Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 38

wry 'rrrw oS-Wednesday, July 15, 1970 Reno L.cnliig Gripping and rusiy 1 1M Its heads and fails at University Theater IIMWII Ill II mill I'l MMMMMt I III M. itfWttSlft.SSfc. ThP theme, if vou enn find Is! It II it. has something to do with the poor little Fraulein, symbol By STEVE TOY You get to call it these nights at the University Theater. Heads And you get one of Tennessee Williams' most gripping plays, r- "tTTimliWIffiifcnUiU'rilt 'mil io" 1 of those who live in me memories of bygone glory and seem to be' oblivious to the world Frances Tryon and Joe Handy bring life to the production's low-key atmosphere as Mrs.

Holly and George, while Rex Jensen, Peggy Bowen and Penny Powell are completely discarded, directorially, and their roles as a doctor, a nun and a secre 4 "Suddenly Last Summer," pre which picks and gnaws at tnem until bleeding. sented by the University of Nevada Summer Theater Work Roni Gallion as the shop in conventional, welcome and Andrea Haig as Polly, the society editor, are the only tary are played as straight men to the excessive chatting of Miss Leonard or Miss Orchard. mainstays in the production. Then the audience moves in VERY FUNIS Miss Gallion is heavier than form. Tails And you get a rusty version of one of Williams' more recent efforts, "The Gnadiges Frau-lein," an absurdist mess with side to the theater as the direc tor flips the coin or maybe the rest of the play, but nonetheless uses her voice well- in just flips with Bit of history in reverse A steam train running in the Tahoe basin.

Old-time steam trains fine characterization, while The memories, of course, are Miss Haig is very funny. there, as are Williams' incom blacks and whites, Indians and cockaloony birds attempting to hold an audience for an hour. parable glimpses into human na ture and his deep feeling for The plays are mismatched on life. cut tne poetry and imagery the same program. Those who can empathize with the famous, soap opera-styled emoting of Catherine Holly will find it dif of a "Last Summer" or "Glass Marylin Plummer mumbles as Molly, Al Abrahamsen grunts as Indian Joe, Jack Noonao breathes heavily as the pernja; nent transient, and Nola Vargasr heehaws as the cockaloony the perfect circus.

And enough to make one long', for those unfair, yet-sometimes- handy two-headed coins. Menagerie" are for a modern but now old-hat ab surdist viewpoint that can hard ly show the author, or the Uni now in use, with an additional mile under construction. versity Theater, at its best. lne railway runs rieside a Old-time steam trains started operating again this week at South Lake Tahoe, nearly 30 years after the last locomotive whistle was heard in the Tahoe basin. It was a bit of history in reverse when the Tahoe, Trout Kerkorian to sell control mountain meadow and through a forested area from the terminal, located at Trout Creek ficult to be amused by an Amazon Southern society editor, while some who slap their knees at a frustrated cockaloony won't be likely to think a frozen daiquiri at 5 p.m.

each day is very interesting. 'SUMMER' "Suddenly Last Summer" is an involving production which sets high goals for its cast. It's a difficult, ambitious play, and if some of the actors don't quite make it, they can still rely on In the future, according to president Robert E. Keller, the hopes to expand its narrow-guage railway into a resort transportation system in the South Tahoe region, providing an alternative to today's clogged highways. Public excursion trains are running daily this summer on an initial segment of the system.

on Highway 50, near the Al suv- of hotels on the Strip between 1st 2nd Streets on West Street Creek Pacific Railroad began taking its first passengers on board. Tahoe post office. According to Keller, eventual plans call for connection of the railway to ski areas, campgrounds, lakeside facilities and other recreational sites. LAS VEGAS (AP) Kirk Kerkorian, who just a year ago was considered a potential rival to Howard Hughes for domi Now Introducing an exciting, yet relaxing COCKTAIL FESTIVITY Resort trains in the Tahoe Gay Paree Complimentary Hors d'oeuvres Cocktails 60c More than a mile of track is area were abandoned in the early 1940s, after the all-season highways were completed. ti nightly 5 p.m.

'til 6:30 p.m. ests In Western Airlines and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Hilton announced last month that it would acquire a per cent minority interest the hotels. The purchase by Hilton must be approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission and state and local gaming authorities. nance of the Las Vegas Strip, has agreed to sell control of his hotels here.

T9T Marches are featured in tonight's concert 1 Williams' easy poetry and visions to tarry them through. The familiar tale of greed, jealousy and, of course, memories, is tightly woven by director Bob Dillard in a perfect garden-type outdoor setting. Jayna Orchard gives a memorable portrayal of Catherine, the girl driven to a mental hospital by the memory of the trag- Barron Hilton said Tuesday that the hotel corporation bearing his family name will buy 3rd a FINAL WEEK The Reno Municipal Band will for city band presentation. ma be in concert "under the stars" Soloist will be Sharon Davis, a soprano, who will sing "The one share more than 50 per cent of the stock of International Leisure, the firm through which CLINT EASTWOOD deadliest man Man I Love" and "Someone to death of her cousin Kerkorian ran the glittering In ternational and Flamingo hotels. alive.

on a whole army Kith two guns and a listiul of dynamite! tonight, starting at 8 o'clock, at Dick Taylor Park. "We are featuring King marches this evening and they run the gamut from circus to college which sometimes isn't as far apart as they seem," said director N.A. Tinkham, who solicits requests from townfolk Unsure of her dialect, the slipping often from Boston to Alabama to English Cockney, she nonetheless manages to pivot the rest of the cast around her. FEELING CLINT EASTWOOD SHIRLEY MACLAINE TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA" Watch Over me." The program includes marches, dance songs, old-timers, incidental music, waltzes, modern music, an overture and a tone poem. It was when the International opened last July that people began to measure Kerkorian against the shadow of Hughes, 5,000 Nevadans in unemployment; have check delay Some 5,000 Nevadans will not" the recluse billionaire who owns five of the Strip's casino-hotels.

Her memory speech that closes the play could be tedious, SHOWIN but instead fascinates with its JLIlt llltUl 11C1L1UI1CU UIJW1CU lilt .1 i Alt day after Hughes' Landmark et their unemployment checks DAILY 1:30 3:30 5:30 7:30 9:30 IN COLOR expressiveness and feeling. this week because of a delay in printing a new batch-of BARGAIN MATINEES MONDAY THRU SATURDAY FIRST HOUR. 75c The same can't be said for Pi Si the long speeches of Jackie Leo OPEN 7:00 START DUSK checks, the Employment Secun Partial SuBQttlMf lb. rity Department said Tuesday, nard as the cratchety Mrs. Ven-able.

Looking like a school child The epic journey of four generations all dressed up for Halloween, Hotel opened its doors. For million, Kerkorian had built a hotel one-story taller and three times the size of the Landmark. With the decline of the stock market came a steady ebbing of the fortunes of Kerkorian, the 52-year-old son of an Armenian farmer. Hilton said it will pay Kerkorian $6.08 a share for the of Amercans who carved out a country with their bare hands Miss Leonard is monotone nnd dull and, although obviously straining to try to appear half- dead, vicious yet sympathetic, 1 she never quite makes it. 4 Lee Burnham, director of the department, said the checks were ordered from a company three months ago still have not come in.

-JK "We are calling them hourly" said a spokesman. The department ran out cf-. checks Friday. The delay is not expected to last more than a week, Bum-'-ham said. He said persons ex pecting checks should go to their local employment office to fHe claims for next -week, even though they won't' receive their usual claim slips this week.

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