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Show 6E The Salt Lskt Trlhune Sunday, July 15, 1984 W! ' yVt U ' V A : , - . s- '"v , ,V ' ; ; An 3 Y vJ - Tribune Staff Writer The second program of the Utah Symphony summer pops concert series, presented Friday night at Symphony Hall and Saturday evening at Snowbird, was titled Red, White and Blue, an evening of music. Yet even though all of the programs music was written by Ameri- - Concert review we have to stretch can composers the definition a bit for Frederick Loewe, who was born and educated in Vienna and emigrated to the United it evoked States when he was 20 images of foreign cultures as often as it did of our own. Paul Crestons Dance Overture Tribune Stott Photo by Ai nortmonn The roadshow parody is back Saturdays Voyeur, Salt Lake Acting Companys popular parody, opens Wed- - i I nesday at 8 p.m. at 168 W. 5th North. Run will continue through July and August. deliberately strives to echo Spanish, French and English (as well as American) styles. Bernstein's three dances from Fandefinicy Free fits the tion, but the title of Coplands El Salon Mexico speaks for itself. Ferde Grofes Grand Canyon Suite certainly is American to the core, but the heart and soul of My Fair Lady is thoroughly English. On the other hand, what is American culture if not a wild and wonder- - At Resort Center Ice Rink Shakespeares Twelfth Night in Park City By John Paul Brophy For The Salt Lake Tribune If your taste runs PARK CITY to Shakespeare by starlight, but neither time nor budget will allow the journey to Cedar City, you need only to take a short drive up Parleys Canyon any Thursday, Friday or Satur- day evening to the Resort Center Ice Rink here. Through August 25 you will find The Intermountain Actors Ensemble presenting a trio of the Bards more representative works in an endeavor collectively called The Park City Shakespeare Festival. Drama review Fridays bill is Twelfth Night, a delightful comedy of masquerade and love which is given a fine touch by this relatively young cast F. Michael Lewis, making his directorial debut in this years festival, does Well in bringing the play to life. The tim- - robust, voluptuous air by Erica H. Bennett. Ribald Reveler Carter Williams as Sir Toby brings a joyful quality to the ribald reveler, a fine contrast to the vain boorishness of Malvolio, played wonderfully k by Dennis Powell. The Duke Orsino is portrayed convincingly by Dennis Sullivan. Steve L Nichol makes an excellent Feste, the fool with a golden tongue, and the dormouse valor of Sir Andrew is hilariously delivered by Richard A. Flygare. Making the most of their brief appearances, the humorous actions of the attendants of the ing is good, with movement energetic and and the ambiguous lines are fleshed out by many appropriate gestures. Outdoor Production The set is mundane, a black affair, and the lighting is minimal. Problems inherent with an outdoor production in a area (passersby chatting, buses and cars coming and going, acoustics) tend to distract at times; still, these talented actors work hard to make the play a success, and their efforts were rewarded with a reaction from the tiny, but enthusiastic audience that went beyond the usual passive, entertain-m- e attitude. As the duplicitous ViolaCesario, Kristina S. Fuller is lively and engaging, her work in the role a focal point of the play. The Lady Olivia is played by Shaunna Harmon, a performance as the cynical, elusive woman delivered with a credibility to match her beauty. The maid Maria is given a well-place- d, wood-and-clo- th love-struc- non-isolat- pops concert can By Paul Wetzel 1 U' all-Ameri- court give an extra dimension to the play. Costuming by this company is simple, but effective, which serves to enlarge the characters in the spacious setting. The energy of the performance comes across to make this a fine evenings entertainment Curtain is 8 p.m. ful collision of European, African and Asiatic cultures. As if to underscore that point, this program was conducted by Akira Endo, a naturalized American citizen of Japanese scent. de- Though this was Mr. Endos debut with the Utah Symphony in a concert program, he has conducted this same orchestra on several occasions In the Capitol Theatre pit for Ballet West. In fact, Mr. Endo, a former music director of American Ballet Theatre, is widely known as a ballet conductor, and dance is central to much of the music he conducted Friday and Saturday. The performance Friday of Crestons Dance Overture, which opened the program, successfully highlighted the four contrasting national styles which are at the formal center of the piece. In some cases these contrasts could have been even more pronounced, for example, a bit more swagger would have been welcome in the hoedown which closes the work. Otherwise, however, the performance was quite lively; the conductor drew from the orchestra bright tonal colors and sharp rhythms. Precise rhythmic energy and tonal flash also characterized the performance of the first of the three dances from the contest sequence in Bernsteins ballet, "Fancy Free. The greater sophistication of the second dance also was clearly communicatmusic of the ed, and the latin-styl- e a precursor of West third dance Side Story? was litbely played. The rendition of Coplands El Salon Mexico which followed lacked the rhythmic bite and ambience that Maurice Abra-vanbrought to the piece In one of his last recordings with this orchestra. But it did boast brilliant tonal places and some fine solo from the trumparticularly playing, clarinet. pet and Grofe r Grand Canyon Suite was somethin of a disappointment, chiefly because the tempos throughout were on the hasty side. This was parin which ticularly true of "Sunrise, the conductor got off to such a fast start that he left himself nowhere to On the go with the rest of the piece. the for was chiefly Trail enjoyable aural image of the donkeys bray created by the solo violin and winds And while Cloudburst, like the other movements, went by too fast, the rendition did have the fury and intensity of an electrical storm. The program concluded with a My Fair Lady suite which was warmly played while avoiding sticky sentimentality. Mr. Endo provided witty and informative comments on the program between works. Among his observations Friday was the announcement that symphony violist Mikhail Boguslavsky, a Russian emigre, had that very day taken the oath of United States citizenship. What could be than that. more color : . m WENDOVER BOUND? 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