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By John Vaughan
Three area theaters, including
have prepared diverse stage offeri
the holiday season.
USC's second mainstage productio
season is "The Amorous Flea," <
Tuesday and playing through Satin
Drayton Hall. Town Theatre's ver
Neil Simon's comedy, "I Ought tc
Pictures" raises its curtain tonight f<
through Dec. 18, and Workshop Thea
held over its recently-opened "The S
Man in Town" until Dec. 19.
USC is offering half-price tickets
opening night performance to peop
donate a new children's book, or one
condition, to the Longstreet Theat
oitice. me dooks will be donated to ti
"Toys for Tots" organization by the
villain character at a later date. T
office will accept books from noon tc
Monday - Saturday. Books cam
brought to the performance.
"THE AMOROUS FLEA" is a i
comedy based on Moliere's "Schc
Wives." It concerns an aging mi
nolphe, who is trying to raise a
beautiful girl named Agnes as the
wife. Conflicts arise when a young 1
named Horace woos the girl awa;
Ar nolphe.
The three lead roles feature USC s
Richard Berg (Arnolphe), Laura
(Agnes) and Henry Cabaniss (Horac
show is Hirpr<t<v1 hv Prinnio Rlanlroncl
Other cast members are L
Hamrick as Georgette, George Nar
as Alain, Bill Bowden as Chrysalde,r
Sprott as Oronte and Susan Es
Enriqua.
Because the play is not set in ai
'Class of '8
By Doug Bell
Start with a cupful of the relentlej
Warrior," stir in a spoonful of th<
Wall," add the conventional plot of
Special," throw in a pinch of the p
Jungle," barely blend and half bak
"Class of '84."
Perry King plays a young, Nebrz
ufhrtCP npw nr?ct ic ot q xrininnc Phii
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first day, he is befriended by a i
(Roddy McDowall), who offers t
around.
The school itself is a madhous<
punkers, switchblade swingers, d
haired nymphomaniacs. The princi
video monitors. Students are friske<
bv a full-time oolice souad
THE LEADER of the school's mo
is played by Timothy Van Patten, w
properly initiate the new, bewildere<
When King proves to be no pi
telligent, concerned, courageous an
turns more viciously against him. N
path to a violent conclusion.
The element that carries this fi
excitement. The device that create*
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The Fabulous Knobs, from Raleigh,
in tonight's "Last Fling '82" benefit
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lent
final play of sen
eaters sta
ticulnr time period, it posed ch
scenery uesignerausainjrraicn<
USC s, designer Allen Smith.
ngs for
SMITH SAID he had a lot of fi
n of the the costumes; director Blanken
jpening a medieval fairy-tale look, so Si
rday at let his imagination go. Th
sion of described as "spectacular," n
Be in and satin fabric of royal purp]
)rarun with glittery patterns a
itre has backgrounds.
tingiest "The Amorous Flea" p
Broadway in 1964. Theater c
for its Crist described it as "a delic
>le who musical nonsense."
in good The USC theater season ii
re box more mainstage productions, w
le local five shows or more, and tw
j play's presentations, which usually rui
'he box periods. "The Amorous Flea"
> 5 p.m. show of this semester.
not be Tickets for individual sho^
available for two weeks prior
night. Mainstage show ticket
nusical "The Amorous Flea," are $4 for
>ol For general public; $3 for USC facul
m, Ar- staff, senior citizens and militar
young, and $2 for students. Individual si
perfect tickets are 50 cents less for each
othario
y from ALL PERFORMANCES of "T
Flea" will begin at 8 p.m. F<
tudents formation, call the box office at'
Johns "I Ought to Be in Pictures" wj
e).The scheduled to play at Town Thes
up. 23, out a tneater spoKeswomj
.ucinda production had to be postponed
inarello Sound of Music," the theate
rommy opener, was held over.
1 ml n* i _
trie as ine iNen aimon comeay
Broadway in April 1980, and wai
ny par- See"!
4': a half-bakf
?s nihilism of "The Road
j cult madness of "The
any "ABC After-school
l(Dlnn|,Unn.J
""j"*"-"."' as cinema itsell
e. The cinematic result: patten slits her
iska-bom music teacher The polemica
:ago high school. On his prologue and ej
cynical biology teacher public schools a
;o show the newcomer legal red tape ir
; infested with insolent TIME AND
lope pushers and pink- sufficient evidei
ic a mnia r?f Rnrp if'c a ?qI
JT-~ W M CA VU1
i as they enter the doors help the film on
It's like the
"Public Enemj
st savage student faction and incite the
ho goes out of his way to doesn't respond
i teacher. those films, he
ishover, but instead in- heroes and thei]
d aggressive, Van Patten "Class of 484
umerous bodies litter the those films (Kii
personalities),
lm is its shfif*r visppral narrative
i the excitement is as old One scene, he
presents rod
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, N.C., and the Killer Whales, from Charlestc
concert for the Columbia City Ballet.
tester
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iallenges for
and costume
an designing 1 11111' % 1
ritic Judith
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3d mix of stale
film review
t - will King find and save his wife before Van
throat?
1 intention of the film, plainly stated in the
)ilogue, is to persuade the viewer that urban
re succumbing to devastating chaos because
ihibits the administration of iustire.
AGAIN a guilty student is released on innce,
only to go out and commit another crime,
id (although stale) argument, but it doesn't
e way or the other.
old 1930s gangster flicks. "Scarface" and
r" were ostensibly made to enrage the public
police into action against gangsterism. One
I to the pious, dated, stiff-necked assertions of
wever, but to their zesty, snarling outlawr
quick-paced narratives.
" doesn't have the interesting characters of
rig and Van Patten are not especially exciting
nor is there any brilliance or ingenuity in the
)wever, does deserve mention : McDowell, as
i concert bene
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in, are two of the bands performing
holiday
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ime designer, displays the artist'i
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cinematic
the frustrated biology teacher, g
pulls out a pistol and quietly
student who can't give him a con
serious final exam pressure.
nr
ONE OF THE most unique an
few years, "My Dinner Wi
Nickelodeon, 937 Main St., this w
Essentially, the film is a co;
friends, one a pudgy, compl
Shawn), the other a mystical
(Andre Gregory). It is amazii
virtually no set-up - a restaurant
stimulating and satisfying.
In the first half of the conven
strange discoveries and outran
search for life's meaning. His d
is nothing less than sublime. '
versation is a delicate argu
Gregory about the way we liv
arnunrl 11c
Directed by Louis Malle ("A
With Andre" blends humor, sadi
and friendship. The product is
most human films of recent time
fit for Cit
From Staff Reports
"Last Fling '82," a rock conc
Columbia Ballet, will be held tc
on the State Fairgrounds.
Presented by Sigma Alpl
cooperation with WNOK radio,
Killer Whales, the Fabulous Knc
The Charleston-based KilW
nftrformerl in thp flnlrfon Snnp
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and at USC. The Fabulous Knc
recently appeared at USC, in coi
Russell House Ballroom. The
City, Tenn., are no strangers tc
frequently at Columbia nightclu
All of the bands have a mc
Killer Whales are often a pop
performances.
The show has involved peoph
Alpha Epsilon and other organ
The Cantey Building doors w
on sale for $4.50 at School Kid
Peaches Records and Tapes,
Music Festival Association at
available from Sigma Alpha E
be sold at the door for $5.
shows
'Hgk:, <S
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i renderings he mode off the
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oes berserk in his classroom,
threatens to gun down any
rect answer in an example of
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d charming films of the past
th Andre" is playing at
eekend.
nversation between two old
acent playwright (Wallace
P i-- 4 i 1
, irusiraiea stage director
ig how a film restricted to
table - could be so engaging,
sation, Gregory recounts the
?eous reveries of his recent
elivery of these bizarre tales
rhe second half of the conment
between Shawn and
e and experience the world
L 1 A!
Luanuc ^uy ;, "lviy uinner
less, madness, laughter, love
one of the wisest, funniest,
;s.
V Ballet
ert and dance benefiting the
might at the Cantey Building
la Gpsilon Fraternity in
the concert will feature the
?bs and the Pedestrians.
ir Whales, having recently
are well-known in Columbia
ibs, from Raleigh, N.C., also
ticert with the Red Rockers in
Pedestrians, from Johnson
) the area either, performing
Kc
uo nutu cis uiceiisuctji s.
dern, danceable sound; the
ular choice for such benefit
3 from the City Ballet, Sigma
izations.
ill open at 7 p.m. Tickets are
s Records, Sounds Familiar,
Flipside, and the Columbia
1132 Bull St. Tickets are also
psilon members. Tickets will