, was ly simple. His technique was of empty grandeur about the
The bidding was straightfor- South won the opening lead too interested in the perform- flawless, attempt that is slightly disap-
ward. South opened his balanced and cashed the ace of trumps, ances of particular sections, and The only difficulty he had was pointing.
sixteen points one no-trump and intending to finesse the queen did not pay attention to the - ~ ~ -
North raised to three on his bal- later. He did not have to be- unity of sound. It is perhaps a
anced ten. But the resulting con- cause West played the queen necessary consequence of the & WOIILD S 'E
tract was hopeless. Declarer had under the ace. South smiled, seating of an orchestra, but the W iUDu UES
eight top tricks, virtually no way believing the queen to be sin- effect was of layered sound, PRESENTS
to find a ninth without giving gleton, and led a low spade, in- rather than a well-textured THE AWARD WINNING
up the lead, and five potential tending to insert the nine, which whole.
her oer.wudgive him a one - third The tempo of the second
y chance ofavoiding two spade movement was somewhat self-;
opening lead without much en losers, indulgent. In the tradition of!
thusiasm. West put up the queen on the Tschaikovsky, the sweet strings
Obviously, because West had spade lead, so declarer won the were allowed to hold sway,:
not led a heart, he did notknow ace, smiling again because he rather than disciplining them
they were running. Unfortunate did not dream that West would tightly, and the inherent drama-
ly, this was not too great a play the queen from any hold- tic elements of the movement
handicap because the process of ing other than king-queen. were heightened for momentary
setting up the ninth trick would i Then the ,roof fell in! South effect, sacrificing thereby a su-
alert the defense to the fact that i finessed the nine of trumps, staied interpretation.
hearts was their only chance. losing to West's ten, who cash- The solo violin was facile and
The honest player would win ed a diamond and led another well-executed, while the clari-
the opening lead and lay down one. Declarer ruffed, pulled the nets, in their brief duet, showed
the ace of diamonds. When the last trump, and led to the spade
king failed to drop, he would jack and East's king. A fourth 8:00 P.M.E-OCT. 31, 1:00 P.M.-NOVEA1
lead the ten of diamonds to the diamond left South one trick!l y 603 east Gibey MENDELSSOHN TH EATRE
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Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN
Diane Marcovitz, zany comedienne and musician captivated the audience at thex Ark where
she played last night. Marcovitz is best known for her frequent costume-changes and Randy
Newmanish singing. She'll be back at the Ark tonight.
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i e isnonesi aeciarer woui ! enau no aroppea te queen
resort to trickery and more like- of trumps, declarer would have
ly succeed. He would be careful had to play trumps from the.
to win the opening lead in his top down, not being able to pick
hand and lead a club to the up Qxxx onside anyway,
king, carefully advertising his West by putting up the queen
strong! holdings in the black of spades persuaded declarer to
suits. Then he would lead a low play him for both top spade
heart to 'his queen and West's honors (25%) instead of the
king!
West would have a terrible spade ten and at least one top
problem. He would know that honor (33%). A little judicious
South had the black suits well dishonesty can go a long way
covered and was trying to set toward the making or breaking
up more tricks in hearts. His of a contract.
hand might be I Axx V AQJx --_ _
f xx 4 AQxx, in which case ."
West would have to shaft to a This \
diamond immediately. Natural- Weekend
ly, West returned the Jack of
diamonds. FRI.-SAT.
Disaster followed for the de-
fense. The jack was covered by DIANA
the queen, king, and ace. South A
cashed the ten, nine, and three MARCOVITZ
of diamonds, three more clubs,
and two more spades. Three no-
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