CONCERTS: Judy remarkable
By RICHARD GEARY Assistant Arts & Reviews Editor
A packed house in Hoch Auditorium last night experienced a remarkable and varied program of contemporary folk songs presented by one of the greatest of modern singers-Judy Collins.
The lady cannot be faulted. Her voice has physical presence, and each song she sings has the power to stay with the listener long after its last words have left her lips.
Last night's concert contained the best of her work from her past three or four albums as well as a great many ballads that were new for her. Backed up by a three-man—or rather two man, one woman—instrumental group, she gave beautiful renditions of "Early Morning Rain," "That's No Way to Say Goodbye," "Sisters of Mercy," and finished the first half of the program with her classic "Both Sides Now," which became more and more stylized with each verse.
She performed alone for a good portion of the second half, with Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" and a number of her own delicately poetic compositions. Without the group behind her, her electrifying voice comes across with full force; it is a voice of incredible range and vibrancy, which may lack the purity of Joan Baez, but is more mature and much earthier.
The second half was highlighted by a richly affecting rendering of Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds" and the rousing, gutsy version of "Bird on a Wire."
After a standing ovation, she returned to the stage to sing "Turn, Turn, Turn" with its "A time for peace," perhaps in deference to the protestors gathered outside the auditorium (protesting the high price of "culture")
Despite the ill-feelings, the thunderous applause and two standing ovations were overwhelmingly deserved; for a memorable evening given by a wondrously gifted performer.
Photo by Marilyn McMullen
Sister Helena, played by Caryl Edwards, Monett, Mo. senior, who was once a Brodie protege, tells a reporter, played by John Ingle, Kansas City, Mo. junior, how her teacher's rejection of reality "created in me a reverse hunger." "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" continues in University Theatre, Thurs. and Fri.
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TEMPTATION IN A PRIVATE ZOO, by Anthony Dekker. Morrow, $5.95. GIDEON'S POWER, by J. J. Marric. Harper & Row, $4.95. The Bear Garden is an opulently appointed estate about an hour's drive from London airport, maintained by a German conglomerate for the pleasure of people it wishes to thank—or bribe. The hero of Temptation in a Private Zoo, Richard Streamer, has been invited for the weekend. The champagne is vintage, the food gourmet, the girl chosen for him matched to his taste exactly. But the atmosphere takes on an increasingly sinister tone, becoming decidedly so when he stumbles across a corpse. The mood of eerie evil is nicely built up and great ghastly fun — blackmail, bear-baiting and Nazis—enliven things, even though the James Bondian ending is a disappointment.
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Gideon's Power is quite a different sort of thing—another look into the professionally busy life of Scotland. Yard's astute Commander George Gideon. It, too, has sinister moments as Gideon works on several cases, the main one involving the sabotage of London power plants. But the accent is on police procedure, of which author J. J. Marric, as well as his title character, is a true professional.
University of Kansas Theatre
presents
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Jay Allen
Adopted from the novel by Muriel Spark
MARCH 13,14,18,19,20
For Tickets Call UN 4-3982
Current registration card admits to $1.40 seat
University Theatre --- Murphy Hall