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II? IRSIfc SSB^afaBuK JBBmMH mBBBL. B? p! ^M[ BHjBWPB The cast of *70, Girls, 70' ei number in Workshop Theatre's < They Have BY JOHN VAUGHAN Entertainment Editor Do you despise musicals? Do you hesitate at fresh ideas? Do you believe the theater must be a haven of seriousness? C'mon now, did you blast your car horn and take the right of way last week over the 83-year-old lady crossing the street in a walker? There is a chance you might not enjoy Workshop Theatre's current production of 70, Girls, 70. But I'll lay odds that anyone answering 4'none of the above" is gonna love it. 70, Girls, 70 is about growing old without giving up on life. It's a heavy subject? and a rollicking good time. Directed by USC graduate student Rick Rottschaefer, the musical comedy features only three people under 35, and several over 65. These performers are not wasting time in any rocking chairs, either: they're singing and acting and even tap dancing. Spring Breo The Party's I nil the ^ I spaghetti v rTT I uou can eat LT ^ I Wednesday M -Rock < Fri. fflar. 26 with the "Be Happy Houi I NCfif I Saturday ' featuri LI fi| | l^rerC-Y^BHpyQ^y^^^^oJjy^^BBSCTjaEHr- >?s^HH^^^^^H|iH|^^^^HB?aflpfili^V:^ s m K-. . . > V;'r 4-~*;~ - J Staff Pfioto by ROX POilARD ids the show with a dazzling final current production. Fun At '70' The musical numbers are inspired and the material by John Kander and Fred Ebb is light-hearted and upbeat. The play introduces us to the retired crowd in the Sussex Arms Hotel in New York City. When one of their old friends, Ida (Bette Herring) returns a la Dolly Levi, she takes it upon herself to revitalize the Sussex Arms and the lives of the old folks in it. Turns out Ida became a shoplifter. She tells us she's gone from a simple thermometer to "hair curlers, sun lamns and phenomints" and onward to full-length minks, such as the one she has on. She forms a gang, and the action rolls from there. The group confronts fear, ridicule and soon expands as the oldsters discover they are young again. 70, Girls, 70 is structured uniquely. Freezes and crossovers are frequent as the characters leap between the action and see OLDIES. page 9 kk is Over But i just Begun I I oysters & i Lorf1yvj ( champagne 11 5. nam } ~TZ Ihiirsdau j|P||^ $l.oo Cover! tnd Roll- I & Sat. mar. 27 j JOtleg" Band I r Sat lO-Close I ) Party I 5^ ^ Drr\ft I 5 pm Christie Prov But Setting Lai By JOHN VAUGHAN the play, thru Entertainment Editor audience into th< and taunting ev The world's longest- guess "Whodone i running stage play closes its Town Theatre run in Columbia tonight. No, consistent throug the capital city hasn't hosted technical efforts the drama ? which P. O'Rourke, nremiered in London in 19R2 liohtincf ic ; ? for that long. Town is well crafted Theatre's current produc- handsomely decoi tion opened March 12, just as the open, bright the USC community scat- any shadow of m; tered for Spring Break. threat of storm < The play is Agatha tangible present Christie's thriller, The Grim Reaper is Mousetrap. And as men- to tioned, there is yet one last | . chance to catch it in town ? | ; which I recommend simply because an Agatha Christie classic. Tnwn Thootpo'c nrr\rl! /-> J * VT??? M. aivuu \* O pi UUUV" SJJBF tion is not bad; neither does W|Ms it do Christie justice. The |? play, however, is so good JBBB& 1 Mjm> that it captures the audience Jflpll on its own merits. ll|^Hr A Briefly, the thriller contains all of the grand dame's ||||& % vl classic elements; seven uncommon characters and a HH| detective isolated in a ;9 remote guest cottage on a ? stormy night, among them a [!H 1 I psychopathic killer and two J^fc MB of his potential victims. The HPwfisJjRW plot thickens at every turn, i ii i * f ?ana uw wiumg ot course, Perry Simi * ttTthe plot that over- ^elley voic, whelms any other aspect of Theatre S Tn JW^gj MICHAEL GRUSKOff r~ H G IHIERNATIONAL CINEMA COflPORAl EVEREIT McCILL RAE DAWN CHONG RON PERLMAN NAMEER El KADI i 1* in** tCMwesH DESMOND MORRIS C?PIC<KM JACQUES DOR ii^Nikeimift J H. ROSNY, Si. iieowh?fct? 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