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Entertainn noy Into' When Children of a Lesser God opened on Broadway, the audience stood and applauded thunderously. The leading lady did not hear a word. Yet her inability to hear the applause and the shouts of "bravo" did not diminish her joy at the opening night success. In fact, Phyllis Frelich, deaf since birth, had never considered her con Freda Norman, Phillip Re< The '' *3?1 \ fcjp'i" W'Should th< lent ? wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmp?mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm r Give World dition a handicap--,4it was like having brown hair; I never questioned it." Children of a Lesser God is based on a true story-Phyllis Frelich's story--of a deaf woman married to a man who can hear, and presents compelling insights into the wnrld of thp Hpaf that hearing playgoers probably will be picking up for the mm eves and Herbert DuVal in 'Chi Knack rmmB , e Knack call it quits after only t s insis 1 of $ !> m wmmmy first time. WRITTEN BY Mark Medoff, author of When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder ? . Children of a Lesser God deals with the basic problem of human communication: who must make the effort to ! communicate, who must 1 reach out to whom. It deals with what may be called deaf pride ? whether the hearing will learn sign jp; iBfc ^jP|. -1 I8B It V I i 1 ! Idren of a Lesser God.' Journei I Jnk (\V JTJm m m / HH' wo years? 1*4* yiffia ence language, or the deaf must learn to speak. Sarah Norman, the play's leading character, is an independent young deaf u/nman whrt Hie Ha i nc Ion r ning to speak. Jim Leeds, an eager young speech teacher, is determined to show Sarah what he perceives to be the advantages of conforming to the world of the hearing. Yet Sarah does not speak because she really does have a hard time speaking. Deaf since birth, her ability to reproduce spoken sound is extremely limited. Instead, she communicates with a poetic fluttering of the hands 9r with facial expressions to an increasingly frustrated Jim. Finally, in the climactic scene of the play, tie pushes her to the limit in nis attempts to get her to speak. When Medoff met Frelich three and a half years ago, he immediately perceived sign language as inherently theatrical. The roles of Sarah and Jim epitomize not Ll - r II umy uie pruuierns 01 me deaf, but the dramatic struggle involved in all luman communication. FRELICH AND her husband, Robert Steinberg,, the models for the play's leading characters, had to dig out their deepest feelings and responses for Medoff's work. Still, the Sarah and fs Into By CLARK PEDI Staff Writer There comes a time dui existence when it's time to qi of the spectrum there is the I who are approaching twenty > At the other end, with the r< new album Round Trip, th passed away at age two. TU/. W- 1- I ' a nc: ixiictcn oursi onto me I 1979 amid a promotional car of Paul Stanley and Gene Si debut album, Get the Knac strength of "My Sharona reached the top of the fortunately, the entire appea lay in the single. Last year's follow up alb little girls understand, show< be very tight musically bu more talented than any numl bands that populate the cou cuits. The band seemed to Ix than nHamiotn ?v? unl ? MIMM UUVIJUUVU lliudltlclllb (J proven formula. The best e: lies in the song "Baby Talks was almost an exact reprod Sharona" minus the rough the few good things about "! with a different set of lyrics. THIS BRINGS us to Roun than try and analyze side falling asleep from repeatii 1 \ v v* ^ js?^i 1~ #pipP(pp Mary Beth Barber and Jim of the stage remain C somehow different from the i real-life couple. c Steinberg maintains that the main difference between ^ Jim and himself is Jim's frustration. Steinberg says he is instead fascinated with 1 rrencn s sneni, signing . world. "There's a wonderful r sense of discovery in r knowing someone who's so . different from yourself." More than drama powerful J enough to sweep the Tony \ awards for best play, best 1 actor, and best actress, rtl - unscur ^ best to deal jus Kissing," track ? "Return of the *ing a band's three, "Africa" nit. At one end fun^ or dance r it 'f l:?l tuning oiunes, ???vi iu libit; rears together, and finally "She glease of their fair Steve Mille ie Knack has songs on this redeeming quali nusic scene in ~ .. . , npaign worthy ^ back ci mmons. Their understand, j k, behind the !C"a<rk a'bum i; eventually 'here is charts. Un- ",cjr 1 c l,un?si. 1 of the album On side two th urn, ...but the general, the ms ed the band to ?f better qualit t certainly no one- Once aga 5er of the onnv Quality (or lack ntry's bar cir- b? considered, i nothing more three, is a fair lugged into a "Another Lous sample of this distantly remii Dirty," which (lyrically, not nr luction of "My the Devil," evol edges (one of feeling. Sharona") and Although we \ last from the V d Trip. Kather band seems to one and risk obscurity as 01 ig myself, it's bands. ? %) Phillip Reeves. Children of a Lesser God, s a step toward that iiscovery. Children of a Lesser God, sponsored by the RHUUJ Cultural Series Committee, will play one light only at the Township \uditorium, Wednesday, November 18, at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Travel Center (777-7130) and he Township box office: USC students, $5.00; public, ^10.00. Free shuttle service -vill be provided from Russell House to the rownship. 9 n ? ity t with the highlights: "Soul two. wnillri hp hpttpr pnHtlpH Son of My Sharona;" cut appears to be some sort of nusic, but it's so annoying n long enough to tell which; ^ i Likes the Beat," which is a r imitation. The remaining side have absolutely no itiesatall. over of ...but the little girls t is written: "Making a 3 like making a mistake." hope for them yet; at least ie boys do a better job, but in iterial which they borrow is y than the material on side in, because of the overall of it) only the highlights will 4 ?0 A tv owt-ei ureams," iracK Beatles ape; number four, iy Day in Paradise," is niscent of Jimmy Buffet tusically) and cut five, "Pay nes a certain urban cowboy 4S probably have not heard the inack with Round Trip, the have sealed their fall to ie of a long list of one-hit