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Show j 6 A OCTOBER 21, 1977 DESERET NEWS, FRIDAY, '. A 'Fantasticks' audience won't remember pleasing voice for this number and he sings it well, but there are many moments between there and the end where he is up one moment and down several others Although the lovel s are By Howard Pearson Entertainment editor "Fantasticks it is not. At least it was not at the opening night of the production last night at Promised Valley Playhouse. Tills is not to say that it cannot be. But the performance by the BYU group, which has presented the musical on the Provo campus several times, was lacking last night It might have been that the audience was cold, but then I heard several persons at intermission say they did not know what was going on, so a lot of that was the fault of the V review performances too seriously and therefore find attractive and have the message eaily. pleasant voices, even to y moan emotional ment at one time for the girl, they do not often reach their potential They do at the end with the tender duets, They Were You and You Are Love. They do then, and they should be able to do it other times. The lovers are played by Stevan Ross Davis and Kathryn Laycock. Two performers who really seemed to miss the point last night were Mike Evenden and Alex Starr, who play Henry and Mortimer. They are overacting every moment. They lose the fun at the start and never find it. They need to take a lesson from the fathers, who do not take their off-ke- well-know- n Most of the performances are up and down in quality. All except those of the two fathers portrayed by Bruce Hertford and Robert Enckson. They are consistently satisfying or more. They contrast in looks. One is short, the other is tall. stage Tom Barnett, Kathryn Laycock in 'The "Fantastick:" at Promised Valley. The fun features about this production Fantasticks of are the sets and lighting designed by Enc Fielding, assisted in the lighting by Robert Fagan and in the scene preparation by Wendy Rees, and the music, directed by H. Jarolde Harris. The main set consists of a gigantic brick wall that stretches almost the width of the stage. One feature of the sets is an old curtain from a theater in Provo, which is used tellingly to mark the intermission. Costumes by Janice Lines also are effective. The musical group consists of Karen Dandrea, Ruelof Vel, Rick Baldas-si- playing piano, bass and harp They ore a plus quality to the show, effectively playing the lovely numbers without drowning out the singers as happens occasionally. The other member of the cast, besides those mentioned, is Randy King, who doesnt say anything so cant be accused of not communicating the feeling of the production Dr. Charles Whitman, the director, probably has told the performers of the meanings in the show, but most of the cast failed to communicate those meanings last 'itt t V4 P rV r, - Secrets kept hidden for 100 years are now revealed. v sv night. Just one point, when the girl gives her locket to El Gallo and This was my says, mothers, this symbolizes the giving of her virginity, the composer, Tom Jones, said years ago. The idea does not come across. Wisely, however, Dr. Whitman has left out the objectionable rape scene. The delicate meanings of some of the lines like Who understands why spring is bom out of wintrys cold rain? also are lost because the cast does not communicate. Maybe by the third night, this cast might be back in the form they are said to have displayed at BYU. The show will be presented nightly at 8 through Nov. 5, with the exception of Sundays and Mondays. An epic fcs&sycf peace and magic. n and Lysa Wright, Both pursue gardening, but one is concerned with vegetables and the other with flowers. One has a feeling against too much water; the other has a feeling for pruning. When they sing, Let a Radish Get A Radish, they communicate the feeling of the fun song. When they build a wall to keep the son of one and the daughter of the other, whom they hope will marry, from seeing other each other all the time, they do a wise thing. They have fun with the roles. They show wisdom when it is needed and pique when that is needed. 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