| Show J Review West pageant is powerful gives cause for reflection by Joseph Buckridge beauty of myriad forms From the costumes to the scenery to the of thoughts passes eager faces it is simply marvellous through one's mind upon witProfessionals Robert Peterson nessing the historical pageant The as guest host and burch Mann's W evh4 m e nr a v Odyssey American Folk Ballet are predicthe most prevalent tably Perhaps and greatly exciting among them however is the one strengthen the already strong that wonders just exactly what the local of the preformances show's author producer Gerry Sherratt is doing in Logan Utah in Peterson's speaking and singing education when from the success voices are superlative and the of the pageant he could clearly be featured singing parts with he and making a living on Broadway or Mann troupe members David some other bastion of the enterAzure and Patricia Swasev tainment world Jacqueline Taylor were nothing Although a large share of the short of inspired The one failing credit must go to professional comes in the uneven singing of show-peoplSid Perkes (director) Peterson and Swasey which mars Burch Mann (choreographer and an otherwise compelling perfordance director! F Eugene Tueller mance by Dance West in The (music director) and others such as Procession of the Padres artist Glen Edwards and media There are really no great weak director William B Cottle it is production It spots in the 2 r moves from vignette to vignette readily evident that the show rests most Sherratt's with power The obvious highlights largely upon shoulders were the Westward! however which if you The production t rung Westward Ho! and the Sunday shou in a powerful facet of American West before is haven't guessed yet Morning Over on Deep Creek Mvhhp magnificent also brings to mind sequences In the former it was such thoughts as the will and quite simply a blockbuster right down to the horses and wagons strength of America and the talent of what seems to be a mass of local The latter which featured the talents of the American Folk people 1 was struck while Ballet contained the finest dancing watching the Shi n Sn2t Snuth Petorson 47 was born in Omaha of the evening One dancer in pargreat sacrifices of the western trek ftn After high school he bv the tone of President Carter's Nebraska UH ticular Mary Louise embodied the it h done Host !v then went to New York to study message earlier this month on verve and vibrancy of the best m srrmu plav s times of the west music He spent 17 years in New energy His calling for more blood anU York and then moved back to sweat and tears is directly The finale as can be expected is U' mi is ng Jh-in swered by not only the message of lives also a treat and the audience leaves He currently Vtah i ( i atol n ' the Spectrum clapping in time with Holladay with his wife He has six the pageant but by its medium the music since ended The stage is a phantasmagoria of children and eight grandchildren A multitude passing pH W The parent silhouette st Vmrrx a h b Jim buckling person t" work nu'rtH nt v ! - "I h- Most famous Bruad' K’ort corner " sill Tbe pm show to do’ ‘It’s a fun Peterson: This Prteror p ' Wen SV a this 'ear s tion a That first W nd aiming itwnenl Sime of it' fxw hut P‘t sa pa't expe'e V (eels verv doing it thi lea a the pageant 'an he If pide In an fun v sad w 1th t he show imfort able about For the first time historv he will tie hostile uttgtng during the show am going to saratmg I think 1 he 'aid suchafunshow todo He said he hasn enjoy it t is it Wau-- e the ween sear production 'me that first en some great im but there ha aid hr PrimariU h provement iudiciouU rut ami hrm ha a not nearlv a tong much larger and i Km the bn rat the multimedia presentation fanU'lic i" rt( had hi plant! m Sfi Yora and lived thre for vttr He t udid opera and on "I cwt muM' at the Julliard Music while it New York and thn ts involved with the ojhtb for r ibout eight vear until hr fHintolhe theatre I I thnk made a ie t in effort mv theatre h said irrt is lust too knutfd in and work the the musical theatre is probahlv Ap-a- most universal Because background primarily of all the his of theatre munoal Peterson has done Broad' musicals His include shns performance lone lust enough mov is otilv rewards sou get nut of doing movies are financial to (as d us- t is not a fulfilling thing do ttie said A on do the last scene and the third scene l he lirst dai h doing it this t he SS onl dai doesn t have wav t h with the charac- I until' d ter e a director Mot - - Hi i “J s The said s medium You actor an :s theatre the have to depend explicitly "n can movies while you drstor t in character in theatre Usnme he it is o m trie n led or whether or U- a good actor in films the finished From it is much nr wiu t stand point ! in theatre i actor good d hard'? In f A l°l he said than n mo te tbe t t aue time in film iu mav look hsl pr sluct the actor wi although he mav a tor Mo-- ! "I tors ha had stage or have fia k ground in stage n is currenlU affiliated IVt ) mversitv Of I tah as an with He generally residence in arti't how s a vear in which d a thro fuit occasionallv t he udniv he dirs t s He has been in Logan and did various lime to perform Pioneer 'ft ’u o'' with the Iy s and the Robins Iheatre State Write for The Statesman next year CONTACT FOR INFORMATION Awards You’ll t - (whig Whatever you need KA — 7435 or EXTENSION PHONE find it under one roof at VAUFY MALk ‘ii 8329 |
