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University Daily Kansan, July 17, 1980
KU Repertory Theatre stages summer coolers
Bv LYNN BONNEY
By LYNN BONNEY
Guest Reviewer
The Kansas Repertiary Theatre, still less than five years old, has established itself as an important part of the KU theater season. The theatre's three productions, on a revolving schedule, demand much of the artists and
technicians, in order to give audiences a variety of productions and dates.
Opening the fare was "The Music
Marcellus Washburn (right) played by Beauland K. Woods, recalls the scheming of lying slaves lavison Hill (left) played by Rodney F. Caldwell, in a scene about a boy being stabbed with an arrow by his father.
Man," Meredith Wilson's nostalgic tribute to wholesome Americana. Twenty-four musical numbers are strung together by a plot so flimsy that it withstands scratiny only through the rostest-colored glasses.
The familiar story involves Harold Hill, a traveler salesman out to bulk the good citizens of River City, Iowa. Hill convinces them to buy musical instruments and band uniforms by promising to organize a kids' band. Of course, Hill knows nothing at all about the townfolk catch on. He is tripped up by the music teacher, though, and true love trumpets.
"The Music Man" is a community production, using Lawrence residents in crowd scenes. The show is generally based on local songs and the opening night audience responded enthusiastically, clapping and even singing along with the familiar musical.
The show offers some fine performances, including Kelli Murphy's Mrs. Paroye, Wayne Derk's Charlie Cowell and Beauford K. Woods' Marcellus Washburn and Washburn playing children playing Winthrop P萝pe and Amaryllis, handle their roles well and are appropriately cute, but not too adorable.
Rodney F. Caldwell as Harold Hill, does not always seem confident enough to make us believe that he is an experienced companion. Teresa Hundley,
Designer Delbert Unruh's set uses the University Theatre's revolving stage to good advantage. However, a footbridge over the orchestra pit during a show will be one of Professor Hill puts the principals out of sight for many in the audience.
playing Marian Paroo, sings well but her spoken lines are sometimes lost.
All in all, however, "The Music Man" is light-to-doled entertainment that asks audiences to do little but enjoy.
One word of advice is necessary for anyone planning to see this show. During the summer season, it is impossible to reserve seats and seating in a first-come, first-served basis. It is important to be prepared enough to stake out your favorite spot.
Additional performances are
scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow and July
25 and 2:30 p.m. July 27.
**Hotel Paradiso**
The scene shifts from Iowa to Paris for "Hotel Paradiso," a delightful fare by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Deswallieres. The play has one of those plots that is almost impossible to explain because the humor depends on twists of and innuendo, flavored with a generous splash of blind luck.
The story, in its simplest form, is a tale of marital infidelity gone hysterically amiss. Two would-be lovers find themselves thwarted at every turn by ghosts, schoolgirls and garmenards.
Director John L. Gronbeck-Tedesco
has, appropriately, left nothing to chance in his work with the actors in "Hotel Paradiso." There are no bad performances, but Cheryl Froelich as Angelique, Rusty Lushman as Boniface, Ken Allebaen as Martin and Marcia Gründ as Paulette are particularly well together, demonstrating the precision so essential to this type of production.
The same precision, unfortunately, is not evident in Greg Hill's set. The design is imaginative and attractive, but not practical. The second act, set in the hotel, includes a hallway that was probably a better idea on paper; the audience sees it through the audience from seeing most of the action that takes place in the corridor.
"Hotel Paradiso" will be presented again at 8 p.m. Saturday and on July 24 and 27.
Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oherlander
From farce to reality, the focus changes to Bradleyville, Texas, for "La Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander," the third production of the summer and the most rewarding of the theater offerings.
"Lau Am" is one of Preston Jones" a Texas Triullo," three interwoven stories set in Bradleyville, a town that have lived in an at time or another.
The action spans 20 years, from 1953 to 1973—two decades in which Lu Ann
Hampton, a former high school cheerleader and beauty technician, is married and divorced, married and widowed.
Under the direction of Jack B. Wright, Jones' work is wide ranging and exciting, a shimmering production to be treasured and remembered. From raucous, down-home humor to tender revelation and acceptance, the play directly out of Brendaville, Texas, into the minds and hearts of the audience.
As Lu Ann, Robin Manzano presents a beautiful portrait of a woman who survives instinctively, perhaps without realizing just what she has traded for survival. She perseveres, and if she is healthy, she lives. In her been, she does not linger. Lu Ann is a woman who lives in the present, without really living at all.
Other cast members, including Rusty Lauhmach s/Kip Hampton, David J. Carey s/Corky Oberland and Kelli Murphy s/Claudine Hampton, add their names to the list of castes as Red Grover, is especially good as the bartender from Meridian, Miss.
Lynn Bonney is a 1978 graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism and is a reporter for the Emporia Gazette.
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