— The Daily Collegian Friday, May 7,1976 Singing fares in production By KAREN FRANKOLA Collegian Staff Writer While it didn’t exactly make for some enchanted evening, last night’s Penn State Thespians’ production of “South Pacific” was generally enjoyable and entertaining. The cast of the well-worn Rogers and Hammerstein musical was fairly proficient overall, making up for individual weaknesses in singing and acting with a good deal of en thusiasm. The performances of the large cast varied greatly. Most of the singing was in the good to excellent range, with a few weak spots. play review The acting was of somewhat lower quality overall. A few good performances were interspersed among a majority of just adequate ones. Helen Lee Eckard did some strong singing in her lead role of Nellie Forbush. She managed to achieve a wide range of moods in skipping from love songs to comical numbers. Eckard’s co-lead, Harry Zimbler, was rather colorless in Best Selection Nylon or Acrylic. 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Through gestures and voice she made Mary into more than just a caricature. Peter T. Dragon, as Luther Billis, probably gave the most unaffected performance of the cast. The most enjoyable parts of the show were the big song and dance numbers. The sailor group pooled some very good talent for the energetic “Bloody Mary” and “There Is Nothing Like A Dame.” Bobbi Burger choreographed these routines excellently, generating a great deal of color and excitement. The set could have used a little of that vitality. Again, “South Pacific” was staged with cardboard palm trees. If you like light-hearted musicals with a Tittle philosophy about ethnocentrism and freedom thrown in, "South Pacific is worth your time. 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FAILURE TO PICK UP YEARBOOK ON SPECIFIC DATES WILL RESULT IN A $2.00 FINE. * 1 Collegian arts Film about rape Downtown “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” Fast, funny comedy about a newly widowed woman who sets off across the country with her smart-ass 12 year old son. Ellen Burstyn. is marvelous. Don’t miss this. Cathaum “All the President’s Men” Film about the delights and drudgeries of investigative reporting. Cinema One. “The Boys in the Band" Film version of Mart Crowly’s off-Broadway hit Bpm kern Natural and colored gauze —n n Daily - 9:00-5:30 • Mon & Fri till 9:00 about a group of homosexuals. William Friedkin directed the im pressive cast, including Cliff Gorman and Leonard Frey. Stereotyped, but different. State “Lipstick” Margaux Hemingway makes her movie debut as a glamorous model who is raped. Opens today. Cinema Two “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher star in this well done version of Ken Kesey’s novel. Garden opens in town "Oriental Blue” Por nography travel to the Far East to learn the ancient laws of wisdom and truth. Rated X Screening Room “Taxi Driver” Robert De Niro plays a New York taxi driver about to get violent. Movies “Hearts of the West” One of our favorite little films in a long time. Charming tale of grade B westerns in Hollywood of the 1930’5. Jeff Bridges and Blythe Danner. Temple “Nashville” Robert Read The Collegian General