'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,
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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.
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TUESDAY EVENING
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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
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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.
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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.
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