The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 05, 1971, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
'Tommy'seen, felt, and heard with pleasure Review by DAVE LANDIS If Peter Townsend had seen Kosmet Klub's production of Tommy, he would have left the Coliseum enraged. Enraged and envious. The object of his rage would be Lincoln's Music, the seven-man band that performed Townsend's score. They surpassed the album musically in almost every resoect. The addition of horns on "Amazing Journey," the Underture Jams, and especially "Pinball Wizard," expanded the show's musical dimensions immensely. Much of the arrangement was original with the group, such as the Jam used in place of the Underture. THE ENTIRE BAND was excellent, but Steve Pejsar's bass really was the driving force for much of the show. Bruce McCracken's electric guitar solo in the Overture and finale were as tough and gutsy as his accoustic work was plaintive. It's too bad Mark Epp on organ and drummer Gale Cooper didn't have a chance to stand out more. The group's biggest success, Sheldon Film Series JOURNEY ENTO FEAR Eric Ambler's bizarre tale of psychological terror has Orson Welles' fine flair fro melodrama stamped on every scene. From the first moment Mr. Welles' touch is evident and his acting is superlative. Sheldon Auditorium TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 6 at 8:00 P.M. however, was moulding a solid unit that moved together. Townsend would also be envious of the voices in the cast. Perhaps the most impressive was Pam Buckley, as the mother. Pitched higher than Gracie Slick's, Pam's voice had similar control and depth. Steve Rippe as Mesiah-Tommy, had a solid voice and a devil of a tough part. Tommy's groping prior to his cure really did express several different emotions. The audience, however, would have accepted a physically more dynamic Messiah after the convincing blind deaf mute portrayal. THE CHOREOGRAPHY was very helpful in explaining and magnifying the meaning of the show. In the six years I've seen Kosmet Klub these were the most agile and exciting dancers I've seen. There were moments that seemed obscure and lackluster, but for - the majority of the show the dancing captured and held attention. When a show is all music and dancing for almost two hours that's quite a feat. The dancers were uniformly good, but the double-jointed boy on the Acid Queen's trip, the ballet tandem behind Tommy's Welcome and the Since 1876 ARMY ROTC would like to join you in making your college education a Degree better. We offer the only Leadership Course taught at this University. If you have 4 undergraduate or graduate semesters remaining in college we may be able to help you. Our ROTC summer school is of six weeks duration. It is conducted in two sessions at Fort Knox, Kentucky. We will pay your way there and back and give you $215.00 besides for your trouble. While there you may rap with college students from 280 Universities about the world's ills. You may also rediscover yourself by getting your body in shape for the fall college campaign or whatever. When you re turn and enroll in the fall well pay you $50.00 for 16 hours of study a month-tax free. That figures to be (3.10 an hour any way you cut it Don't knock it till you've tried it On 10 April it will be later than you think. See or call us in a hurry please!!! Army ROTC PS. Thirty satisfied students Rm 110 M&N Bldg, 14th & Vine currently participating. Ask Tel 475-3452 us for names. Campus X - 2463 1MHSSH 1 uEDITATI OR! fMNMT rr MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION ISA NATURAL SPONTANEOUS TECHNIQUE WHICH ALLOWS EACH INDIVIDUAL TO EXPAND HIS MIND AND IMPROVE HIS LIFE. Introductory Lecture Monday, April 5, 3 & 8 pm, University High Aud. Wednesday, April 7, 501 Bldg, Room 101 Thursday, April 8, University High Aud. Sally Simpson episode were particularly well handled. Mike Dobbins, the director, should be credited with a terrific sense of vision. Remember, he had no script, simply two albums of music. To turn that into a moving stage presentation is a creative monstrosity. Not all aspects of the Jesuit morality theme were equally successful, however. The unison speech to the audience and the religious chants and dialogue contributed little. On the other hand, the pantomimes of the birth of Christ, the lecture to the scholars, the twelve lost years and his baptism were imaginative and thought provoking. DOBBINS WAS hindered in that the show does not really conform to the Christian experience. Tommy preaches a sedate materialism ("come to my house, be one of the comfortable people"). His camp is just as much an escape as the Acid Queen's promises or the Hawker's offer of sensual pleasure. Tommy fails as a Messiah because of his egotism. So, at best, the show Sociology Dept may crosslist womens studies A new course, Women in Contemporary Society, Home Ec 100, will probably be cross listed by the Department of Sociology, according to Patti Kaminski, one of the course initiators. The course is not cross listed in the new fall schedule of classes. It will be voted upon by the College of Arts and Sciences later in April. Faculty coordinators are Constance Kies, professor of food and nutrition, and Jacqueline Voss, associate professor of human development and the family. Guest lecturers from the University and Lincoln community will look at the temperment, role and status of women today. The passfail course will be two hours or three if the student completes an individual project with an adviser, according to Kaminski. ISSUE Student Fee Support of Daily Nebraskan can only succeed as a rough parallel. The observer is without valid critical tools except his emotions. Since the rock opera is a completely new medium of communication. You can't judge it by musical comedy standards or dramatic standards or from a purely musical standpoint. I do think you have to view the action as secondary to the music. The lights, dance, pantomime , projections and staging all create a visual environment for the music. They are not, in themselves, the storytellers, Seen in this perspective, I feel Tommy was an artistic and emotional success. As a critic, I cannot claim complete objectivity since I had a part in Kosmet Klub's decision late last year to produce Tommy. But the group is to be congratulated. With their backs against the wall financially, the Kosmet Klub took a big chance, and I think the campus is better for it. I speak only as a person who was moved Friday and again Saturday night. NU appeals Court ruling University lawyers asked the Nebraska Supreme Court Friday to reverse a lower court ruling which declared unconstitutional the state's residency law as it applies to higher education tuition rates. The Lancaster County District Court had ruled on a suit filed by NU law student Raymond Thompson that Thompson had been charged nonresident tuition rates when he should have paid resident rates. The lower court granted Thompson a $1,374 judgment against the University. The money represents the difference between nonresident and resident tuition paid by Thompson. The lower court also held he residency law unconstitutional. The University's brief to the Supreme Court - contends the law does not nullify the right of any individual. 4raL-an 1 ! KflOlV THE ISSUE A (ID VOTE ! 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