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Feb.5 a
By James Rokosny
Stuff Writer
For the past few years,
"Beatlemania" has been
sweeping the country. Not
the massive, hysterical
movement that surrounded
the emergence of the
Beatles, but an incredible
multi-media production that
reenacts the decade that
turned the tide of society.
On first learning of such a
show, a common reaction
might be, "I'm not going to
see a bunch of guys copy the
Beatles." But the stage
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more than a live band with
costumes. Through the use
of rear projection screens
with slides and film footage
documenting the 1960s, the
band acts as narrator of the
decade.
What other group could be
more credible as narrators
of the decade than the
Beatles. People who were in
their teens or early twenties
now have a chance to relive
a very important time period
by way of a Broadway
production. The Beatles are
one of the few bands that
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generations and give insight
into the counterculture and
turbulance of the sixties
through some of the best
music ever recorded.
"Beatlemania" has been a
big hit on Broadway in New
York for the past couple of
years and now is being sent
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well-received everywhere it
has been performed because
there is so much to see.
Many are seeing what they
saw in the sixties and others
can see what they were not
aware of at the time.
On Feb. 5 at 9:30 in the
Township Auditorium,
Contemporary Sounds is
presenting
"Beatlemania." This is a
unique opportunity for
students and residents of
Columbia to witness a
revolutionary concept in
Broadway production.
What makes
"Beatlemania" unique is its
use of many different forms
of media-live music, film
reels, slides and an amazing
array of lights. The effect is
over-powering. Shots of
George Wallace screaming,
"Stop all this nonsense, all
you need is a hair cut," while
the band sings
"Revolution," for example.
In Feb. 1978, Playbill
published an article called
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He wrote "In the two hours
of 'Beatlemania' I understood
a decade and a
generation. Do you have any
idea how cataclysmic such a
revelation can be? In the
midst of the screaming,
whistling, yelling crowd
about me, I understood the
genius of the Beatles; the
nature of rock, the savage,
elemental beat, even the
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nature of the revolt, the
yearning behind "make
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homilies...I understood
Woodstock and Newport,
hippies and dropouts, the
courage of Kent State.
"Beatlemania" is the
result of the imagination of
Steve Leber and lighting
genius Jules Fisher. Leber
auditioned thousands of
young men for an idea he
had to do a concert situation,
but Fisher took it step further
and made it into an
experience, using multi- media
production to spur the
mind into a state that
existed during the sixties.
The show is designed so
anyone of any age can appreciate
it. Anyone who lived
through those times will be
able to relive them. Those
who didn't can see what it
was all about. Musi;,
theater, film, photography
and history bug-> alike
would enjoy it
This is a rare chance to see
a great show like this in
Columbia. The ticket prices
may seem high to some
($9.25) but when one considers
the price of any
Broadway show, they are
low. In New York City one
would have to pay at least
twice as much. The proceeds
from the show will go
towards bringing a free
spring concert.
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