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By JOHN VAUGHAN
Aut. Entertainment Editor
Individual Derformances
are central to any stage
production, but they are
perhaps the most crucial
factors to the success of the
farce. Even more attention
is focused on performances
in the popular British period
farces.
See How They Run, Town
Theatre's current show, is
this type of play: physical
slapstick and absurd wit
abound in a series of frantic
and misunderstood happenings.
And when the
performances are good, the
play is funny.
The action? and there is a
lot of it? takes place in an
English vicarage over the
f wse of an autumn afternoon
and evening. Though
the entangled situations get
under way a little slowly, the
play soon is moving along
quite rapidly. Director
jummaiee koodiiis does a
fine job keeping the
characters' interaction
brisk; the play's shortcoining
isn't noticeable
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simply because the audience
isn't given enough time to
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i THE ONLY real drawback
I to the play is that it's so
cliched. Several lines are
i reminiscent of 1940s screen
gems, and the character list
1 could be read blindfolded:
the American ex-actress
Ufhnco n\ ifcrvilrnn ?-i oc c nm.
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barrassesher proper English
vicar husband, the cockney
maid, the stuffed-shirt
bishop, the rambunctious
American soldier.
But Town Theatre is lucky
( to have some performers
who breathe new life into
these stereotypical roles,
i and it is these folks who
make the play an enjoyable
experience.
i Caroline Hembel is one. As
Ida. the porknf?v maiH
Hembel scores a direct hit.
She is shorter than the others
and is physically perfect for
the role. Her cockney accent
is right on target, which is
relieving? my pet peeve is
an incorrect accent, or one
that fluctuates with every
xecora-j
. By MIKE ROMATOW
Intertjinnx-nt tditor
1 I "No record company is out
P artistic statement. They're ju:
records, said songwriter ar
m artist Robert Starling during hi
M night lecture in the Russell Hou
|L Speaking before a group of aj
I 25 people, Starling gave an
m count of what it is like to make ?
?? covered the entire process frc
If to end, including multi-trac
P mastering, and marketing of
song or album.
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Six of the best tai
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other sentence. Hembel's
timing is as certain as her
accent.
SHERYL WOOD is
another. As Miss Skillon, the
nosy spinster who wants
everyone to meet her moral
approval, she has a keen
delivery. Wood's physical
slapstick is a scream; after
downing a bottle of cooking
sherry, she keeps the
audience in fits of laughter
as a falling-down drunk.
Bob Durrett is yet another.
As the effeminate Bishop of
Lax, his mannerisms and
Iciciai CAJJI CSS1UI1S diUHC
provide much of the show's
humor without becoming
overdone.
Bill Arvay, Jr. is
humorous as well in his
portrayal of the the embarrassed
vicar. Tom Dobbs
provides a hilarious walk-on
as the Reverend Arthur
Humphrey? a very
memorable minor role.
As the vicar's wife,
Penelope Toop, 18-year-old
Katy Power is physically
appealing, which ut^ronies a
Making F
SKI Starling be
12. "Back th<
who just wan
to make an a|j screai
St OUt tO Sell caiH Ho nrr
r?c?rdjng ferent types
s Wednesday an(j acici-r0el
se Ballroom. to mafce a
^proximately publishing cc
insiders ac- about $25m}
an album. He enabled him
>m beginning ^s songs
k.ureC,0rdlungJ are forced to
the finished
sting beers in the'
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THE EXCEPT!
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iimnr
point in her favor. The pretty
USC freshman does not have
the funniest or the most I
endearing lines in this play.
THE ONLY performances
that are true to the
character cliches are turned
in by Mark Shelley as
Penelope's soldier firend
and USC senior Perry
Simpson as the Russian
Intruder. Shelley's delivery
is often rushed, and
sometimes he almost interrupts
Power (and vice A
versa). Simpson would have
it made if it wasn't for a
"Russian" accent that
sounds verv like? Insnector
Clouseau. ?
The sets, by Walter P.
O'Hourke, Jr. are striking
and meticulous. The interior
of the vicarage has
several nice touches of
authenticity throughout.
See How They Run is,
simply, an entertaining ?
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n piajo uiiuu^m
Nov. 20 at Town Theatre;
tickets are $5 for adults and \
$3 for children. )
rom A-I
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gan playing music at the age of J '
?n I was like a lot of other kids
ted to be like the Beatles, with
ning girls and everything," he
jgressed through several difof
bands, including rock, disco
t. Eventually, when he decided
record, he formed his own
>mpany ("Anyone can do it for
, Helpless Child Music. This
to retain the full royalty rights
He explained that many artists
i split their royalties on a 50-50 ^
see Starling, page 7
world.
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