'Family' pleasant start for Festival's season By TOM MARCINKO Collegian Staff Writer "The, Royal Family" opened the 20th year of Festival Theatre last night at the Pavilion. With a strong script and cast, it 'was a fine start. The play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber concerns the clashes of enormous egos among the Cavendishes, a 'family of actors to whom the theater is 'only,' slightly less important than breathing. play review The'light comedy is distinguished by an ' almost breakneck pace, and at times resembles a three-ring circus. Director Richard Edelman must have had to double as a • choreographer, especially for the amusingly chaotic opening scene. Plots and subplots abound, but the major complication is underlined by the dilenima of Gwen Cavendish (Sheila !'Walsh). She has to decide whether to follow her mother and grandmother onto the stage, or to become, as she puts it, "a normal person." This is sacrilege to mother Julie, played 0 `St e • 0 i i MEET BASKIN-ROBBINS' . :. MOUTHS OG G LING chunks of fruit in every scoop. And, crunchy Granold Vanilla! Tantalizing and spicy. The taste will boggle your mouth! • BASEIN-ROBBINS ICE CREAM STORE 358 E. 1' 4 77 EJAY<IN ROBBINS ICE CREAM COMPANY • • • •141 • •• SMAJucocir SUMMER ;TURNS 4EN MAUL) WINNING with iloogie Summer *shirts (Boogie Summer jiving Saucers (Pepsi 11.,Packs Jop Album 14:hpacks Over $5.000 in a'op Albums LISTEN IFIDIL TOUCI - 1 Tois it s AL L suazu AP IO 9/2‘ 14 "IA a d b onifft COLLEGE AVE with all due style and grace by Lydia Bruce, and Fanny (Kate Wilkinson), who is something of a grand old dame of the theater and is determined to stay on the road until she drops dead, jtigt like her late husband. Enter into Julie's life Gil Marshall (Gerald Richards), an old flame who couldn't care less about acting— unless it consists of getting on his knees and proposing five minutes after he gets in the door after a 20-year absence. She's tempted, not at all put off by his recent platinum discovery. Jonathan Frid is a formidable scene stealer as brother Tony, the wild man of the family who leaves a trail of broken hearts and faces wherever he goes. He just dropped in for the day, because by tomorrow he's got to be out of the country. Leon Stevens is suitably pompous as Herbert Dean, a once-great actor still a great actor, and don't forget it for a second who can't seem to find the right parts these days. They're all written for younger men. "The Royal Family" plays June 23-26 and 28, through July 3, 5-9. It's recom mended as a diverting evening of light entertainment. Next time you see someone polluting, point it out. Friday, June 24 Pass-fail deadline ( 10 week summer term) College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation fly fishing workshop, all day. For information or registration, telephone 865-3443. Food Science-Dairy and Animal Science Seminar. Matti Kreula, University of Helsinki, on "Aspects of the Metabolism of 14C-labelled Compounds by Cows on a Protein-free Feed with Urea and Ammonium Salts as the Sole Source of Nitrogen," 11 a.m., Room 111 Animal Industries Bldg. Behind the Scenes with The Royal Family, 3 p.m., Pavilion Theatre. Free admission. Festival Theatre, Kauffman and Ferber, The Royal Family, 8 p.m., Pavilion Theatre. G.S.A. Coffeehouse, 8 p.m., Room 102 Kern. Shaver's Creek Nature Center, "ghoulies and beasties and things that go bump in the night," 8:30 p.m., Stone Valley Saturday, June 25 Terrace Room closed. Lion's Den, open 7 a.m.-1 p.m., limited menu. College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation fly fishing workshop, all day For information or registration, telephone 865-3443. Penn State Wargaming Club meeting, 9 a.m., Room 101 EE East. • Festival Theatre, The Royal Family, 8 p.m., Pavilion Theatre. Shaver's Creek Nature Center, nature movies, 9 p.m., Stone Valley. _ Sunday, June 26 Penn State Wargaming Club meeting, 9 a.m., Room 101 EE East. P.S.O.C. Hiking Division, Build bridge on Mid State Trail with picnic supper, 9 a.m., HUB parking lot. Opening reception for M.F.A. exhibit by Stephanie Knopp and Tom Lane, 3 p.m., Zoller Gallery. Shaver's Creek Nature Center, wildflower discovery walk, 3 p.m., Stone Valley. Festival Theatre, The Royal Family, 7:30 p.m., Pavilion Theatre. Ballyhooed 'Star Wars' invades State College In Town "Star Wars," George Lucas' hybrid of Flash Gordon and "2001," opens at the Garden today. Time Magazine and others have called it the year's best movie, and. it's already the biggest hit film since "javiis.".. , To be reviewed Mond,,y 4ron „, I . and a stolen drug shipment "A Bridge Too Fp t r" , r 7 -1 An interesting cast includes Huge World War II .11, , ,gnture, Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte, featuring, among others, Jacqueline Bisset and Eli Robert Redford, ; Sean Con- Wallach. State Theatre nery, Elliot Gould, Gene "Exorcist H: The Heretic" Hackman and Maximillian This sequel to "The Schell. A film far too long. Exorcist" is a turkey. Cinema Oneßichard Burton, in one of his _ . . "The Deep" Exciting thriller involving sea divers Daltrey disc trys to ONE OF THE BOYS by Roger Daltrey (MCA) "I came from the streets and a street gang," Roger Daltrey is quoted as saying in .an MCA press release. "Every argument was always solved with a punch-up, That was the rule I lived by." . Daltrey, taking a break from being the Who's vocalist, is trying to prove he's still working class. According to a recent, interview in Rolling Stone, "One of the Boys" is supposed to be his way of showing that he's not the least bit worried about being upstaged by bands like Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols. For an album that's supposed to show that Daltrey is still an angry young man, "One of the UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE Friday-Sunday, June 24.26 SPECIAL EVENTS -• • . .. .. • ..•. • • . •.. ... .•..•. ..• .•.• .• • •.. .. ... ..• • .• .•• •.•..•.••. .• • . • .•,.• •••. •.•. •..•,.•. .„•. ~. ...•.. •.• .. , . •. ,•• ..••,• •. . • •.•• . • • . .. . .""arts•,. . . •• •,. •••• .•. ..• . .• worst performances, does battle with demons, aided by Regan (Linda Blair) and psychiatrist Louise Fletcher. Pretty poor. Cinema Two "The Other Side of Mid night" Long (165 min.) and sudsy drama about romance in Europe.. Fans of soap operas or Harold Robbins novels may enjoy it. The Movies "Rocky" If you haven't be tough, comes out tame Boys" is strangely subdued. The title cut is the hardest rock here, and it's distinctly non-Whoish rock. When I heard the title I hoped that Daltrey was covering lan Hunter's composition of the same title, a better expression of the adolescent mentality that Daltrey's trying to hold onto. Daltrey's third solo album is mostly ballads, most of them pretty good. His voice works on laid back numbers as well as it does with Pete Town shend's hard rock. Daltrey has 'improved greatly since the Who first recorded "Tommy," executing full-bodied and sometimes lilting vocals with a growling edge and undertones of honest angst in the more indignant cuts. MID ratTe MVSTMtS. INC. I URGENT Only You can supply they I critically needed plasma needed to help fight Hemol philia. Earn up to $lOO per I I month by donating plasma!! Ito help fight Hemophilia I and other Blood Diseases. I For information call: 237-5761 Or stop in and see us: Sera-Tee Biologicals 120 S. Allen St (rear) where, where, is Calder Square? Behind the Rite Aid Discount Store The Daily Collegian Friday, June 24, 1977- seen this Oscar-winning drama, about an underdog Philadelphia boxer, get a move on. Sylvester Stallone stars. Screening Room On Campus "The Four Musketeers" Sequel to "The Three Musketeers." The same fine cast returns from the first Oliver Reed, Faye Dunaway, Like the other Who solo albums, this is Daltrey's chance to be heard without the almost overbearing influence of Townshend. What "One of the Boys" does well is to show, by the absence of the rest of the Who, just what he contributes to that band. His voice is one of the best in rock, and the open exuberance of his personalisty acts to balance Townshend's cerebral cynicism or Keith Moon's lunacy. "One of the Boys" confirms Daltrey's importance to rock by the fact that he sings for the Who. He's really one of those boys. - I'AF Ids • a .v , 111 NI I 1 war :. f 7 p - rits,4 a .1 1 , :Ar • Well, Calder Square is nestled away between Beaver and College Avenues, on Calder Way in the new heart of town. If you're driving along either College or Beaver Avenues, just take a left•onto McAllister Street. A block later and you're there at Calder Square. Back on College Avenue, just look for an attractive grey stone church and.a modern bank with a mechanical teller named "Rosy". McAllister Street is between them and the Square is one block behind them. So, now that you know, you can Turn Back To the Good Times . Turn Back To Calder Square. • ; i , Michael York, Charlton Heston, and others. Recommended. Findlay Rec Room (East Halls) "Serpico" Absorbing film about real-life New York. City policeman Frank Serpico (Al Pacino, in a terrific portrayal). Sidney Lumet ( "Network") directed. 121 Sparks —Alan Kolpon —Tom Mareinko CAtiroN RESTAURANT
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