Is Hair still coming to Lincoln?
This question has been put to me several times in the past
three weeks-unfortunately, I don't know anything more
definite now that I did then.
The Pershing Auditorium board was supposed to vote on
April 6, as to whether or not Hair would be brought to
Lincoln, but when the meeting was held there was not a
quorum present and the decision had to be postponed.
THE BOARD STILL has not met to vote on the musical,
but according to Ike Hoig, manager of Pershing Auditorium, it
doesn't look as if there will be any problems in the bring of
Hair to Lincoln, and he hopes that the board will be able to
meet soon to vote on the matter.
In any case, Pershing Auditorium has some entertaining
events coming up. Kenny Rogers and the First Edition plus
Linda Ronstadt plus Podipto will be appearing there tonight at
8 p.m.
And Chicago will be returning to Lincoln, appearing at
Pershing Auditorium on May 6, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $5
and $6.
OMAHA ALSO HAS some interesting events coming up.
Buddy Rich, one of the world's greatest drummers and his big
band will be appearing at the Music Hall on Monday, April 26,
at 8:30 p.m.
Rich, who has been sarcastically nicknamed "Mr. Humble"
and "Mr. Warmth" by Tonight Show host, Johnny Carson, has
been called every drummer's favorite drummer and it most
certainly should be worth the trip to Omaha to see and hear
him and his band.
The Omaha Opera House will present Johann Strauss's Die
Fledermaus on Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24, at the
Music Hall.
THE OPERA. WHICH is a light comedy filled with
romantic flirtation and mistaken identities, will feature two
sopranos, from the New York Opera, Eileen Schauler as
Rosalinda and Patricia Wise as Adele.
Erik Townsend, tenor with the Seattle Opera Company will
sing the lead male role, Baron von Eisenstein, and David
Hall-Sundquist, tenor with the San Francisco Opera, will have
the part of Alfred.
Curtain time for the opera is at 8 p.m.
Theaterwise, Blithe Spirit, Howell Theatre's final
production of the semester, will open May 7andwill run every
night, except Sunday, May 9, until May 15. The play is being
directed by Dr. Joseph Baldwin.
LINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE'S final production
of the season, The Apple Tree, will open April 30 and will run
week-ends through May 23.
Of special interest to play-goers is the first production ever
of Song for Albert which will be presented Tuesday, April 27,
and Wednesday, April 28, in the Centennial Room of the
Student Union at 8 p.m.
Song For Albert, written and directed by NU student Paul
Baker, is according to Baker, "an experiment in theater of
cruelty using rock music in several forms."
THE MUSIC IN the show was written and composed by
another NU student, Tom Bredenberg, and will be performed
by the Red, White and Blues Band.
Song For Albert is sponsored by the Union Program
Committee and admission is free.
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Review by
BILL WALLIS
Five Easy Pieces is a very
funny and depressing picture.
It and Patton are by far the
best screen entertainment
offered to the American public
over the last year. What Patton
offers in epic proportions of
experience, Five Easy Pieces
offers in microscopic
intrapersonal patterns of
existence.
It is the story of an angry
young man (Jack Nicholson)
who is talented, but not
talented enough to fulfill his
own expectations. So he
runs-from one job to another,
from one love affair (Karen
Black) to another (Susan
Anspach) searching for the
human being he will and can
be. This is not a strikingly
original plot.
What is original about this
film is the remarkable way in
which a complex and
believable character is
created-one who vacillates
between the aesthetic norms
and value systems of both
upper and-lower classes,
frantically searching for a self
which is inclusive of both
social worlds to which he
belongs.
He is torn apart by
conflicting loyalties. The
family of artists he has
deserted-a father now mute
and iparalyzed by a stroke, and
a pianist sister of abnormal
sensibilities-instill in him a
sense of failure ("We both
know I was never any good at
it, anyway").
His emotional attachment
to a small-town waitress who
clings desperately to him,
somehow repulses him. The
tensions come to a grinding,
searching purgative climax
after the girl introduces herself
to his family.
Nicholson is surpassingly
excellent in the male leading
role. A host of supporting and
minor characters turn in
equally excellent
performances. Characters
appear and disappear, lighting
the screen and story brilliantly
for a moment or for five
minutes.
The beauty and subtlety of
this film must be seen to be
appreciated. Realism and
naturalism are beautifully
mixed and controlled in the
filming. Pacing is excellent.
Musical motifs are especially
well used to emphasize
contrasting thematic tensions
and characterizations.
Five Easy Pieces is a very
funny and depressing flick: in
that way it's like life. So feu see
it and laugh and be depressed.
And live.
Buddy Rich
will appear
in Omaha
Billed as "the World's
Greatest Drummer," Buddy
Rich will bring his big band to
the Omaha Music Hall on
Monday, April 26, at 8:30 p.m.
In the 1970 Down Beat
Reader's Poll Rich took
command of the first place seat
in the drums category, moved
up to second in the big band
category, remained second in
the Jazzman of the Year
category and his album Keep
the Customer Satisfied was
ranked third in the Jazz Album
of the Year category.
Tickets for the Rich concert
are $2.50, $3.50 and $4.50,
and can be purchased at the
Omaha Civic Auditorium.
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ROBERT SHAW conducts the University of Nebraska
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Lecture-Demostration Concert "Far-Eastern Music"
EUGENE ISTOMIN, Pianist in Concert
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