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Show f E The Salt Lake Tribune, Sundaj, March 111973 'Cuckoos Nest set for S.L. showing Pros, students? Director has doubts in S.L. visit ' By Nancy Funk S Tribune Staff Writer Pioneer Memorial Theatre is entertaining a special guest " , ' I this month. Hes William Glov- j j er, actor, director, pleasant person and most cer- - f tamly a pro. His invite to PMT V is to contribute his artistic knowledge to the cast of A Doll's House via direction. (Mr. Glover has had over 20 years of theater experience in England, Canada and United States. He has worked at Oxford, Dundee, North Hampton Urges Involvement Repertory, Los Angeles TheaA persons ter 40, West Coast Repertory obligation to a and several regional theaters. doesnt end as soon as 4 play Among others, he has directed i he purchases a ticket. I plays by Oscar Wilde, Noel expect him to give his comBernard attention to the play, sitCoward, George plete William Glover Shaw and Shakespeare. On ting upright in his chair, not Guest Director he appeared in Broadway yawning before the curtain even goes up. I want him to Private Lives with Tammy Grimes and was with the U.S. (artists) fault. Weve bored become involved with the of The them with our productions. characters to his fullest capatouring company to Also to his credit are And its our responsibility Deputy." city and then go home and do something about it. We discuss what he has seen over 300 guest leads on televiand and in must educate audiences and felt." sion performances the is I to it do how Mr. Glovers direction and suppose movies including Alfred Hitchwav the PMT big question. Maybe one cocks Torn Curtain.) production of A would be to have hundreds Dolls House will run March to be here, Though delighted little of hundreds 11. Mr. Glover isnt at all certain and theatres, with small admission about pros coming on camprices, perhaps 50 cents per pus to assist student actors. ticket, all around the country. Pro Can Profit Theatre on a grand scale is Theres a terrible danger not successful. With small theaof it not working at its best. If ters we could produce some an exchange of ideas occurs of the marvelous new works between the pro and stubeing written, we so neglect Shirley Ririe, associate prodents, with both learning, then our new playwrights Most of fessor at the University of the idea is worthguest the plays being produced Utah and of the while. The pro can profit Dance Compatoday are out of touch with greatly by practicing his craft audiences. ny, has been chosen to be a with young actors while at the Hits Lack of Image faculty member at the First same time students learn Mr. Glover also thinks lack American Modern College from this person who perhaps of an elite image in American Dance Festival in Pittsburg, is more in contact with whats actors is detrimental to AmeriPa., Sunday through Tuesday. Who is most going on in the outside theater can theater. world. often named when one speaks Eastern colleges, universiof great actors, questioned ties and dance companies will And about that outside theUsually the send representative choreograater world and where is it Mr. Glover. phic works to the festival and headed, Mr. Glover observed names of Ralph Richardson, or Laurence Sir John Lydia Joel, former editor of of to Gielgud five three percent Only our public attends the theater Olivier. Where are the Sir Dance Magazine, will be the and 1 think its mainly our Dustin Hoffmans or Sir Mar adjudicator for the festival. d U. professor in dance fete Dance events to highlight Mormon Festival of Arts A highlight of the Mormon Festival of the Mormon Arts Ball Arts takes place Friday at 8 p.m. in the Harris Fine Arts Center, B. F. Larson Gallery and adjoining areas. Besides continuous dancing to the BYU Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Sardoni and the BYU Jazz Ensemble conducted by Newell Dayley, the Mormon Arts Ball includes drama, literature, art and music. The Belle of the Y will also be crowned during the evening. Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. a play by Ken Kesey, adapted by Dale will be presented by Human Ensemble Repertory Theatre March 22 at Arrow Press Square in the Glass Factory. Curtain is 8:30 p.m. One lon Brandos? When an actor succeeds in a movie he should go back to his beginning, plow back from what he learned and return to that stage in Low Rubber Boot, Texas and perform again and again. Richard Chamberlain is a fine example of an actor who is returning what he has learned all for the benefit of the theater and its audience. But Mr. Glover expects something in return from audiences it is not aU up to actors and directors. r ) USU presents Gamma Rays Vicki Fowler, left, as Ruth, and Leslie Jensen, Beatrice, star in The Effect of Gamma Marigolds, produced Rays on by Utah State University students. Play runs Thursday through Saturday at the Lyric Theatre in downtown Logan. Curtain is at 8 p.m. f Rocky Mountain Regional Theatres upcoming production, Charleys Aunt, one of the few authentic classic comedies of modern drama, has been called by its agent, Samuel French, Inc., the most frequently produced play in all stage annals. It has been a tremendous money-make- r for its author, the late Brandon Thomas, and for his heirs yet the play came close to not getting produced at all when it was first presented to theater producers, Penley Skeptical In 1892, Brandon Thomas, fa young actor on the London stage, was the author of two or three moderately sticcessijul plays. One of his acquainian ces was W. S. Penley, who, at that time, was a fairly well established comedian. Penley approached Thomas and asked if he wanted to write a play for him. 'roles in 2 festival plays Children in the audience will participate in two Childrens Theater presentations of the Mormon Festival of Arts, Crossroads by Brian Way and Stop That Army ! by Tamara Fowler. Dance Numbers The small casts of actors in the plays Other musical sections will present ask the children to clap their hands to enthe BYU Theatre Ballet and Orchesis in courage a character in his decision or dance numbers. A winners recital for even to come on the stage to perform acstudent compositions which have been tions themselves. Dr. Harold Oaks is supselected out of those entered in the Mor- ervising director. t mon Arts Student Competition. Both productions will be presented Plays The visual arts winners will be on dis- Wednesday at 5:10 p.m. and Thursday at 8:30 at four student Beginning p.m., the Wilkinson Center Gallery 5:10 and 8 p.m. in Room one-a(rehearsal plays will be presented in the play in Arena and Experimental Theaters of the Monday through Saturday, when they room), Harris Fine Arts Center. HFAC. These are supervised by Jim will be moved to the Harris Fine Arts Stop That Army! is an original hisCenter to take their place in the Mormon Brady, a graduate student in speech and torical work based on the U.S. Army expArts Ball. drama. edition to Utah in The play Two poetry concerts will feature sturecounts some of the measures instituted dents reciting their own poetry under the by Brigham Young to keep the Army from taking over Utah. direction of Dr. Clinton Larsen of the English department and David Frost, a of which only excerpts Crossroads, senior in English. will be shown, is a fantasy involving a A contemporary note is added to the tramp on the intersection of four roads ball with the leading north, south, east and west. Each presentation of leader of these kingdoms a bird, a slides and lectures on Mormon culture monster, a snow queen and a mad scienand the city of Zion. tist urges the tramp into his kingdom. The past is represented, too, in the One-Ac- 1857-185- f multi-medi- a T Arts production to dramatize life of Prophet y production, Prophet, an is one of four featured plays during the Mormon Festival of Arts beginning Wednesday through April 1. A musical drama based on the life Smith, the play was written by Thorn Duncan, a senior in drama special-izinwith musics! score in by Jerry Jackman, also a senior in musical composition. A g piny-writin- Direction is by Norlan Jacobs, a senior who w ill be the first to graduate from the speech and dramatic arts departments professional directing program under the supervision of Dr. Ivan Cros-lanThe play reviews Joseph Smiths life from the Nauvoo period to his Students plan Tables Jayne Luke and Robert Stoddard, Brigham Young University students, prepare choreography and music for Stone Tables, opening Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Par-do- e Drama Hteater, Harris Fine Arts Center during BYUs Mormon Festival of Arts through April 1. Old folk tune to launch arts festival One of the opening events of the fifth annual Mormon Festival of Arts will present an old American folk tune, an original student composition and a contemporary work inspired b the space flight of Apollo 8. Brigham Young Universitys Wind Symphony performs Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center. tion. was inspired by the Christmas Eves. 1963, message of the Apollo 8 astronauts as they read the Christmas story from the capsule in space An original student composition. Scherzo, by Donald Vlazny. a junior physics major from Illinois, will follow. The program also will include "Aege- an Festival Overture" by Andrea Makns, Under the direction of Dr. Ralph G. arranged by Major Albert Bader, Symband will open with Laycock, the phony No 3 by Vincent Dlndy and Sea American comby Chanty Deep by guest conductor BYU Proarranged poser Elie Siegmeister. Variations on a fessor Newell Dayley; Chant and JubiKorean folk song by John Barnes Chance lee for flute, piccolo, brass and voices will follow. Prayers m Space, the next selec- - by Newell Kay Brown, and "Scherzo Robert Brunner. t Tne comedy takes place in an asylum, where McMurphy has been committed. The conflict comes when he disagrees with the nurse of the w ard. As McMurphy loses his sanity and released from the hospital. The play leaves you wondering if the characters are crazy or if the audience is, director Youngstrom added. Sfibiinc Other Members Other cast members include Paul Fischer as Chief Brom-deMary Machula as Nurse Ratched; Timothy Lasker as as Harding; Michael Leuders Billy Bibbit, and David as set designer with Van Cau-tie- y Hensen assisting. One Flew Over the Cuckwill run March 1; and March and April oos Nest, il 22-2- physical strength, other characters in the play regain their sanity and strength and are Charleys Aunt its a classic Children to draw Master Works recital in which student musicians, both vocalists and instrumentalists, perform the works of master composers and musicians. These works range from a Verdi aria to a Bach harpsichord suite. The play, first presented in in New York, will be directed by Juda Youngstrom. Starring in the production will be Greg Goodwin, Kaysvillle, cast as Randal McMurphy. Disagrees With Nurse 1964 pc Salt Wt Utah music group to present pianists Utahs Federation of Music Clubs will present two aspinng pianists in recital Friday at the Brigham Young University de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center at 2 p.m. The public is invited to the free concert. Performing will be Ann Christensen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Christensen, Provo, and Sally Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Peterson, Salt Lake City. Miss Peterson received the 1969 National Federation of Music Clubs Stillman Kelly scholarship award and is currently reigning as Miss Utah. She is a senior at the University of Utah and will graduate this month in music. Miss Christensen was named first place winner in the 10th Annual National Young Artists Competition m Midland, Texas last year and placed first in the Intermediate Division at the Utah State Fair. BYU art festival plans Beethoven Beethovens magnificent Missa Mass will be presented by the Oratorio Bngham Young University Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra as part of BYUs fifth annual Mormon Festival of Arts. The performance is Thursday .... Saturday in the tie Jong Concert Hall of the Hari is fine Arts Center at 8 p.m. Soloists Collen Eads, soprano; Lois Johnson, alto; Darrell Fletcher, tenor, and Bruce Sullivan, bass, will appear in Thursdays performance with Kathy Austin, Christina Bntsch, Steven Green and by Craig Evans as soloists in the final Thomas, willing, quite looked at all the roles that Penley had played in his career and decided ttut the one role he hadnt played was a woman. Penley was skeptical, but Thomas insisted he had a good idea and went ahead with the; play. When Thomas finally finthe ished manuscript of Charleys Aunt, Penley was enthusiastic and began sending it around to the top agements in the London theater of that time. And one by one the top managements turned it down. They went on down the ladder until every management, even the lowliest, had rejected the play. But Penley still had faith in the property and decided to produce the play himself. Pen-le- y and Thomas did not have s enough money for a production so they rented a small theater in Bury St. Edmonds, some miles from London. first-clas- was The finally play unveiled to a public. In fact, the attendance was so sparse on opening night that the audience was invited to come down and sit in the first few rows so that they would not feel so lonely. Future Made Audience reaction, however, was so good that Penley wired Thomas, then performing in London, and told him that "His future was made. month the play was transferred to the larger Globe Theatre. Since that evening in London up to the present day, Samuel French, Inc., claims that there has seldom been a week when some company somewhere in the world was not producing Charleys Aunt making it one of the most successful plays in theater history. Gets Lead Role RMRTs production will star Ron Gabriel in the lead role of Fancourt Babberly, who impersonates Charleys aunt. Jeffrey G. Forward will play Jack Chesney, Charley Wyke-hawill be played by Rick Pickett, Kitty Verdun by Bea Morris, Amy Spettigue by Mary Brady, Sir Francisc Chesney by Bryan Gardner, Stephen Spettigue by Claude White, Donna Lucia DAIva-dore- z by Mary Jane Palm, Ela Delahay by Becky Pieper and Brassett by Philip Practi-co- . Directing the show is Jeffrey G. Forward, set design and lighting design by Jim Miller and costume design by D. B. Hicks. Charleys Aunt will play in the Salt Palace Theatre Thursday through Saturday and March 22, 23, 24 at 8 p.m., with a matinee on March 24 at 2:30 p.m. 'V' 't A W' i s I - , ; , i ' 1 A f ; 1 Viv Yi o 1 Clark Stookey, dancer, performs in Dance Is for Everyone, coming to Wasatch and Kingsbury Junior High Hal( soon. y ; V, Dance group plans VV event at school of State dancers at Weber vention Dance Company, College and this spring with will a the university of Utah dance present for students at .departments upcoming conWasatch Junior High School cert, Dance 73. at 9 a.m. The Thursday At Wasatch Junior High, performance is made possible Melanie Crone, Donna Sheya, by a grant from the Utah InEdd Pelsmaeker and Clark stitute of Fine Arts in an Stookey will present sections effort to bring dance to Utah from the concert, Dance Is communities. for Everyone. The entire n with the school Along is the Institute's scheduled to be presented to performance, school students and parents as grant allowed to perform last fall for the the Dance 73 matinee, March 24 at 2 p.m. in Intermountain Theater Con Kingsbury Hall. Four lecture-demonstratio- But, it wasnt quite. There was still a vast amount of scrounging and soliciting of backers to be made for a London opening. At last this was managed and on December 21, 1892, Charleys Aunt opened at the Royalty Theatre in Soho, London. The house was packed this and the qudience time, seemed to love every moment of the boisterous farce. They demanded and speeches applauded to midnight, when the curtain was finally rung down. The critics were not entirely pleased, but word of mouth spread approval of the play all over London and within a U.s dancers planning Dance 73 of Utah's dance faculty concert, Dance 73, will attempt to provide a total theater experience for the audience in Kingsbury Hall March 23 and 24 at 8 p m. Professor Joan Woodbury, using miiar strips in her is workdance, "Coverings, a ol to convey feeling ing layered images. Miiar, an alummzed coating of highly reflective material, will be used as a projection screen for images. The images will then be bounced into the audience or easily distorted by moving the miiar strips. Besides the use of miiar, will include Coverings" moveable projections of faces, bodies and abstdouble-frosteract slides, 8 millimeter polyetheylene, d projectors and stretch costumes. Assistant Professor Loabelle Mangelson's dance, Giraffe, is based upon energy change within time and space. The costumes have been made to slightly distort body shape. 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