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By MARY JO MILLER
Staff writer
Dumas: Pere et Fils,
novelist Alexander Di
for theatergoers expec
fictional creations, the
The play, which o
Theatre, centers on th
my relationship with h
The father, played I
played by Michael He
name as they move thr
century French salons,
doubly shameful, the \
The senior Dumas, t
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source of both pride
fronted with his mixed
Dumas' outrageous
swooning and the
laughter.
The younger Dumas
heritage and disgustec
lifestyle.
During the course ol
who is writing his novc
encourages his son to
younger Dumas declin
profession that would
Girls' night
Naomi Judd (right)
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an irreverent view of French
jmas, is a rollicking suprise
ting the staid chivalry of his
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pened Friday at Longstreet
e skirt-chasing Dumas' storlis
sensitive son.
t>y Gary Heilsberg, and son,
iwk, share more than a sur
ougn me rarenea air 01 ivtnThey
are both bastards and,
product of mixed ancestry,
he son of a Frenchman and a
views his illegitimacy as a
and amusement. When conblood
by English aristocrats,
response sends a woman
audience into uproarious
, however, is ashamed of his
1 with his father's decadent
F the play, the senior Dumas,
1 The Count of Monte Cristo,
try his hand at writing. The
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masses gambling debts, drinks !
embroiled in a number of unsa1
secretly writes.
Ultimately, the young Dum;
father for literary advice, neaci
While the search for identity
tion between a father and sc
topics, playwright John MacN
frame them around Alexander I
adds a refreshing and comic an
Heilaberg, with his dark, bu
delivery, is both visually and di
ing as the senior Dumas. Hawk
a charming man-child ? a touc
youthful idealism and wordly
from his father's peccadillos.
Helen Baldwin, cast a?
languishing love interest, is attr
bloodless 10 portray the woi
Marie. She is apparently dying c
volves discreet coughing in a hs
dience can only assume it's tub
Chris Brown as an absurd du<
son and Dalton Ward as his ii
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Dumas' colorful life
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younger Dumas is
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knowledge gained
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ire irresistible.
The set, designed by William Buck, is dominated
>y Dumas' paper-strewn, anarchic study. If chaos
osters genius, as Dumas tells his son, than Buck's
tudy is a belivable workplace for the brilliant
minor.
MacNicholas' play, like Dumas' novels, obvious|
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the greek system
Man of La Manch
pace at Coliseum
ly EDWARD BOHAN flawless, thougl
itaff writer formance seei
The North Carolina Opera restricted, parti*
Company presented a lively pro- show's opei
luction of Dale Wasserman's Quixote."
Man of La Mancha Friday as Janis Eckharl
>art of the Carolina Concert Aldonza, the
>eries. whom Don Qu;
Set in a prision in 16th-century his "Lady Dulc
ipain, the story centered on seem quite arro
Miguel de Cervantes and his tale was her singing
)f an eccentric old man who fan- during her o
asizes that he is the noble knight "One Pair of
Don Quixote de La Mancha. shame, becausc
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those willing to suspend disbelief
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Dumas: Pere et Fits will contii
day through Saturday at 8 p.m.
p.m.
re to explor
jeks natiom
ibt, party" will be the theme of a lec
:!1 House Ballroom.
Carolina Program Union as part o
Sgan, author of From Here to Frate
treek on the Colleee Camous. will <
:uss his book and dramatize wild a
tundrcds of slides. The program is d
, but also those who want to expi
ate of Harvard, Egan was a meml
formerly a chapter of Delta Phi, tl
. Egan, who was originally from Gr<
describes himself as a "six-pack ki
:ter understanding of the greek sys
K) miles, interviewing more than 151
on will include greek stereotypes, gr?
pranks, classical decorative articles
Fraternity, said to be the first guidi
i in such detail, will be available folli
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this weeker
i his singing per- more on
ned small and pronunciation.
:ularly during the Quixote's fa
ner, "1 Don Sancho, who a
ote into battles
t did a fair job as knights, wind
"kitchen slut" forces of evil,
ixote worships as played by John
inea." She didn't Hal Mclntos
Kant enouch. nor fnrmnnrc nc th
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pening number, and menacing
Arms." That's a perfect for the
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but concentrates of the evening
Forlow as the h
happens upon
Quixote and Si
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pleasure to beh
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choreography.
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Color (Amelia Jester)
t a third by Quixote's
frnm Hopfenberg).
for something
Quixote's "me
puts them in
tions. But they
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tone than
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ccompanies Quixagainst
enchanted
mills and other
was delightfully
i David Gruett.
h gave a fine peric
malevolent foe.
-lis powerful voice
appearance were
part.
inest performance
was given by Ted
apless barber who ^
the inn where
mcho are staying.
mated expressions
s were an absolute
old.
so responsible foi
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If-serving niece
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Doth ladies plead
to be done about
idness" because it
unpleasant posiinsist
that "We're
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voices, combined
ection, made this
song simply
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more than makino
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, was a first-rate
tg men. Their shin- ^
ilities were most w
ing "Little Bird,
and the show's
c of "The Impossirchcstra
under the
Charles Rosekrans
te job.
made excellent use
* available to them
Coliseum, not the
geous location to
sical play. The
ne changes were ^
luch ease that they w
loticeable.