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Summer Session Kansan Tuesday, June 28. 196
KU's Overseas 'Brigadoon' Group Ranks With Top Collegiate Shows
BY JERRY KNUDSON
The production of "Brigadoon' which will tour the South Pacific this summer is a splendid showcase for the talents of University Theatre and the School of Fine Arts.
The show is so good that one is compelled to offer a few suggestions which might make it even better. My reactions to the Friday performance in Murphy Hall, in order of precedence were these:
Technically, the production is brilliant. Major credit here goes to unit manager Lewin Goff, costumer Herbert L. Camburn, choreographer Tomi Yadon, stager Sidney Berger, set designer Jim Gohl and the taped music of the University of Kansas orchestra under the direction of Robert Baustian.
This 90-minute adaptation of "Brigadoon" is a finely-honed cutting which actually sharpens the original. Nothing integral is omitted.
The star of the show, contrary to billing, is Berger, who plays side-kick Jeff Douglas with professional polish. Berger is a fine craftman, and no more could be said of any actor.
One is tempted to pick the clowning of Joyce Malicky, as the saucy Meg Brockie, for honors among the actresses, except that Sara Maxwell as Fiona MacClaren turns in a commanding performance, augmented with her Mac beautiful voice.
The tenor of Harry Hopkins as Charlie Dalrymple was also a highlight. Music and continuity are happily wedded in this production which is not always the case.
Jack Davison as the male lead Temmy Albright has charm, but he is hindered by obvious theatricality which seems designed for the last row of the Starlight rather than the smaller Admy audiences the group
will play to in Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan, the Philippines and other Pacific islands later this summer.
The intense performance of Larry Sneegas as Brigadoon's outcast, Harry Beaton, gave the show dramatic backbone. I sympathized more with this Harry than any in the three other productions of "Brigadoon" I have seen.
Tomi Yadon's lovely dancing as Jean MacClaren also deserves commendation. Nor should the entire supporting cast be slighted, for all contribute with their youthful vigor and hard work.
Supporting characters are Phil Harris as Archie Beaton; Bruce Gardner as Angus MacGuifie; Edgar Dittemore as Sandy Jean; Dean Ann Goff as Mrs. MacClaren; Gohl as the bartender Frank and Sondra McIntosh as Jane Ashton. Other townsfolk of Brigadoon are Marva Lou Powell, Janet Woody, Leslie Coover and Sharon Tebbencamp.
Best production number for my
Best production number, for my
money, was "Jeannie's Packin' Up"; least effective was the opening "Down on MacConnachy Square." The pacing of this village market routine is difficult to sustain, and I hope the cast will work to improve it.
I have seen three of the student productions sent overseas by the University of Minnesota's theater group, and I find that the KU production of "Brigadoon" can match any one of them. All concerned should be gratified with this pilot KU venture, and I for one wish the troupe well.
New Assistant Cage Coach Takes Over Duties in July
Teddy Owens, Kansas' new assistant basketball coach, will assume duties at KU July 28. In four years at Cameron Junior College, Owens guided his teams to a 93-24 record, including a 27-game winning streak, and three trips into the semi-finals of the national junior college tournament.
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Despite Hangovers Social Drinkers Sip
NEW YORK—(UPI)—Most social drinkers do not like the taste of whiskey but sip it anyway to go along with the crowd, according to a survey of participants in the cocktail hour.
Dr. Frederic Damrau of New York and researcher Emma Liddy, in "A Psychological Study of Moderate Social Drinkers" said that they found as little as two ounces of whiskey often caused a mild hangover.
Along with the hangover, they found morning-after side effects including halitosis, gastric irritation, headache, dizziness and fatigue.
At least 653,000 man-years are lost each year in industry due to heart disease disabilities among Americans.
Chinese Approve Red Line
TOKYO — (UPI) — Communist China gave limited approval yesterday to Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's new policy line of "peaceful coexistence." But the Peiping regime made it clear it intended to drive United States forces off Formosa and occupy the Nationalist Chinese island before adopting the line as its own policy.
Equal Time Clause Killed
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The Senate voted yesterday to suspend for 1960 elections a federal law requiring radio and TV networks to provide equal broadcast time for all political candidates.
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