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USAs too c< By Cindy Olivarez S On Feb. 24, John Dos Passe the Hooker T. Washington Au Ensemble (SCORE). The play, referred to by its something of a problem to t | On one hand, the set desig 11.* - peumg sei-a screen surrount the early 20th century were where the players sat when props were ushered in by th play, which lent the performs On the other hand, the scr play--seemed to weigh on tl seemed to be able to do was tc I really hate to say this wh fine actors, but I had to filter past their characterizations, what (ho anthnrc rnnlln VI I VUI1J VYIWI was meant to do was to give people, the values and the hi 1930). Obviously, this particular colorful and can be subject to as a montage of American; asides to the audience and \ Perhaps it is my own fi characterizations from the s> scone and romnloYitv nun . I % J ? *"'V. director, will successfully we; compact unit. I did not obse Again, I was extremely im| Bordner, a Columbia native, \ Repertory Theatre this past tcrpretations of all the char; portray several different chai his brief monologue as Phillif managed to handle shifts fron style. Likewise Lois Battle, who stable, character of the play, varying themes of the pla; development of the Mom-ohm songwriter, his marriage to C business executive. Moorehoi before our eyes from a bumbli somewhat ruthless executive well as a flighty young mist Barbara Marehant portra; achieves a fair amount of succ the period. Marehant also takes on a i Altlion^li their equipment <1 Morning Song played in the (>ol the help of borrowed instrumei played a much tighter set 1 script t m n I Jf JLT )s' and Paul Shyres' USA was pr< ditorium by the South Carolina 0 authors as a "dramatic revue," | his writer. [n and lighting presented a visu ied by mirror lights on which he, superimposed and a bandstanc t ho\/ u;nrnn' ? ,J!l! J ?t v-1 v:i I I clCllllg. Ill cUIUIllOr e players at designated times d nee an air of immediacy. ipt--indeed, the real concept of t rie players with its complexity. > camp it up. len dealing with a troupe of excc the script through their performs as it were, and try to assemble e. It seems to me that what the t us a kaleidoscopic view of Ame lppenings of the early 2?th centi play is as hopelessly complex misinterpretations of all sorts. Ii i, full of monologues, documen jersonal dialogue. ault that I involuntarily separ cript, but, when faced with a pl< can only hope that the actors. ave performance and play, makii rve this. pressed by the versatile, talentec vho also performed with the IJSC summer. Bordner gave excepi acters he portrayed (every act< racters), and I was particularly i ) Larkin from Man Without a Coi 1 one character to another with a played the wife of the main, i J. Ward Moorehouse, was excel y are continually juxtaposed ise character-his early ambition Jertrude Staple and his rise to pc use is played by Ralph Nilson, u inrt * " UK, uiwsMM 11 vu young man mio a juggling a mentally unbalance( ress. ys his mistress, Eleanor Stodd ess as the "flapper" panache so i monologue done by what seems ' /V". " .V:.v ' id not show up, the group Idcn Spur Monday night with nts. The country-rock group Tuesday night, when their * I ?rica: the iry (1900- . ^ t is set up tarv-tvpe v? a ted the ?v of this a, the Summer Ralph imisoi 11W1JCI1 III>r had to omniscient na noved by she was mear jntry. He could have be( dm i ruble Moorehouse Williams, a b ind most terpretation. 1 lent. The admired her | with the Fishman carr s to be a gestures carrn >wer as a I ran nnH iii -ho turns they did not se harried, might not ha 1 wife as managed to ui 1970s think w; ard, and The play coi ypical of high-camp atr - clearer view o to be an wrote it. ii ^ winn i> 8 IBHQBhHI^BhhE^ i equipment finally made i banjo piekin' and fiddlin bers of the audience rise cintf at the end of Tuesd v - % m*.< % *' % r 5* .**>*C 5P JSS^f& # W*l%? Sf ^ S f */ 4?V "*1 M It i ana Olivia Williams prepare for I rrator, telling us the story of Isado it to be Duncan herself, but if this \ ?n clearer had it not been done in a na 's secretary, Janey Williams, is eautiful. Commanding wnmnn a?hn 0 Williams possesses a fine theatrical arojection and her bold, profession* ied out his tasks with admirable gra< e off with a little less success. Ltle or no fault with the companys' p em to suit the real concept of the pla> ve grasped this central theme-it nderstand the "feel" of the period, c *s the feel of the period. ild have benefited from a toning dow nosphere, and perhaps then we wou f what Dos Passos and Shyre meant H Photo by Debbie Howard t down from Washington, I).C. The was enough to make some memto their feet and start square danay's show. ' ? 1 6T i Hi v : . to th; * ~ By ^an t A f Last' ' II? film di (J** Im.i #P m tolucci, mm M?use yHPIP^ ,J? Saturda ^Admi *? *< ,< expecte Cm -'4 * v$ t showin " \ schedul i "~T be goin M that nig V The f and Mj hailed i\ Kael in A- as "the] V i ~ever m? \-i At its V banned - L.* States, < explici t wpft*-- continue ^yi subsidec II will be I filmmak 1 J&! / H tee JSA. ' tor ra Duncan. Perhaps vas the case, then it COtl rrative style. ; played by Olivia did a marvelous in- p PP voice, and I greatly -n? u il style. Actor Larrv , :e, also, although his n'%re. lilt' L 01 erformances, exccpt Depart) t. Director Jon Yates .C0J looks as if he only ?r what people of the The Gs n of the high-pitched, oMhe^ Id have been given a . to convey when theyj audj(orj ! building Morninj overcon set prot By Kd Turner As it sometimes happens r disasters. Morning Song, a gi appeared in the Golden Spur nights, like Phoenix rising fr As is the case with many cor the band travels separately leaving the equipment in the The band arrived Monday z message that their show had of their equipment truck's 1 near Washington, D.C. Upset but undaunted, th nirm Soni?. with the holn nf Contemporary Sounds Comm search to gather enough eqt spite of adverse conditions. Within two-and-a-half houi was made available to the b minus a drum kit. The band i format of four members u played an electric-acoustic se bluegrass and country rock tu from the celebrated Taylor Livingston), Dickey Ketts, See MOl . ango' show is week i L. Irvin Jr. Fango in Paris, the X-rated rected by Bernardo Berwill play in the Russell Theatre today through y at 7 and 9:30 p.m. ssion is $1, and because of d demand, a 3:30 p.m. g Saturday has been ed for students who might g to the basketball game ;ht. ilm stars Marlon Brando aria Schneider and was by famed critic Pauline The New Yorker Magazine most powerfully erotic film ide!" initial release the film was in many cities in the United although it was much less than many of the less pornographic films which id to play in the same Now that publicity has J, serious film enthusiasts able to see a masterful ;er's work in peace. dropped lite racyfere nee fronting the Literacy Crisisms, Programs, Prospects" the topic of a March 27 nee, jointly sponsored by lege of Education and the nent of English. 'ding to Greta Little of the department, the need for a ttion fee, as published in imecock's last issue, has ne away with. All sessions onference, beginning with ynote address in the um of the Williams-Brice ; at 10 a.m., will be free. % Song n tlems lice things come from ~oup from Pennsylvania, Monday and Tuesday om the ashes. istantly touring groups, from thf>ir (ininmnnnt hands of their roadies, ifternoon to receive a been canceled because >reakdown somewhere e members of Morthe University Union littee, began a frantic lipment to perform in -s, enough equipment and to start the show reverted to its original without drummer and t composed of electric nes, borrowing heavily brothers (James and Merle Haggard and RIMING SOMi. rage K