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Show H if . 4C ur 9ttf S(. ft f r 9? W se w W V'V" vy, W w. KSERET NEWS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1173 n f9 f ' Pirns nc i 3 rsa A Brilliance marks uiary or Anne Irani, Ey Howard Pearson Deseret News Entertainment Editor It is doubtful if the Tnm Atwt theater f Anna tiiv j VI nmiw ank, has been performed any more brilliantly than was 1aeelrt TKft stag revleuj V done by the BYU cast Wednesday night at Promised Valley Playhouse. The production is so moving that the audience sat spell bound for a minute after those unforgettable last lines, I believe there is good in all The audience didnt know whether to applaud or give way to the emotion of the moment and cry. It was that men. moving. The words are from the diary of the little Dutch Jewish girt, who with her parents and sister and another family of three and one ether man spent 25 months living in an att'C during part of World War II. The fact they were Jewish forced them to hide from the Nazis in Amsterdam, where they lived. A fnend hid them out in the loft above his place of business and they lived (8 of them) on rations for three. And how the part of Anne is played by Bianca Palmieri, a superbly talented California girl attending BYU. Dr. Preston R. GledhiH, the director, wisely loosened up the portrayal of Anne Frank from the somberness of some Anne has the productions. optimism of a youth, the happiness of a teen who isnt of the heinous cognizant crimes possible from the men who had forced her family and friends into hiding. She has a few unhappy days; but bounces back with the exuberance of the she is. Miss Palmieri seems to have been bom for this role. She is petite, dark haired and exudes the correct feelings at thp right time. When the families have been in their loft for more than a year and she has started to feel the twinges of womanhood, as Anne explains in the diary. Miss Palmieri jyvvw J - s it marks the segment indelibly short rations, and he plays with her own feeling. It the role convincingly. TS might not be too farfetched to say Jay Burton is the son of the she IS Anne Frank. Van Daans, the The rest of the cast is boy whom Anne learns to There is pquaiiy brilliant. Iqvp Jay fee thp part- - Whpn Marcus E. Mahan Jr. as Otto Anne tr.es to get him to kiss Frank, the wise and levelher, he reacts in good taste headed father who tries to and with propriety. Deborah Larsen, Susan keep order among those in the Dove and Roger Larson round left when the presence of one out the excellent cast. The ciose to another would be abrasive. fact they have shorter scenes and speeches than the others Mahan plays the part just is the only thing to their disadriit. He does not panic. He does not enter into the arguvantage. ; ments. He is the father on Its an outstanding play with whom the whole group comes many highlights. Anyone who to depend. saw it as a movie, forget it. This is more moving, more These two have the major human. It is not overplayed in share of the lines and make the pathos; it is not undertne best of them. But that cant detract from the acting played. The scene design by 4 Charles Henson; the technical of Larry Greene as Mr. Dus-se- l, Emm. features by Thomas W. Johnthe demist who becomes son; the costumes by Beverly the eighth member of the hidE. Mahan Marcus jr., Warner and Jan Planich just ing group. At first he is the Bianca Palmieri in make this a major show. interloper. He thinks the othThis is the type of drama ers should make way for him "Diary of Anne Frank." that audiences will talk about and becomes angry bpcause for a long time. The meamng, they dont. But at the end, he welcomes them as the poignancy, the acting adopts a happy attitude. She is the woman There are Barbara Smith who did not want to leave her make it exceptional. Other and Kerry Ashton as Mr. and home, and who even tries to performances are scheduled nightly at 8 p.m. through Mrs. Van Daan, the cotiple romance Mr. Frank. He porMarch 1C, with the exception who had helped Otto Frank trays the man who sneaks when he was trying to become down from the upper bedroom of Mondays and Sundays. estalVihed in Holland, so he and steals food from their Eveiyone should see it fts WHOPPING PRICE ON NEW 3 Mary Pop-pin- s starred Julie Andrews, successful movie Walt Disney ever made, will be reissued this spring and summer, and are being honors special planned for the occasion. Dick Van Dyke, David and Glynis Johns. f In Salt Lake City and most other communities, the film will be rereleased in May or June. In Salt Lake, it will play at the Century 21 Theater. However, in an unusual UJ Tomlin-so- n f .til v? - move, New York's Radio City Music Hall has agreed to play the film in May. This will be the first reissued movie to play in the n famed New York showhouse in its history. The Radio City Music Hall, which was threatened with closure a couple of months ago, will feature its stage extravaganza with the Disney movie. The stage show will feature Disney characters, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Disney productions. To obtain the film for Salt Lake showing, the Century Theaters had to put up one of the highest guarantees of front money in local history. Their confidence in the film is shown through the guarantee 8T TONIGHT & TOMORROW Kingsbury Ho!! Box 8 p.m. Office Open 7 P.M ' ROSENSTOCK Guest Conductor BERG Hires "Wooed" Excsrpte Naomi Farr, soprano BARTOK Deux Images KODALY Peacock VeriaHon Piano Concerto Nc, MARTINU 4 Lowell Far r, soloist they made. One of the achievements in motion picture entertainment and winner of five Tickiti EKr fa S 1 by hi Unfonty if Uik Tickets: 55 W. 1st So. 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