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6 0)6 PCNDUlUM J: i “ H r Entertainment J.F.K.: Stephanie Hulin pla^'ed John F. Kennedy’s daughter, W^nda, in the play Kennedy s Children performed in The Black Box in the Fine Arts Center last week. Photo By Kati Mafko Kennedy’s Children: ‘bitter, confused’ Air Force Symphony to play on Friday By Tom Cozart Entertainer Writer The November 13th perfor mance of Kennedy’s Children, was marred by overacting and a seemingly never-ending script. The two-and-a-half hour pro duction centered around the lives of five terribly bitter and confus ed individuals who, we assume, have been deeply affected by the death of John. F. Kennedy. John Crowe and Stephanie Hulin give acceptable, but flat, performances as a Vietnam soldier and an ordinary working girl. During a year where drugged-out soldiers are a dime a dozen, Crowe’s performance, while generally good, has most definitely ben done. Karen Zeller was miscast as the would-be sex goddess who has devoted her life to becoming the next Marilyn Monroe. Miss Zeller’s performance was far too serious to give the audience the impression that she could, or even would, be a star of Monroe’s quality. The one wonderful aspect of this play was the Elon College dramatic debut of a beautiful, yound, angry actress named An nette Saunders. Her performance was completely natural and believable. Her character, Rona, was a yound woman on the forefront of the sixties counterculture. Miss Saunders’ performance never seemed strained or uncomfor table. She was definitely the highlight of an otherwise tedious evening of theater. Play Review A character named Sparger, played by Pete Smith, was similar to characters played by Zeller and Crowe. Sparger was a bitter, am bisexual alcoholic with conflicting feelings about his minor league success. Smith did an admirable job trying to shed some light on a rather complex character. The monotony o the play can not rest solely in the hands of the performers. Director Todd Olson should have spent less time at tempting to be avant-garde and more time developing his often two-diminsional characters. It is unclear why most of the characters in this play have allow ed themselves to become so miserable. The unbelievable characters make it hard to have any feelings at all for them. Near the end of the play when Zeller’s character, Carla, announces that she has taken 74 sleeping pills, the audience hardly reacts. By this point, Carla has com plained about her life so much that it is a wonder that she did not kill herself sooner. Some of the boredom could have been eliminated by shortening some of the throw away monologues and having the characters spend less time alone on stage. Kennedy’s Children promised to be an interesting study of the affects that President John F. Ken nedy’s assassination had on the lives of people during the year l%3. What was presented vras a group of people so lost to drugs and alcohol that it would be a miracle if they could even remember who Kennedy was and wht he stood for. Elon College will host the United States Air Force Sym phony, the only symphony or chestra In the U.S. Armed Forces, Friday night at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. The Air Force Symphony Or chestra is a unit of the United States Air Force Band. Under the direction of LTC James M. Bankhead, the 55-piece orchestra has historically performed for every American president since Truman and was one of the first American orchestras to make an overseas concert tour. The or chestra has been further distinguished as the premier per former of many origin;il Ai ,.rican musical compositions. Selections for their appcaruncc will include a Rossini overture. Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony 4, and Chopin's Concerto I in E Minor. Musicians in the Air Fora • Symphony represent several im. jor symphony orchestras aid 1 numerous colleges, universitia I and music conservatories. Thi ' highly versatile woodwind, braa ‘ and percussion instrumentaiisn, also perform in the Air Fora ; Concert Band; the string playen form the Air Force Band’s vwrH renowned Strolling Strings aid 'r The U.S. Air Force Strin ] Orchestra. j Tickets for the concert are fw but are required to be assuttdi ; seat. They may be picked upi the Fine Arts Building office bo- . ween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. throufl Friday, or may be obtained I) f sending a stamped, self-addressa I envelope to U.S. Air Force Syn ' phony. Fine Arts Building, Elm College , N.C. 27244. Seats wil ij be held until 15 minutes beforeili ^ performance. f\ 2402 S. Church St. Phone; 229-4247 Burlington, NC FULL SERVICE 2 FOR 1 SHAMPOO, CUT & BLO DRY NOTE: Studenu only. A»k for Rick, Debbit, or Letlit. You and « friend must comt at the samt timc.Expires)i2-31-87 NOVEMBER Campus Paperback Bestsellers 1. Billy and the Boingers Bootleg, t»y Berke Breathed. (Little, Brown, $7.95.) Latest Stoom County cartoons. 2. It, by Steven King. {NAL/Signet, $4.95.) ChiWhood horrors haunt six men and women wtio lived in a Maine lown^ 3. Red Storm Rising, by Tom Clancy. (Berkley, $4.95.) Russians plan a major assault on the West 4. Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watlerson. (Andrews, McMeel & Parker, $6.95.) Cartoons about the life of a little boy. 5. School is Hell, by Matt Qroening. (Pantheon, $5.95.) A chiM’s point of view of a grown-up workj. 6. Wanderlust, by Danielle Steel. (Dell, $4.95.) Romance of a young women’s worid-wkle adventures. 10. Regrets Onty, by Sally Quinn. (Ballanttne, $4.95.) Passion and powerbrokering on the Washington scene. 7. Necessary Losses, by Judith Vkxsl (Fawcett, $4.95.) How to deal with arxj accept life's tosses. 8. A Taste tor Death, by P. D. James. (Warner, $4.95.) A bntel double murder takes Inspector Dalgiesh Into Britain's upper class. 9. The Book o( Questions, by Gregory Stock. (Workman, $3.95.) Provocative and challenging questens to ask yoursell New & Recommended A pmanil MUdon One Gkkrm Th» Hu«»r BoeMv* The Reagan Foreign PoUcy, by WiMiam G. Hyland, Ed (I^IAL/Meridian, $9.95.)Taken from the pa^ of fdra^Xffioirs it features the wntingsa someofthetnostinlHjenlialmenoflhe'aOs. Dandng on my Qnwa, by Gelsey Kirkland (Bef1ley/Jove. $4.50.) Here Is the explosive truth behind the gWIer and glamour of the dance world The stoty of one woman’s tragk; downfal and her triomphart recover. Foots CitMW, by James Welch. (Penguin, $7.95.) The lives and fate of Welch’s Blackfeel ancestors AaaocuTiOMor i i»no* » couJBf tiw*
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