Show THE SUMMER STATESMAN MONDAY JULY 20 1981 The Fantasticks’ not exactly ptAY REVIEW BY JOSEPH BUCKRIDGE of the more successful pla of the two decades 7Tu Fantmtuks was one of the most memorable presentOld Lyric Repertory Company The of ations here in 1974 in its first It is unfortunately uneven and often uninspired and dispassionate in the summer of '81 Apart from the unevenness the major downfall of this musical is that the singing is woefully weak Ellen Aagard comes close on the dramatic songs although on the "fun" songs the entire cast does well enough It is important to understand that The s it like few plays you’ll ever see It fluctuates between the staid traditional musical 1‘rrai ?'y haS is momfnts though but may characterized by Kyle Mac Lachlan as The Narrator and El Gallo n natural and reticent one moment shining and dominant the next hi performance parallel that of the production fortunately there are a couple of performance which are steady and well done JD Ackman is probably the strongest while Douglas Braky come close MacLachlan at his best however is quite good The mutes Pat Hensley and Shellie W tlliams do a good job in trying to hold thing together exerting a solidifying presence which the narrator occasionally fails to extend All in all there are some very fine moments and it s worthwhile if for no other reason than its message: Life isn’t a kumquat garden The play will be back this Wednesday and Friday then again August 1 5 8 13 and 21 ©nr d Fan-taluk- drama and the experimental productions of the '60s In this mode the cast's failure to explicitly convey the author and director's wishes is where things begin to fall apart comedy e avant-gard- bare-stag- e C ACTUG CLUB Live Music — Ruff Cutt Monday & Friday Happy Hour — Co- - 6 Dancer Instant Photo Service Passports-Applicatio- n Slides Pictures Copy-Fro- m White Pictures From Miniatures to Posters & Poster Factory 752-959- 5 55 N Main Emporium Madachtm Kyte TneGwf as El GaBo crosses swords r The Fantasticks at the Lyric with Mark Btackham as The Boy' over Eden Aagard as Theatre Audubonians to visit Bear River refuge be Bridgrrland Audubon Society will conduct a field trip to the Bear River Bird Refuge on Saturday July 25 All mfTtsted people are invited II Crbups wj leave the USU campus at 7 30 rpeIrlrrr’rd PP1 hould meet at the radio tower Other groups will leave he Logan Library at 7 :40 a m Tbe Bear River Bird Rrlugr world-famou- possible in a People desiring to take the trip van at modest cost should contact 2 for reservations Allen Stoke at 1 752-270- s 'Pace: the final summer science lecture who believes that expansion earth is part of life’s natural process will be the in the 1981 Summer Science Utah State Unviersity Qman L Ehricke founder and president of Global a California-base- d space science l? n rcrarch firm will visit the cam-djjj- p" I V 23 to talk about the social ' economic and political dimensions of s newest frontier ®than 40 years Ehricke has been study and development of space he has been associated with in that field At the German Army nt Development Center he par- be construction of the V-- 2 missile Army Research and Development of 7 7 he was part of teams that ramjets In the 1950s first ICBM Atlas nation’s the conceptualized n upper and the world’s first stage Centaur Parallel to his technological activities Ehricke has been interested in the philosophical science He has successfully aspects of the new that we should move this in country argued idea of an early manned the from away toward space industrializaplanetary mission economic tion as a means to assist global GENTER STREET RESTAURANT IS NSW SERVINS SUNDAY DRUIIEN oxygen-hydroge- con-Prak- ha I supports a wide variety of waterfowl and marsh birds which are easily observed from the tour mad White pelicans herons egrets and longbilled marsh wrens are among the birds which should bring may be seen Tour participants if binoculars and drinks lunch eyeshade growth UniverEhricke was trained at the Technical Wilhelm Friedrich the sity of Berlin and University in Berlin at 11 a m in Hi lectures will be given daily onthe campus Auditorium he Engineering to attend utd the public is invited Shrimp Benedict Omelets Special Coffees Fresh Breads & More Trout & Eggs 10 am — 2 pm Open Tuesday Thursday 11:30 am — 9:00pm FridayG Saturday 1 1:30 am — 1 0:00 pm Sunday Brunch 10 a m 2 pm Closed Mondays IE9 1L 1ST E IiSSAIL OTfiH -- -- - f |