The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 14

VI hyndtofMarr iU iMfjwnnrmaiiirniM I SIX THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY LA MONDAY JULY 10 1972 NEWS WITH PICTURES And Donny The Osmonds Were Here! By LANK (1UM KKTT Journal Amusemi'nrt Krtitnr crpool" This group deserves the success they have found Their show moves they sing $-' 1 crowd was concerned they wete already together with The Osmonds The lley woods warm-up group for the audience also put in some hard-woiking minutes and judging from the i mass soon be on their way too They were perhaps th a rendi- best represented with ibTiHV if THESE PRICES ALSO GOOD AT ELMER COTTEN'S SUPER FOOD 6215 GREENWOOD RD PHONE 635-2446 UiJl-lia mm WHOLE 31 USDA INSPECTED FRYERS LEGS THIGHS 3 3 BREASTS LBS $129 More dastardly deeds Opens well and they look like they're having a ball Unlike the and generation groups The Osmonds are fresh looking and one doesn't have to strain to hear underlying meanings in their lyrics I THINK IT was Love" when Donny stepped down on the second platform of the stage Anyway a girl broke from the front of the audience grabbed him around the neck and kissed him shoving what apparently a note into his hand There were indications that a full-fledged herd may follow but lortunate-ly he returned to the main stage While Donny is where young hearts are pegged the other brothers are equally talented Jay is a more than competent drummer and Alan and Wayne are guitarists Merrill alternates lead singing with Donny Merrill who takes the lead in The Osmond million-seller Other hits on the agenda weie By the Lazy Bad and The remaining Donny song was Away Little LITTLE BROTHER Jimmy looks like a miniature superstar On introduction he ran out on the stage -and immediately launched into a hard rock number Bouncing from one end to the other the audience was with him all the way But this was only a brief respite because there were still calls for It was a solid show wilh driving beats slower songs and appeals of togetherness like All Got to Live As far as the DOWNTOWN 620 MILAM ST AT 1 20 7 10 K775ETCW 1 DOWNTOWN 630 CROCKITT ST SHOWS AT 1 4 7 ond 9 PM Where ended 1 begins Cm a komunu SvWMMi RIBEYES WE ARE PRODUCE YELLOW HYBRID CORN Okay By LANE CROCKETT Journal Amusements Editor More dastardly deeds continue to be perpetrated at Gas Light Players with the opening of the second melodrama "After An the opener As the Driven this offering too sidesteps the exaggerated use of mannerisms Director Robert Lighbsey rightly feels that the straighter a melodrama is played the funnier it is THE PROBLEM with is that it seem to be altogether yet The opening performance Saturday- night was a 1 i 1 1 ragged affair with some missed cues fumbled lines and slow pacing Jl is a better wutten play than its predecessor and when the loose ends are tied it should be a bright addition to the season It does offer some fine acting from the distaff side Connie Baker and Becky Bradley as the heroines turn in the most consistent performances Miss Baker a veteran of several Gas Light shows plays the downtrodden and tearful Eliza and it is GREEN HARD HEAD CABBAGE Plenty of Redglow Freestone Peaches (Arkansas' Finest) Arriving Early Monday from Arkansas YES WE HAVE PLENTY OF FRESH DILL VINE PINK HOME GROWN TOMATOES WINESAP OR ROME APPLES SUNKIST JUICE ORANGES ALL PURPOSE RED lb 29c 3 BAG 69c 4 BAG 49c Metier something the actress does well with her swimming eyes and sadly wistful glances Miss Bradley a newcomer plays the ladylike Rose La-holle and lifts an innocuous role to an enjoyable portrayal TV 0 OF THE strangest characters to appear in a Gas Ijght melodrama are Old Ginny and Crumpets Old Ginny played by Nancy Abraham is a well-known drunk in New Oi French Quarter where all the action lakes place Decked out with flying blonde hair and rags Miss Abraham has fun weaving and stumbling about the stage and eventually snaring the culprits Crumpets a dirty fishmonger is played wilh gusto by Janet Fontenot She too wears rags and as an additional prop smokes a pipe Jim Robb and Nancy Spur-lok again as they did in as the Driven take the villain roles Robb wears a reddish brown fright wig and sports a bushy moustache He is properly sneering and despicable as Richard Knalchbull alias a Bellingham Miss Sirlock as Madam Dicey Morris owner of a dance hall gave his verdict- in my own Spassky the 35-year-old wot Id champion did not seem to worry much about details of the $250 000 match BEFORE LEAVING for a salmon fishing tour of northern Iceland the defending champion said not going to argue about chairs chess boatds and sets I will leave that to Bobby It makes no difference to After lengthy and dramatic pi eludes Inith Fiseher and Spassky appeared ready to start the first of their 24 games Tuesday is relaxed and ready We will play Tuesday unless Spassky is said Fred Cramer viee piesident of the US Chess Federation BUT THE players still have to inspect and approve the facilities in gie hall where the organizers expect 3000 fans paying $5 each to be on hand Tuesday To borrow a title fiom Edgar Allan it was "Desccnt into Maelstrom" Sunday night at llirsch Memorial Coliseum The Osmonds were hoi At no point was the roar (which was continuous more deafening than when spokesman Alan 22 said you want this guy? Then heie he is Sweet and Innocent" himself Amid jarring shrieks tears and just plain adoration Donny 14 stepped to the front of the stage A NEW SURGE in the crowd erupted as pre-teen and teen age girls trimmed against the stage The first few bars of a nd were completely lost Police tried to subdue the crowd but it was not until Alan asked them to take their sea'i again that they did The other performing Osmonds are Wayne 20 Merrill 19 and Jay 17 Also coming in for some thunderous applause was little brother Jimmy 9 who is represented on the top pop charts with Haired Lover from Liv- Box Office Opens Today for 'Gypsy' The box olfice opens today for Centenary summer pioduction of Director Rotiert i said the ticket office telephone 869-5242 is open from 1 to 5 pm daily except Sunday The musical opens July 26 the musical biography of Gypsy Rose Lee featuies Anna Chappell Robert Weimar Debbie Fugler Dick King and Mary Mulkey Some of the songs from the bit show are Coming Up Wherever Me Entertain and Mama Were Performance dates are July 26-29 Aug 2-5 and 9-12 Mail orders are being accepted and should be addressed to Bus-eick at the Marjorie Lyons Playhouse kta OPEN 12 45 AT 1 00 3 05 5-15 7 20 9 30 HEID OVER 4th WEEK UNNH'AI HTlf AL TH HNItOI OR NIGHTS AT 8 00 MATINEE SCHEDULE Wed En 2 00 PM Sal Sun 1 00 4 1 1 5 HELD OVER 4th WEEK ACADEMY AWARD WINNER! Best Art Direction Best Costume Design A 1AM COA FRANKLIN tCHAAfNf mOOUCHOM Nicholas and Alexandra A MQAiPON RUM hem CCXUMA WCTUM4 IQP OPEN 1 15 AT 1 30 3 30 5 30 7 30 9 30 HELD OVER 2ND WEEK JACK lEfnmON BARBARA HARRIS jJ Jr JASON ROBAROS fmnOMOTUMML MUANMM NOtTHSCfcE Open 7 00 Showtime Dusk (R) Restricted under 17 must bp with parents or adult Roque) Welch Robert Culp "Hannte In Color Dyan Cannon James Coco "Such Good In Color Open 7 00 Showtime Dusk (X) Under 18 not Admitted I Will Be Checked Janet Lynn Robin Askwith "Dirtiest Girl In In Color Also Diana Koer Robert Straust Hot In Color Open 7 00 Showtime Dusk (R) Restricted under 17 must be with parents or adults Chen Coffaro Richard Smedley "The In Color "Acandal In In Color tion of Three Dog Been to In content they are not unlike The Osmonds The Osmonds were brought i here by KEEL Radio Station I U5 to Equip Thai Air Force Wilh Jets BANGKOK (AP) The United States has agreed to equip the Thai air force with 17 jets for use against Communist insurgents the Thai air force announced today It is the first time the Thai armed forces have been equipped with antiinsurgency aircraft under the US military aid program The first shipment of the aircraft arrived July 4 and another shipment is due Friday the Thai air force said The Continental Room Meeting Place LINDA CALDWELL I July 10 thru July 22 July 24 thru Aug 5 PEGGY DOIJCIIER Aug 8 thru Aug 19 JOEY DiLORENZO For Your Dancing Pleasure Music By The Jack Nelson Combo Showtime Monday Tuesday thru Saturday and 12:30 Open 11:00 AM 2:00 AM 701 Kings Highway in at 7:00 nmmmt backs wings NECKS 5 $100 LBS I $189 HEADQUARTERS 20 98c 6 BOTTLE CARTON Chess Match Can Begin- POTATOES is equally unlikeable but the actress is forcing Ihe part She needs to ease off a bit at the opening and build The two heroes are played by Sott Carter and Randy Carter Scott Carter is Geoige Maurice Dupiee the victim He acts the role stalwartly but without much conviction Randy Carter as a Beauregard Chumley needs to work on his lines Otherwise he's okay OTHER ROLES are handled by Rory Hines as a street urchin Robert Gould as Pointer Garrett and Nancy Davison Linda Altaway and Pam Peak as three saloon girls Susan May is the piano accompanist Lightsey comes up with one scene that approaches hilarity It takes place at the Whispering Window Saloon In it the villains are thwarted by Old Ginny and the result is a rambunctious chase through the premise around and under one saloon girl played by Mrs Attaway What hurts is that it moves from one good scene to one that is not as good Lightsey needs to work with the cast and bring all the scenes Into alignment For instance there is a touching albeit corny parting scene between Miss Baker and Seott Carter that segues into a Whispering Window Saloon scene The first is deftly handled but the second fails to catch fire mainly concerns the attempts of the villains to dun Dupree out of his inheritance which is a cotton plantation The rest of the characters weave in and out of the plot line Of course the standard revelations of I who is who are there too will play each Saturday through July at the fairgrounds theater BACK FROM VACATIOFI SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS 29 EMrik2 Italian Restaurant 2645 LINWOOD AVE PHONE 861-3226 I lAfTT WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF STRIPED OR CHARLESTON GRAY WATERMELONS COMPETITIVELY PRICED HAPPY HOUR REYKJAVIK Iceland (UPI) Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer world chess match can favorite chair has arrived The swivel chair in metal and black leather was flown from New York to Iceland and put on the stage in the Reykjavik chess hall Sunday Russian advisers arrived shortly after the much talked about chair and studied it suspiciously Then they left without comment NOW THE Icelandic organizers fare a new problem: Where to lind a similar chair in Iceland7 would look better if both Spassky and Fischer had the same said Gudmundur Thorarins-son president of the Icelandic Chess Federation Fischer took one look at the dozen different chairs the Icelanders had assembled from furniture stores Ihe other day sat down in some of them and then The Continental Room 5 PM to 7 PM Daily Ladies Your First Drink is Complimentary Hors D'Ouerves Served During Happy Hour! 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