The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 8

A 8 Akron Beacon Journal Tuesday, April 18, 1972 'DollyV Not Triumphant, Theater Schedule i But Modestly Entertaining under 17 admitted unless accompanied by parent or guardian); No one under 18 admitted. -FZk I i 4 I sional matchmaker whose business is everybody else's business. Apparently, everyone who's staged "Dolly" assumes she's the most lovable character ever created. So they've contrived grand entrances and center stage bows calculated to do nothing but bring overwhelming joy to the members of the audience. That's presuming a bit too much.

But, if you do love Dolly you've got to admire the work of Jean Shepherd. She is an effective comedienne who is appropriately exuberant in this role. If she has a problem it's her singing voice, which is barely adequate. Still, she's able to carry off the role with ease. Gary Luter probably isn't old enough to play Dolly's prize catch, Horace Vander-gelder, but for the most part overcomes this handicap with his effective comedy style.

ART "The Decameron" 7:10,9. CHAPEL HILL CINEMA I "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" (G), 2, 4:40, 7, CHAPEL HILL CINEMA "What's Up, Doer (G), 2, 5, 7:30, 9:45. FAIRLAWN CINEMA "A Clockwork Orange" (X), 7:15,9:40. LOEWS FALLS "The Last Picture Show" (R), 7:30, 9:40. HIGHLAND "The Honeymoon Killers" (R), "Georgia, Georgia" (R), 8:45.

LOEWS STATE "The 7:30, 9:40. SUMMIT MALL "The Godfather" (R), 1, 4,7, 10. VILLAGE "Cabaret" (PG), 7:15,9:40. ELLET-CINEMA "Play Misty For Me" (R), 7:30. LINDA "The French Connection" (R), 7, 9.

LYN "The French Connection" (R), 8. MEDINA "Airport" (G), 7:45. STRAND (WADSWORTH) "They Shoot Horses, Don't They" (PG), 7:30. II LAKE tMttrroN run Mil MCMMBCNAHWflUN JOY IN THE MORNING MIND OF MR. SOAMES (OT) 74t 7:30.9:40 ACAMMTtwav KltTHTIttlLtT scon fS DUMRtet oit iioroiD THi HOT tOCK asm 2220 rRONT SI.

CUIAHOGA FAILS I FZCxi i. KCUEMT tWARO WMNEIt BEST SUPTCRTWE ACTUS CL0RIS LEACHMAN fARK BEST SUPPORTMC ACTOI BEN JOHNSON M4 Comm 14. FfM art jug MEuevui4tbworut CUNT tASTWOOO PLAY MISTY FOR ME 7 30 ADULTS $1.25 CHILD 50e I mm LAST NIGHT HOGA FAILS LAKE "Joy in the Morning" (PG), "Mind of-Mr. Soames" (PG), 7:45. WEST "Dirty Harry" (R), 8.

ASCOT "Vanishing Point" "The French Connection" (R), 9:05. EAST "Cry Uncle" (X), 7:30, "I Am a Groupie" GALA "Return of County Yorga" "Georgia, Georgia" (R), 9:05. MONTROSE "The French Connection" (R) 7:25, "Vanishing Point" 9:31. MIDWAY "The Love Machine" "Dollars" SUMMIT "I Am a Groupie" (X), "Cry Un-cle" 42 DRIVE-IN "The French Connection" "The Chairman" 7:30. CODE KEY: General PG Parental Guidance; Restricted (no one uwm (Aram AND PRQFANE ThtDtCinwm art to lift AlBfRTO 6WMALDI Iieatci CUVAHOOA FAOS 376-4063 rmnni'i; 6 3 Xkl THURSDAY 1ST 1 ESON tTJi 1 Bloom REVIEWS part by a good-looking, but impractical set.

For some reason, parts of the set jet out to block the entrance to the front of the stage and the special runway constructed for this show. And the chorus, unfortunately, is directed to run on and off several times. It's confusion that brings to mind the starting gate at i muddy racetrack. 1 The effect is to detract from the business at center stage. Which is a shame, because the people out there are pretty effective.

OF COURSE, the central character Is Dolly, the profes- 'Centers' Tri-State Area Northeast Ohio Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers will hold its Spring conference at the Akron Tower Motor Inn Friday and Saturday, including a field trip to Akron's Model Cities area. Walter Smart, the group's executive director, will keynote the conference at 6:30 p. m. Friday. The group provides social, health and cultural services to 6 million residents of urban communities across the nation.

Mrs. Edna Borders, a 12 JEAN SHEPIIEBD effective comedienne Hackl, Vandergelder's awkward chief clerk; and Trudy Christ as MinneyFay, the squeamish assistant in the hat shop. But even some bit roles are done well, which has to be a plus for amateur theater. Bob Gill and Kathy Steele sparkle in a variety of bits. "Hello, Dolly" continues at.

Goodyear with performances Friday and Saturday at 8:15 p.m. and will be repeated April 28, 29 and 30. Great "SPAGHETTI" mUMUTUUS Every Moil. Wed. SI 49 I ay I 1 ThtKCZYIXIKIUCiq .11 1 1 ji OTHERS who stand out are Eric Steckel as Cornelius Group Here member of the executive board and trustee of East Akron Community House, is chairman of the program.

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Admission Main Floor $3.95 $3.50: Balcony $3.25 $2.25 (Group Rates Available) TICKETS ON SALE AT Goodyear Hall Business Office Mayflower Travel Bureau Phone 784-2886; 7944382 Downtown 376-71 17 Payment Enclosed For Tickets I For Performance of 1 972 Name Phone 'I I Address, I Stata ZipCode. I would LIKE to report that Jack Horner's last show after 14 years as director of the i Goodyear Musical Theater is a triuinph for the local stage. But CAN'T, because "Hello, Dtfly isn't. Yet, happily, it Isn't a weak show. Homer, who will become rflusicaT director at the Thomas Center for the Performing Arts, 31 bowing out with a modes musical, erratically stageiand generally well act- I NO DOUBT this production I of "DoHy" is enjoyable, but that is more a tribute to the talent and enthusiasm of the cast than to the playwright, composer or director.

First off, the play's an old, wfr vehicle. If you haven't examined Thornton Wilder' somewhat less-than-! hilarious premise and script in "TheIatchmaker," in previous stagings of "Dolly" or in the iilm, you might find i them wildly amusing. But af-ter seviral decades, Wilder's words are no longer very ef- fertive. The 8 there's Jerry Her man's musical score. To describe i as "mediocre" is to give it-the benefit of the doubt, though there are a few engaging songs.

USING a show with these modest Credentials, Horner's job isn'J easy. And he does manage' to come up with some clever staging, especially in Dolly's big welcome-home sene at the Harmonia Gardens restaurant. But there's also some clumsiness, "caused for the most The Credits Dolly Levi, Ernestina Ambrose Kemper Horace Vandergelder Ermengarde Cornelius Mackl Barnaby Tucker Irene Molloy Minnie FaN. Jean Shepherd Kathy Steele Steve Berg Gary Luter Linda Leiby Eric Steckel Neal Robert! Chv-ryl Nauman Trudy Christ Lonnie Keates William Schrenqauer Bob Gill Chrlttopher Barlow Mike Downey win. nose Policeman Rudolph Judge Court Clerk Singers Join Ashley lyn Davis, Lin da niiieoau, earoara Kasourg, Georgia Sue Kushnir, Alan Campbell, Sam Fluharty, Glenn Gerring, Charles Hen-drlx, Larry LaCause, Bill Westover.

Dancers Mary Lyn Martin, Evelyn Olson, Pernio Politi, Pauline Reilly, Gary Baker, Alan Campbell, Rodney Outfield, Henry Zuehegno, Jell But-Int, Mary Barry, Carol Ann Kane. Jack Horner, director end conductor; Ernest Harris, production designer; William Martin and William McClellan, technical directors. aoraora ET.EATOWEEX Includes WHOPPER French Fries And COKE AT ALL AKRON J881 EAST MARKET ST. 1390 WOOSTEk AVE. 1155 SO.

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