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Dames At Sea... Imagine, if you will, the familiar overnight success story: a girl comes to Broadway from the Midwest wanting to dance in a chorus line, and ends up being the star of the show. Add to that fantasy and have her meet the man of her dreams, make a new best friend, and have her do it all in twelve hours. This is what playwrights George Haimsohn and Robin Miller have put into the musical comedy "Dames at Sea," which opened the USC summer theatre series. Set on Broadway in the 1930's, "Dames at Sea" illustrates the overnight stardom of the heroine, Ruby, and her triumphs over seemingly impossible situations, such as not even having a theater in which to perform. The plot progresses from this already inconceivable story line to develop into an interesting, although not really momAroKln 1 ...vuviouic muaujtti cumeuy. me actors of the Summer Repertory Theatre did well to carry off the incredible amount**# cornball humor while actually making it amusing. For the most part, the acting was of good quality, the cast doing a good job in portraying their stereotyped roles. Anne Allgood was in the leading role as Ruby, the small town girl looking to make it in the city. Her fine singing voice and acting ability really did a great deal for the role as the earnest, yet occasionally bumbling Ruby. In contrast to the naive Ruby, the character of Mona Kent is the worldly, snobbish Broadwav star whnco namo ?j - . ....uuv lining \J 11 U1C marquee is never large enough. Played by Susan Reeves, Mona's obsession with herself and her stardom was quite evident. Tamara Gebelt was wonderful as Joa?/ the chorus line girl who becomes Ruby's first friend. /?|1I|1|UH Re, twiiiSSffiSIS-i alv iMplllpiBlfl sp a th mranl White Knights... It opened to the twang of old country and western music and the setting of a shabby hotel meeting room, and from that point on the USC Repertory Company's presentation of "The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia" crackled with rough Texas-style humor. "Knights" is the first play in Preston Jones' famed Texas trilogy, each part of which deals with life in a small Texas town. "LU Ann Hampton Lavertv Oberlander " thp ewnnH play in the trilogy, was presented last summer by the company. THE ALL-MALE cast of "Knights" gave a colorful and hilarious performance that was filled with down-home profanity. The Knights of the White Magnolia, a fraternal order similar to the Ku klux Klan, but basically harmless, staged their meetings in the Cattleman's Hotel in the fictitio us town of Bradleyville, Texas. j The trio of Stan Achlou niojior/i t i??; ?1 ?** ? , luuiaiu u. ucuiiiugs. ana /men McCalla, however, stole the show with their wisecracking, bickering performances. Little more than overgrown kids interested in dominoes and liquor, the three actors proved to be a hilarious comedy team, a mixture of the three stooges and the characters on the "Andy Griffith Show." Jim Holmes, as the effeminate Mama's boy Milo Crawford, Hr0Uf narKorw t m * " ? ~.. uic iuuucsi taugns ot tne night whenever he spoke in his high-pitched voice. He nearly brought the house down with one line, "I am the moon," during the scene where the order was inducting a new member, played by Michael Do well. WSL S, sord Bar /ays brings you ecial prices on e best in music, bw and old. ind now take your pick rom hundreds of jazz ecordings by artists and npf nno Hnllar r?ff ^ wa >w WWUUI V I Offer good on $5.98 list or higher LPs and tapes not already on sale, now through September 9 at Dutch Square and Columbia Mall. 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