February 11, 1977 (vol. 87, iss. 110) • Page Image 5
…" THE MICHIGAN DAILY Ent rtnnFriday, February 11, 1977 Page Five -r sOAKLEY SHINES IN TITLE ROLE: IAiMI I I u 'Merry By DAVID MASELLO MOST PERFORMANCES of operatic farces tend to be contrived and amateurish. Not so in Wednesday's Comic Opera Guild version of The Merry Widow at Lydia Mendelssohn. While the show was not with- out its faults, the players man- aged to preserve a joyful ex-I uberance throughout - and thej result was memorable.- T...…