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Tuesday, November 13, 1979
University Daily Kansan
Flat 'Boyfriend' lacks bubbly fun
"The Boyfriend," a musical by Sandy Wilson, Presented by the KU Theatre and School of Fine Arts at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 and 15 through 17 and at 2:38 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Main Stage. Directed and choreographed by Marcia Grund, assistant professor of theatre. Musical direction by George Lawner, professor of ensembles. Setting and lighting by Gregory Hill, instructor of theatre. Presented by Jennifer Glemmon, Shawnee graduate students.
By RHONDA HOLMAN Entertainment Editor
From the moment the curtain goes up on Gregory H's coloring book-like set, it is a kind of revelation. The way he believed—only to indulge in a bubbly bottle of pink champagne. But KU's production goes flat by taking itself much more seriously and infers servile characters with a straight face.
Director Marcia Grund has a fine cast of singers, dancers and actors on the screen. But too many laughs are lost because the movie is sure what is, and I can't support it to be fun.
SANDY WILSON'S "Boyfriend" is making fun of the silly boy-meets-girl formula musicals of the 1920s. It concerns seven romances that develop-with commitment, and it features Carina Ball in 1962 at Madame Dubenet's Finishing School for Young Ladies on the French Rivera. By midnight all of the well-founded English girls have found their fiances, as has Madame Dubenet, their headmistress, who successfully renewed war-time romance.
Although the British accents used in KU's production tend to be inconsistent and awkward, the French accents, particularly
those by Catherine Paddock, Merriam sophomore, and Dubonet and Connie Ventress, Olathe senior, as Hortense, actually enhance the humor of those roles.
As usual, Paddock, as the passion-skinned headmistress, can get a laugh merely by the sight of the stage. To understand the show's tongue-in-cheek nature in a musically and dramatically fine setting.
ANNE YLAMER, Salisbury, Mo., Junior, has a light,飞撩 soprano voice that blends beautifully with the strong tenor voice of Gregory Todd Hunt, St. Charles III., junior, on their sentimental low duets. But their melodiousness and mass of the romance between Poly and Tony.
Karyl Lynn Burns, Overland Park junior,
is an energetic, flirtatious Maise, and
Charleston with Bobby, played by Gregory
Brown, who is a graduate student.
is especially delightful.
All of Hill's bright sets look adorable but the silver ballerina against a starry sky in the third act is great. Glenn's colorful, often shimmering costumes and some lively dresses are part of the act. help make the Carnival Bail the most fun of the evening. The bold, sultry "Carnival Tango," choreographed by Deborah Stimute, LawrenceSenior, and danced by Jerrik Gullertez, Topela freshman, particularly fits on the opening night.
LIVERLE TEMPOS and aolder performance by George Lawner's small orchestra would have made more of Wilson's bouncy score.
KU's production of "The Boyfriend" is durable, but it lacks the elements of parody that it was intended to have and confuses its audience to strive to be real, rather than ridiculous.
Union textbook surplus blamed on instructors
Closed for nearly two months, the text-book department of the Kansas Union Bookstore was opened to the public Oct. 30. Beverly Brock, bookstore manager, said
The department had been blocked by tables while books were counted and excess inventory was shipped back to the warehouse. The records of overstocked books this year than ever
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To help remedy the excess book problem, Brock said she was sending a letter to the chairman of KU department, outlining the specific needs of over-ordered books and their dollar value.
She also said that by placing their book orders on time, instructors could be guaranteed that their books would arrive on schedule.
Directed by Martin Ritt, with Sally Field, Robin Leibman and Beau Bridges. Field won the Best Actress award at Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of a Southern mill worker who helps to organize a union at her workplace.
before, resulting in the need to close the department to the public.
"These departments are to be complimented," she said. "Unless something drastic happens, their books should be in right on tine."
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Also, she noted that the management of the bookstore in the past had cut the orders of instructors if necessary. However, she said the present staff did not.
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Before the deadline for ordering text-
books for next semester was Oct. 31, Brock
also only seven University departments had
filed their complete order.
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She said there was $900,000 worth of left-over books—books that were ordered by instructors but not sold. Brock attributed the over-issued ones "on account" on the part of instructors.
"We order what they ask for," she said.
If instructors alter their orders to more accurate amounts, Brock said, the textbook
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Brock said she thought many instructors were simply accustomed through the years to ordering a certain amount of books and just never bothered to change that figure.
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"We want to make the academic world aware of the problem we're having," she
said. "We're asking them to be more realistic in estimating the enrollment in their courses."
area might be able to accommodate all the books that are needed.
The departments are Civil Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, Journalism,
Mathematics, Spanish, French and Italian,
and German.
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Those with student numbers higher than 257500 can pick up their IDs tomorrow.
TODAY: A NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS' ORGANIZATION luncheon will be at 11 a.m. on Cork 2, Kissan Union, A. An early morning session will be held at p.1 in a p.28 Strong Hall, call 4634-524 for registration and information. THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORSE selection committee will be interviewing performers of all programs all day in Booth 0 of the Union.
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TOMORROW: THE UNITED STATESMARINE CORPS selection officer will be interviewing persons interested in the MUSEUM OF ART REPRISER A NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS ORGANIZATION luncheon will be held at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 26, at SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS Meeting will be at 4:30 p.m., Mallott, Albert B. Museum of Art REPRISER RECTAIT at 7 p.m. The KU LANDING CLUB meets at the Pilars at the Union. The MUSEUM OF ART REPRISER for the Museus will present "Fabric of the Sea" by the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
THE SCIENCE FICTION CLUB will meet at 7:30 in Parcher A. Union, TUMESEM OF ART REPRINT for the MUSES will present The Mismatch! Gallery Tour at 8 in the Museum of Art, Fairfield. For art of Art, Samuel R. Delany, SCIENCE FICTION NOVELIST, will present readings from his works and comments on science through his drawings. In the Kansas Room, Union. The departments of economics, history, African studies and Latin American studies will present HOWARD JOHNSON, University of Kansas, and an event in Events in the Caribbean: A Jamaican Perspective," at 8 in the Council Room, Union. The KU WIND AND PERCUSSION STUDIO will give its fair concert at 8 in University Theatre, Murphy Hall. The
MUSEUM OF ART REPRIZE of the Museus will present "The Mask of Fools," at 9 in the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
TONIGHT: A CONSUMER AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION Seminar featuring Susie Hanna and Clyde Chapman speaking on "Landlord-Cytean Relations: Rights and Responsibilities," will be at 7 in the Forum REPRISE for the MUSEUS will present "The Love Match" the Gallery Tour at 7 in the Central Court of the Spencer Museum of Art. The WESTERN CIVILIZATION Museum will present the 'Fate of Enployment' in October, and "The Smile of Reason" in October, and "The Smile of Reason" at 7:30 in Green Hall.
The IDs will be distributed from 8:30 a.m.
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Students who do not pick up their new IDs as scheduled may obtain them at Window 1 in the office of admissions and records.
Students will not have to show their temporary IDs to receive their new cards, but will be required to give their names and student numbers.
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November 9th through 11th and 15th through 17th 1979 8:00 p.m University Theatre Murphy Hall