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Professional pianist
to hold free concert
By Liza Holtmeier
Senior Reporter
When Phyllis Lehrer was grow
ing up, her parents drove her 90 miles
to piano lessons in New York. The
experience left an impression on
Lehrer, affecting her feelings for
music for the rest of her life.
“I felt connected to something
larger than myself,” Lehrer
explained.
She hopes to make the same con
nection with the Lincoln community
today and Friday as a guest artist of
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
School of Music.
T.ehrer a nrnfessnr nf niann at
Westminster Choir College in
Princeton, N.J., will present a master
class, lecture and concert while in
Lincoln.
During the master class from 9
a.m. to noon today at Kimball Recital
Hall, Lehrer will work on technique
with six Lincoln pianists
Lehrer’s concert, which is free,
will be tonight at 8 at Kimball. Works
in the program include fantasies by
Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic
Chopin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Robert Schumann and Dianne
Goolkasian-Rahbee.
“I love the improvisational aspect
of the fantasy,” Lehrer explained. “I
think each of the pieces has elements
of the best of each of the composers.”
Her lecture will be at Christ
United Methodist Church, 4530 A
St., from 9 a.m. to noon Friday. She
will discuss “Inner Games of Music
Workbook for Piano,” a workbook
she wrote. She will also discuss psy
chological approaches to music, and
how games can help performers cope
with stage fright. The lecture will
incorporate a variety of non-musical
exercises to teach musicians to focus.
“The hardest thing about music is
the discipline and attention to detail it
requires, r^eirrer saia. iou nave ro
learn to focus on the music and not
your own distractions.”
Lehrer has taught at Westminster
Choir College for 25 years. She
received her undergraduate degree at
the University of Rochester in
Rochester, N.Y., and her master’s
degree at The Julliard School in New
York.
Sponsoring her program are the
Music Teachers National
Association, the UNL School of
Music and the UNL Research
Council.
Downtown Dinner Theater
will offer replay of musical
By Liza Holtmeier
Theater Critic
“Something familiar,
Something peculiar,
Something for everyone
A comedy tonight!”
The Downtown Dinner Theater -
which offered something for every
one in the revue “Side By Side By
Sondheim” on Sept. 19 - is staging
the musical again tonight through
Saturday.
Last week, the group sang, acted,
danced, laughed, cried and enlight
ened its audience of the wonderful
world of Stephen Sondheim.
“Side by Side by Sondheim” fea
tures famous Sondheim songs like “A
Comedy Tonight” from “A Funny
Thing Happened On The Way To The
Forum,” as well as songs from lesser
known musicals like “Evening
Primrose.” Five cast members per
form 33 songs in two hours, creating
full characters in a few bars of music.
Cris Rook is the show’s highlight.
She uses the theater’s intimate setting
to the best of her advantage, forming
a relationship with the audience. She
charms with her smiles and kn owing
looks and brings out the passion in
her fellow cast members.
While Rook comes close to going
over the top during “Ah, Paree!she
redeems herself in the group number
“You Could Drive a Person Crazy.”
The revue showcases her acting
range, offering chances for comedy
in “Getting Married Today” and
drama in ‘Too Many Mornings.”
The show also serves as a vehicle
for the incredible voice of Shari
Myers. Myers, who performs more
sentimental ballads, like “Send in the
Clowns,” is best when alone with the
audience.
As in Rook’s case, the show pro
vides Vincent i. Learned the oppor
tunity to showcase his acting talent.
In “Marry Me A Little/Being
Alive,” Learned emotes such earnest
ness and passion that the audience
can’t help but be affected. He also
captures the understated humor of
Sondheim’s lyrics in “Could I Leave
You.” Learned performs best when
alone on stage or singing with Rook,
whose performance equals his own.
Karen Chuplis portrays the
“woman-of-the-world” characters.
Her best numbers include the lascivi
ous “I Never Do Anything Twice”
and the mature “I’m Still Here.”
Consequently, she seems out of place
in numbers like “Broadway Baby.”
Her transition voice is also weak and
whiny.
William Whitney not only per
forms in this production, he also
serves as musical director. Like
Myers, his best songs include ballads
like “I Remember.” Whitney per
forms with subtlety and tenderness.
nuwcver, group memoers ovcruo
the prima donna routine during the
“Conversation Piece” in Act II. Their
constant upstaging of each other
takes away from Sondheim’s substan
tial music and the performers’ vocal
talent.
Overall, the show provides a
chance to reminisce about all the
wonderful Sondheim musicals
through the years, from “West Side
Story” to “Gypsy” to “Follies” and to
“Company.”
“Side by Side by Sondheim” runs
tonight through Saturday at the
Downtown Dinner Theater, 245 N.
13th St. Show tickets are $10 for
tonight’s show and $12 for Friday and
Saturday. Dinner theater tickets are
$20 tonight and $22 for Friday and
Saturday. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m.
and curtain is at 7:30 p.m. For reser
vations, call 477-9894.
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September 26,1997
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