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[^^DAY, OCTOBER 18, 1974 MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP PAGE FIVE to ild, Ki® 5ass,an3 )eavers t m, Sylvi^ tnd Nancy celi® Imogen® McConn^ (hnston )1: Lind® lis, P®® 1 Vicki® Iman 1 of ; junch i® . j Green® ■ looi sy® j fuU ye®^' rt fo \ Guid®^ • progr^;| re e® ^; upervi®® s teache^®' ■ and ; supervi® ti>“^' to to or anyo^ ileting liviJ>; lampus ®® 11 in , packag®' \ s at e Ele®®’’ n maj oi® 'THE BOYFRIENCy SHOWING AT MARS HILL Let's face it, this show is pure com —a ®usical spoof of the 1920's, of the Bvitish 1920's—of the British in Trance in the 1920's. ®nt, it's com done extremely well. Sandy Wilson, the author, has taken the old, old theme poor little rich girls, unable to find love 'because she (or her father) thinks everyone is after her millions. She meets the poor little rich boy who feels the same. She disguises her- ®®lf as a secretary, he as a delivery boy. They meet, decide each is after the other's ®oney, and are reunited in the end. Boy meets Sirl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl, of not leaning to sound like a chauvinist, girl meets ^°y> girl loses boy, girl gets boy. In between ®il this is an evening of pure enjoyment. The drama department has spared no means in producing this musical. Wayne (the King) Pressley and his band of reknown are ensconced behind the scenes and the do an excellent job. iive music of this sort is always preferable to evening with the stereo, no matter how expen sive the set up. Jill Prior has done a marvelous job with ^^e choregraphy. We didn't know some of . folks could move that way. Bill Gregg's Char- feston is something you can't afford to miss. Jim Thomas's set is good, and for the first people who write in with the correct defini- ffon of periaktoi, we'll award them a well-used Punk and Wagnalls. However, the periaktois are IJot the only innovation for this show. The stage ss been changed from a "thrust" type, to a more *-raditional proscenium type complete with the Brand drape 20 feet high and 36 feet long. However, this change necessitated chopping °ff a total of eight feet from the sides, which tramps the space with this show, particularly ''hen everyone is on stage. Now to the actors. The Walker as Tony and Usan Poovey as Polly Brown are the main char- ®*-^ars, and they do very well. However, Walker to have a stock performance and his Tony ® reminiscent of his role in the House of Blue ^ves. Susan Poovey is very smooth. Her ®oviie face carries the extremes of emotion this ®how demands. If she can't dance as well as Gregg that's all right, her singing more makes up for it. Julie Treacy Fortney has coached the sing- ®rs Well and they all sound much better than we ^''Pected. In the parts of Madame Dubonnet, whose fin- ishi: Hll fhan Percy Chuck g rng school the girls all attend, and ^^°wne, the lead character's father, ''tgomery and Eileen Russell are outstanding, know that Miss Russell considered transferriig p the end of last year, and we are very hap- that she decided to return. We still cannot pg'^f'^re her as a sophomore, but then after her gj^’^formance in Blue Leaves, we couldn't believe p^® Was a freshman. As for Montgomery, he dis- the smoothness and poise that always gives ® appearances believability—even in this showi ^he girls of the show, Marsha Holmes as ag Susan Bullard as Nancy, Beverly Jarvis as p Susan King as Dulcie and Kandie Olsen provide a marvelous backdrop for the actors to perform against. The boys; ‘■chael Bailey as Marcel, Bill Gregg as Bobby *an w kle Tony Haire as Henre, Jim Johnson as ag Ken Wilson as Maurice, and Jimmy Hicks hphonse, are just as good, jj. The cameo appearance by Neil St. Clair and Thej ^tior as Pete and Lolita is well executed. Wopij tango is almost flawless; however, we likt to see them put a little more expres- their faces. The characters have names Pla^ Some how blooded Latins but their number is with a very deadpan face, thj^ is heartening to see so many freshmen in thg^ show, there is a very large number. Perhaps bpp show suffers a bit from the inexperience, in show everyone is not going to be exactly ®ir place for every dance number. CHARACTERS LEFT TO RIGHT: Bill Gregg, Marsha Holmes, Ken Wilson, Srah Huff, Susan King and Jim Johnson. It is well worth the small amount of unexpertise to have these people in the company. In every show, one is delighted with certain "new finds". And this show is no exception. David Knapp, as Lord Brockhurst, is per fect in the part of Try one L. Homee, the classical dirty old man. His wife, played by Charlotte Tienken is not quite as strong. Their characters are the parents of Tony. Another find is Sarah Huff. Although not a freshman. Miss Huff is one of the highlights of the show as Hortense. She provides the heavy comedy of the show. Keith Sargent plays the dual role of the Gendarme and the wait er and does so un- obstrusively as do the other two couples^ who's names we do not have, who provide the background in the ballroom scene. They do their job of talk ing and fake drinking champaign (or drink fake champaign) well. The show was still in a rough form when we saw it. It is a monstrous job of bringing acting, singing, and dancing together. Coupled with the fact that the actors were only able to rehearse with a full orchestra late in reherasal makes for even more con fusion . However, after a few nights with an audience, we predict that it will meet the progressional stan dard we have come to expect from this de partment. There is little di alog in the show, and it is just as welL The music, dances, costumes, and enthu siasm of the cast make it a performance that is well worth seeing. We recommend it. Final scene. Susan Poovey and Tim Walker as the lead characters of Tony Brockhurst and Polly Browne. Chuck Montgomery as Percy Browne and Eileen ^Russell as Madame Dubonnet.
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