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13 Jusi3 1977
Star
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Wars
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bto science-fiction raoviss.
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of
so fir have
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b!saed rirJy
with tl!5ricd
:&yptic visions
condemnations of some aspect cf rrttcrt dvEi&tica.
Star Wen, th&ak God, isn't Ha that at all.
It's rootin', tot'tia', shootin exciiessst frca start to
fkish, a deft ink of trpc&llcj good guya tad appaSissg bad
guys, mysticism, very convincing hardware and a dash of
coraic relief. . ,
The plot gees back at least to Kfcjj Arthiir. Aa idealistic
young raaa and a wise old sage set out to free a beautiful
princess, destroy aa imprega&bid fortress, vanquish aa
evil sorcerer and free tha good pceple from the tyrant's
yoke.
But this tale is set MA long time ago ia a galaxy far, far
away," where interstellar travel aad robots are everyday
thLr.23, Tha hirSw,r b exotic, gwrgcous and cewvkcir.
P&ittf$J!iit j .vlhitidi to d!ctul ifcs HKfor izv2C3t
nihera rc&Iizsd that evca the r.-ct futuristic t;f.lzr.z:i
pt lriy tzi rusty. Every fiit, every hstrer-tst,
every scsr.3 is c-irtfw"y thought cui-fxera the tidiest
bar ia aaybodys galaxy, to the h trees' lut-tp ttarthip
and shrieking tfek-se&t tpact fighters; to blisters that
make a much mere exdtfcg thottout thsa inund&na .SJs;
to the evO fpea station ccrr.plsta with sllr.y gnb?a
darp throi'th which the gesd guys escajpe. It til lochs
functional, lived-in, ar.i red.
The sarnie goes for the characters. The atters are mostly
tinknowns, and the psxts went make you point and
whisper, "My, what wonderfsl aetiagP That would gtt ia
the way of the story.
The story's the thing, aad the makers never forgot that
Star YSan is an adventure story, a pulse-pounding.
Repertory season to open June 24
The Nebraska Repertory Theatre's 10th seasoa opens
June 24 with "Cabaret," the first of four major productions
this summer.
Three of the four productions, including "Cabaret;"
"The Night of the Iguana," by Tennessee Williams; and
"The Matchmaker," a comedy by Thorton Wilder, will be
performed on the Howell Theater stage. The fourth,
Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize winning "Seascape" will be
produced in the Studio Theater.
The season's offings vary from the poetic and
passionate, in Williams's "The Night of the Iguana," to the
light-hearted "The Matchmaker."
Rex McGraw, chairman of the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) theater department, will
direct the musical "Cabaret."
McGraw said he wants to capture the theatrical and
decadent feeling of the short stories from which the
musical version evolved.
According to the director of "The Night of the Iguana,"
Bill Kirk, UN-L assistant professor of theater, Williams'
play sets forceful characters against the background of a
steamy Mexican summer. "
Another member of the UN-L theatre faculty, William
Morgan, will direct "Seascape."
' Morgan described the play as one of Albee's "rose" plays
because it shows the brightness ia humanity's future and
the promise of evolution.
"The play says we have to keep trying to assist ia the
process of evolution, to move forward," Morgaa said.
"The Matchmaker" is the comedy basis for the hit
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movie-musical "Hello, Dolly!" "The Matchmaker" will be
directed by this summer's guest director, Dennis Dalea.
Dalea comes from Ohio University where he is a theater
professor. He was a member of the University of Kansas
Resident Acting Company for five years and was the
American Drama instructor at the University of Posnan in
Poland from 1923-63.
According to McGraw, one of this summer's special
attractions is the participation of two professional actors
in the major productions.
Patricia Ryan, theater professor at Pennsylvania State
University and Maurice Erickson, a member of the
Virginia Museum Theater, will have major roles ia all four
productions.
Professionals ia choreography and costume design will
also joia the Nebraska Repertory Theatre this summer.
Dancer Rich Raha will be the choreographer for
"Cabaret." Raha has been a profession dancer for eight
years. His choreographic credits include work with
national companies of "The Music Man," Guys and Dolls,"
and "Bye-Bye Birdie."
To celebrate their first decade, the theater has added a
children's theater production for the Erst time.
"Bumbertoa, Hopping and Sr.kfcervil'a," by ' Doug '
Anderson, a UN-L graduate student ia theatre, will be
directed by McGraw and will be available for
performances within a one-hundred mile radius of Lincoln.
Season memberships are now on sale at tha Temple
Theater Box Office at 12th and R Sts. for $18.
Curtain time for all plays is 8 p.m.
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tth f;r C:rr.zzzzzy ci msre.
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people like it, you know. If you go to r.ovtea ym ca U2t
afterward tlcut Fc"liif a cslbtsntid currtillra, you t:,a
stay home frcra Clzr ?cn. Ycu'ra probably t&o ack-i?
to cheer the hero ar.d hfca tht vCIiia.
The reality cf ixr VS&r$ U aa allurfc cr.s for
techao-rorajir.tks tl mo, who yearn fir thh.s tht
cannot be, but remain iatrigiaed by nuts aad belts. Tl.ir.js
are ck&r there-you doat need a Vctdward and Bsrastrla
to tell good from evil. Aad there's a fhtirj chxr.ee th:t
good can kick evcl's behind once ted for tU, given
detemia&tioa and skilled use of all that fasciasikg par.
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