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Friday, February 22.1980
University Daily Kansan
Musicals lure Soviets to the theater
By RICK HELLMAN Staff Reporter
One of the longest running plays in the Soviet Union is "West Side Story." This is an old classic, but it remains one of the good Soviet plays, it's just that people keep filling the theater for every performance they can get.
Dr. Alma Law, a visiting expert on Russian theater from Columbia University, said last night that the Soviet Union had sent a troop to the opening of "West Side Story." There
Now, she said, "virtually every company has to do a musical."
SPEAKING TO about 40 people last night in the Kansas Union, Law said that even rock operas have been produced in the Soviet Union.
A Soviet production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" was made possible, Law said, after it was couched within the framework of an anti-American theme.
"Of course, no one goes to the anti-American thing," Law said. "They go to the music, and by the end of the night, they are good part of Jesus Christ Superstar."
More progressive trends in Soviet theater are taking place in the work of a number of directors in Moscow, Law said.
Yuri Lubimov, for example, is known as "the Captain Courteous of Soviet theater." she said. His work with the group has been important things possible for other Soviet directors.
"His theater is intensely political and operates at the very edge of what is permissible," she said.
"Of course, there is no censorship in the Soviet Union," Law said.
EACH COMPANY knows what is and what is not allowed and they generally stay within those boundaries, she said.
To produce a play with an unorthodox message or with limited appeal, many Soviet actors and directors are turning to film for the same purpose beyond the role of governmental scrutiny.
Law estimated that 130,000 amateur groups were in existence in the Soviet Union today, involving nearly 2.5 million actors and directors.
The people who run these theaters are often professional actors and directors
THE AUDIENCE for these productions is limited to real afficionados, Law said.
who have become dissatisfied with their work in the larger companies, she said.
"They're really for insiders," she said. The plays are not advertised and tickets are usually free or very cheap.
THE PLAYWRIGHTS of today, she said,
"have no memory of the war or of the revolution. They're interested in dealing with this issue." It is intriguing that these things, not dealing with broad issues.
This trend toward personalization is in direct opposition to the Socialist themed depicted in the 600 professional theaters in Russia.
"The function of theater there is quite different from that of theater in a restaurant. There it for there is fun entertainment. If you want that you go to the circus, or the opera house, or the theater they want something else. A common complaint is that "it had no teeth," nothing to talk about after the show.
"It's like recharging a battery. It makes their lives that much more bearable."
By TOM TEDESCHI Staff Reporter
Women and careers discussed at Big 8 Panhellenic Conference
Stan Reporter
A panel discussion among four women with differing career views will be conceived at the annual伞幕elle Conference this weekend at the KU伞幕elle officials said yesterday.
The discussion will be at 2:45 p.m.
Saturday in the Regionalist Room.
The four panelists for "Women in the Eighties" will be Deanell Tachia, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs; Cindy Murray, a KU graduate and community volunteer organizations; Cindy Murray, a KU graduate and former nurse; and Anne Burke, a KU graduate.
The women will speak on their careers, on why they chose them and on their different views on women's issues in the coming years, according to pamphlet public relations agencies.
"The purpose of it is just to give women in the eighties an idea of what these women have encountered." Bedwell said, "It's a
discussion from people in different careers and their different outlooks on women's issues."
ACCORDING TO conference chairman Yishan Hogan, each woman will make a short presentation about her individual lifestyle and answer a question. A question-and-answer session will follow.
The panel will be "an added dimension" to the conference, panhellenic association president Jennifer Wolfe said, and will inject some variety into the conference.
"I think sorority women have a lot of other interests besides sororities," she said.
The Big Eight panhellenic conference moves from school to school each year, Bedwell said. Last year it was held at Oklahoma State University.
Representatives from each KU sorority and from the KU and other Big Eight panhellenic councils will attend the event. About 50 people are expected to attend.
THE FORMAT for the one-day conference
is consultative rather than procedural, she said.
"We're not really working on bylaws or other, getting what their ideas are on different things," Bedwell said. "It's good to get together to find out how we can help."
Kansas State University representatives will not be able to attend the conference, she said.
Arkansas University representatives have been invited, because of their proximity to KU.
In other scheduled activities, In-
terested students will hold sessions on short and long-term goal-setting for sororities and panhellenic associations at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. in the
Edwyna Gilbert, professor of professor of English and a 1976 HOPE award finalist, will speak on student-faculty relations at 9:30 a.m. in the Regional Room.
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