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Show B4 TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAH ‘Harvey’: Time to Retire the Rabbit BY CELIA R. BAKER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Time to Penalize Junk Mail Scammers of these things a week. It makes me so angry I could up to just the right atmosphere, Poor Harvey. The invisibh 6-foot-tall rabbit that provided umusement for several genera REVIEW tions of the atergoers is showing signs of age An earnest pr and amid some cheesy ham ming, there are momentsofex @ If You Go cellent acting. The six plays of the Utah Shakespearean Festival continue in repertory at the outdoor Ad. ams Shakespearean The- Sam Stewart was born to ZIwood P. Dowd, an un. failingly pleasant man with an unusual companion. Dowd gets pegged as a loony because he introduces everyone he meets rabbit he ‘ Stewart's portrayal of Dowd es the character dignified in Cedar City. The tale: iedast tries hard too hard, in fact and likable, saneor not Dowd’s sister, Veta, but “Harvey's” day has come. and gone. George, ‘This production, directed by Henson Keys, aims for apleas: ant mood of amused nostalgia, yet gets dragged into corniness byits dated script. “ ys" theme of appreciation for the gentle, eccentric side of hu manity is always timely, but the show's mustystereotypes are more annoying than funny. Too bad, because there is much to admire. Like the other shows playing at USF this summer, “Harvey” is exquis: itely produced. Detailed costumes from the earl h cen tury, a classy revolving set and well-chosen music excerpts add is played bythe venerable Libby a favorite at USF. Whenshetries to commit El wood to an asylum, she's the one who gets ignominiously hustled off to hydrotherapy treatment. George makes Veta funny in her foibles and admi rable for the compassion she can't quite suppress. The rest of the cast worl hard at breathinglife into onedimensional stock characters, such as a chauvinistic doctor and a dumb-blonde nurse, a psychiatrist who might be \. “~, atre and the indoor Auditorium Theatre on the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar LAURIE WILSON | times are 2 and 8 p.m. | | | www.bard.org. BY SCOTT C. MORGAN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, OGDEN Ever since it in 1962,the musical farce Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the arehilarious. Others,like Jeffrey Nauman’s manhandling orderly, are beyond help. “Harvey,” the final show to open at this year’s festival, has its momentsof genuine amusement, though too few of them. Eachofthe five other showsat USFthis summeris entertaining and substantive. This one passes muster as a harmless afternoon's diversion,butlittle more. Forum”has always guaranteed REVIEW audiences a good laugh. give more weight and dramatic urgencyto Pseudolus’ questfor freedom. In the supportingcast, there are several silly standouts With the ranging from the charmingly sturdy foundations laid out by clueless virgin courtesan Philplayed with plenty of eightened” humorbythetall playwrights Burt Shevelove and Larry _Gelbart with Stephen y “Forum” pro: duction could, and should, suc: ceed with flying colors. In the case of Utah Musical Theare’s “Forum,” the laughs still ring out even thoughit's Jessica Loofbourrow, to the aging, randy father Senex, robustly portrayed by pint-sized actor Robert Towers. Michael Kostroffhas the right feel of a 1960s sitcom comedian Local actor Dee Pace is with his horn-rimmed glasses and smooth delivery as the procurer Marcus Lycus, while Barry Pearl’s nerve-frazzled take on the blackmailed slave Hyste- amusing as the wily Roman rium wins many laughs and clear that some performers are still striving hard’ to hit the jokes in just the right way. slave Pseudolus (who creates nearly steals the show. contributions. Charitable contributions in our country every year are in the bilLaurie J. Wilsonis on the lionsof dollars. That speaks volumes about the character Sacuityof the Department of ofAmerican donors. But we Communications at BYU. pened on the Way to the Forum,” Utah Musical Theatre at Peery’s Egyptian Theatre, 2415 Washington Blvd., Og- den, continues Wednesday, July 5, 6, 10 through 13, 7:30 p.m.; 2 p.m. matinee July 6; $22; $20 students and seniors; group rates available; 801-6268500 or 800 WSU-TIKS. Even with the excision ofthe patter song “Pretty Little Picture,” the pace of UMT’s “Fo- rum”could be speedier. While not perfect, director Larry Sousa has delivered a hand- some production that is never too far from hitting its humoroustargets head on. ManAccusedof Assault on Paper Carrier OCIATED PRESS OGDEN— A manhas been vated sexual ault for attack- ing a 12-year-old girl who deliv: ers the Standard-Examiner needs to pay. So offered to doit for her. I thoughtit would be a simple matterof tossing the junk mail. After all, anyone can tell from the envelope whatis junk and what is not. Not anymore. I couldn't believe the volumeof solicitations and the they legitimately oweand belong to and whatis a ploy to bilk them oflimited funds. A couple of examples: One of these pieces is a membership notice for the National Republican Senatorial Com- mittee.It is a $25 charge for annual dues. In looking through Mom’s checkbook,I see she sent them $10 just a couple of months ago in responseto a similar solicitation. So these guys have picked uponthefact that she can be duped into sending moneyand are now sending their solicitations in the form ofbills hoping she will get confused andjust pay them.If I hadn't done her mail for her, she would have. Thenextpiece is ina newspaper, according to Dep‘ounty Attorney chard Parmley. The Standard-Examiner, which reported the charges, would not release the man's name becausethe man, though had not been Ka Ogden police wate!h com mander on Saturday hadnoinformation man orthe reported ass: The mother of the 12. old carrier said the girl stamp rather than a machine postmark. Her addressis typed on thefront to look like it is something from one toa carrier, Trundlesaid. of herfriends.Inside is a page torn from Health News on unrelated drug charges, the newspaperreported. Publisher Scott Trundle said the Standard-Examiner no record of a similar carrier-involved event in its history. “Wearesaddened and angry over this alleged incident involving oneof our youth carri- "he said. he Standard-Examinerencourages safe practices necessary for carrie! including having subscribers pay directly to the office rather than a.m. when she was flagged downby the suspect, who said he needed her route numberin orderto get the newspaper, po: lice told the Standard-Examiner. ‘The man handed thegirl a phone to supposedly talk to someoneabout his getting the thatis an ad fora skin cream to get rid of wrinkles. Onitis a post-it with a handwritten notecalling her byherfirst name and suggesting shetry the cream because it works. It is not signed. Thepiece obviously is designed to makeher think one ofherfriendssentherthis ad with a suggestion she try paper, but no one was on the it. Shefeels obligated to pick line. up the phoneand orderthe She was then pulled off her bike andforced into the home, her mothersaid, during which cream becauseherfriend timethe assault occurred. ‘The man threatened herlife and her family’s if she told anyone,the mothersaid. said she should. She probably would haveif I hadn’t been doingthe mail. Thesetwopieces are only a fraction of whatshegets. She receivesliterally dozens UNDETECTABLE HEARING AID... Something so tiny, but so Audible! EIR VATE aurie, I can understand yourfrustration over how these mass marketing companiesnot only target the elderly by phonebutby mail. It is unfortunate that your motheris part of that fading generation oftrust, honesty, integrity andfaith in our fellow man and good-heartedness that we are losing. In ourgeneration and the generations to comethatattitude is disappearing because of the rampant scamming that is going on in every seg- mentofour free marketsociety. You can’t turn on the TV without being bombarded by informercials for every gadget imaginable being hawked by somefasttalking, Southern drawling, hand-wavering huckster promising the world for only $19.99. “And that’s notall, if you order right now wewill throw in . blah blah blah blah at no extra cost.” “And if youare one of the next10 callers you will not only get the deluxe goober West Jordan Western Stampede OU July 2, 3, 4 8:00 p.m. analog major brand 8161_ |! 2420| fo Siete 5 Patents* Highest Quality Most Energy Efficient’ Largest Inventory In Utah Industry's Best Warranty* World's Only Leakproof Spa* Priges Starting at Only $3,146 It might be a good idea to get oneof those mail racks you can put on a kitchen wall or just a shoebox onthe cornerof the counter for your momtoputall her mail in so you cansort it for her ona regular basis. Whenmyparents were alive, I would visit them and go through their mail, discarding the junk and warning them notto send checks to anyonebutthe utility companies, since they owed no oneelse. Despite that,I still found drawers stashed with Publishers Clearing House letters that I would dispose of. No matter how manytimes I warned my motherto just chuckit, she would dutifully stash it. Tomorrowthe stampsgo up to37 cents for first class. Don’t you think that we should get to pay our utility bills with the same 25cent rate that they pay to send them? Ciao. Tom Barberi is a talk-show host on KALL-910 AMfrom 6 to 10a.m. OGDEN HIGH SCHOC Class of 72 30 Year Reunion August 23rd & 24th www.ohs72.com ; OTIS ne maaan aCWirt) Wednesday, July 3 =PRCA Rodeo 8:00 pm Thursday, July 4 =Breakfast 7:30 am *5K Run 8:00 am =Parade 10:30 am =Corvette display noon =PRCA Rodeo 8:00 pm ‘West Jordan Arena ~ SOPHIE Love, Y 4:00pm-8:00om 4824 $ Holladay Bivd #150 Look Who's 80 years young! Our Beautiful Mother JUNE Sean LUND O} 2200 W 7950S POC Sytrl WPAEU Derby General Admission World’s Finest Hot Tubs If they have included a PRCA rodeo 8:00 pm All grandstand seats only $5 Saturday, July 6 a ue BieCitme lala ys 17 JotPaks* to choose trom postage. Tuesday, July 2 =Family night- Call 256-0801 orvisit J sal major band4 World's Only bulk rate or 13 cent metered * Carnival * Booths & Food # Entertainment WestemStampede.com CLs known creditor such as a credit card company, mortgage company, federal, state orlocal government go ahead and open. Toss anything with Adult $8 = Child(3-12) $5 FIREWORKS NIGHTLY Fortickets and information Utah’s Only Hot Tub Factory! a dress. Anything from a wish. RESPONSE plain, white envelope with The alleged assault occurred as the girl was delivering newspaperson herbike after 8 tody withoutbail since June21 and then check return ad- tiny slice of old cheese if you trying to help a man whoshe saulted June19. The man has been in cus- stamp with real cancellation, she just doesn’t have the en- ergy to go through all the junk tofind thebills she tomer whenshe wasallegedly abducted and sexually as- thought was a potential cus- supply of lint designed for those of you who haveouties and not innies which are designed to collectlint for you.” Now about mail. Here are myrules to help simplify the process of going to the mailbox: First lookfor a real mother’s mail. She told me Recently, I have been going through my elderly targeted atelderly people whooften are notabletotell thedifference between what “A Funny Thing Hap- we will includea lifetime bagsis to stick it back in the mail, forcing to pay the postage whenit returns to them. You might wantto enclose a citizens. deception used. It is clearly @ If You Go flipper-chopper-dicer-slicer stamped return envelope, a way to exact some measure of revenge on these scum- tribute against us and, particularly, prey on our senior no return address and a accused of child kidnapping, sodomy of a child and aggra to turn ourattention to the mail. slimeballs who use thatat- more crazy than his patients most of the show'scrazy shenanigans), though his delivery could benefit from a more pronounced fly-by-the-seat-of-hispants desperation. This would comesare absolutely the scum ofthe earth. need to find a way to get the and a manhunting spinster. Some of these, like Leslie Brott’s idiosyncraticsocialite, ing or buyingis despicable. Those who target their deception to the elderly on fixed in. Tom, weare beginning to Randall P. Jones Theatre through Aug. 31. Show Tickets are $12 to $44. For information, exact dates and tickets, call (800) PLAYTIX or visit scream. They havenoethics. 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