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Repertor By Dale Smoak Gamecock Staff Writer rpu? T i?: :? .. ?f c?..iu imn IUC university ui ouuui v^cuuiuict Summer Repertory Theatre is offering some excellent choices for summer theatregoers. Though it is a professional company, and thus has people from all over the country, there are several USC professors and students involved. II OUUUCIy d (JVllUHIICtULC UI i William's A Streetcar Named Desire is any indication of the quality of the company, there is much to look forward to the rest of the summer. Williams' play portrays a woman, unable to deal with the reality of her life, who visits her younger sister and her husband. The older sister, Blanche DuBois, feels that Stella, her younger sister, is in a bad situation being married to Stanley Kowalski, a man with a different background than the sisters. The play covers the summer that Blanche stayed iifUK f Vin 1/ niiro lolri 'o anrl f nno i nvftc? Willi iuc ivuwaiorvi o auu utpiv,to liiu i^uoiwiio caused by Blanche's presence and her struggle with reality. Ruth Ann Phimister did a marvelous job as Blanche. She projected a highbrow manner demanded of the character. Blanche is easy to dislike, and through the first half-hour of the play, I found myself disliking Blanche intensely. I realized then what a wonderful job Phimister was doing wun mecnaracier. As Stanley, Brad J. Sergi successfully portrayed a manner of street-wise, selfassured masculinity. The emotions of his character range from tenderness to rage, and Sergi's performance encompassed the range called for well. Rhonda Aldrich's Stella was also pleasing. Stella is caught in the middle between Stanley and Blanche. Aldrich skillfully played a character sympathetic to both parties. - M 'In-laws', 4Lt By David Baker Entortalnm?nt Editor [ net: a use ui me increasing iiuinuer ui town and the decreasing amount of sp? write about them, I'm giving up my I review this week in order to make a few I about each of the films I will not be ab entire column to in the future. Thus, if there should exist a reader so i put off seeing any of the summer's filr read my opinions of them, he needn't wai horp >hpv arp Butch and Sundance: The Earl) beautifully photographed "prequel" to and the Sundance Kid isn't nearly so bac office grosses might indicate. Delibera easy-going, the film concentrates mc terization than on action and if one goes - " l- u u. -i: Knowing mai iaci, nt* won i m: uiau^pu movie's virtual lack of gunfight fatalities y 1 neat re 5 t ' .1:?'_!? I -, iV?_<. il v.'; The cast c Of the supporting actors, all of whom were very good, Candace Compton as Eunice, the Kowalskis' upstairs neighbor, was a standout, bhe had just the right manner ot southernness and i$otherliness. Th<c set design was very good. It was that of a two room apartment, built in enough detail to be realistic and spare enough to not block anyone's view. Attention was obviously paid to stage props, which were good Rip* Np pHft i W ml *< illf^^li^ i &li * mL> ' j i-i'i^iS ^ jr ^Bp] |^?| H: ^ v;~:vV;|'^'A^^ ." H-r^: [Kii / to r: 7n 7aws.' 'Rutnh A Sundanr Dst and Found Helped mostly by their i originals, Tom Berenger , now mnuioc in aflmirahlo offomnf fn fill (Vi ?V Tf IllVf 1VO HI UVUIIII UMIV UbiVlli^l IV till tl 1' ice in which to Newman and Robet Redfon regular movie The In-laws: Arthur I srief comments slapstick comedy which is, le to devote an far this year. The plot is so explained here, but suffice J 1 i . I I I. 1 . A _ _ _ 1 _ 1? iaeai as 10 nave oeiore Deen aepiciea so sinj ns until he has Alan Arkin and Peter Fa t any longer, as unlike columbo gone insane dentist and a G-man who ' Days: This world-saving South Americ Butch Cassidy their offsprings'impending 1 as its low box- Ixwt and Found: It isn't s tely-paced and the first half of this new G< re on charac- Melvin F rank collaboratior into the theatre laughs to make it worth seei intod ahnnl (hp and Jarlrenn arp Hp couple who fall in love s 'Streetcar' i 1 , ~? mus^ - y tf'A Streetcar Named I as well. The Dlav was directed bv Rav r -- m/ J Munro. The USC Summer Repertory Theatre performs Wednesday through Saturday nights at 8 and Sunday afternoons at 3 in Longstreet Theatre. Admission is $1.50 for students and $3.50 for the general public. The season continues through Aug. 5. Moliere's Tartuffe will run through this bunaay. ine plays win oe periormea in wj^Kfwtr JgK 1 '^W ^HM^HMB5|^ ^ ~ AnSPEfe ^B9b^^S9SB8m^^ - u*^ :e,' 'Lost & Found,' and 'Main Eve P are class of jncanny resemblance to the tainside. If and William Katt make an relationship e roles made famous by Paul the projectc 1 The Main filler directed this wacky has been gi by far, the funniest movie so unfunny co i complicated that it can't be hate a Bai it to say, the CIA has never nothing abo r and so inept. Streisand lk (in a characterization not and Howari i) are priceless as a paranoid where it lot are orougnt togetner tor a skiing in Nc ;an adventure as a result of by Streisanc marriage. Nightwinj mother A Touch of Class, but fanaticism I ?orge Segal-Glenda Jackson- pea-brain ii i deals out more than enough piece of cin ing. an insult to i lightful as an accident-prone ifter falling down a moun II _1 wen aone jl||ii |' B\ I 'i' ['Jl' ''J 1 I'i | W '' I il 11 11 ll 1 H|t''i^ \l' h ^iij'l i V11 Desire' repertory for the next four weeks, so it will still be Dossible to a nlav vnn havp missed. In addition to Tartuffe and Streetcar, the company also performs Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday. Also, July 25-28 and Aug. 1-4, the company will perform a children's show, Mother Goose on the in r. m ? ? ijutoc ai iv a.m. wuiiuiti mc utivct uilllC dl 777-2551 for reservations and specific schedule information. >7 4? & n/ >nt' M summer pics 1 _ - it J * J l_ .1 . At oniy uiey uian i rusn inio marriage, tneir might not run out of gas half-an-hour before ir runs out of film. Event: Another example of what Hollywood iving us all too many of this season ? an medy. Heaven knows, I never thought I'd 'bra Streisand movie, but there's simply lit thic ann f a lilrn Ui VI no U1IC IV 1 II\V . chews up almost every scene she appears in li Zieff's direction is laid-back to the point >ks like he radioed in his instructions while >rway. If it weren't for the theme song (sung i), Main Event would be a total wash-out. ~ ~ * * - r ?i:-' in a uit*squf son 01 rt'd^iuus that is certain to send even the most gullible lto convulsions of laughter, this tacky little ematic garbage isn't so much a film as it is mnvip-flftpru thp nation See MOVIES, page 4