THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 7. 1963
'Fantasticks l To Premier
At Center Stage Tonight
Some of the "most beautiful
music written" in_ the last few
years and a small, intimate stage
will be combined in tonight's
opener of "The Fantasticks," Rob
ert Reifsneider, director of the
University Theatre production
said.
The musical begins at 8 p.m.
at Center Stage. Tickets may be
purchased at the door.
"The play involves a small cast
—eight people—without a singing
or dancing chorus, a platform for
a stage, no elaborate scenery and
a small orchestra, Reifsneider
said.
"The setting is in the same
tradition of the Shakespearean
plays, which called on the audi
ence to imagine they were in a
different spot. It is also similar
to the Japanese Kabuki Theatre
in that the prop man, here played
by a / mute, supposedly remains
invisible," he added.
THE CHARACTERS, he said,
are all introduced by the narrator.
They finish putting on their cos
tumes on stage, and there is no
attempt at realism. The play calls
for a suspended disbelief on the
part of the audience, as in most
musicals, except here there is an
improvised feeling. This extempo
raneous quality needs an intimate
theatre, because that sense of the
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play would be lost in - a large
theatre, Reifsneider said.
The lights for the Tom Jones-
Harvey Schmidt fantasy are in
tricate because they help set the
mood and place in the areas they
illrnuniate, Alex Clemente, theatre
arts - graduate student and light
ing director, said.
THE MUSIC, calling for an
orchestra of . a harp, a piano, drums
and a bass, is of a wide variety.
Included in the score are a waltz,
Spanish - flavored rumba - type
number and ballad.
"The music is lilting," Rief
sneider said, "humable after you
go out of the theatre.
The set, designed by the theatre
arts graduate student Truman
Reed, is kept to a bare minimum
of platform and four tall, tin poles.
"This is a basic bare acting
area and stage," Reed said. "It is
sometimes a castle, 'a house, some
times inside or outside. There are
so many scene changes within the
play that the set can't be any
thing complicated.
Artist Series
Neway Cast in 'Weird' Opera
By -NANCY EGAN
"The Turn of the Screw," called
"a wonderfully weird" production
by the. Boston Traveler, will be
presented at 8:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday in Schwab by the Uni
versity Artists Series.
All student tickets for both per
formances- have been distributed.
A few general admission tickets
for $1.50 each are still available
at the Hetzel Union desk and will
be on sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
today and tomorrow.
THE MUSICAL adaptation of
the Henry James' novel is the
joint effort of composer Benjamin
Britten and librettist Myfanwy
Piper. Set in a series of variations,
the opera is orchestrated for 13
instruments.
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The story of the "The Turn of
the Screw" concerns the frus
trating attempts of a young gov
erness to protect her two charges
from the influences of evil spirits,
Her ultimate struggle with the
spirit of a former valet in the
household who is tormenting the
boy, Miles, leads to a nightmarish
climax which has been interpreted
in many ways.
PATRICIA NEWAY and Rich
ard Cassilly, members of the
original American cast of "The
Turn of the Screw," will be ap
pearing in principal roles this
weekend. When it• was first per
formed in New York City, the
City Centre Opera Company's
presentation was called a "grip
ping stage work" and a "musical
performance." The Ne'w York Post
through the filter
commented: "nobody can deny its
chilling macabre musical power."
Miss Neway, cast as the gov
erness',' has become well known
here and abroad for her per
formances of both contemporary
and standard operatic repertory,
although she sings primarily con
temporary works. Noted also for
her acting, she received the Tony
Award for her portrayal of the
Mother Abbess in Rodgers and
Hammerstein's "Sound of Music."
CASSILLY, who will appear as
the valet, made his professional
debut in 1954. He has sung leading
operatic roles in the United States
and Canada and has appeared
with the Lyric Opera of Chicago
and the New York City Center
company.
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