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Accompanying Mangione will be his brother. Gap, on ; Gerry Niewood on soprano and tenor sax and ; folksingers Bat McGrath and Don Potter; vocalist Esther Satterfield and soloists from the Rochester Philharmonic Mangione was nominated for a 1971 Grammy Award for an innovative instrumental composition, "Hill Where the Lord Lives. The Union Special Film. Committee is presenting Jean-Lu- c Godard's hew film. Wind From the East and a short film about picture postcards entitled 7b the Loved Ones at Home by two i local filmers, John Spence, a UNL graduate student in art. and i Ted Kooser, a UNL instructor of English and poetry, on kubert Tuesday at 3. 7. and 9 p.m. in the Sheldon Art Gallery. coming into the area? You bet. J BJ. Thomas, with songs like "Raindrop Keep Fallin' on My Head and "Rock and Roll Lullaby" to his credit, will be appearing with Climax at Pershing Auditorium on Thursday at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, finds three "biggies" booked into the auditorium. Heading the bill is It's A Beautiful Day, with blues Climax singer Taj Mahal and ex-lea- d singer of Ten Wheel Drive, Genya Revan, winding up the card. Nebraska ETV viewers will get a chance Monday at 7 p.m. With a string of hits too long to mention, to be exposed to jazzman Chuck Mangione's musical singer-songwrit- er Neil Diamond will be at the auditorium on versatility, in a te entitled "Together" on the Friday, April 28. Diamond's second act is comedian Albert PBS Special of the Week. Brooks. Performing on , piano and organ, JVfanglone will , It looks as if the rumors were wrong, the Moody Blues will conduct the er Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra not be up in Omaha, but Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary and lead his own quartet. fame wilt he at the flmaha flivie Aitrlitnrium An Maw 7

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burnt-ou- t i Review by Jim Gray characterization was apparent in any of production. Bom were richly , i and Larry Kubert the roles. . . imaginative and complementary to the lead One can't help wondering, after In the of the 15th Century show. French wife viewing Kosmet Klub's production of The heroine, Sandy Dobbins, of Considering the limitations of the E. Mike Dobbins Survival ofSt. Joan, if burning wasn't too director promised to UNL Coliseum, the show's lighting was good for St. Joan. Not that everything give an adequate performance. But that adequate. The most disappointing about the production was bad, just nearly promise went up in smoke. technical aspect was the garbled, everything. Somewhat more interesting were the impossible-to-understan- d sound system. To begin with, St. Joan - is a rock characterizations of the farmer (Mitch The audience was tempted, upon leaving opera. And not a good rock opera. One of Mohanna) and his son (Dave Landis). the Coliseum to buy a copy of the 4 the first of a new theater form, St. Joan Both, at least displayed some competence-i- n original cast alburn conveniently on sale attempts to cash in on new trends in acting and singing. in the foyer, simply to find out what the music and drama. The most outstanding performances words of the songs actually were. As in all experimental areas, however, however, came from two lesser Probably one of the saddest features not all attemps prove good. St. Joan tries characters. Steve Peter and Robert of the entire Fiasco was that the audience to take a dull, confusing plot and make it Ellenbogen as a pair of deserting soldiers feit obligated to give the show a standing interesting by using lots of thunderous who attempt to help St. Joan after she ovation. Recently, it seems that almost rock music and a negligible amount of has been raped and left behind by the any entertainment venture draws acting. It doesn't French army, were excellent. Their duet thurnderous applause from Lincoln 1" was the of the show. Having thus chosen a poor example of easily high point audiences, no matter how bad the : musical Kosmet Klub's On the other hand. Deb Moore's production is. Certainly St Joan didn't : drama, was uncontested low deserve production went on, believe it or not, to choreography the any ovation, much less a standing With most of one. make things worse. Whether the fault lies point. the dancing closely 'Sf.Joan' in the cast, its directors or the show's resembling warm-u-p exercises for a mime Even worse is the fact that many one wonders if Moore saw financial backers is impossible to say. The class, didn't study people who the show will say they with Jack LaLanne. like show was simply bad. it, simply because it is currently the Clearly out of its musical element. "hip" thing to dig rock opera. A bad dies a the show doesn't allow Admittedly, Touchstone, backed up by Dick Phillips production is a bad production; even if much room for deep character and Tom Alesio, proved unable to ifs "hip." involvement, but tin Kosmet Klub provide the music for the show. One member of the audience best refused: to admit the messy production Offsetting the music and acting, the summed up the show by saying "If this possibility of any acting whatsoever. The technical of the was were on cast resembled so portion production opening night Broadway, this closely many brilliant. Dean Tschetter's scene design would be the last chance you'd have to death marionettes bouncing around the stage Jane costumes see and Tschetter's were the this show." Scorching but th comment, with half of their strings cut. No only bright spots in an otherwise true. ee wind ffrp tits ast WARNING TO MILITANTS: "WATCH OUT. REFLECT. BE EARLY. y BE LATE. THINK! MANUFACTURE. SIMPLIFY. BUILD. WAIT. . iffIMF SPECIAL! Shsvi done W heal iiknm fTlX!TN A NEW FILM BY JEAN-LU- C GODARD. 18 3, with: Shown. TuCi April , llSpm SHELDON GALLERY APRIL 18 -p- TUESDAY, P- from. 3, 7, & 9 PM J xyiff $1.00 I PRESENTED BY UNION SPECIAL FILMS irti nil PAGE 6 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN MONDAY, APBIL 17, 1972