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Wednesday. ,\larch 211, 1971 Mattoon .Journal Gn1.ette 25 Young cast enlivens scene from production of 'Hair' at Little Theatre I 'tf/A~ . I 11i.11 ~ I I

. B) t•:. W. IIES~l!; ~ ('\\S•(,ll T.<'llC 8t.tlf W ritN St'LLI\'.\~ - "Hair. " the Hippy rCll'k ·n· l'llll m wskal whic h ::hook up more th,m a f<'w pla~-g~fiers wht'n it opened on Broad\\'ay in April 1969. no doubt shook up a f<'w more whe n it he6 an a twerweek run at the Liltle Theater here Saturday I nig ht. And that"s C\'cn assum ing that the ReY. ..Tames Fox of I St111irnn's Fil'st Church of God and some 75 followc>rs, who µlaced a Cull-page ad in the :\foultr ie County News to protest the local staging, weren't in (he audience. Sure, " Hair" is shot•king : but lt 's meant t-0 he. It's th<" ,·oices j or \'outh of the '60s, mocking the ·s hum, the fal se ,·alues, the prej udic-es :..ubsrrihed to and I perpetuated by theil' elders. Tlte n-ew ~cN•ration won attention - and made some points - b;\ c-halle n gi n g p r ncticnlly ' e,· eryt b i n g ahout the • Establishment : tradition, institutions, authority, dress. tlte , Yer-'' mores of our "a)· of life. The Hippy m o v e m e n t r epresented a mass flight from the old order to a carefree, I uninhibited, loose (and some say · aimless) manner o1 living . " Hair" is a music?l expression of ·the Hippy Rebellion. The orig inal p r o d u c t i o n r eceived exaggerated notoriety over the presence of naked peer ple on stage in a couple of scenes. Usually, because of Theat-er Review lighting, or the lack of it, one must look hard to catch the bare spots. Opening night here proved to be an exception ; a wrong button pus hed by a member of the lighting crew re\·ealed more nudity than in- tenrled. Times, howe,·er, chanl!'e, e yen sin<:e as recentl;r as 196S. :\lany things t hat might 11ave been shoC'king then are no longer so. Aetua U;y, one is UkeJ;r to r un into more nakedness on the 1 a ,·er a~e college eampus these days than in "Hair." l\Iore than 30 songs comprise I the score of "Hair." A few, particularly 1he l e a d o f f "Aquarius" and the joyous "·ind-up, ''Let the Sunshine In,'' are memorable. Mosl. while thardly stirring musically. are expressive, and they make a .point The audience is encouraged to clap along with the rhythmic beat of some of the num bcrs, and several mem hers of 1 1 he crowd are persuaded to leave their seats and join the rocking finale on stage The cast producer Gtiy Little assembled to presPnt "Hair'' is rem.trk;1bly good. The hest voice b~Jongs to Danny Beard. A trio of Denh,e Flowers. Sunday \\Wiams, anrl .Jo Ann Brown-El hil a peak in 'Wh11P. Boys " Kalhy Taylor, one of the few MONDAY, MARCH JS, S9Z4 1 • JT H E NEWS-GAZ E~T E I ' ock Piay 'Hair : Voices Of Youth THE LITTLE THEATRE-ON THE SQUARE Sullivan, Illinois Guy S. Little, Jr. Pr•s•nts iR THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL Book and Lyrics by Gerome Rag ni and James Rado Music by Gall Ma cDermol Produced for the Broadway Stage by Michael Butler Originally produced by the New York Shakespeare Theatre THE TRIBE Danny Beard Jo Ann Brown-El David Cooper Denise Flowers Joe Kennedy Christine Marchese Mari Miller Jon J. Puleo Rusty Steiger Kathy Taylor Steve Vojovic Richard W a.rner Sunday Williams Directed and Staged by RANDAL HOEY Production Designed by ROBERT FRANKLIN Musical Oirection by BRUCE KIRLE Costumes Designed by MATHEW' JOHN HOFFMAN III Lighting Designed by PAUL EVERET Musicians Production Stage Manager John Kelso REX PAR\"11" - Electric Guitar ANDY DOERS('HlIK · Drums JEFF FRITZ - Bass Technical Director C. G. Carlson PRODUCTION STAFF FOR MR. LITTLE t\ssisla nl lo Mr. Lillie Robe r t Gwalt nl'y P u hlif- Rc> lat ions and Puhlif'ity Prnpt>rl, MistrE•ss itncl A ppr<•nt i<'(' Co ordinator J e ffrey Hc•n<lricks Chris F l<•ming Busi1wss ManagPr Cuy S. Littll•. Sr. Box Offin I lc·ad l 1shE>r <'n·\.\ For This Prndu<'l ion Jnis Litth•. Marv Kninz, Rolwrl (;waltm•.v · Cht>ryl \~arn1•r Hoh I >u1wan. Mari Millt>r. I >t-hhi(• A<"kNnian JJ, 111• i, pr·1 sc•ntPd h) arra11~l'IIH'nt v.ith 'l;irns Whtlmark Musk Lihrnry, lnC'. Ti7 Third \\.1 n11••. ~""' \ ork, ~1•\\ York 10017 lll'l'llil'OH:t s ~"I'll 11,•1 r• IJ<•fore olhPrs arP. StPvcn VUJ<)\ i,: and fUehard \\'ru11c1 1s glvr>n 1.urnc- of the S\\('Clf'J' s1mgs, and she- :;in~s thr>m S\\f'NI -'· Jon J. Puleo pro\1dcs initial shock when, weanny n/J nw1 c than an avc·ragc savage, he &rramhlcs inlcJ 1he a1;dience rm 1he ,irms of thei, isPal.s, and ]f11Cr swings <Jut O\er the front rows on a ropr.. Rusty Stcigel' pl~ys 1hP part of Claude:. around w h r, m revolves I he play's small plot: he must decide \\hcth('r to burn his draft <'ard or submit 10 the service, presumably in Vietnam, man. Mary Ann Robbins, Christine :Marchese, and Joe Kennedy also contribute. Randal Jloe~, \\ ho direeter1 production., ot "Ha ir'' 1 n London, Paris, 1\Junic·h, and I Am.-;terdam, IPnds hii, talrn1 to Ow lo<·a l production . So dM '- .John J<eli,o, long a vrrrsatilP per former hPrt', as st ag e manag<'r, And the musicians - guitarist Rex Parvin, dummer Andy Doerschuk, bass ,Jefi Fritz - rate a bo\\ . Finally, credit Guy LitUe v.ith the spunk and courage it took to bring "Hair" 10 his thealer, for his audiences, especially after ' I that objection from at least one 1 · local pulpit. 1 Ie dared to do l something different, to project < the freshness of reality Yia the 1 "·orld to make-belie,·e. j 1 l Let's hear it for one and all : a Hip, Hippies, horay ! <

00 CD en ~ 0 .., C I.. ::s ~ G) I.. ■-1.. .c ■ ■ .... ... ■- ca :c .... By ROB BEST It seems silly to sa) that a musical production \\nttcn just six years ago lS a HAIR Kathy Taylor's hair proves to be an irresistable object for exploration for the members of the cast of the rock comment on the music in ''Hair" as done on opening night. I've heard the original cast album many times, and generally speaking I like the music made by Rex Parvin, And} Doerschuk, Bruce Kirle, and Jeff Fritz much better than on the album I also like the singing voices of Danny Beard, Denise Flowers, Sunday Williams, Jo Ann Brown-El, and Kathy Taylor better than those in the original cast. As a matter of fact, I intend to stick my head inside the theatre door a time or two more to hear Beard open the show with ··Aquarius'", because he really does it well. The other song that became popular and :-;till is played from time to time on the pop , music shows is ·'Let the SunShine In." fhere are more than 30 songs, in ''Hair". There are more than 150 light cues. There 1s business. business, business. It has to be the busiest show that I've ever seen or \\ ant to see. Just trying to keep on top of things 1s an energy sapping experience. There is the famous nude scene. Lasting al.Jout 20 to 3U seconds, and supposed to be clone m subdued lighting, it is about as scxuall: stimulating as a walk through Allerton Park. On opening night the l11.!hting was somewhat less than subdued. &, \\ere the comments Guy Little, Jr. rrwcte to the technician who ,\ as on the period piece, remu~ding us of th~ days that were. but thnt s the wa} 1t 1s ~1th "Hair", the ftrst successful rock musical musical which opened at The Little Theafre Saturday night for a two week run __ Photo by david mobley light board. To tell the truth, there has been an equal or greater amount of nudity in "Time", "Newsweek", and television news shows the past two weeks as full coverage has been given the campus uncovered. It's not big deal. Remember Oower children? There are now er children in "Hair." If you go, you may be handed a flower, with love, by a cast member as you wait for the show to begin. Ever felt the music and mood so strong that you'd like to get up on the stage and dance with the cast? In ·•Hair" you can. Many do. Producer Guy Little has Randal Hoey to cltrect the Sullivan tribe in '·Hair." Hoey has directed productions of the show in London, Paris, Munich and Amsterdam. On opening night even he was amazed that he had opened sucessfully with just six days of rehearsal. Stage managing is John Kelso who has done everything else at Sullivan. It takes a master stage manager to keep this busy show on the rails, so John has a new star in his crown. People have been asking since Saturday night, " Did you like ·Hair'?''. I must answer quite frankly, ··No.'· It's not my kind of music, and f hated the period and the mood of the countr) that 1t represents. I do not like to be MARCH 16-31 The Amcfcat1 p1•esl't1ted on the A111cnc:w, suigc• In Apt il, I !lli!J. Spiro ·\gnew wa~ not a household word, but Mark Hudd . 1 d M I.! • C n ano .~av10 were. -Savio was the leader of the Berkeley riots for free and filthy sP<:ech, and :f'1.irk Hudd led the Columbia Umvcrs1ty nots for peace It \\ as the ve~r that made Chicago famous world-wide as a center for democratic: institutions during the Democratic convention. · "lfoir'' \\"IS written to shock, lo jolt and to slam the societ) of the 60's. It was the voice of the youth movement of the 60's mocking the sham, the false values, th~ predJutitce~ subscribed to and perpetuated b) their ciders The extent of the sucess of the sum total of efforts is our society today when young men and women ma) race about nude on the Courthouse Square m Sullivan without rmsmg much more than an evebrow basketball players m the state tour~ namcnt can eover the ball with their hair and the ancient word for excrement i~ found full: defined in the current edition of the d1ctionarv. All of which either has a great deal to do or nothmg to do ,,. it!:\ the production of "Hair" \\h1ch opened Satw-day night at The Little rheatre for a two week or longer stay in Sullivan. .\l the ad\'anced age of ~2. this reviewer laeks C'Ompetence or e\'cn the desire to reminded of them. On the other hand, I think that it might be time for someone to write a popular musical about pompous legislators who make nutty speeches about drafting v.omen, about greedy energy czars who raise prices 100 per cent to cover a 20 per cent shortage, about burglars going free, about burglars getting caught, about love, about truth, about honor and about politics. I probably won't like that six years later, either. But whether or not one person likes or dislikes a show is rather immaterial. The important thing is that we have an open society in which millions of persons can pay their money and make their own decision without fear of social approbation or civil penalty as to whether or not they like "Hair"· or ·•Jesus Christ, Superstar'' or "Godspell." So, if rock is your bag, and you've heard four letter words before, and you don't get up tight being reminded of campus riots, save yourself a lot of running around like to Chicago or Indianapolis or Urbana and sec --Hair·· \\hile it's m Sullivan. We ,inderst;ind there are a few good seats left <m \\ eek nights and that 1t ma} be extended n week. lf \I l' were rating it like a movie, it would be PG. There are no murder :-,l'('llCS.

By lH)~ LaROC'IIE Entel Cnimn,•nt Euit11J' The roC'k mus1c:al "Hair" op, Ol ll Ja~t \H'l'hnd at 'rhl' Litt!<' Theatre On •1:he Sq~uire Jn Sullivan. Ill.. "1thout 111r1- ch-nt aud i~ playing lo •·packed lwu!',es, ·• aeeonling to. Jeff t I') l:lt'ndrkk~. public re'1at1011s and ublidt) director "h opened beautifully with a 2U minute standing o\·at1on al the end,'' Hendricks :,aid. "Abo 'BAI R' - Rusty Steiger ~~: pears as Claude in "J:Ia1r at T 1e Little Theatre On The Square. Sullivan. Ill. for the first time \\e',·e extended the run of a play. ' Hair' \\ 111 pla:, for four \\ eeks through Apnl 7." '·Hair'' is a pre-.sea,on. 11on511bscnption production. Some area citizens had objected to the play and had promised ''pra:, -ins and pickets·• if the play ,, ent on as planed. Hendricks said no such incidents had materialized. "In fact." he addt d .. ,, e've sold more tickNc; to Sullivan l'('S1- dcntc; for thi-. p1aJ than any 0lher . .. Rusty Steiger portrays Claude in "Hair." He has app('ared in I production'f of .. We . t Side S t o r y ." "The Fant a slicks." "The .\lost Happ:, Fella.'' "·tar ( Spangled Girl." ''Bus Stop" and "As You Like It.·, .. fhe official season begins April 18 \\ith "Jacques Brei Jc; Ahvt and Well and Living in Parjc:_" F'oul' perc;on ha\'( l>efn s1gr I d t,, SlHI' Ill th<• lRlh Sl">;'JSOn of fp11ngs at 1 he I. tl e 1 htatre 0 ll_i<· Squan• l •'onard :-.:imoy, the logic, I J\l1·. Spock of TV's "Star Trc•k '' \\ ill fat in a p1oduc11on of '<me I· le,, Over the C:uck,,o·s >J< st · a play from the Ken Kes1.:-. novel. Nimoy also appeared 111 the• .. Mission TmpossibJc,' T\' s<•ries. Vetoran afen1oon T\' actress. Rosemary Prin;, will aprx•ar in a product,or of \lame.'' She spent 12 ,ear:-: on the CBS soap o p e r a "A the World 'T'urns" and is currently ar,-pea1- i,1,t ,n the \ BC ser,es · Ho\\ \O /Surviv1• a .Waniage." .\Jame'' \\ ill be her 12th ap pec1ra11c~ al lhe SuJJivan theatre. Another , l'lera11 of the Sulll\ an stage•. Peter Palmei. \\ 111 ap pear \\1th h ·, e Aniko Sep l lember 17 lo October 6 1n thr Rodgers and Har mer'-tein mu ls1ec1l "Oklahoma!" He is current!:, appearing in tht- Broadw;iv production of "Lort'le1" \\ 1th Carol Channin_!!. Hendricks ~aid that J\Jm,, flme.,; has just been -.igmd for the se;ison. but that the play she wiII appear i11 ha" not bP~n decided. B<''-ides the pla) c; mentioned abo, c tenlativeJ_v schl dulccl fo1 1ht 1974 '-t'a"on are "Xo Xo Nant•flt," "G1g1,'' "Sleuth" and "Lon I'- and Other Strang(;]·-." plus r1 \ n al, of "The :'11usic i'\Jan,'' "Show Boat,'' and "Fid dler on lht Roof.·, Tickets are ~till a\"ailable for .some performances of "Hair ... Sc·asou ticke:ts \\ ill be on sale lllllll .Ma~• 5, Tid!'t information is a, ail able by " riling The L1tt1 e) TlH•aln' Ou The Square: Bo:-. 1.55; Sullivan. TII. fi19.51; or b~ ~elrph<1ne (:?17) 7~8 7:i,5.__ {' TheAn,enc-, Troal-La.-e Aock""-'51c.M

:o Tribe took O\'Cr L1Ull' Thl'HlrP-Un .re last werkcnd and 11~ O\'at wn from a house made t hc1 ·r•,1.•an trib...'1l lovt>-rock mut.ual lovl'-m, \\ho ha\'C seen pr<'- ,roductions llhis l"1 ,aw 1t 1in Broadway \\111 hkf: 1.y find a far mpressl\·e collecuon es Ill th<- Sull1 \'81l SllOW, and SlnC\~ "Hair" is long on music .jQ songs) and rt on dialog,1c.-. that's a plus factor h> bcgm ,,1th :iu-·· is decepttvely simple ~tagmg, but despite the ·t 'that The Tribe appears be m11lmg ab(>Ul a raked ,e m rather •• 1mless fa-,hn. lt requires ~ome intricate footwork fcir all 14 to ke their cardullv calcu ed mon.•menh 1,,ok easu2:, or frant1L' dep<:ndmg ,n fhe mood of the moI3e(·ause e\ erybody ·s •5ta~ most of th£' tim<' OV'e- ck musical 'Hair' takes over at Sullivan PERFORJ\JEH - Rusty Steiger plays Claude in the Sulli\'an Little Thcatre-OnThe-Square product ion of .. Hair .. and each mE:mbcr of The Tnbe must sing, dance and act, talent and a n innate sense of timing cnn make .1r break the show. As one Ne,\ York critic pointed out ~1flcr the origmal Broadway production underwent the pangs of its first replacements. "Both players and patrons tend to forget this is very difficult music and only n trained singer would dare tackle it. Producer Guy S. L1tllc ,Jr also had the foresight to gt't Handal Hoey. who served as international artistic director for • ·Hair" 1London, Ams1erdam, l\lmurh and Paris l lo stage and direct the Sulln·an production. His expertise is readily apparent as is the • gemus of Hghtmg designer Paul Everet, for "Hair" is a technical nightmare - O'" would be. with a lesser lat cnt. Bruce Kirlc ·s mlL-;1ca direction of both singers ancl musicians was outstanding ~or is Robert Franklin·s set thrO\m together, but a carefully contri\'cd <'onglomcrale represcntmg everything and nothing It seems strange indN'd that a show so rE'\·Olutionnry - and while lyrics and d1aloguc are outspoken, though hardly more so than a gniat many other cmTcnt movi11s or plays - could iwtually become dated. Yet ''llair," which debuted in 1968, is not contemporary in the usunl sense of th1! worrl, th1)ugh 11 llvcs on and \\ill likely go do~n in showbiz arn1als HC. one of the most innovative and history-making musicals of all time. Wisely, Little and company kept thl' show in its '60s conte:\t. wllere it belongs, refraining from the temptation to •·up-date'' which would have been disastrous. •·IJair's" rlc\'astating commentary on racism and war may be even more potent now than in 19ti8. Yes. the younger generation 1s still protestmg against a vahtE! system it docsn ·1 hke: it does value dependency mo-man-is-an-island theme 1: and it pokes fun at itself for not wanting to \\'ork but wantmg money! 11wrc·s a rcctSon ' ll,1.ir .. has become the seventh longest running show in Broadway history. has played to more than 26 million people, been produced 111 22 countries anrl performed in 14 languages. Its peace and brottiL1 rhood themes still come through loud and clear a nd strong 1\nd whi1e ",\qllarius." ··Good Morning Starshine, .. "Frank -:-.tills" and the title song spring imme:diatcly to mmd at I he mcnt ion of the show, the ofl-hcnrd " I Gol l .. ifc" and "Air" ithc latter still done with gas mask! and the gn•at take-off on the Supremes is st ill intact'. ) arc amotig those 50 songs. Unfortunately, occaswnal word::;., and even whole phrnscs, are lost because of the fastpaced, patter-like lyrics and sheer difficulty of the musical score. About the nudity. It's there. It doesn't add mu(.h one way or the other. ,t\nd the actors may opt to be in or out of the seem: as they choose. One thing's sure: anybody who lea\'CS rcmern- ~------------7 ' f : J. nk,ing4 / I . ' By I : Kenneth o. Irish : -~-,_ _________ _j We saw the opening night show of "Hair" at The Little Theatre-On The Square in Sullivan Saturday night. The show started at the regular 9 p.m. time and then attended a press conference at "The Gallery" after the show so we were late getting home. A full house was on hand for open- ing night and many of them were of the 25-35 years age group - same as the members of the cast. There were 14 members called "The Tribe'' and they performed on an open stage with the band in the background. This rock band really had a good beat and people were humming and stomping with the music throughout the show. Hit tunes we recognized were "Aquarius", "I Believe In Love", "Hair", "Good Morning Sunshine" and "Let The Sunshine In". Kathy Taylor, a great favorite of the past two seasons at Sullivan, had the leading role and her singing and dancing were greeted with much ap- plause. Danny Beard as "Hud" was on stage most of the time and his songs were well received. The much talked about nude scene at the end of Act I was very brief. We did not consider it offensive. The American Tribal - Love-Rock musical was set in the 1968 period and since then has played to over 26 million people. Mr. Little said he received about 100 mimeographed form letters protesting it bein9 shown in Sullivan but not a single signature was anyone who had attended a live show at The Little Theatre durin9 the past 17 years. He also received about 20 letters protesting the showing of t he movie "Hare" in Sullivan. ,,. ,. . bering only that must have slept through the show. "Hair'' really has uo star as such . . . but unquestionably there are 14 shining onstage in the Sullivan production. The Tribe is scheduled to remain encamped on the Square until March :i I Jn~n' !\1t1>i~ti1>r ~rter the press conference, we had a chance to visit with Kathy Taylor. She spent most of the winter with her father near Denver, Colorado. The regular 1974 season is scheduled to start April 19 and continue through the swnmer. The past week has been chilly with about half an inch of rainfall which we didn't need. Temperatures have fallen as low as 27- 28 degrees a couple of nights but no damage to fruit and blo~ming plants has been noticed up to March 18. Crocus, Jonquils, Forsythia and Magnolia are in bloom but another cool spell is forecast for the middle of this week and might hold back future growth. First day of spring is Wednesday, March 20, and sunrise is scheduled at 7 a.m. and sunset at 7 p.m. for a few days.

ii V., _,-; ~ \ . : hu .. ._ Town puts down its-'Hair' SULLIVAN, Ill. (UPI) - Streakers may be taking the blush out of nudity on college campuses, but in this small eastern Illinois town, a flash of flesh is still a fighting issue. Plans for production of the rock musical "Hair," at the Sullivan Little Theater today through the end of the month drew a flood of angry letters from some townspeople protesting the show's "nudity, obscenity, profanity and sexual perversion." The musical in the late 1960s enjoyed record runs in ~ew York, LOS Angeles, Chicago, London and Paris. It includes a 30 second segment in which the players stand nude on a dimly lit stage. The Rev. James Fox, pastor of the Sullivan First C:1tLTh (I• God. urged his congregation and other citizens in this town of 4,000 to protest the production with a 11:',ter writing campaign directed at U1eater owner Guy S. Little. "Our letters say we are concerned citizens of Sullivan and surrounding communities, strongly protesting the production of 'Hair' on the grounds of its nudity, obscenity, profanity, praise of drugs and sexual perversion," Fox said. "We are prolesting on moral r,i-minc'l<: "

'Hair' is for voung of heart, mafure of mi !~1 a.,rceent "I!clter!'- to tht Eduor column of th· ne · I!- ,, spnper • one or nw critics ~ ": t'd out that l • \\'"S ... . '~ "'"" ,1 i • ouuct of :'llusic'' man if ever II\ .!. • een one. True. hl'Othcr. trut.•! Yet U1~•sc .54-year-old-bones are :-till pliable enough 40 bmd ~ nh !he tim~ 3. and wlwn Gu,, S L1··J,. I • "• " ..,r. ga\'c me the beckon ~aiurdav night to view the_, open.ii~ night .. ,\ hoop-dedo. herein aflcr ! cf nrred to as .. Hau·'' a1 his Little Th~atte On The Square. mv frail frame .md the ancic11r Chenol\!t felt equal to the task. Yet._ 5~ is a tender age, and worrymg about my capacitv • of coping '' ith all the rumors l had hC'Jrd regarclin,. the S('xy show. l took along my motber. Well. tl1 aL senior citizen found littll.! to be "Hau-··-raising a bout the show. and acruall:, sna,<"hed 40 winks here and thc..re _ thars ho.\' shocklna she low1ct tt! D J e, e~ confessed to my pasror SUrn:id) morning I. l1cre I had '..Jecn the night l,rforc. and he ha::. nor \'et .tSk<'ci for n,:; letter ot resignation, nor h a s t11e church board tbrcatened me Wi:h t:tking mv Sunday School clas.-. itrlllrl me. It was a quite different audience that assei:nhlc<i :-•L t~c theater for the Saturday mght opening. it was a gencraJJy younger cruwd Lhan fOU spot on opening uight, and m the main it consisted of prosperous looking modi!-hly d r e s s e d yowig :marrieds. Their cnjo, ·n,~nt of the ~how \\ as obvious and hirthly • t, contagious. They :aughed happily at the proper lines. they sPnt cresendo wavts of h a n d c 1 a p p i n g ~choing thtoughout, and fina!Jy :1Jrnost a score of them ra11 to the state to join the cast in carefree singing and dancing to the tune or "Let tile Sun Shine in.·• This followed thci~ forcly. h o \V b e i I rare. theatrical phenomenon. the ~tandi~ -O\ation. Thi, had not been ob:>erved in SuUivan smcc the opening night of the IalP, great Bruce YameJI m ".i\lan of La Mancha.·• Your enjoyment of this shov will be heightcnrd hy your own proximity 'O the 20- 30 vcar age span, that was e\ ident in watching the aud1eµc.,. J·eaeLion. l;11t if you ha,. e anv touch of yot•th in our heai't, you ,.m find entertainment here, ho,\ ever much you arc sd1oo!Nl in rnrk muciw :mnrecwtlon. .Guy Little ·1ias a:-scmhlcd a 1rib(,. or 14 01 the• hr,rdcst '' orkmg young .1ctors e\·cr .lssembll•cl on one stagl' It's bcl'.n a long time -..mc.c so few h,n c done so 1m1e1 1 · u en. tcrtam. Only thn'c familiar focc.s i1~ the tribe-and these I !hree chd their usual capable Job o pleasing their fans. Lo\'cly Kathy Ta} !or ,hmc~ m a ro_le far diff crent than I c1n) llung she has ever done a t Sullh·an, incl smgs beau11fully the song .. 1 Belie~·e in Lovt•." and "(,ood l ,\Jornmg Starshine ·• St" \' . . . ~ ,ve OJo,:ic ~ st.p~rb in a 011 of msanuy m a scene \<,herein By Emery Lichten•.valter _.. ... '~ ~ he ·•drags' around the stagt• as ~1argare· :\lead. Ii: :-1.ouped the show. • Sadl) the show clw?su"t offer much of a 1>art for Hichard \\'arner to sho\\ case his oft proven talents. There are new faces ~aJore strutting that stage. I liked Jon J. Puleo as "Berger'' and he possesses st1 ong stage presence as he moves &bout with the lithene~s of a itger A small. but t;l)werful dynamo. by name i;f RustJ Steiger plays ''Claude," and such a talent as this musL have inspin;d Shakcspnure to create his character "Puck. 11 I was as impressed as I had been about 15 • ea :; ago on r i r s t viewing a young unknown named RobP.rt J\Iorse m a national companv of ' 'The ~Iatchmaker.'' • Looking well like a candidate as quarterbal'k for the Chicago Bears is Danny Beard, big man ,,·,th a hig voice. Lucky for him rmd lucky for us he opens the show with the melodic .. Aquarius·· and he .. lmost Jif ts the roof with his voice and from the look:, "' his biceps he could pus11 out the theater walls too. .Jo Ann Brown•E'. Denise Flowers and Sunday w:rnams tear apart the "Sup,·cmcs'' in a funny specialty numher and their costume (singufa,·, is a riot. And you possess a dead but tcry indeed if vou c.innot g,,, a ChfH'gC O'll or I he " fi;lcctric Blues" .is 5t1l<1 h\ !\fary Arm Jiobbins, .Jn 4nn. J JcJOIIY and Wchrird \\'a(lm r Thel'e an· ill music c1I numbers in the show. rnnging from the suggl•stivt• :md vulgar to th<.' fa11c1iul ..ind mNmingful ,md lo\'cl .. Sot since the "llcilzc1popphf' shows has lhrrc been so m u ch opportunity fo1· audience participation in the theater. No curtain 1.'0\ ers the stage. and we arc, tr •all'd to the view of stagehrmds making last moment steps for the performance. We hear the three-man rock band tune l ?) up, and slowly cast members ass~mble and mov.! out into the house to off er prePtings and in some instances flowers. The stage is bare, sa, e for a vast mounting of a. !unk oilc, its only setting. Shortly after · ne opcnitrg number. the audience finds itself in the midst of an athletic crew that walks across the footlights vi_a chair arms into their midst, and shortly thereafter, ,1 ·u~rzan like fellow swings wildlv above their heads via t ope • The story line 1s minimal. rather the sbm., is c1 , e\iew, a hodge podge of bits and snatches and blackouts '! t1crc ~r.~ hints. of the ())d '·Laugh- • tµ . partI~s with genernlly b1tmg satire. Runnin~ since 1968, the hO\\ has lo-;t SOID(' sting with the ('e~s..ition ol our involenncnt in tlit• \ ietnam conflict, and 1 r!al'ard reading "!Jump llumphrcv" 1s rather passe - hut t'f>f en•nces to Honal<i Heag-m i:m<l Richard Nixon hr-:mght te1 tain reaction from t!~l' S.ILO crowd. It is nifher fup In look o v e r your she ulctPr at ye~tcrday. WN·L· w,~ reallv that way1 The shcv,• abom· ls \\ 1th four-leller v.ords. 1 rnt I l,l'<ml not one I \\ '> unfmniliJJr w1tl J use them not my::,l•lf. but FYc heard them. r m>\ er expected to see th;:t 11L,c:e scene in Sulli\'an, but lo' and get hold! There it w,,~ in Ii Ying color. even !ho~1gli µ1 the twinkling of an cYe 1t was over with, my surprised eyes could not c1scertain anv cast member who did not come without standard C''Jt11pmcnt. The cast did not lingrr on stage with it. anti I \\ ou[d presume the aver;1gc "l<'w,·r would be able to rd am it about as long in their mind. It is as flt>cting. sav. as a ~ t r e H k e r crossing the <1uadrangle on a l!i-degn•e morning. For lh<' young in hearr :111d the mature of minci this s h o u I d will pfl •r t'll· tert ·1 inmcnt 8urcl\' rht•,·c• is not n per on so Plrtol • he has not heal'd abou1 tJ1r ~·ho\\ Directed and Staged by RANDAL HOEY 1 • •

How the ~ times have c hit musical on Broadway. 1968 -the year HAIR became the innovative The Viet Nam war no longer an American concern, hippies no longer roam the streets of San Francisco inhaling drugs and crunching on granola . In fact, granola has become just another one of the hundreds of pre-sweetened overly advertised breakfast cereals. Nude streakers and natural looking hair have become commonplace, even chic . But still,HAIR -- the kind t hat is staged rather than combed, has retained its shine and bounce. The show currently being produced by the Little Theatre on th.e Square i n Sullivan, comes off ligt, fresh, and invigorating, despite the little attention paid to updating of the play. HAIR was and still is an anti-war, pro-love, pro-sex, pro-drugs rock musical . The penetrating rock music score surrounds short and humorous skits that are anti-war, pro-love, sex, dr ugs and freedom. They're very loosly built around a story of a member of the hippie tribe who's received his letter of greetings from the government. And his mild attempts to avoid carrying a gun and cutting his hair. Aside from striking· out at LBJ, LSD, FBI and CIA, there's even a trickey dickey thrown in for good measure. But that's about the only attempt to update the rock musical. That snappy music who's hits like HAIR, AQUARIUS, GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE, and I GOT LIFE, are so strong, so well known, that it carries the musical through. HAIR's music was written by Galt McDermot. Sound familiar? Same guy who wrote for TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--you may have seen it at Illinois State University about three week ago. HAIR is its ol der sister and the family resemblance is glaringly apparent. HAIR is a rather loose, unstructured musical in comparison to VERONA, based on the intricate plotting and immortal humor of one William Shakespeare. But the joy, the life, the verve eminates equa lly from both productions. It's fresh, spirited and exciting. Just one word about that nude scene ... done at the end of the first act, tastefully under dim lights ... don't blink ... you'll miss it! Hanna Gutmann 3/18/74 WJBC • BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS • 61701 , 'Hair' Gets Extension Sullivan "Hair" has been extended for a fourth week, through April 7, at the Little Theatre~On The Square, making it the longest running production in the theatre's history. The success of the musical, according to producer Guy S. Little Jr., has resulted in offers to engage the entire production and cast in other cities. Negotiations have b e e n finalized to take lhe Tribe to Phi1adelphia, to open at the Locust Street Theatre April 16. Additional bookings are under consideration for theatres in New ,Jers~y and SL Louis. Auditions For Hair Set At Sull.ivan SULLIVAN - Saturday has been designated as the date for local auditions for the March 16 opening of the rock musical I ''Hair," according to Guy S. Little Jr., producer of the Little Theater On The S q u a r e . Individuals wishing to audition may do so by attending ihe auditions, which will commence · a t noon. Aspirants do not need to be members of Equity, the actors union, to audition. but must be wi11ing to join the union if they are cast in the production. All I appliants are requested to bring their own music and to sing either a song from Hair or comparable rock music. An accompanist wilJ be provided by the Little Theater-On Th e Square. Since its April 1968 opening in New York, Hair has succeeded in breaking box office records all over the \\·orld. Termed an international institution, t h e American T r i b a l Love-Rock :Musical has become one o! the most successful productions in the history of the theater. Hair will be presented Marer 16 through 31 as a special pre. season, non-suhscription pro-, :iuction. The rock musical, with minor revisions, w i 11 he ;>resented much as originally produced in New York. The 18th Season of the Littl(' Theater-On The Square will officially open April 19. This season will feature 12 productions of six plays each running for two weeks and six musicals ~ach being pn•sented for three ,,Peks. For r, sen a~ tirms or information ab,T1f the 19ii season, Season Tickets, Discount Punch Ca1·ds, Gift I Certific,ates, and Group Ra les, writl' to the Little Theater-On Th(' Square, Box 1'.)5 Sullh an, I Tilinois 61951, or phone (217) 72~- 7375.

Naive at 18? Editor: I could tell the age of the writer of last week's "Letter to the Editor" before I read the name. My are you naive! Its amazing how 'lfOrldly wise one becomes on teaching the age of 18. Its interesting to note how your viewpoints change somewhat at 28, 28 and so on down the line. I know many of the people personally who ~igned their name to the newspaper ad. They are dedicated Christians who want to make the world a better place and have the courage to stand up for decency. I note many other people are complaining but don't put their opinion in the form of a letter. My what a spineless society we have. The reasons they don't write in are: someone migh~ get mad at me, I might lose my job, I'm in business and its bad for business, I'm running for election and have to be careful, I just moved into town and don't lmow the people involved, I don't read much or get out so don't know anything about "Hair' ' and so on. You have to be kidding about doing , • Marilvn C. Wood First Christian Church

:Nudity Still _, Fighting Issue' At Sl!llivan's Little Theatre SULLN A\J, IlJ. (l:PIJ Streakers may be taking the blush out of nudity on college campuses, but in this small eastern Illinois town, a flash of flesh is still a fighting issue. Plans for prorluction of the · rock music;;il "Hair.'' at the Sullivan Little ThP.ater on the Square Marr:h 16-31, drew a flood of angry letters from s<Jme townspeople protesting the show's "nudity ob~renity, profanity and sexual perversion." The musical in the late 1960s vu1 "-""''" .,~, I d 'ti f Sullh·an enjoyed record runs in New/concerne c1 zens o .. Y · k L An l Chi and surroundin° commumt1cs, or·, os gees, cago, 1 t t'": the produc- uondon and Paris. It includes a strong Y pro es mg '>Q-second segment in which the tion of 'Hair' on the grounds. of " . 'ts nud1·ty ohscenity rrofamty, players stand nude on a diml~ 1 • • ' l ·t t praise of drugs amt sexual 1 s age. • . 'd "\" h J perversion," Fox sa 1 . ,~ e <1re T e Rev .. ames Fox, past01 t' . 1 ,,.,..0linrls ,, f th s lli F' Ch 1 j protes mg on mo1 a ,.,, , . o e \l van . irst urc 1 o Fox, three other minh,tNs God, urged his con~regatlor f ·t· "ns took out d h · · • and a group o <'l 12~ an ot er c1t1zens m this 1owr a full page arlvertisemcnt in i:1 of 4,000 to protest the produc 1 1 d ng Little an:'! t' , . 1 . . oca paper ecry1 • 10n \\Jth . a et1er-wr1imE the prod1Jrlion. "Now we an~ campo.1~n directerl rit theale1 b d ri t th . m two week•, owner Guy S. Litle. an e oge et of prayer, asking God 10 intervene and prevent the production," he said. But Little, who founded <'entral Illinois' only summer stock theater 18 yeari:; ago, said fhe contracts are signed and the show will go on. '"Hair' is a very positive, verv religious, pro-lo\'e, antiw~r, antipollulion rock musical," Little sairl. "There are no words in ii that can't he (ounrl in 1he Sullivan Public Library. And it's a nursery rhyme comparf'd to 'Oh, Calcutta' \\ hich showed here last summer at a drive-in theater. N one protest ect that. ' Little said the play wUl run "as true to the original prorluttion as possible, hqt if I sec somr1hin~ fhnt I fcC'l is obscenl' anrl i!-n't necr..ssRtY, I'll rut i1. I'm not for oh!l<'C'nil) Rny mor<' thnn the 11<"'-1 ~uy. R11f l l don't think 'I lair' is obscene." ! i -~ . w~r '1Littlr w~rntrr I , V ' • , '. c' ·'. ! (~n ii:~, ~lllll'"P * &ulhuan. ) 11.'f·; -'' · * 1111, SEASON 015COUNT • PUNCH CARDS $1:ASON TICKETS GIFTCERTIFIC.UES MUSICALS 4.NO PLAY$ tl PRODUCTIONS SELECTED FROM+ FIDDLER ON THE ROOff NO, NO NANETTE ... FUNNY GIRL MY FAIR LAOY+KISMET+OKLAHOMA SOUND OF MUSIC+ WEST s,oe STORY THE MUSIC MAN -1- MAN OF LA MAl'ICHA FOR INFORMATION AND IIPOCt<URES WRITE 11oxns SVLLIVIIN 11.Llt,IOIS Area Code 217 Phone 728-7375

ID4r ~tttlr ID~rutrr-®u ID4r ~quart Central Illmo,s Only Star l,fusic a11d Drama Theatre" "H . " 0 a ir pens: Rosemary Prinz, Peter Palmer, Leonard Nimoy To Star in Su ll ivan This Season Some people believe that if a hen runs into the house it presages a visitor··other than the hen! WHERE THE ACTION IS Tl ESDAY: "Hughie," starr"ng Ben Gazzara, at the First Chicago Center: TrimJ:t)pez at the E~1pire Room, and Lionel Hampton at London House ..•. Bob Hope's show at Notre Dame, one of his best, has prompted his sponsor, Ford, to request more of the S<lme next season from college campuses .... Singer-guitarist Frank D'Rone has every celebrit · in town beating a path to the Four Torches. Be's one of the holtest attractions in town. GUY un·LE. Tiff THEATRICAL PRODUCER who put tmy Sullivan. Ill., on the map by bringing name stars there, 1s facing cnticism fo1 lhe first time in his 18 years. The good burghers are upset because he plans to show "Hair." ... tt•~ 36 ye~r.-, of wedded bliss for Deputy Police Supt. Sam Nolan a_~d ~,s Agnes .. ; . Rosary College added tuxedo tycoon Ben <J1ng1'1;~ and 1 WA s Dave Crombie to its boad . . .. The new college fad, "streaking" (running in the nude), isn't really new. That'.:, what fl lot of folks do arter filing th ir income tax! 54 CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Tues., Mar. 5, 1974 KuPs colu1nn Gil Stern can't understand it: "Despite all the gas and 01! shrinkages, not a single oil company has gone broke!" ... Sec. of State Henry Kissinger, flying hither and yon in search of peace, has been handed another major problem by President Nixon. He's KUPCtNET b~come the l~ey man in L. S. negotiations with the Soviets for a SALT agreement. Kissing~r has been doing most of his negotiating with Anatol} Dobrymn, Soviet ambassador to the Lnited States, and the are close to agreement on limiting strategic nuclear weapons. Mr. Nixon is looking toward the SALT agreemenl as his major achievement of the year and expects to sign the treatv in Moscow in June. · THE WATERGATE 7, UNLIKE THE CHICAGO 71 will petition U.S. District Court Judge John Sirica for separate trials The Chkago 7 all were linked with one major charge, conspiracy, whereas the Watergate 7 have been charged with a number of accusations .... Chicago's Bert Jenner, counsel for the Republican minority of the House Judiciary Cpmmittee. denies any knowledge or the report in the Evans-Novak l- column that GOP members are seeking to underCL t him: "I'm conducting an investigation as fairly as possible alongside the chief counsel, John Doar, and it's up to each member of the committee to vote his own conscience on impeaclrment." Those who know Jenner best report he is conducting himself wiih his usual professional dignity, integrity and responsibilit). HOW l\lliCll HAS WATERGATE COST U.S. taxpavers to date? The estimate is a whopping $10 million, with many more millions yet to be ~pent on the trials and possible impeachment. That, reports the National Observer, "is the most expensive 'third-rate break-in' of a11 time." . Ch. 32's Tasha Johnson filed a paternity suit the otl1er da), nammg commodities broker Patrick Arbor, former mayor of suburban Harwood Heights, as the father. Tasha expects her child in two months. MAYOR DALEY EXCHANGED SOME light banter with the press during Chicago's 137th birthday party on Monday. "What will LUClllE BALL Chicago be like 137 years from now?" asked one reporter. Replied hizzoner, "Bigger and better-the No. 1 city in the world." And next quest10n: "Will you still be mayor?" .. . More than 70 members of the press will convene here this weekend to put Lucille Ball through the paces on her latest movie, "Mame." AU interviews will be conducted at the Bismarck Hotel, where the journalists will be quartered. ANYBODY NOTICE THAT ABC-TV'S Issues and Answers on Sunday, during which Standard Oil of Indiana chairman John Swearingen engaged in a rousing exchange with Sen. A,be Riblcoff (D-Conn.), was sponsored by Exxon? ABC reports It was mere happenstance because the commercials were scheduled long before the guests .... Redd Foxx's recovery from his illness may have been hastened by the TV ratings, which show Sanford and Son didn't suffer during his absence. Foxx hopefully. will return for the last taping of the season. A TOTAL OF 78 SUBURBAN MAYORS is now supporting Operation Yes! RT A., according to campaign director Norman Dachman . ... Six prominent blal'k women will be feted at Opetation PUSH's "women's da~ ·• Saturday-actress Cicely Tyson, civil rights activist Rosa Parks, educator Linda Brown ~mith, politician Fannie l.ou Hamer, Mrs. Gertrude Williams (mother of John H. Johnson) and· Mrs. Priscilla Howard (mother of George Johnson) . ... Mike Howlett Jr. will pinchhit for his 1llustnous dad the Tllinois secretary of state, in emceemg the National f· ootball Leagne Players Assn kickoff luncheon Tu~ ·da) at the Blackstone. HISTORIAN l\1. B. SCHNAPP!- R WAS QUOTED O\'er the werkend as s.1ying former President .Johnson ma~ have taken as much as ,i;w million in tax deduclions ror gifts or his papers. Schnapper's comment. whkh he ad111i1s was conJecture, has aroused persons close to LBJ. They say the only possible mention of that fontns1ic figure came when Mr. Johnson estimated the worth of the papers he \,as giving to th• Lyndo1 Bamec, Johnson l 1bra1 y-for which he took no cleduc.tion. Johnson took a tax deduction, his friends report, onl~ for his Hot i;;e collect on. His papers ns sen,\to1, vice pres1dl nt and P e'-ident al v. r.nt to his ·11brarv. with an ded11ct 1011s

Page 2 , THE ATWOOD HERALD , Atwood , IlUnois, March 28, 1974 EDITORIAL PAGE Viewpoint Paul V. Osborne Publisher There was a time when the length of a boy's nair was the center of contr oversy in many homes and schools across the country. Recently. ·•Hair" was the center of controversy again, but this time it was the American Tribal Love Rock Musical which opened· at the Little Theatre On T he Square in Sullivan on March 16th. According to the managemen~ of the theatr e, the demand for tickets was so outstanding after opening night that the production had to be extended to four weeks, the fir st such extension in the 18 year history of the theatre. The management also claimed that " Hair" r eceived ' rave reviews," with such superlatives as "fresh, open, innovative, historymaking. outstanding." If il sounds as if the theatre might be laying it on a litde thicker than usual, it's probably because of the aforementioned controversy which erupted when the management announced that "Hair" was t.oming to traditionally conservative Central Tllinois. As most of you know. several persons rn the Sullivan area protested the "Hair" production because of a nude scene in the script and ,Jeffrey Hendricks, the Publicity Director of the theatre told me that some threats had been made to the theatre management prior to the opening of the production. Consequently, battle lines were immed iately drawn between som e per sons in Sullivan's r e lig ious community a nd the management of the Little Theatr e over " Hair." The people who oppos ed the p r oduction ran a n ad in the local newspaper e xpressing their objection, and the Little Theatre countered the fire with what seemed to be an enormous amount of news releases designed to inform the public that " Hair" really wasn't as bad as some people were contending. The management also le ft the stagi~g of the nude scene "up in the air " for a time. and when I asked Mr. Hendrie ks a week befor e the pro - duction opened, if there was going to be a nude scene in the Sullivan production, he told me the final decision had not been made and rested on several factors Of course. the fact is the nude scene, which was the center of the controversy. was left in the production, and it now appears that the management of the theatre is having a field day sticking the " rave reviews" under the noses of the protestors. No one can deny that the Little Theatre has brought to Central Illinois a level of entertainment in past Sf'a sons that previously could only be found in Chicago or St. Louis. It also goes without saying that Sullivan is known in many circles nationwide because of the Little Theatre and the stars who appear the re. and the community draws visitors from many parts of the midwest to attend Little Theatre productions .. However, u1c :,unµ1e u ·uu1 is, that, regardless of the brevity of the nude scene and the artistic expression alluded to by supporter s of the production, many traditionally conservative people from this area still have some pretty fundamental ideas about nudity on the stage for a ny purpose, and profanity in a continuous flow, in order to make any point. If you are a r egular reader of this column, you must know that l share t hese fundamental ideas, aoo the y ar e an important part of my personal Christian perspective I also b~lieve that a lot 0f second-rate productions like "Hair'' have been box office smashes more as a result of the controversy surrounding them, than any creative, enduring substance in the pr oduction. I think all of us, r egard - less of what we do for a living, hear enough profanity around us, and see enough of the human body to make us realize they exist! However, I don't think we should be subjected to the same garbage when we go some.where to be enter - tained. and it takes a really good performer to leave you speechless without using cheap shots of nudity and profanity. This newspaper' as well as our other publications, receives free press pas'ses to Opening Night at the Little Theatre, and a member ~r members of the staff wnte reviews of the current production. On March 16th, we joined the Little Theatre in making history. lt was the first Opening Night in our long a~- sociation with them, thatth1s firm felt the theatre didn'1 offer anything worth driving to Sullivan to cover' and anything else would be more entertaining! ··Hair'' may have won a tactica1 victory at the Little Theatre, but the extent of the moral casualties may not be known for sometime. Veteran Pert ormer Returning for 'Hair' Sullivan Puleo as Berger, Danny Beard Kathy Taylor, a two-year I as Hud, .Joe Kennedy as Woof veteran of the _Little Th~atre-On M~r~ Ann Robbins as Crissy: The Square, ts returnmg this Cristine Marchese as Jeanne ~ear for the pre-season produc- and Jo Anna Brown-El Deni~ hon ?f "Hair." Flowers and Sunday wu'11arns as ~ss Taylor will portray The Supremes. Tribe men inShe1la,. one of 14 characters in elude Steve Vujovic. Richard the revised version of the tribal Warner and Ryon C. Garee. love-rock musical to be presented in Sullivan March 16- 31. Other cast member:; are Rusty Steiger as Claude, Jon J. An apprentiC€ at the Little Theatre two years ago, Miss Ta~lor last year appeared as Gw_nevere in ''Camelot," opposite George Chakiris and P?rtrayed Eve in "Applause" with Rosemary Prinz. The cast was selected by Proc.ucer Guy Little Jr. from r' auditions held in New York and > Chlcago. Little also held auditions in Sul~ivan, but they attracted few asp1rants and none of them made the cast. Beard appeared in Broadway I productions of "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope," "The Me ~ob~dy Knows," and "The Sign rn. Sidney Brustein's Window." Miss Robbins bas appeared in Broadway productions of "La Strada," "Oliver," and "Rainbow, Rainbeam, Radio Road Show," written by Jame~ Rado who wrote the book and lyric~ for "Hair." J Randal Hoey, who served as ) international artistic director of 1 "Hair" for more than two years in London, Amsterdam Munich and Paris, will dir~ct the Sullivan production. Hoey r directed "The Fantasticks" al { the Little Theatre Jast season. There are nearly 30 songs in "Hair," including the title song and "Let the Sun Shine In'' "I Believe in Love," "Manch~ster, England,'' "Good Morning I Starshine," "Where Do I Go," and, of course, "Aquarius." I Performances will begin at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Fridav. 4 and 9 p.m. Saturday and i::30 and 7 p.m. Sunday. However. there will be onl\' one performance-the 9 · p . m . one-on the Saturday, March 16, that the play opens. The Little Theatre's 18th subscription season will open April 19 with a tentalivclv scheduled producUon of th·e cabaret musical ''Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Li\"ing m Paris." Also tenlati\"elv scheduled for the 1974 season are re,1vals of "!\lame,'' ''The :\.lusic i\lan," "Showboat... "Fiddler On the Roof,'' and, for the first time. "No, No Nanette.'' "One Fle" Over the Cuckoo's Kest," ''Gigi," "Sleuth,'' and ''Lovers and Other St rangers." Season tickets are now available. " I n• I

Letters to the· Editor Editor: In response to the notice of opposition for the production of "Hair" at the Little Theatre On 'The Square, I would like to add another point c,f view. I realize that this musical would understandably cause some contro\'ersy. but, even in a town of ·UOO, an)1hmg that a person might do will upset someone. It also seems to me that 55 people l the number of Sullivan residents a~cording to the City Directory, wh~ signed this ··notice") is not much of a representation. If my calculations are correct, that's approximately 1.3 per cent. Doesn't look as good mathematically calculated as it does stretched out across ~?e bottom of the newspaper page, does lt. As for the things that may be presented in the musical, i.e. nudity, profanity, obsenitv. etc., I think the signers may be losing sight of reality a little. Do you really think that Mr. Little will do anything to put Sullivan in a total uproar? He has made Sullivan his home, why should he do anything to jeopard his happiness? We live in a more liberal society today then in past generations. Whether the signers agree with the concepts of today or "STRONGLY oppose'' them, is arbitrary. The point is, there is a difference. My editorial is not written to try to show the signers that they are wrong. It is written to show that I also have an opinion to share and each of us has as much right to express it as the other. I hope this is the spirit in which it is being taken. If the actors and actresses in this production feel it is worth their time and ettort to put together, who is to say if they are wrong? "Hair is an international rock musical and is has been seen by millions and millions of people. Who appointed 55 Sullivan residents as supreme judges? I doubt that many of the people who are against the presentation of "Hair" have ever seen it. What I am saying is that many of the signers would consider reading a book or seeing a movie whether someone told them it was bad or not. I reserve the right to judge for my self whether I enjoy this musical or not, and I hope the members of the Sullivan area do the same. Melanie Reed TheAmencan Tnt>al• LO\'e rr 1 Musical 'Hair' At Sullivan March 16-31 By Dana Ewell Sullivan Eight years after it opened on Broadway. the rock musical "Hair" is comin_; to lhe stage of the Little Theatre - On the Square. There are some dated references in the book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, but, Producer Guy Little said, ''The concept is sUll pertinent and we WJll try to make it JS timely as possible." "Hair'' will run from March I 16 to 31. prior to the opening of the Little Theatre's regular subscription season April 19. The run may be extended, Little said, if there is sufficient demand. Little is holdfag a series of auditions in Sullivan, Chicago and New York to line up actors for the 15 - member cast. Unlike the productions offered during the Little Theatre's regular season there will be no big name performers on the bill. Local Auditions Local auditions wtll be held at noon Feb. 23 at the Li.ti le Theatre in downtown Sullivan Appointments are not necessary. Anyone wishing to audition should just be at the theatre at noon, Little said. Anyone ac- • cepted as a member of the cast must join Equity, unless already a member of the actor's union. When "Hair'' opened on Broadway in 1968. it ushered ;n a whole new genre of spontaneous and free - moving youth musicals . .. musicals which involved nudity on stage if the spirit so moved members of the cast. '' 'Hair' is like a nursery rhyme in comparison to most of the R and X rated movies now being shown in Decatur and at the Sullivan drive - in," Little said. " 'Hair' to me is not a distasteful thing,'' Little added. '·I hope the majority of the public agrees. But if it's not their cup of tea, then they don't have to come and see it. "As far as that goes, I had complaints when I put on 'Sound of Mus.ic.' Some people com- plained because there were nuns on stage. "And there have been some shows that when I saw them on Broadway J thought I'd never produce in Sullivan But a few years passed. Times changed. I put them on and thev were well received. 'The Owl and the Pussycat,' for one. ended up being one of my biggest successes at thE' box office.'' r n choosing which plays and musicals to produce c.:ach season, Little said, he must try 1o appeal to a variety of fa I ,. ·· Most people, "hcthcr here in Central Illinois or m New York go lo the theater only once o;· twice a) car," Litlle said. ''Hopefully we appeal to most people most of lhc time," Litllc said. "Personally I'd love lo do grand opera. II 's a beautiful thought . . . but I have to he commercially realistic." The regular season - the Little Theatre's 18th - begins April 19. No Schedule Yet Negotiations are still underway for the play rights and star line - ups and so the season's schedule of plays and musicals has not been released yet. The schedule will, however include c;ix plays and si; :nusica1s, with each play running two weeks and each musical running three weeks. The runs of the musicals have been extended by a week this year because of their proven t>OPularitv at the box oHice. I STUDY TIME- Studying the script for " Hair ' and properly coifed is a young man who turned out for auditions in Agrees 100 per cent Mr. Editor: In f nswer to the young lady who wrote you ast week about the comm er- ~orman:e of "Hair" at the Little rffeitre, I'~~tcla~ she stated my feelings exactly. er IOO per cent on this matter. Let e~ch person decide for himself if the show is bad for him to see. I have ~~ays maintained the opinion that a dec1?10~ _such as this should be made on an mdiv1dual basis and not made by others for him. The only persons this, in my opinion, ~ould be dam~ging to would be morally and mentally mcapable of coping with man}'. aspects of life today. I will make one reservation, if I might. Some parental discretion for the pre-high sch~l a~e. and down might be in order. But if t~1s lS given, I see no other reason wh~ this play should not be shown in Sullivan. A lo~ of people will pay a lot of money to see this show and I can't believe they feel forced to do this. They choose to do so. Bill Rankin -- ---··-- -J __ .., •• _..,...,. __ elements onto the real property of another person." Sullivan Saturday . Photo by david mobley E F I\ f 0 ' •

:\loultrie <:ountv News Page 14 · Sullivan, 111. f<'cbrnary 21, 1974 Skins top Unity Continued from Page 12 throw for 3 points. In a tight game such as Fdday's contest, the well-rounded of-. fensive attack gave Sullivan the ad-. vantage they needed for a victory. It was a fine effort for the entire Sullivan squad. The first quarter saw the Rockets capi-. talize on a sagging Redskins defense and• popping in shots over Sullivan's zone oetense. Unity was snootmg well, and Sullivan could not buy a basket. The inside attack to Cook and Elder's shots from the side were all that Sullivan could manage to work well. Cook and Elder led. Sullivan with 5 points and 4 points respectively. Another factor for Unity's effectiveness was that Sullivan failed to block out on the defensive boards with any efficiency. The Rockets were able to shoot a second and third time whereas Sullivan should have gotten the rebound on the first attempts. Unity rolled up a 16-9 lead by the end of the initial period, and the Redskins really found themselves in a desperate situation. The second quarter found Sullivan coming to life. The Redskin defense shaped up considerably, and the inside offensive game worked even better. Miller tallied 7 points in the period to lead Sullivan. Mike got support from Cook and Elder with 4 points apiece. Warren andJ Sutton also clicked on a field goal apiece for 2 points from each in the quarter. The action became faster paced with the Redskins working the ball much better with quicker and sharper passes. The Redskins gained a 28-17 margin over the Rockets by half time. It was just a steady but determined comeback by Sullivan which put the Redskins on top by half with a slim but important advantage. The third quarter was one of the most boring periods throughout the entire season. Hardly any offense at all was gen-; erated by either club. Both teams were; extremely sluggish and slow in their· moves. The Redskins and the Rockets could not hit on their high percentage shots, and the result was an 8-6 quarter score. Sullivan won the period but hardly any ground was gained over Unity. It seemed as if neither team wanted to win by the way the two teams shot. Miller netted 4 points, and Warren and Dudley each got a basket for 2 points in the third quarter. With the fairly even period Sullivan barely maintained a lead, 36-33. The fourth quarter saw a little more life come into both teams. The score seesawed back and forth throughout tbe majority of the final 8 minutes. There was much excitement for Sullivan in the last minutes of the contest. Unity built up a 43- 40 lead with about two minutes left in the game. Sullivan then countered wilh three straight unanswered field goals. Elder scored on a driving lay-up, Miller scored on a feed underneath, and Sutton hit a 20 foot shot to bring the Redskins to a 46-43 lead. Unity's Hatfield retaliated with a h::\C::lrPt ti-_n11II 1._ hjG,)f ~in a1;_4i; Redskin cagers lose to Bulldogs on home court by Roger Peadro The Decatur St. Teresa Bulldogs' varsity and J.V. teams came Feb. 8 to duel the Sullivan Redskins' teams. The Decatur teams outmanned the Redskins for the most part as the varsity game saw St. T. win 81-68, and the junior varsity match gave the Bulldogs another victory, 72-54. In the varsity game, Sullivan was not outscored by more than 5 points in any single quarter, but St. Teresa kept whacking away to cut the Redskins down and finally gained leads up to 7 points in the fourth quarter. For the most part, Sullivan stayed with the Bulldogs fairly well, but bruising rebounding by St. Teresa gave the Decatur team the advantage they needed to win. The junior varsity played well in the first and fourth quarters, but they couldn't get anything going through the mid-part of tbe contest. The St. Teresa J.V. team also hit the boards hard and played an aggressive defense to combat the Redskins' efforts. Overall, the two Sullivan teams were simply outperformed by the Decatur St. Teresa teams. The Redskins, coming from a sluggish defeat at Warrensburg-Latham earlier in the week, were close throughout the majority of the varsity contest. Sullivan played determinedly during most of the game, but lost the battle at the free throw line. St. Teresa held a 17-4 advantage at the charity stripe. It appeared that Sullivan got the majority of the fouls when both teams were in a bruising match. It was all a matter of how the officials saw tl1e action, however, and St. Teresa came out a victor as a direct result of the Bulldogs' advantage at the free throw line. The Sullivan offensive statistics showed that four Redskins were in double figures. It was a very balanced assault which saw the Bulldogs overpower. Jeff Elder led Sullivan with 21 points and 11 rebounds in a truly fine effort. Dave Warren collected 17 points along gave the Rockets a mere Ul-18 lead at the end of the first quarter. Joey Fultz scored 8 points, Joey Harchous scored 4 points, and the remaining Redskins spread out the other points. The action was excessively close and rough as Unity maintained a one point advantage. The second quarter saw Sullivan grasp the lead twice, but Unity surged back with a run and gun type of game. Sullivan completely fell apart and the Rockets took control of all aspects of the game. Unity's press really got to SuUivan as the Redskins had numerous offensive problems. UnHy outscored Sullivan 21-9 in the second period, as Dan Willoughby led SuJlivan with 4 points. Unity stormed lo a 40-27 lead at the half. The third quarter was another complete cllc::;.1,;;f Pr for S1111iv;:i n T n:tv n11tc:r'1rf"rl w!th 5 rebounds in another good showing. Ric Graber scored his highest varsity to~al of the season with 14 points along with a game high 4 assists. Jim Cook netted 4 points, and Mike Miller tallied 2 points to round out the Redskin offense. The Redskins put much effort into the St. Teresa match, but the Bulldogs, who had superior size and speed, just were too much for Sullivan, even on their home court. The Decatur team will be greatly cut by graduation as 4 of their 5 starters are seniors this year. Sullivan will be going for revenge nex:l season on most of their Okaw opponents. So better times will be ahead for Sullivan's varsity Redskins. .nJNIOR VARSITY The junior varsity Redskins also had some problems with the St. Teresa Bulldogs. After playing a solid first quarter, the bottom dropped out for the Redskins. St. Teresa really ate up Sullivan in the second and third quarters. Sullivan was outscored during those periods 46-20. It was a physical contest with both teams meeting head-on. The rebounding of St. Teresa probably made the difference in the game as the Bulldogs hit the boards hard all throughout the game. St. Teresa's defense also gave the Redskins many more problems than it should have. A strong inside attack on offense was a big factor for the Bulldogs. The Redskins tallied most of their points by long shots over 10 feet out. · Overall, St. Teresa outmuscled the Redskins again in all aspects of play and went on to a 72-54 victory over the J.V. Redskins. The scoring for Sullivan's junior varsity was as follows: Greg Massey, 18 points; Jim Cook, 9 points; Joey Harchous, 7 points; Larry Sutton, Dan Willoughby and Gary Kirkwood, 4 points; and Paul Dudley, Tony Parks, Joey Fultz and Dan Stone, 2 points. Doug Graber was held scoreless. Scores by Quarters Varsity Sullivan 15 15 18 2(µ38 St. Teresa 18 20 21 22--81 Junior Varsity Sullivan 17 10 10 17-54 St. Teresa 12 21 25 14-72 j g L fl q V [ C fc g. aJ w ti w S{ tt al to w w th SL R: M no R1 as as fig De ex to Je po tal Mi COi Su tri go det plci Wi wa Re, 1 on , int Rec dou tail 0 K Jobbers are Assn. City Cham The winning teams in the Sullivan 1 Junior Bowling Association City Tour- are nament held Feb. 16 at Hezzy's Bowl have Pie been announced this week. Sh. OK Jobbers were named City Champs i 1., and cwtur<'<l firr~t nlnre in th<' ~rnior hove:: Sri

To 'r he Editor: \Ve hve m a ume and a :-;oclnl condition whe1·c polorizatlon se•n t ~ c l.s O be n very present malud)·. On the nabvnnl and lntenmttonal s1.:ene we .sec people being d,v1ded into groups and parts and they nre Often at extreme oddes with one 8Jl0ther. I. as a resident of Sullivan and a pastor of a local church, am very concerned over events that ha,·e taken place recently m our own community over the coming production of "Hair." Let me state I have n~t seen the play but have done some checking, such as talking to those who have witnessed the play in an actual production and reading articles about it in re,iew. I have talked to fellow ministers and their wives and church people whose judgment I respect and who have seen the play, and they tell me the reports of the "nude'' scene and other aspects have been greatly altered locally, out of proportion to the actual facts. Also the glorifying Of drugs, disrespect for government, etc. has been lifted way out of context. The main theme of the play, ,from those I talked to who have seen it, is against war and kliling. It lifts up the need for us to love one another a.c; God ha.s caJled us to do. It points out the fact we say we love one another and then proceed to go about doing everythmg but loving others. It nelps us taJce a look at ourselves in contemporary Amerlr..a. However, my main concern over the whole event is how we a re reacting to one another. I find people saying what seems to be less than Christian th.ngs about. others. I hear people making t.'1.Teats and attacking persons as individuals and questioning their character. From the remarks that are expressed I find it difficult to feel they are ".remarks in love." I read the gospel to tell me J must love others and even love and pray for my enemies. I may disagree with another but I can do it In a way that is loving and Christian and express a real concern over issues and inot over personalities. We need to be conccmed about others and about the world in which we live and to express this feeling In a Christian maru: "r Jesus fndlcated that we need to be careful of what comes out of our lives ut of the heart come evil hts " (Matt. God lo,•cs us nu, wo :tuuu1u lo\'c.~ one other too. \Ve do not nil neetl to t hink a.Jlkc, we may have different opln!ons (tho Dlsc-1ples of Cllrlst surely did) but we cn11 all luvt' one nnother and respect. others OB persons nnd their opinions. Yours in Christian love. Clifford L. Scott Dear Editor: The :;ignaturcs of 74 citizens of .Mou1tne County and surroundi.J.n.g towns (not 55 as stateu in a 1eccnt 'letter to U,e Ed1to1·J vho sugned a 11ot1ce m opposit.J.on of t.he production of "Hair" bemg presented at the L1tUe Theatre on t.he Square 111 Sullivan were obtained in probably one hours tune. Had there been more ttme ~o Cll'culnte petitions regarding this production, no doubt 1,000 or more s.gnatuies could have been obtained without any dlfficulty at all. To figure these s1gnatu1 es on a percentage basis using the population of Sullhan m1ght look good on paper, but it's a poor way to voice a stand agamst the opposition in the paper. Signatures would have been no problem to obtain if lime would have allowed and if people really understood what kind of a play was bemg brought to Sullivan and how it has already been banned in many other cities throughout .the country. I really am disturbed with all this talk about "a more liberal society and ·•a permissive society". People keep shouting, "I ant a free person', "I have a right to do my own thing'', and "no one else has a right to say what, I can or .. can't do" and "that what I do doesn't affect anyone else but me." This has been carried a littlt too far in our world toda} People are using this attitur_, and ph.losophy of lite to justify all the wrongs that they wan to do and are doing in life. Who.:ver believes that what they do won' have an effect on others are Just fooling themsedvcs. Whatever we do, whether It be for the cause of good , \. or for the bad will have an ef- 1 feet in some way on mankind. Individuals who say, "if you don't like what's going Oln, don't be a part of it", are in a sad state of mind. Maybe what you do won't affect someone today, but what about tomorrow and' what about your children, and what about future generations? How wlll they be affected by what you do and how is the world going to be affected? Think back these past years, who woultl you sny is responsible for all the evil end hatred n.nd sin that's come to Amer! ca just in these past few years? Who would you blame? Today I'd !Ike to blame all those who won't take a stand against immorality (Ind all those who Rav Chdst.~<t have no rf,ght to oppmw II person from doing thl or frum doing thut, or thut u C'hl'isUan has no right t o got lm olved in something that'!! out of their jurlf:;diction and none <>f t h~lr business. It's a. sad day for America when a c 1ristian has no right to stand up for what they believe in and to oppose what they believe tho Bible teaches against. Why do we even bother to call ourscl ves Chrbtians? This week I hurriedly got my local newspaper and expected to 1 cad some shocking news in the police reports and yet I knew very well that it probably wouldn't be there because of the individuals involved. No doubt it would purposely be kept out of the newspapers because tt isn't the kind of news that society would want to let get out. However, I did notice that the pnper made sure most of U e othe1· police news made the headlines. To me it was a real blow to Christianity and tn God's Church, but it also op. ned my eyes to a lot of the • so called Christianity" that's gulng on today. We close our eyes to these wrong doings when it inYolve.s the "upper clnss of people'' or people in ' high places". Society ok's it d lndcs c11e Pvtdencc, unless of ""ourse if it'R the lower class of people that arc Involved, then ,vc make sure it'!> in the headlines. May God have mercy on not only the people involved in immorality and those taking their stand to allow 1t to continue, but also on the churches who are falsely representing the gospel and on those churches who don't have enough courage nd faith to stand up for God nnd to fight for nghteous.ness no matter what or who it mvol\'es. The production of "Hair" is nothing more than a play glorifying immorality. If you arl? in doubt about this, just check any of ratings listed i11 magazines and see hov. it is rated. Is Sullivan going to allow this type of entertainment to be a part of their community? I hope not. Someone once said, "When moral stamina is low, when lewdness, immorality and evil in any disguise are a, part of everyday life, the sense of responsibility will soon die. Without keen moral awareness, individuals and nations move toward chaos and ruin". To strlve to be good ct.nd to do good as God is good should be our aim. America needs a resurgence of Christianity, a new owareness of the Ten Commandment'> !J.lld most of all the world needs to come awake and remember tba.t God is. Mrs. Jenene Carlyle Really disturbed Dear Editor: The signatures of 74 citizens of Moultrie County and the surrounding towns ( not 55 as sta~ed in a rec~nt ~etter to the 1 Editor) who .signed a notice m opposition of the production of " Hair" being presented at the . Little Theater on the Square in Sulliv~ were obtained in probably one hours time. Had there been more time to circulate petitions regarding this production, no doubt 1,000 or more signatures could have been obtained without any difficulty at all. To figure these signatures on a percentage basis using the population of Sullivan might look good on paper, but it's a poor way to voice a stand against the opposition in the paper. Signatures would have been no problem to obtain if time would have allowed and if people really understood what kind of a play was being brought to Sullivan and how it has already been banned in many other cities throughout the country. I really am disturbed with all this talk about " a more liberal society" and " a permissive society" . People keep shouting, "I am a free person", " I have a right to do my own thing" , and " no one else has a right to say what I can or can't do1 ' and " that what I do doesn't affect anyone else but me." This has been carried a little too far in our world today. People are using this attitude and philosophy of life to justify all the wrongs that they want to do and are doing in life. Whoever believes that what they do won't have an effect on others are just fooling themselves. Whatever we do, whether it be for the cause of good or for the bad will have an effect in some way on mankind. Individuals who say, " if you don't like what's going on, don't be a part of it" , are in a sad state of mind. Maybe what you do won't affect someone today, but what about tomorrow and what about your children and what about future generations. How will they be affected by what you do and how is the world going to be affected? Think back these past years, who wouldyou say is responsible for all the evil and hatred and sin that's come to America just in these last few years? Who would you blame? Today I'd like to blame all those who won't take a stand against immorality and all those who say Christians have no right to oppose a person from doing this or from doing that, or that a Christian has no right to get involved in something that's out of their jurisdiction a nd none of their business. 1t ·s a sad day tor Amen ca when a Christia n has no right to stand up for what they believe in a nd to oppose what they believe the Bible teaches against. Why do we even bother to call ourselves Christians? This week I hurriedly got my local newspaper and expected to read some shocking news in the police reports and yet I knew very well that it proba bly wouldn't be there because of the individuals invovled. o doubt it would

44 CHICAGO ~UN-TIMES, Fri., Mar. 15, 1974 Down sf ate pastor seel to cut \Hair1 Special to The Sun-Times U I LIV ~N, 111. 5ucJdenly 11's the Hlf>Os rtll ove, agai11 in 1hi~ O0\\flSlalo farm l0\\11 of 4,000 so11ls. "Ba11 ' '" a big issue. "Hair.'' 01 course, \\as 1he shocking pla~ of the VietnamLBJ-hippic yeMs whit h have receded into nostalgia. Guy L1t1le Jr., who b,ags that he run:s the only prof essional thea1re (with an "re") between Chicago and SL. Louis is going to pm on "Hair" startmg Samrday ,1ight. And right off they got troubles m Sullivan. Ihe Rev. James Fox. pastor of the First Church of God 1p Sullivan, Is againsL the musical. He said he came to Sullivan "by di\'ine suggestion'' five years ago. He's never ~een ·Hair," he saicl, but be read about it In Time magazine back in the l960s and decided right then and there tlHH it was "immoral." He's been leading prayer m e et in g s for three weeks against the opening of the play, which was a round-theworld success. Be's against it. said Mr. Fox, because of "the immoral1ty, profanity. suggesth·encss, praise of drugs and nudity in it." Nudity? Heaven forbid, said Guy Little, v. hose theatet is naturally called the "Little ·1 beat re." He said, "Nudity lasts for 30 seconds in a very dim light and it's no big deal. Anyone going to see nude sen- ~ a t t o n a I i s m will be disappointed." Folks- come from as far away as Mat1oon. Decatur and Champaign to see p1 oduc1ions at: Lillie's the:.uer. Mr. Fox is awure of 1h1s. So he has announced that on F 1i- <1ay night, in a last-ditch effort lo stop tl1e pla), he will conduct an all-night prayer session. Tust last summer, "Oh! CalCt I ta!," a mo\ ie based on a play about perverted sex acts, ,ms shown at the SulJivan Drive-Tn theater but Mr. Fox saicl he was not prepared then to launch a pray-in against it. Bm he said, "We're ieady now if it happens again." :\1r. Fox pointed out that ''Hair" was once banned in Knoxville, Tenn., when local minis1ers railed against it. "God's wrath will come upon them (who show ''Hair"), It not now, then later," pr13dicted ..._\fr. Fox. ''Hair" deals wich the message that the "Age of Aquarius" is at hand, an age of understanding, peace and light. But for folks in Sullivan, some 40 miles south~est of c h a m p a i g n , the "Age of Aquarius" is further off than Saturday night. Respect other opinions To the Editor: We live in a time and a social condition where polorization seems to be a very present malady. On the national and international scene we see people being divided into groups and parts and they are often at extreme odds with one another. I as a resident of Sullivan and a pastor of a local church am very concerned over events that have taken place recently in our own community over the coming production of "Hair' '. Let me state I have not seen the play but have done some checking such as talking to those who have witnessed the play in an actual production and reading articles about it in review. I have talked to fellow ministers and their wives and church people whose judgment I respect and who have seen the play and they tell me the reports of the " nude" scene and other aspects have been greatly altered locally out of proportion to the actual facts. Also the glorifying of drugs, disrespect for government, etc. has been lifted way out of context. The main theme of the play, from these I talked to who have seen it, is against war and killing. It lifts up the need for us to love one another as God has called us to do. It points out the fact we sa) we love one another and then proceed to go about doing everything but loving others. it

Mr. Guy S . Little , Jr. 10 S uth W:shington Sul] i v::111 , Illinois 61951 I am pleased wi th thd cultural benefit~ that have been brought to Sullivan nnrl CL.ntrc.11 Illinois by the Little Th0ntur on the Squn.r~ . I am sure it has benefiter! our community , I am 8.ppall ccl , howc. vcr, that you would hrinr to the 1'hcatcr -:nd our com111uni ty for tht- se'.lsnn premiere such a play as "Hair. " 1 strlnfly oppose the appcaranc~ of this !Jlay nnd will pers0nnlly do all I can to s c to it that it.is not presented here . rrhi s play has been banned in rn~ny communities j n our n:J.tir;n . We co n ot nc.:ed su('h q_ play prGscni.c. ct here. If plans continue for 1:hi s play here , bG ar;s,lrL d of 0tronl~er opJ)Of.d tion than just this lett-)r. " 8 ::::;inccrely yours, ' ,

. · _ By Wayne Allen If spring coml'S, can swnmer theater be far behind" Come low gas or high water, summer the t • ··u "We're worried about what the gas shortage will do lo newspaper advertisements m the Moultrie County News protryouts," Railey said. Volunteer actors for Spnnghcld Muni t<.-sting the stagmg of "Hair." crate as usual. a ers wa opprod~tions orclina~ly flock from towns and college campus- . Signers of t~ pnnted petition say they opposP '!.) es throughout the state. being presented m the small Moultnc capital ,. 'That's the pre~nt attitude of most summer theater ~ratof:>, ~mmercaal and amateur. Only a few admit to stagef_nght where gas or energy cnses arc concerned. Bailey believes Mtmi will gel a •·preview' of the cur- ' has nudity, profanity, obscemty, suggestive r ~ - rent effect of the gas shortage from the traffic dunng com- es the use of druy.:, " -v ing tryouts. Auditions are spread over three weekends for Prodll{'er Little counters that his .... "\.. · .~ Muni cast hopefuls vised production" of "Hair" fore~ '\)C.:.'1".:. In a Ou~go, St. Loms and Peoria summer theater operators express little or _no alam1 about a possible shortage of audiences. ~graphically they a~c situated so ac; not to rely on patrons from far flWlg locations. The bulk or their crowed come from the metropolitan areas, with only minimal dis- tances to travel. "Unless the gas S1tuat1on gets worse, we re optimJStic. form letter in reply to "hate mail'' ~ Maybe people will stick closer to home this summer. We "Hair will naturally no• . ..,e everybody; believe that could help us." Bailey opined ~ everybody attends thP .,ainly no one hac; Still. "it's worrisome." Bailey added, because or the to attend any pmductip· ~ A to attend. long rehearsal pcriodi, (six weeks) for Muni shows. Both "As a theater ,e rrceived prote!.1s for cast and audience car pools are being studied. Bailey said. productions rar· .,,iracle Worker - the :.tory SPRINGFIELD'S OUTDOOR MUNICIPAi. OPERA MEANWHILE, AT SULl,IVAN'S Ll'ITLE Tllf,;ATRK of Helen Ke'' C.. ~ ,,ere was a black woman in the anticipates no serious crisis. unless the ~as shortage be- owner-producer Guy Little Jr. has a 'worri ,ome" spring cast, to r t, :-;., ,1e Sound of Music, becal.lS(: there comes more acute. according to Don Bailey, Mum president. production of "Hair" to get on the boards before dealing were,. ~'-' The commtmity theater draws not only from Springfield. but with his regular •·summer season'' which extends from mid- • .dCks in Hair and there are whites, and fro~ all surround~g towns Four shows are planned £or the April to November · C • .' Jve and peace'' coming summer with tryouts to begin next weekend Members of the Sullivan Church or God have taken out ~ ~ .Alowledges that "Hair" IS a "hairy situation," but want adds, to see "Our Broad,, audiences ay plays are sophisticated and musicals theatergoers as soon as they who -----------• ~ • ~ Y are available for summer stock." ~ THE LIITLE THEATRE BOX OFFICE reports an ex- ~•~ C, tremely heavy advance ticket sale for "Hair" and Little ~ ~ said he may expand the scheduled March 16 through March t,: 31 run of the "tribal love-rock music~" ~~ V Although the Little Theatre draws approximately 40 per ~ cent of its audiences from Decatur. only 25 miles away. the other 60 per cent comes from greater distances Frequently ~~ the professional theater which features Broadway. Holly- ~, ~ l wood and tv stars plays to capacity crowds ~ Little said the gas shortage looms as a threat lo Jong· .... , , distance patrons. but added that charter bus companies • {"""'t;. ~ which service. the theater have reporte~. no . alarm Unles~ tic-\. V the gas situation worsens. Little expects bus mess as usual .. ~ ~ come summer. ... '\.. 'I "The real shortage I worry about is the shortage of oei--.. ~ ~ plays and mUS1cals,·· Litlle said. VV' ":,-'~'\~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ o~i ~ d~ ~# :v ~~t ,~~ ~~o~~ c~· - ~\) 'Y~'l,'ff ~ )O~ .J'l\,~ z.r, <j-,.,e.J'l\,"\,'Y-" ~~~,,,~ b Ill. . Thur&<lav April 4, 1974 Decatur, rnois, J' DECATUR HERALD ~ Editorials Our Opinions 'Hair' a Legitimate Production \VE WOULD like to offer a word of praise for the courage demonstraled by Guy Little and his Little Theatre on the Square at Sul11van. Mr. Little touched off a controversy when he selected the rock musical ccHair" as an offering for his theater Mr. Little knew that the production was legitimate theater and was neither pornographic, obscene nor sexy. But "Hrur" has a nude scene that had drawn more attenllon th We feel his decision has be .. and scorn from the pub~ic an vindicated at the box office. tbc merits of the production. The advance publicity was enough to cause petitions, advertisements, threats and abuse to be heaped upon Mr. Little. He elected to stand by ~is decision and offer the yroduct10n to Central Illinois aud~ences. . " Hair" will end this week m Sullivan after a record-breaking run. The public atten~ed and enjoyed the fine production We doubt anyone in Central Illinois who has seen the production \\Ould call it dirty, obscene or smutty. They know 1he publicity was worse than the play. We don't condone nudity. \\e do not advocate smut. Bul we do admire Mr. Little's courage in presenting . a legitimate theater producl1on instead of backing down. .. iJecalur, llhnu1s, lu<'i,cla), A1Jril 9, 1974 u s n I k s l h I· t e l ) j 0 ti n. ge 1rto '.3 ,n d '1 'Hair' fine Production To the Eclilor: I am \vriting as a member of the "older generat10n (35 plus}': concerning the production of "Hair'' at Sullivan. I heard and read that it was vulgar, obscene, nasty, pornographic and sexy. Mr. Little and the cast of "Hair" should be proud of the sensitive, down to earth, human way ''Hair" was presented. The nude scenes were done in the utmost good taste, lights down low till you had to look closelv to be certain those on the stage were nude. I was prepared to see an ·'ofl color" production. a real eye "pener. somctning to talk abou~. •' was anything but off color, it was beautiful and sensitive just like the perfon ners Here's a lHtle something for those offended by ''Hair" - Any evil, d!rty, pornographic. sex~, obscenity you saw in "Hair'' was in your minds. There is nothing ugly about the human body, ugline~s is in the eye of the beholder. V u I g a r i t y • obscenity, and dirt 1s found iu the minds of those doing the talking. I was proud mO\ ed, t hrille'i and enriched b) "Hair,·• especially with the youth, beauty, sensiti"itY and gidng of the cast. Break a leg in Phlladclph1a and on all other points - ,·ou're fantastic.. Thanks to YOU ..:. Gu-., Little for h,wing tl1e guls to share Hair with us. Mrs 1\ H l•\)x Olney

IIN SECOND-Sullivan's Bant am Boys ?am that competed in the Illinois State unior Bowling Assn. tournament aturday in Springfield placed second mong the 43 Bantam Boys teams competing. The team, sponsored by Country Companies, rolled a total of 2558 pins, just eight short of the first place team which was from Chicago. Members of the team and their scratch scores were: Scott Reds· tryouts on April 6 The Sullivan Reds will hold the season's rst outside practice a t 2 p.m. Saturday pril 6 at the Wyman Park diamond. nyone wanting to try out for the team 1ould report at this time. If the practice is not held because of bad eather, persons wishing to try out for the ·am can contact Roger Walker at 873- ~1 or Gary Stovall at 873-5165. The 1974 Reds schedule will include )me 80 games and two tournaments. The 1e season opener with Paris will be layed at2 p.m. Sunday May 5 in Sullivan. Included in the Reds home schedule this Jar are games with the first four teams the Class B state tournament from last !ar . The complete home schedule is as Hows: May 5, Paris. 2:00 May 8, Chiefs, 7: 30 May 15, Blacks, 7:30 May 17. Assumption, 7:00 May 22, '\ilaroa Perfect, 7: 00 May 25. Cowden, 7:30 May 26, Coffeen, 6:00 ,\1ay 29, Arcola, 7: 30 .June 7, Sadorus, 7: 30 June 12, Neoga, 7: 30 June 26, Chiefs, 7:30 June 29, Blacks No. 2, 7:00 July 1-4, Casey Tournament July 10, Villa Grove, 7:15 July 14, Nokomis, 6: 00 July 20, Effingham Moons, 7: 15 July 21, Hillsboro, 2:00 July 28, Edinburg, 2:00 July 31, Garfield Tap, 7:00 August 1-10, Regional August 11, Casey Truckers, 6:00 August H, Shelbvyille, 7:00 August 16, Bement, 7:00 Sullivan scouts hold two day camp-out Members of Sulivan Boy Scout Troop No. 39 who participated in a camp-out at Sun Singer Trail near Monticello last Saturday and Sunday were Geof Auten, Dennis Binder, Gary Davis, Rodney Sharp, Gordon Wood, Doug and Danny Dufford. ,Jeff Lancaster, Mark Huckstep and Kevin Corley, Jerry Dobbs, Darin Colclasure and David, Kevin and Kurt Richardson. • Anderson, 155, 143, 190; Troy Anderson, 147, 141, 152; Steve Bruce, 125, 156, 100; Phil Martin, 116, 162, 130; and John Wayne, 116, 107, 171. Photo by Jim Wayne Trailriders hold first ride of season Sunday The Dave Stone family hosted the first trail ride of the season for the Central Illinois Trailriders Sunday, Mar. 31. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Warren Ferguson and Janet and Mr. and Mrs. Denny Ferguson and family of Bethany; Harvey and Kathy Gaskill of Decatur; John Casteel of Lovington and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Larkin and Stacy, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Vannice, Dawn and Derek, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Hudson, Kathy, Kim and Mac Young, Eric and Lisa Elzy, Mr. and Mrs. Don Young, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Stone, Scott and Teri all of Sullivan. JUST ONE ACCIDENT REPORTED TO SULLLIV AN CITY POLICE Sullivan City Police reported just one auto accident during the past week. Involved were Joe W Thompson 39 of Sullivan and Susan C. Redford, J9, also of Sullivan. The police report says that Ms. Redford backed her car into Thompson's car while on the parking lot at Ken's Bi-Rite. The mishap occurred at 9: 15 a.m., April 1. •

MATTO~ ~tf§33 ~LINOIS -IOURNAltJl£AzETTE FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1974 ' .. On the Sq.uare .. ---- - 'Hair' was disappointing The production of ··Ha1r" at the Little Theatre in Sullivan was a bitter disappointment to me. T went to Sullivan expecting to see a lot of depravity and sinning. but it didn ·t amount to a hill or beans. • .\ church congregation reportedly spent a whole night praying because t,t the smfulness of the play. From what I s,rn. a minute's medilation would haye been sufficient. All that fussing because a couple of skinny dames and a few guys take oft their clothing on stage. It doesn't make sinsc. Tbe nude scene lasted a few minutes and then it was all uvcr. The st,;gc ~as dimly lit and I couldn't ste much any\\ay. lf I'm going to get \\0rkcd up over sm and dcpl'avity. I \\ant something p get worked up over. '!urn ttie light up. Guy S. LHUc By Harry Reynolds JG Reporter-Columnht Jr .. so we c:an have some reason to gripe about the nudity DepraYit:v would be more effective if the actors would remain nude throughout the entire play. II ·s easier to become dcpra,·ed these days standing on Lincoln A,·cnuc m Charlesto11 watching Eastern Illinois Universit} students run arow1d unked. Eastern students could use a pra~'cr or two from some indignant cougregat ion. Besides, the) were running nude to be silly. ..Hair," on the other hand, is a b{ autiful and meaningful expericncl'. I felt a little betler when I left the theater. r I was a different play from those that are usuallv producL·d at th~ Littlt Tliec.1trc. :.\lost of the time. the ut ZLtb of Sullivm1 don't c•nmplain a bit The Little Theatre has done a lul i11 he way ot prCJvicling high qualit~· entertainment tor the people of this area. "Hair" may shock some people, but tbat. might just be what they need. The world 1s stilJ moving, brother. The pla~ didn ·t seem to shock many people in the audience 1\la\ be, the audience was composed o' sex-crazed p~ople Justing for the e\ ils of wanton ilesh. T don't know \fost or the people in the aucUcncc appeared to be intelligent. respectable people ~ol one or them was foaming at. thi: mouth and no one yelled, '·Take it off. haby ·· \\'ell. that b1i"t exactly true. I \\ c1ntccl to ) ell. hut my \\ ifc wottldtft !er tnt;!. YeHh. Sill· ,Hmt with me. All in all. T wouldn't recommend thi:; ptar for nnyone who ,,.ants to lJC:comc n clcprn\lccl sinner. r,:-rm ~-=-"'~.r.aft~--~-.---111111----~---------::------ Tonight et B:C?O and tifi8, Mu :n. Week ends Sold Out-Som~ Good seat, av1f11blt w.. nit.. "Hair" Opened Saturday night to a full and enthusiastic house ''Hair'' was a nostalgia trip. you could appreciate the ,teminJscing and perhaps the ~flection that at last we've g~Qwn beyond all that frantic searching ... that we have come closer as human befogs to communicating. '' Aquarius. ' No matt.er h<tw many times you've heard that song, Danny Beard brings it Mck to you with a fresh new quality. Beard gives a fantastic performance as Hud. He has a penetrating voice - he makes you feel the song. And the man can really imove .,- his dancing can make you smile and want to dance, too. All the tribesmen were good each at one point or anothe; finding that element in which he or she r~lly related to tll.e au14Hi44liiM:ffr0EfmJ:fifil I du!hce. ·1 nere were, however, I some standout performanc7s ... Kath~1 Taylor as Sheila s1ngm~ " G_ood M ? r n i n g Starshine .. Steve VoJovic as M_a _r gar el Mead ... Sunday W1l~1ams as Abe Lincoln ... and Christine Marchese as th, pregnant Jeanie . It was the spirit of opeM~. of trust and a real desire to reach out to someone else whoever he might be, that showed through the performance of "Hair." The much-talked-about nude scene at the end of Act One was only a small part of this communication, but nonetheless an important part. And so it had to be a very r~warding experience for the tnbe when the audience stood for the closing number _ "Let the Sunshine In." Dana Ewell Hear-"Aquariu.s", "Donna", "I Believe In Love", "Alr", ,,1 Got Life, "Easy To Be II&rd",· "Frank Mills", "Where )lo a: I Go'' • . • •

SL I LI\'\\/. Ill. - ~t,{!denly it's ,''t' 111 11., II O\'Lr ,1 • ..: ,;;, 111 th S DO'.\ 1,•,1 t" fu!T :own of -l,000 ~ottf'-. ··11uir'' 1s n h1g isSt, ' "Hair,'' of cour~c. \\".1S !he 1.-hoc~ing play of tlw \'il't11a1nL1q-hippit.: yl'.ii·" \\hkh have receded i1110 no~talgia. Gu,· J.irll(' .Ir., ,,110 brags th,1t ·he run.; 1he only profcssio1 nl 1lwau e (with :.n "re") between Chicago nnd .)f. Louis is gOl!l.!! to J)l!I on "11,m'' S111 tin~ <;murdn:, ni~!J:. And right off 1hcy got I roubles 111 <:t•lli\·:.in. The R ,,. Jnmc~ Fox. pastor of 11 e f1r~t Church of God in Sul Ii van, is against 1 lie musical. He sa:d he amc to Sttlli\'an "h\ di\ inc suggest 1011 " five vca1s ngo. He's lh~\·cr seen :,H:1:r, .. he s:1id. but he rend about it in Time ma;;nzine back in the 11 1("0~ .ind deciclccl ngh' then nrd 1' i: re !hm it , .. r c:; ' i nr11or al.' ' He's been lending prayer m cc 1 1 n ;:? s for thr<.>c weeks against the opening of lhe play, \',hich "as a round-thcworld s.,u.:ess. He's • :.!ninst it. said ;\fr. Fox. hecn~rsc of ··1hc iinmoral~ ilv, prnfam , ., !!esii,·c:iess. p;aisc of th ,,., 2·1tl nudity in i l." NucJity? Hc·,1•:e:11 fo:-1,id. sa!d (ju•; LIit le. .~ hose · hc:.irer 1s naturally calbl the .'~~l~l~ Thea'rc.'' Jlc said. ··Nuu,cy lasts for 30 scc.:onc!:; in a very • um, I ght ;rnd it's no big deal. Anyon~ :!otng w :;cc nude sen• s :i t i O 11 n I i s m w;II he d su ppo int rd ... Folks ~ c.:on1L' from :is fnr awav as .1\la1 •0011. DC'c:1tur and (hainnaign '° v·c prc1d11clions JI Lillie's tie t'cr. :"II r J", x i~ aware of this. So lw h.is ,11111ounrcd that on Fri- I d,1~ night, in a l,l'>l-ditch effon l lo slop till' play. he \\'ill CO!l· dlll'I an all-night prayer ses- !:>1011. .1t st las1 summer, '''Oh! Calcutta!," a 1110\ ic based on n pla~ about pcrvencd sex acts, ":b i.. iown at the Sullivan Drive-In theater but J\Tr. Fox c;;dd he \\'ilS llOl prepared then to launch a pray-in ugainst it. nu1 he s.iid, ' 'We're ready now 1f ii happens again. " ;\Ir. rox pointed out that "!lair'' w:1s once banned in Krl<),:,·illc, Tenn., when local 1Pi111.-,ccrs railt•d J:-:ain~t i1. "( ,oil's \\ 1 c11h ,, ill come upon lhC.'111 (\\hO show ''Hair"), if nnt now, then later, '' precliclcd ,\Jr. Fox. "ll.tir" deals with the lllCS- " a I.'. e 1ha1 !he ''Age of .·\qu~11 ius·• 1s at hand, an agr of 11mlerst:111d111g, pe..ice and !ig!11. But for folks in Sullivan, some ,JO miles southwest of ) c h a m p a i g n , the "Age or / :\qu;mus" 1s funhcr off 1hnn S.itllrday n1gl1t. Flash Of Flesh Still No No Despite Illinois Streaking SULLIVAN, Ill. (UPI) Streakers may be taking the blush out of nudity on college campuses, but in this small eastern l llinois town, a nash of flesh is still a fighting issue. Plans for production of the rock musical "}-fair,'' at the Sullivan I .1ttle Theater on the Square March 16-:H, drew a flood of angry letters from some townspeople protesting the show's nudity, obscenity, profanity and sexual pcrver- s10n " The musical m the late 1960s enjoyed record runs in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, l ,0ndon and Paris. It includes a :JO-second segment in which the players stand nude on a dimly lit stage. The Rev. James Fox, pastor of the Sullivan First Church of God. urged his congregation and other citizens in this town of 4,000 ta protest the production with a letter-writing campaign directed at theater owner Guy S. Uttle. ·our letters say we are concerned citizens of Sullivan and surrounding communities, strongly protesting the production of Hair' on the grounds of its nudity, obscenity, profanity, praise of drugs and sexual perversion," Fox said. · We are protesting on moral grounds.'' Fox, three other ministers and a group of citizens took out a full page advertisement in a local paper decrying I .1ttle and the production. "Now we are banded together in two weeks of prayer, asking God to intervene and prevent the production," he said. But Little. who founded • central Illinois' only swnmer stock theater 18 years ago, said the contracts are signed and the show will go on. "'Hair' is a very positive, very religious, pro-Jove, antiwar, antpollution rock musi- cal," Little said. "There are no words m it that can't be found m the Sulhvan Pubhc Library. And it's a nursery rhyme tom pared to Oh, Calcutta' which showed here last swnmer at a drive-m theater. No one protested that " I ,ittle said the play will run as true to the original production as possible, but if I see something that I feel is obscene and isn't necessary, I'll cut it. I'm not for obscenity any more than the next guy. But I don't think ·Hair' is otr ne.'' w 0 - 0:: 0... • -.,,. ..... •• -- ... c:, .0 > 0 .D ~ e V C: ..., "' C 0 " i? ::, C 'O \.. 0 V ..., -: 0 C "i : ~ .. ......... " j . ..... IJ,r, ·~:, i -.\· l.l . ~.:-'r ~ , ... -:. ~~ -.) ~~;:IP • ! .•' ; ~ E- --

6 111mois State .Journal, Springfield. Friday, ~arch 29, 1974 TOP~~S by ... ~ . Toby J -~McDaniel \1RGIL "BUD" TRENTER has gh·en tn to the armed robbers. After fiv~ stick-ups in two years. he sold his neighborhood package liquor store ( Andy's> on the near northside. And that was only the track record while Trenter had the store. It's been tpc target of armed robbers 11 times during the past eight years "I decided to sell out rather than kill someone or get kiJled. ' says Trenter. "It was a worry to my f am1ly and wasn ·t worth il. •• Trenter doesn't exaggerate. Someone nearly got killed every time there was a holdup. He shot at three of the five holdup men as they ran from the store. Trenter 1s certain he scored a direct hit on one and winged a second but neither man was apprehended. Then. there were times when Trenter and his customers stared death in the face during the holdups. Like the time last A~gust when a young man wearing a nylon stocking over his head robbed Trenter of $70. then turned on an elderly man m the store. Sho\ing the gun into the old mans race. the robber ordered the quivering old gent to hand over his wallet. He refused. The robber, s<.'cmmg to be in no hu,rf. tightened his grip on the gun and threatened to blow the old rnan·s head off . . Finally, the man took $7 out of h1s wallet tossed it onto the counter and told the robber that was all he was going to get. And that's all be did get. .. I thought sure he would kill that old man," said Trenter. A few days ago, a circuit court jury convicted a 2J..yearold Springfield man of that robbery. That has been the only conviction in connection with Tren r's holdups. Two men were quickly nabbed after robbing Trenter·s store and two other f 1rms. They wrre the right guys, Trenter contends. but a judge ruled p<?lice violated their rights by searchJng their car '\\1thout a warrant Both were turned loose. Trenter has had high praise for city police who were qwck to respond to his Qalls for help. But he doesn't think much or the criminal justice system. 1t doesn't offer much protection to the la~ abiding citi1,en, the way he secs it. Trenter lost about $800 in the armed robberies. And 1t was his loss. He couldn't afford to oarry that kind of insurance. He had other problems. too. He experienced no less than a half-doren attempted breakin.s during his two years in the business A good burglar alarm system saved him there. 'Then there \1.115 the usual shoplifting. And the troublemak- ('l'S. Young toughs. too young to legally purchase liquor were always wantmg to fight for being refused service No more. Treuter is out. And he's glad. • • • • DID YOU ft:OTICE? A man with his hair m rollers (pink ones) nmmng across East Cook St. ... The tatt<-rcd American flag lhat flies in front of the wax muscum at 9th and Capitol •.• How many restaur,mts arc rcsqrting to bitesired servings now that pnccs arc about as high as they dare go. COW STREAK - Four kids streaked police h<'adquarters a few weeks ago but only three ( plus two more in the get-away earl were captured. Now wc know what happened to the other streaker. He ran faster and took refuge under a parked car. 1t was 1 o'clock in the morning, cold and he was nude. Some time later, he scooted ( very carefully> out from under the car, found a jacket and. with that wrapped around him. made his way to the railroad tracks Then he hopp<'CI a slow freight which took him within walkir( 1•stance of his southside home. He did all that in his .. Why '"oot? It just happened to be · · t day. MEDIUM RARE: St• ry this week in their pinched was "Chicker was warnmg others patrols. A trooper h, over the 55 mph made a CB broad en Man, • was t bles are brewin be threatening from coffee b MAIL BAC.-.,~ ... work for th,,_,.._-...... - City Emplo ica and a tended an rone Just m the this po only ,qli)' ,,,, their ll~~- ''v IT/4 'j•. ... thi th - ...... -, )' Dfv1 ..._.,....,_ . d t ,-. P4(., .. ""'EJi , ~ ~~ "ti ~ IGA: 't'. To Kent's }\;_ it down and rippe t. a the sign had been repaired ... with employes. he grabbed the him • • . Indianapolis Police Chief WINST who appeared before the city council here last P.. ~Mall.:.\.'!' of his department's success£ ul take-home police car gram, was demoted the other day amidst a departmf'nt-wide scandal. Nothing to do with the take home car program, though. NOTE PAD - Despit<.' all the Hail Columbia raised by some Sullivan residents. lhe rock musical ··Hair" 1s drav.ing a full house almost nightly nt the Little Theater on th{' Square there. Oldsters like it as well as anyone. some arc going back for seconds and more Sullivan folks are going to the theater than ever before. One regular th<'atergoer in his seventies took his mother. Both loved it Hair has been extended at least through April 7 . . . Spnngfield Jaycees are m need of old tractor ties for Operation Sandbox. Call 5~ 2500. bf1y1y 4 ,, IS ~ ... 't'M/!J . . .. , ' I

• Leonard Nimoy, Jon J. Puleo in scene from 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' 'Evecy· season Guy S. Little · Jr. presents one play he himself temis uspecial'' - perhaps it is a show he bas loved th.-ough the :;ears, perhaps it LS a show I with a star he has long coveted to add to his crown, or perhaps it is a new and meaningful show with a message. This season. ' his 18th, he is opening with that 'special' show. '·One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Xest." For three long years i\lr. j Little and Leonard Nimoy have been trying to get together for show purposes bUL encountered scheduling problems. But now the time was right. :.tr. ~imoy was available. and so ~as one of the hottest new plays for stock production; the deal was made and it has come out a meaningful and exciting drama. [ was enthrall~u a11C: mm eel by it. and Mr. 1'imov s per• formance is truly one or the best T have eyed on the .American stage. I' I This play with the enigmatk title will be playing at Th( Little Theatre - on the Square 1 through Sunday night. i\Iay 19. and tickets - good tickets - are available at the box office for all pertormances I enjoyed this play completely, and found in it one I more example of the complete attention to every minute detail ; that we eAl}ect in a Guy S. Little Jr. production. My eyes l and my mind were ri"vetcd to that stage for the entire per• · formance and nevo-r wavered. · My only thought is tnat ·perhaps the less than complett: theatre fan may not share my en• thusiasm completely. only clue to lhe subject matter of the play. Will everyone be moved by the story of a bunch of misfits in a mental institution·? I A Jot of folks term tlus a comedy drama. but actually I didn't laugh that much. Personallv. I have always felt that comedy derived from the mental illnesses of others, or their physical shortcomings 1s s~raping the bottom of the barrel. and is the saddest ldnd of r.orn11dy. l5asea ou n..tm ~e!Sey-s-pupmar 1 - novel, the inmates of this state 1 mental institution are treated with inostly consideration and ! l kindness - ?)u~ just how funny I 1 is the sight: ~1. a head-shaven young man h~ering in cross j position in ftie day room, .or • a young man so dependent on 11 By Emery Lichtenwalter ;:<":. • ~ his mother that he can speak 11 1 ply in a stutter of bereft tears? Briefly the story-line tells of a rough hustling con-man oIT I The ward contains the usual 'ti e streets who has chosen the types, all superbly enacted by cloak of mental illness to come· the Sullivan' cast Georg~ · to the state hospital rather u1an Brengel is the m,m who~e face a prison sentence, and he reason has departed. lea., mg is so superbly played by Mr. only a mad desire to blow up 'Nnnoy you ,vill forget he is an major cities. Ron Relic i.s the acto1 He actually becomes mama's boy \\hose only desirn ·'Randle Patrick .McMurphy," is to prove his manhood. so long and shoots on that stage like denied bun by first his 11other, a skyrocket and then explodes and no the nurse. Ge.raid H. with a burst of acting skill to Bailey is the Italian lc1d .,o dazzle with its brilliance. bereft of reason his only talen\ Inside the walls of the ward left is hallucinating. room. l\lr. McMurphy, un- Jon J Puleo. scion of wealth, schooled U10ugh he is, soon is w1able to cope w1th the wot·h.1 disco,ers he is in a veritable I outside and sits inside a11d :make pit. "Nurse Ratched." ~ shakes 111 terr_or contempla!ihg tmde1 guise of tender care and the world outside. and he gives mer~y. is actually sadistically I good rending. s~ di,~fer~nt,. from push111g the men under her care his showy role u, HaLr \ltd ever closer to the wall dividing I .3ullivan favorite ,John Kt 1!-o rca8on and insanity and !he plays !he want doctor "ho play 1s the story ol the ,\,ff I almost gels out 1mm und11 r lhe that ensues bet\\een th€. c-on- thumb of \;u1s~ Ratrlwct ,dth man and the nurse. the aid uf \fC'\lurphy. And Sullivan gets a bom1$ with the presence of Ar1hur Berwick. who had appeared for two years m the 1\ew York Company of this show. and staged it here \Jr. Berwick 1s great as a Casper :\lilquetoa:-:t soul matTied to a nympho starlet type. and sadly umible to cope with the de1 nands o( his wife 01· in cruating the image he thinks the ,~ orld thinks he should portray : And Frank ~diller enjoy~ a I plwn role in the show, that uf a mute hulking half-breed Indian. so lost from reality no mau has reached him or heard hm1 speak m a decade. Only the brute and frank un• de rs ta 11 d in g of ::\lc~lurplw reaches this poor soul. and his first stammered ,..,ords brought a burst ot applause from the opening night crowd - it is that kind of a ::;ho\\. for ,, e are :-o touched by the victims that we pull for them to sho"· even a minute sign of sanity1s return. Mr Miller is very moving m his role. and he is used to stancl mute st.age center in most opening scenes white an over· voice records his tormented thoughts and we tmdersland why his life is the mess H i:-:. ~Tarji Bank is beauti(ully and frighteningly m e n a c i n g as Nurse Ratched. "1iat a role this is for an actress and l\hs;:; Ba11k 1s a gal you'll love. to hale as she alternately purrs and snarls her way around that stage. This is her Sullivan debut and her performance should encourage her being invited back She is a lovely lady and possessed of an alluring stage , ·01Cl' as "ell: Drama fans will Ct ml! away from ''One Flc\, uver lhe Cuckoo's Nest'' highly plca~t>d al having U1eir einot ions stirn'd by a beautifully \\'rilten pla\' per tor m e d to peli'ectirnt. Hopefully. there ,, ill be a IC\\ viewers le:.wing th(\ theatre m a thought fut frame of mind.

Sullivan's 'Cuckoo' Is 'Crazy' Opener By E. W. HESSE L Strangers" (May ~'1-June ~) 1'e"s•Gazette Staff Writer w:th Helen Wag.ner and Denms SULLIVAN - For reasons Theater Review Cole, and "Sugar" (Jllne 4-23) unrevealed, the play originally with Robert Morse. scheduled to opc.n the Lil tie l: • ., -~ --~ " -i,;, • And then come the mu:sicab,: Theater's 18th season two week helped make last month's local "l\Iame" (June 25-JuJy 11) s1arago "Jacques Brei ls Alive and presentation of the rock-musical ring perennlal fa v or i t e \\'el 0 l and L,\'ing in Paris," \Yas "Hair'' a note\vorthy success, Rosemary Print; "Funny Gil-1' ' called off. have parts too. 1 July 16-Aug. 4 , with lVUmi For reasons also unrevealed, All sttuggle through the·r Hines; ''No No Na-nette" (Aug. the play "hich actual]:\ launch- assignments as beSl they can, 6-25) with .\ndy Devine. "Gigi" ed the Little Theater's 18th piubably wondering along with (Aug. 27:Sept. 15) with Jeanseasnn here Saturday night. the audience just what point the pier re Au mo n 1 ; and · One Flew o,·er the Cuckoo's au!bor is trying to make. "Oklahoma" (Sept. 17-0ct. 6) Nest,'' was NOT called off. With admission prices up, with Peter Palmer. house counts for the initial It's a "crazy'' choice of weekend were dov,.'Tl. Sunday presentation for touching off a night's "crowd" was embarseason • .. but 1t would be an rassmgly small. unfor~unate one anyw~ere along 'But don't judge the rest of t~e !me . • • a mid:,summer the Little Theater's bookings for n1~htmare ... an errte year- 1974 by its uncover. Directly ender. It simpl)- is,n't a good ahead are "Lovers and Other f play. It',; a strained and contusing produr-tion, contri\•ed for the sta~e by Dale Wasserman from J a noyt>I by lit>n Kesel, It offer"' a. look into a state mert.nl , hospital where a group of pa• tlents with a yariety of Jm.ngups share the common plight of being In the charge of a domineering nurse. Leonard Nimoy, familiar io 1 · TV fans for his portrayals of ~ .l\lr. Spock and Paris in "S ar J Trek'' and ''Mission Im poss i bl e · • respectiYely, ~ chortles his way through the 1 lead role of Randle Patrick • Mc7\Iurphy, \\ho inadvertently becomes an inmate. As such, he does the patients more good than head nurse R a t c h e d . played by Marji Banks. who has ~ four years of acting credits in Chicago and vicinity. ' Both are making their Little 1 Theater debuts. So is Arthur Berv.ick, doubli.ng as actor and director. He played in ''Cuckoo's Xest" for two years off Broadway. Frank Miller, Ron Relic, George Brengel, and Gerald H. ,. Bailry are other actors new tp < Sullivan. 1 'TI1e \. ersatile a n d ac- C "omplisheu J ohn Kelso, begmrun~ his J~th i-easo!\ at the Little E Theater, a,r;d Jrm J. Puleo, who r, .. I • tR wqe 1-fjtttle ulqeatre Wn ij;br iS>qum * t½l!Uiuar,. )It. 18th Reason opens tiaturtlay llasr 4.th :1t !l:00 an1l through llfay. l!llh. Goocl seds a.vl\ilable. t ;•::~ ~ LEONARD NIMOY Siar Trek an,t l'tflsslon Jmpos!A,:te ONE FUW OVER . -· ·_.. . ··THE , . ·· · . CUCKOOltmT · . Res1:rv,;stio~s-d~11I J17 / 72S.737S Stuff 'n Sutch ~/it By Minerva N. Irish •-·~·· · .r .. . ~ At The Little Theatre-On The Square in Sullivan Saturday niwht we saw the opening performance of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" starring Leonard Nimoy as a convict feigning psychosis to avoid the hard work of a labor camp. The entire play takes place in one ward in a mental hospital and deals with the treatment of the patients there. It brings a message to us that much is needed in the way of understanding the problems of dealin9 with the mentally ill; of the giving of individual attention to each and the possibilities of helping these people back to a normal life. To me the most outstanding performance was 9iven by Frank Miller, who played Chief Bromden, the patient who eventually escaped from the hospital when he re~ained his ability to face life. MarJi Bank as Nurse Ratched was excellent. . Following the performance we sat in on a news conference which included all memberJ of the cast. It was a pleasure to m~et these peo~le and hear them talk about their work in this and other plays. The informality of.the m~et~ng 9ives an opportunity to gain an insight into the real personalit¥ of the per- formers. Leonard Nimoy is a much.more likeable chap than comes through in the part he played in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". Guy Little certainly does a wonderful job in bringing together actors who are able to fill the many differer. .... parts in the wide variety of shows he schedules each season. Next on the proararn at The Little Theatre will be 11Lovers And Other Strangers" and will star Helen Wagner of "As The World Turns" and Dennis Cole of "Bracken's world", May 21 through June 2nd.

• Wf~EK =- =--- 1 May 4 through May 10 _____________________________ --~ _) Jf7ayne Allen's _Alley Gone are the pointed ears. The soupbowl bangs arc less exaggerated. Actor Leunarci Nimoy. however, still has the sort. but forceful voice. and intellectual demeanor of "Mr. Spock" of "Star Trek" Came. Nimoy. currently in Sullivan lo open the Little Theatre's swnmer season tonight in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's . Nest," didn't arrive \'ia the good spaceship Enterprise. Like other airborne mortals \'isiting Central Illinois, he came by Ozark. BEFORE BEGIN1':ING A WEEK of rehearsals for ''Cuckoo's • rest," N1moy cLgrced to sit and talk about the crazy world of show business. The 42-ycar-old actor has been in it since he was 8. Dressed casually in coordinated ~lue cotton dungaree stacks and shirt. Nimoy also wore black. horn-rimmed glass• es. Except when he removed them to emphasize a conversa• tional point. ''I've always considered myself a character actor,'' Nimoy insisted, "I like playing ;ill kinds of characters." Nimoy admitted Uiaf "Mr. Spock" remains his favorite character, not only for ~e acclaim it brought. but also because the character 'from outer space permitted a depth of • Continu>.!ct On Page 15. THE~: Leonard Nimoy in costume as he appeared in •·Star Tr:ek·' the science fiction series still in rerun syndication. New Fall Schedules At·A•Glance, Page 3. ~ Allen's Alley ~ (',0ntfoued From Page t. ~ interpretation not routlne· to acting. Subsequent multi-char- .. actcrs he played in "Mission: Impossible" Nimoy branded ;;- "only caricatures-not real characters." • :S LIKE MOST ACTORS WHO STARTED OS THE STAGE, :--. Nimoy prefers "live·• theater. This summer his versatility 'E gets a workout. In "Cuckoo's .Nest'' Nimoy plays the onJy ~ sane character in a lunatic ward. It's his first c rack at the c'5 role onginated on Broadway by Kirk Douglas and soon to :!:f become a movie vehicle for .Jack Nicolson. ~ "This is the only play I've r<'ad in years that re.?lly exg, cites me. It shoY.-S y,hat a little kindness can do in the £icld "§. of mental health.' Nimo) opined. Cll f'ollo\lting "Cuckoo" at Sullivan, Nimoy moves to other t summer theaters to tackle " 6 Rms, Riv Vu," a comedy; 'tr. ••J.B :· a drama; and musicals "Oliver," "Th~ King and 1 .. '6c ~ and " Fiddler on the Roof." 5: ~'HAT AD0trr TV? E "l prefer to stay out of a series." Nimoy said. " I have g enough exposure there." In addition to syn?icatcd re~ of ..-:, .. Star Trek" and " Mission. Jmposs1ble," N1moy does \'01ce- {a over dialogue for the continumg animated version of "Star ,7; Trek:· No sv.eat about this, N1moy cxpl2incd: fl.i "It's the next best thing to mailing it m," he laughed. t= That's usually 11,f)at he docs-tape his dialogue and send it to the cartoon makers No r,eumons of the oow far-rtung Entcrim "' crew arc required for the c:1rtoon s •ncs !\O\V: Leonard Nimoy, currently at Sullivan \I.here appearing in a stage drama at the Little Theatre , / Square. / THE PERS STENT PHE:--.0MENA of '·Star Trekk1cs · those nev~r-sa>-die science fiction freaks, amazes Nimo~. but he thmks he knows the rf'ason behind their seeming madness. I 15 000 !'.howed up 2t the recent third annual •·Star Trek" convention in New York ~~re Nimoy spoke.) The gung-ho : ore\·er Trekkies want the long-dcf unct "human'" series reinstated. Nimoy s.1ul he doubts that ~ ill ever happen. "Star Trek." Y.ith its magic machines .?nd futuristic sets, was a costly series-too costly for.NBC and Paramount to c?ntinue, much less reacti\'atc "ith today's inflated production budgets. AJso. Nimoy pointc·d out, a "new" series might kill off the highly profitable rcsidu:ils from "old'· reruns. '"I think th~ fascination with Star Trek is because it is .? hopeful show· about the future. It shows th.-n there can be han:r:ion.y, not only among nations, but among the planets, too. N1moy had rl•movc-d his glasses to philosophize. ''Of course. Star Trek is also good dramn. Don·t forget th.1t. And there was a marvelous chemistrv between the C:l.5t. Our scripLc; usually "l're quite good. That hetps, too." NJMOY RESTORt:D HIS GLASSES to bis fricndlv face adjusted hts band,-rn:i Til'<'kc•rchi('f. and prepared to m~ve int~ character for · Cuckoo' N<•st. .. Si~ce he pl?.}'S a basically ·•nit.·<' guy," ir~ nctu:11ly typecasting.

Stars in Sul1ivan play Nimoy likes new stage role By Jt:LTE PHARTS JG Staff Writer Leonard Nimov. who formerly played "ir. Spock on the Star 'Trek television series, \·isited in :\lattoon 1\Ionda~' He 1s presently playing Randall :\Iac:i.turphy in a play entitled ··one Flew O\'er the Cuckoo· s Nest" at the Lit tlc Theatre on the Square in Sullivan. He ,,;as shopping at the OK Record Shop in the Cross County '\Jail looking for some Johnny Cash recordings. When asked what made him decide to do this play .. Nimoy laughed and replied, ·'T wanted lo see SulliYan. Jf s ... the only place in the world ,yhcre you can walk six blocks in any direction and end up in the fields. "Seriously. Sullivan is a classic small town. 'T'he play we're doing is ,·ery exciting. The audience just loves it and the response has been excellent.·· he said •·rm playing a character like 1 have ne\·er played before and I'm having a lot of fun. He's a wild, gambling fool. T usually get to pla~ the q u i e t . reserved. thinking; characters Bui this time H's diff erenl." When he was asked 1f he wa glad to be out o•f the - ~·~~~~ .--.,~~ji-· .. ! ....,,...., Stnr Trek series. he said. "i':o. T \',ouldn't say that T am glad I take work as it comes. Star Trek lasled three ~·ears: It was a job and we did it. [f they ever decided to do a new series of Star Trek. I niight consider doing it again if they asked me They have no option on rne 110\\' ··rm \'ery happ) with the \\ ay my career is going now. I haven't reco11ded in a while, but T have made five albums. I played on Broadv. ay last fall. but t have no plans for Broa<h\ ay in the 11ear future. "The theatre b more e)\- citing than 1110\·ies. You have people to work with and you can feel the audience. Good work depends on the material and 1 try to look for il1- teresting parts." Nimoy said that he hasn't made any movies in the last year and a half. but is considering doing one entitled ''Rose Bud.•· "I just received the script and will have to give it a good review first "rll be doing 'Fiddler on the Roof' in July and 'The King and T' in August. T have another book coming out entitled 'You and I' containing poe1rv and photographs.·• Nimoy was born in 8o5lon. .Mass . but has lived in California for the past 25 vears. He has been married 20 ;>ears and has two childrrm, a daughter, 19, and a son, 17. "Thev·re both in school and haven't shown any interest in show business. I wouldn't try to discourage them if they \\<anted to, but l wouldn't encourage it either.·· he said. "l am very hc.1ppy \'.ilh the work I am doing now. I've got more work than I can handle and a variety of choices. rm also scheduled to do college level lectures on science fiction. 'I'his is a Jot or fw1 because students are very interested m the suh• ject. ., Tl1ird Page

In first drama Over-structured society rapped by 1 mental patients' BY BOB BEST An overly structured society takes its lwnps in .. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", the opening drama at The Little Theatre for 1974. The play, starring Leonard Nimoy, is set in a ward in a state mental hospital. The inmates are in the midst of gr oup therapy in which, according to the group leader, the group is simulating the real I 14 p Cuckoo 's Nest George Brengel and Leonard Nimoy appear in a scene from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," the opening dramatic production at the Little Theatre for the world outside the ward. and the inmates are learning to cope with the real world Into the midst of the functioning group is placed Nimoy in the role of Randle Patrick McMurphy, a randy, boozing, gambling, fighting, leather-jacketwearing psychopath. Starting to catch on to the symbolizing yet? Well, that's just a start. Each character symbolizes some group in eighteenth season. Nimoy plays the role of a rugged individuali< t who has been committed toa mental hospital because of anti socal behavior :.oc1ety, and if anyone in the audience fails t,, identify with a character, he must be asleep. Nimoy makes a great dirty young man who has his own ideas about how a society should be ( which is one of the reasons that he was transferred from the state farm to the state hospital) He commands attention on the stage and is a much more accomplished actor than some of his episodes on "Mission Impossible" might lead one to believe. He also reacted well to a live audience. The leading lady in the play, Marji Bank, was a disappointment to me. She is supposed to be a neurotic authorative person whose authority is all important to her value as a person in her role as Nurse Ratched. Instead. she struck me as a simpering manipulator who used stridance rather than force of will to make her points. She, or director Arthur Berwick, got too much of a " mother figure" into the role. Frank Miller as Chief Bromden ( conscience ) gave a fine performance. He must change from a near-catatonic to a normal agressive yowig male during the course of the play and does so ~uite believably. Others deserving special mention are Ron Relic, Arthur Berwick. and Jon J. Puleo. Back for his thirteer th season at The Little Theatre was John Kelso in a small role as a doctor. Bob Soule is back in Sullivan for his seventh season and did his usual fine job in designing a set that looks like every public institution that has ever been. There are many ways that you can see "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." You can also go for the laughs, and there are lots of laughs in the play. Or you can keep in mind that the original novel by Ken Kesey was based on a Midwest Mental Hospital and that many of the abuses suffered by the patients are drawn from life. Since the book was written - or maybe because of the book - some things have changed very much for the better. Some. wifortunatelv. ha\'e not. Our recommendation is that you drop the "Medical Center" re-run this week and see this play. Leonard Nimoy is better 1han Chad r-::,·erett., nd the script 1s ,·astly 'illP' ,..ior. Some of the lan~uage ) ou'll never hear on .. Medical Center", but it is ,astly superior to what ~ou'll hear should \'OU ever take a tour of Kankakee State I lospit:i I. l

- " ~edne$dar. May 8, l 9i l __________________ _______ THE COURIRR. Champ:tig-n-t roona Ce11t1·al Ill:inois lo,Tes NimoJr's 'Cuckoo' role By Sam ·waltz Of The Courier Leonard Nimov opened The Little Theater's 18th season Salmday night as the brawling, bawdy Randle Patrick i\lcMurDrama review - phy from Ken Kesey's novel. ' 'One Flew Over the· Cuckoo's death struggle for control of Nest.'' U1e mental ward, Miss Bank Nimoy a familiar face from plays the role early wiU1 unteleYisio~· s ":Mission Impos- accommod_ating cordiality, alsible'> (Paris) and "Star Trek'' most as if all were fun and (M:r. Spock), quickly won the games. hearts of Central Illinois the- Because. her ro~e is key, her e.ter-goers at Sullivan as the weakness m the first act would cursing. drinking and fornicat- ~most be fatal if she didn't ~- ing Irishman who decides to 1 ~cover well after the intermisbecome top dog at the state swn. Despite _an improvement mental hospital where he is an there, the audience is still left inmate. sbo~t, because the natm-e of Nimoy developed an immedi- their struggle never fully emergare rapport with the packed- es. . house audience as he set out Tragedy Strikes to dominate the wal'd. He had 'Yben the tragedy finally been sent there after a doctor I s~rikes at McMw·phy, the -auat the local prison farm decided dience must feel that justice he was a psychopath because has been cheated irreconciliaof his fighting and whoring. bly. The early tacit acknowA Maverick ledgement of the stakes in the Md.lurphy is a dedicated struggle betwee~ the two is not / maYerick and free soul who had fleshed ou~ until so late that : been kicked out of the Army l\IcMu:phy s fall seems only a : for insubordination, despite hav- bad di earn. ing earned a distinguished ser- 0t!1ei·s who handled their roles ,ice cross in Korea for leading par~cularly well included Ron an escape from a Communist Re~c as Billy Bibbitt. the stutprison camp. Street brawls, bar- tenng adolescent who is frusroom fights and a romantic en- trated ~Y his mother; John Keltanglement with a willing 15- so, a L.1tt1e Theater regular, as year old who told him she was Dr. Sprvey, the "yes-man" to 17, finally led McMurpby at 35 Nurse Ratched; and Betsy Lap-, to prison for statutory rape. ka. as_ Can?Y S_tarr, McMurpby's His chief obstacle to domina-J ~ppie girlfnend who solves tion of the mental ward is Nui-se1 Billy's problems. Ratched, also known as the "Big "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's ,. Nurse" because of her physical Nest" (the title is from a nursattributes. She adminisrers the ~Y rhyme recited: in the play) \,~ ~ard as her per~onal kingdom IS toned down co~iderably in m an orderly fashion. language and i:icbons l,~m The clash between the two Kesey's. w_ork. Still, .for 1~e I ls quick. Aside from the hostile not so t~m1d that the lusty (La. incidents that mark their rela- lo~ue wil~. shoe~ them_. "Cuck- 1. tionship, she deliberately mis- ?0 ~ Nest remams a fme evenpronounces his name as 'Mc- mg s fare. I Murray" and "Murphy." Mc- The play will •~me at The Murphy counters by regularly Little Theater-on-tlie-Square in mispronouncing hers in an ob- Sullivan through May 19. scene manner. · The story line raises the usual dramatic questions for the audience. Is it better to pursue a rollicking, hedonfatic approach to life, at the risk of causing pain and problems for oneself? 1 Or should one temper his quest for fun and pleasure with o~der and restraint in an effort to minimize life's hurts? Nimoy, as the antihero listenIng to a different drummer, I quickly wins the idcntifir-ation of t.he audience. many of whom sc~k the vicariouc.; expe1 ience • a· an escape from the ordered, humdrum existence that McMur.phy isTejccling. .. .. The play is staged and performed beautifully under the direction of Arthm Berwick, who plays Dale Harding McMurphy's immediate ally in the ward. As the sanest of the crazies, Harding had been the inmates' elected leader as president of the democratic "Patient's Council until McMurphy came along. A tall, skinny man Harding had himself committed for treatment because he had never been able to adjust to the big-breasted "motherfigure" of a wife be had chosen. More than adequate The transition from Kesey's novel to the stage is less than faithful, but more than adequate. The stageplay is by Dale Wasserman, who did the stageplay for "Man of LaMancha. '' In the transition, Kesey's tragEdy laced with some humor becom. es a comedy ending in trag- 1 ed:v. ' Gone, or at least left to the imagination, are the drug-tinged overtones of the story - the depressing flashbacks that had caused Kesey to spend some time in an asylum before he wrote "Cuckoo s Nest" in 1962., Kesey had been in the vanguard of the drug and hjppie movements as a college instructor. The bad effeets of his experimentation with mind-altering a n d consciousness-expanding drugs that led him ro write the book are virtually 1?rased from the play, perhaps considered too heavy for theater- I goers. What remains, howe, er, is well worth the price of admission. Nimoy and Berwick are excel- 1 lent. Fran~ Miller, a young act- f or appearmg for the first time at Little Theater as Indian Chief Bromden, the patient who is the principal benefactor of McMurphy's stay there, handled his role well. The audience could I better have matched him ,.,ith 1 the character he was supposed to be, however. with some makeup that at least gave him an Indian's complexion and tribal accent of some kind. Marji Bank, as Nurse Ralched, doesn't come across as McMurphy's mutual antagonist as well as she ought, particularly lin the first act. Rather than ~ a par1icipant in a life-orII :, IJJii( ,.Toclay ;it t:1 .1 an(] !t:UO I omorrow at •t:an , 1 n(] i:<tO .}f;~ .... Xw;J LEONARD NIMOY • S(.tr 'l'rck a n,t :\fission lmpo,~ible l

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No.---- ✓ WLBH Studio Copy 1170 KHz MATTOON, ILL. Phone: 234 6464 345-2526 Advertiser:Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Neslo Run: Written by: Jane W. Krows Date: w4r 1£ittlr w~rntrr (fJn €11, ~uilll' * ~llimm. )ll. l~th :-eason opens -.;iturd"~ ,1,.,. -llh at !l:00 l\nd throuirh ,t.tr' f!llh. Gootl $tRh avallabl!', • l ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOl NEST - ' Res.rvations-di•I 217 / 728-7375 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Used on WLBH Mattoon---Monday May 6th. ===========-================== One Flew Over t he Cuckoos Heat opened t he 18th season at the Little 'fhea"tre on The Square Saturday with Leonard N1moy starring. Mr Little says t hat ne tries to do one special show each season and this is t he one for 1974. It defin1 tely is a worthwhile undertaking and he would have to look far to find an actor to equal Nimoy in the role of Randle Fa.trick McMurphy. The scene 1s set in a mental institution, the characters are patients, nurses or attendants. Randle :Patrick McMurphy enters the group w1 th vague expla1natinn on his entrance papers as to his reason for being there. He brings with him a breath of fresh air and a host of new ideas as to how patients should be treated. The conflict between him and Nurse Ratohed, played by Marji Bank, rules the play. Both are excellent in their roles. heading the list of patients is Chief Bromden, the son of an Indian Chief, who gradually emergesi from his shell and from t he institution because of Ma-1urphy'e encouragement. 14 The play is really a powerful drama directed with a saft touch by Arthur Berwick who also pla.ya Dale Harding, one of 15 the patients. There is humor, pathos and trag~dy in this play

Advertiser: Written by: Date: 1 2 3 . . 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ' 12 13 15 WLBH Studio Copy 1170 KHz MATTOON, ILL. Phone: 234-6464 345-2526 To Run: No.---- The audience opening night did not laugh at t he wrong places. Ti1ey caught the tenderness, the fears, the doubts that lay in the •••ru%arsx minds of these disturbed characters. Each patient was an individual with his own special problems and each role was played in such ~way that you empathized with t hem all. Nimoy is an artist in portraying his role and the all his equity cast is well rounded and each carried %kmir role in what seemed to be a faultless performance on opening. It is a play that gets to the audience, involving their emotions and leaving them ·a little shaken but in a way that people may need to be shaken up. "It is t he purpose of the play," Mr. Little states. If you are wanting to see 0 t he best" in t heatre, done witnout glitter and baubles, music and dancing girls, you will find it at The Little Theatre with Mr. N1moy and t he cast of One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. I cannot reveal more of the plot or 1t would spoil t he ~lay for you. ..

Wl7r 14ittlr IDqrutrr-®tt ·ur4r ~quarr "Central lllinou' Only Star Music and Drama Theatre" Leonard N imoy Opens 18th Season Saturday, May 4 Sullivan, Ill. - Scheduled openingof the 1974 season will! be Saturday, May 4 with Leonard Nimoy in the powerful play, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, " the fascinating dramatization of Ken Kesey 's 1962 novel. The Little Theatre- On TheSqttare is already reporting a great amount of sn.ident interestin the opening production, not only because of the popularity of Mr. Nimoy who portrayed Mr. Spock on "Star Trek" and Paris in "Mission Impossible" television series, / butalso due to the socialogical merit of the play. Scheduled productions now being announced by The Little Theatre-On The Square include Helen Wagner (Nancy of "As The World Turns") in "LOvers And Other Strangers", May 21 to June 2, and the Mid A meri- .,. can premiere of the frolicking musical, "Sugar", June 4 to June 23. "Sugar" is the musical adaptation of the film "Some Llke It Hot" which starred Marilyn Moruoc as Sugar with Tony Curtis and Jack Lem- ] mon as the two masquerading members of an all "girl" band. Rosemary Prinz, Central Illinois' favorite, will return to star in "Mame", June 25 co July 7, followed by the Sullivan debut of Mimi Hines in "Funny Girl'', recreating the role she played on Broadway in the Sullivan production July 16 to Aug. 4. Andy Devine will headline "NoNo Nannette", August 6 to the 25, and the newly released musical "Gigi" will be presented August 27 ro September 15. Peter Palmer and his wife A niko will close the musical portion of the 1974season in the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, "Oklahoma!", September 17 to October 6. Reserved tickets fo11 Season Ticket patrons are now being released for the first eight productions, through October 8. Single admission reservations are available now for all scheduled shows. Discounts are again being offered to clubs, organization and friends wbo wish to attend The Little Theatre-On The Square in groups. Discounts are proportionate to the size of the group attending. Information concerning group discounts and arrangements may be obtained by writing The Little Theatre· On The Square, Box 155, Sullivan, Illinois 61951 or phoning 217/728-'7375. THE DAILY ILLINI POWER •• LEONARD NIMOY ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Tuesday, May 14, 1974 HIGHLY ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION SUL LIV AN - There's a theatrical experience awaiting- you a t Sullivan's Little ThE>atre-On The Square you cannot afford to miss. It will stun, shock, amuse and disturb you. And you wiJI remember t he experience the r est of your life. If you could see only one play by a modern playwrig ht. make it "OnE> Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest" which runs th rough May 19. You'll never forgel it, nor will you ever regret your decision. What you will carry away with you is t he message McMurph~· brings wit h him when he first bounds on stage. He reprE>sents much more than the world outside. He r epresentF- life itself: hope. Joan McisnE>r Illinois State Register, Springfield R~servat,ons-dial 217/728-7375 GOOD SEATS AVAILABLF

.... Dennis Cole, Helen Wagner in scene from 'Lovers and Other Strangers Two stars enliven contemporary comedy at Little Theatre The Little Theatre-On The4 -·- " .,. ffl Square will he playing .. Lovers " and Ollwr Strangers,'' a con- I temporary kind ot comedy for the nr.,t se\'eral da~•:-. and people By Emery 1 11 general arc going to find it breezy and amusing. i\lr. Little lic:hten·Nalter Jwikets like this to Sullivan D e n n i s Cole. late of must be a welcome change ol ·'Brackcn·s World,'' to ll'lY fare for Helen Wagner the notion one o( the undPrTated T\' beloved "Nancy.. of ·• .\s the series of the past fh·e years. World Turn!'-.'' On that show I is a delightful surprise as the where she originatC'd the role other star of this show. \\'e and has plaicd it more than I hc1\'cn't seen enough of l\lr. Cole a decade. she has bcc:onw lately to recall what a natural I has come up with a tandem pair of stars that people will want to see in Helen Wagner m.~ . s t c r e o - t ~ p e d as the all actor he is. I found much · sacrificing. all-generous mother plcaslu·c m his opening scene i\nnuaJly in Sulli\'an Guy Little as the hopeful young man who · Kathy Taylor. our veQ o,•. n home blooming ingenuc. is lovely to look al. and packs appeal to win all audiences. Her 1,ookie girl is a bundle oi !anghs. her fisherman patience in rc•eling in tile lme ,dth few words as the hooked bridegroom struggles to escapt' the hook b just right. and her quiet dignity c1s the young \\ if e ,, ho~~ marriage is falJing apa1 t is good showcase for her talen~. and Dennis Cole back-pedalled by two other Su11i\ an farnrites - in John Kelso and Katc1v line on the C'haracter~. Ta) lor !)o \\ e haq~ a !>pring scene ended, just wh, 1 ~ ou tonic of a show that can't help were getting the appetite bill itselt in making you feel good. I not full satisfaction. And all told I think l should alert the there are five scene shifts iu casual theatre goer that what the play. with Jour coming in he is going to sec here is not Act I. and while '\Ir. Sowc ·s the usn:11 curtain up - two act set is modern and attractive. - curtain down play, and that the change of scenes seemed may be disappointing lo the I m1bt:irably lengthy. l hope thi~• casual attendee. who 1s more was merely an opening niglit likely to he there lor a special Jinx and has passed. c\'ening tt1 S(•c a bclo\·ed soap But what the plots may l:lt'k opera star than to be> lhei e for in cl ,1racter rappor1 thL•y mor'l' tlw :,how alone. 1 than 1m1ke up in comedic , What he will see ts a first I brilliance. Co-authored bv the act made up of four sketches husband-wife tt'am of Renee about to minutes in length each. 1 1 Taylor and Jo~eph Bologna. lhc ench with no relation to _the lines ol the cha1 ,wters sparkll• r,thrrs. other than the subJecl with wit ;rnd gigglt·s. .\liss of the pursuit of Jo,·c. Actually, Tavlor can make ii as a standthe skits are similar to the old up· comedienne or clever '·Love Amcriean Strle" skits. character actress. and her 1 found them just too brief husb,rnd is much in rll'mand in to \\or·k up much empathr for current. comedv roles. You·n their chiirDcters. for u:;t when swear thr auti1ors must lwve vou \\ Pre lw2innme- to l!l"t a j hud nt lca!>t an c~ c and ,m e;ir - to manv a boudoir door to I fashion the laugh Jinrs in these play lets. I is letting her escape that mold has picked up a Indy at the for a two weeks' fling in singles bar. enticed her hnmc sc . 1ething else - last ~·c .. 1r as to hrs pad. and finds himself an embattled queen. this year totally w1able to cope with the in a variety of rol<•s - · weep) ladies kookie on again-off again other ,~oman. a clommecring I m ind His portrayal of women's libbcr who not only ' be\, ilderment is a jewel of a tr k~ to wear the pants in hN performance. Then hr. top~ that familv but lhe coat and vest gem ,\'ith a t.:omic bit as the 1s ,~ ell. and lastly ~s thC' most foot-dragging bridegn um ultimate Italian ;nama-mia, I [ in tict!on who learns that faslonlv a shade less Catholic than talk LS not the answc1 to the· Pope. faced with that horror I e\ CI") thing. He is just great. oi horrors. a divoree in the And what can I do but cut lamih a Slt'ncil of m, ra, cs for .John And ;\Irss Wagner is s1n.1shing Kelso and Kathy Taylor. They m all roles. even sporting an ar<' more than a suppurting cast auburn "ig in her opening - they are a bul\\ ark of , scene. I wonciP.r if all the genllc strength. Just "·hen you think I little old ladies "ho IO\ c 1\1r. Kelso can come JIP with ''Nancy" daily can aelually , nn I mrr pnrtrnyal than th1• las I eope \\ith a .\Ii~s \\'agncr as ,you ~aw. here hclon' your L'~'l'S I a homewrecker, hO\\'l'\'l'l" comic, lll' mounts thn•c roles to brmg or even as a sexually agn·ssi, l' • ,.hecr~. As the 1wr,•otlS ~1usba11cl wire. r gloried in lwr op- ,vho wants to have: bc;; <·al~e l Jnrlunit,, to css,w s01ndhin11 'b11ll1•red on both i::1d1•s. lw ts • "' ,... I different. and I show hc1 , wild .. \~ a Casper :\ltlquelua:-;t prnises for her ading t:tl<'nt in , of a husband s;ull~• mrsmak!w_d the she)\\', Sil" is so ;1cl(•pt slw • in the Batt le of Sexes hrs sheds ht>r familiar i<h•ntit~ ,incl rntsPry pours it on your fun• become.s a new 1wrson, ;111d a I n\'bmll'. and as lhl' Italian !11\•elv person too. , fothc•\' \\ ho just ran ·1 un- • cl c rs t nu <I tlw modern O'Clll'rat 1011. he is excellent. and to ensily comf's off as tlw best lt,il1c1u in the .c ·1 For :ill 10\ ers. or those ,, ho haYe ever bern in lovt•. a trip to Sulli\'an , · I ½1 all la, e and k1::is1 ~ And bC's1des that. wlh> in the wurld , oula \\ ant to nuss seeing ··Nancy.-· and she is just as fancv as ever. a real lc,\:C of a person, and a talemea. actress.

i \ 'Lovers' is a learning · experience, but it's. fu ·D .rev By John J.'Palily jovial side of love American cy Hughes on television's "As these expressions to- help end For The Cow·ier style. tht! World Turns," rarely plays lhe play on a l)articularly graco- "You li\'e and you learn." Originally, "Lovers" was per- comedy roles, but her wr~ U.O· ful, though{ul note. \ ..,, And the characters in "Lovers formed with different . sets of ~e~tatement a,nd . professional "Lovers and Other Sranger~" Other Strangers," which plays actors ~d actresses m eac~ ~1m~g and ~?ntrol ~U work w~ll is an unusual combination oJ at the Little Theater in SUUivan of lhe five ~ketches. The Sulli- m Lovers .. De~ms Cole ,dis- be}ly laughs JlDd socialc;ommqn through June 2 have done their van production uses the same p~ays versatility m three very tary that both lightens and en•, share of both ' four. peo~le for all the sketches different roles ~~d lend~ an air lightens the hearts of its aucU, · . -with mixed results. of boyish affability to hIB char- ence _The play c?ns1sts of severa~ Understandably the cast mem- acters. : :_ -----'- shce-of-love vignette~ th3:t occm bers occasionally falter in shift- Kathy Taylor does a corp- · 0:1 a S~turday evemn~ m New ing between characters. Helen mendablc job-particularly ~ a lork C;ity. In the. foibles and Wagner, for example, seems book - quoting, spirutual - love- " frustrat10ns of th~ ltves por_tray• much more comfortable playing seeking young woman who gets 1 eel, each P8;1'Son m _thefauh?1 enc1 ef a married woman than a mid- picked up-although she has less ·, :'' ". can recogmze a bit o imse dle-aged lover. rich material to work with than I_ • , ·"" or someone he has known. On the posith·e side, watching the other cast members. \t "Lovers'' is fairly sophisticat- only four people perform gives For my money John Kelso ed adult comedy. Amid the gen- the play an intangible credibili- almost steals the show. l{elso's ..... I. : tle and sympathetic jibes at ty, as if the actnrs were friends Woodv Allen-like movements · modern love, however, a bitter- saying, "Here. Watch us as we provide a hilarious visual humor )·. · 1- , : i sweet comment or revealing show you what love is like. " t;1at energizes his roles. • l · .) glance will suggest the less than This personalizing effect. more All the cast members display 1 ~ 1 -- · - · than compensated for the strain sensitive facial expressions. lo I· 1 .-i"'. . - · of role changes. the final, slightly longer sketch, ,;;>! , ~ .. . Helen Wagner, who plays Nan- George Bunt, the director, uses :;;, ' A - ;, .. 1... . - . - ..

WAGNER AND COLE AT THEATRE ,. :':;'-: ·· ... · ; . ~ Helen Wagner, Nancy Hughes for 18 years in the ever-popular CBS television series, "As The World Turns", and Dennis Cole, handsome star of TV's "Bracken's World" and "The Bearcats", are co-starring in the hilarious comedies, "Lovers And Other Strangers" , at Sullivan's Little Theatre-On The Square May 21 throu9h June 2. Good seats are still available for most performances with curtain time Tuesday through Friday at 8:00, Saturday at 4:00 and 9:00 and Sunday at 2:30 and 7:00. Miss Wa~ner is no stranger to the Central Illinois area, having graduated from Monmouth College and appeared at the St. Louis Muni Opera. She starred with Donald Ma¥ ("Edge of Night") in 1972 in "The Lion In Winter" in Sullivan; Broadway audiences have seen Miss Wagner in "Oklahoma!", "The Bad Seed" and "My Name Is Acquilon" with Jean Pierre Aument. Dennis Cole, who is making his first a~pearance in Sullivan, is an accom~lished actor who has starred in television series on all networks. His first series was "Felony S~ad" with Howard Duff, followed by 'Bracken's World" and "The Bearcats" with Rod Tay- lor. Mr. Cole is a native of Michigan and gave up a career in football to pursue his musical interests only to become a popular television star. Two years ago he toured the East and starred on Broadway in "And All The Girls Came Out To Play". "Lovers And Other Strangers" which received reviews of "delightful, genuine belly-laughs ••• realistic and observant humor ..• very funny and always engaging", is a set of five comedies on the general subject of men, women and love. Ap- pearing with Miss Wagner and Mr. Cole will be John Kelso and Kathy Taylor , long time Sullivan favorites and talented comedians. Children's Theatre continues in Sullivan with the final performance of "The Princess And The Pea" on Saturda¥, May 25, at 1:00, t o be followed by "Rip Van Winkle" on June 1, 8 and 15. Tickets for all Children's Theatre productions are $1.00. Information may be obtained by writing The Little Theatre- On The Square, Box 155, Sullivan, Illinois 61951 or calling 217-728-7375. Helen Wagner ~- ❖--· -. _,;_ < wt ,..,; --: . -~ Dennis Cole Comedy Opens Tuesday Night 1 At Sullivan I Sullivan "Lovers and other Stnrngers'' opens Tuesda:,, night al the Little Theatre-On The Squai e 111 Sulli\'an. The stars of the comedy, which will run througl, .June 2. are Helen \Yagner and Denni!:> Cole. Miss Wagner. best known for her 18-\'cnr portn1~·al of 'ancy Hughes in telC\ i!:iioi1s .. \s Tlw World Turns.'' lc1st ,IJ_>pc.ir~d ~n I the Sull1\':m stage 111 19,2 111 ··The Li(1n in \\'inter.·· I Tim; is Dennis Cole ·s fi1 st ap pcarnncc in Sullivan. I k is the ~tar ol tcle, is1011·5 • Hraekcn·.., \\'orld" and ··The Bearcats.'' ms lirst television series was "F elon_v Squad " John Kelso and Kathy Ta~·lor. both vet.erans of the Lit11e 'T'heatre. will Join :\-l1ss \\'agner and Cole in the I 1, e-pm l l'Ollle<ly about JO\ e and the instilul10n of marriage. A tncl\ ie \'ersion \\ as relea«.ed in 1970 starring Ht•m· Guardino. Cloi is Leal'hman and Gig Young, among o1 hers. Curtaintimc 1s n p,m. Tucsonys I hrough Thursda~·s. 1 ;ind g p.r11. Sat111day:-; r111d 2:,10 ;rnd 7 p.m. Sunclm s. Play Really Series ~t Of Comic Vignettes~~~ B~· Bill \V:ird ''I , o v t' r s a n cl O I h c r Strangers " \\ hich oprned 'J'ucscla., :rt the Little Theatre-On fire Sqwm1 ill ~lllli\'illl, IS not n•:111~ ;i pla.,. Hal her, it is n s~r·rcs 11f comic·, igrn•lles 011 hie. love and sc:,;. Playwrights llcnec Tuylor and Joseph Bologna use the live apartments in a Manhattan apc1rtmcnt building as settings 1or their wittv commentan on the infinite varietv of relationships between the sexes. Top hilling goes to television J)('l'Sonallt1('S Helen Wagner of ''As the World Turns" and Dennis Cole of "Felony Squad.·• while th(' names of .John Kelso and Ka' hy Taylor. "ho complete the cast, appear in much smaller type. But all four are equally important m the productron, and a II four turn in a variet v of gifted portra>·als 12 of them. ......_____.....,.,,.._.._,____ ; Sullivan Offers Children's Play Sullivan This Saturday ,,111 be the l,1-;I perlornwnce ol ''The Print·cs~ and Th-! Pea" at the Children s Thea Ire rn Sul11, t1n Thl' pl!l'fOJ'l11,U1Ce i.11 Ille Litt le Tht>al re On the Squa1 c \\ ill beg111 at 1 p,m. fil'kl'IS are ~I. Then• ;ire no n•sc1 ,·cd Sl'illS, '"The Pnm·1•s m1d Thl' PP.1" will he lollo,,cd h~ '•Hip \ an "inkk'' ,,·1th J)l'l'lorm,m<'cs .June 11 8 :rncl rn. I in lad. :.ich is scquirrrl to c·i·ealc f hrce entirely cliff crcnt ch:1rnc1' rs. nnd <'ach ge at least one turn in 111,, Sf><Jthght. lt's liar <I to dc<'idc which ol IIIC' vignclles \\;1s tire must cffcl'lirc although some :ire weightier lh,rn others all rirl! sidc-spl ill ingly funny. ' l 'crhaps the most memo, ahle is one m which ~l1ss w~~ rier plays a wife who ½ants tu make love. \\ hile husband Kelso onlv wants to roll over and go to sleep. Underneath the alternaf ing t'ajoling, bickering. 11ame-c:;1lling and I ighting there is ::i \\ 1, ,rnd semi-serious c:omme11lc1rv on sex roles in a d1..111gir1g world. Furtunatcl), ii never he:comcs serious enough to stop laughing. Other bright moments incl1,.1dc: - Cole as a young man on the make whose date for the c-.:enmg, Miss Taylor. keeps inlerntpling his franti<.: efforts at seduction \\ ith widlv irrelevant words of wisdom · from Helen c:urle,· Brown. Albert Ellis and Kahlii Gibran. - Cole again as ;i groom who has cold r cet four da\'s he fore the wedding. · - Miss Wagner and Kelso as ,1clultcrcrs together in the bathruom c1l his anni\'ersary party, wilh him asking "Ho\\' can you call lhL; sordid'?" as she sits on 1 his lap on the toilet The most downbeat scene. and also the least eff eclive. is the la:-;t. The older couple is trying to com irwc the ~·otmger one not lo get ;, rlivorec. Hut as they unfold ll.c ston· of their \'car~ together. all they re,·eal i·s un happiness and boredom. a rela~ tionship bused on habit. Al, this point. the laughs become less frequer t and more bitte ·. And as the curtain Jail~ on the l\10 mutlcring cliches at cad1 other. rnu'rc left with the taste of ashes. If this production \\·;is a mo\·ic it \\'ould probnbi, be rated PG - parental guidance rceommcnckd because of s<.':-,.;unl j sub_jer•t nrntlcr and ol'casional I ,·ulgarilrl:S. Uut the play is basic~11ly designed for adults. nol childrt"n. II is not becausr of the c:oarse :-pots, which arc not thnt frequent. but because the rclaOonshrps are sunply adult ones. If the plm has a weakness - other than the tlimsv set in the first scene. which· constantly threatened to collapse "hcne\'er the coup!(' on thl' couch got alhlctH.· 11 1s the ending 11 1ust doesn·t le·i, c ·cm laughing. But on the whole. ··Lovers and Oth<'r Sttangers" is \,itt~. lnstpal'cd and \,ell adc<l. .rnd 1t prO\•idrs a "ell-rounded t'\ cmng of adult t•ntcrtainmrnt.

• 'Lovers' Is Light Summer Fun Ry WALTER LAZENBY ULLIVAN-"Lo\'ers and Other Strangers," the Sullivan e Theatre's second production of its eighteenth season, 1s not one play but five sketches -all similar to those offered on TV's "Love American Style.'· The sketches balance the problems of the young with the problems of the middle-aged. specifically those arising out of the mating game. The first brings together a seemingly complicated young woman and a very wicomplicated young man for a be\\ildering first encowiter in his apartment. In the second, a middle-aged · family man" and his mistress seek privacy in a bathroom to discuss their doubtful future. The sophistry he uses in trying to perpetuate their shaky relationship may have been intended to afford the real humor of the piece, but 1t was the sight gags connected with the unusual setting that titillated the opening night audience. The third skit would be a monologue delivered by a young man who is beginning to regret his decision to marry, except for the presence of the girl he is trying to escape from; and it would merely be a playful development of the idea that it is common for someone approaching marriage to have second thoughts, except for some overtones of the ending. The fourth features a comical battle, all of it in the bedroom, much of it in the bed, between a partially liberated middle-aged career woman and her husband, who libido 1s directly proportional to his egoistic need to be told he is manly and to his success as a salesman-and he has had a disastrous sales week. These characters are a little less transparent than those in the other pieces, and some of their lines are quite funny. The final piece, more substantial, mirrors the predictable responses of parents who find that their son and daughterin-law are contemplating divorce. Somewhat unpredictably they reveal their past unhappinessss in an attempt to dissuade the youngsters. Under their faulty logic and comic exaggerations there is more than one hint of pathos. As delh·ered in this performance, then ending, a coda of cliches, has ambiguous implications. This format gives to each member of a small cast-only four actors in all-a chance to play three roles. Helen Wagner, of TV's "As the World Turns,'' gives her - - ---- - - j ,;ii HELEN WAGNER A ·r h, Wortu 111111r 01'1 ,'I 'l nn•<>rrr,11 ;1\ lt·Oll ~n,J fhtnu:lt .lune ~ 1d Reservations-dial 2171728-737~ ?_ l ~- J DENNIS COLE 'lOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS" Walter Lazenby, Reviewer Walter Lazenby has joined the Times-Courier staff as an occasional reviewer of area dramatic productions. Lazenby received a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., in 1969. He has taught dramatic literature at Eastern Illinois University since 1969 and has had acting and directing experience with various university and community theatre groups. Lazenby also worked briefly as a reporter from the Owensboro, Ky. Messenger-Inquirer. ~ ?, ,' .. *· ,, ' . . , ; ' _..,. Lazenby most consistent performance as the mistress and in that role successfully fills in rather long waits for guffaws and snickers to subside. But disappointing traces of insincerity and needless sterotyping of character creep into her per• formances as the career woman and the mother. Dennis Cole, another television star, is in his top form as the reluctant bridegroom-to-be, his most demanding role. He also plays the son and the man with the apartment. Kathy Taylor performs best as the too well-read girl he has picked up. To her other roles (the bride-to-be and the daughter-in-law) she brings quiet charm. But it is John Kelso who shines for his versatility. As the stuffy sophist he is good; as the not-so-virle male chauvinist he is better; and as the concerned father he is best-thoroughly convincing with his confident technique. In a few words: light swnmer entertainment continuing through June 2. •

Advertiser: Written by: WLBH Studio Copy 1170 KHz MATTOON, ILL. Phone: 234-6464 345-2526 To Run: No.- No.---- Date: -2- 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Dennis Cole, t he tall blonde young man of t he play ~ \ is per fect for his role of t he young sought after young man in skit one, t he scared bridegroom t o be in skit t hree and t he married son., whose parents still try to dictate his life . in t he closing scene . He has less ways of changing his looks t han a woman has but he seems to do it well with his own acting and mannerisms and t he use of glasses in t he final scene. J ohn Kelso and Kathy Taylor, both well known and favorites of Sullivan audiences, had no difficulty in changing t i1 eir characters, along with t he stars. There is a lot of fun in "Lovers and Other Strangers", even t he stage settings are such to bring forth a laugh in t he second skit which all takes place in a bathroom. Some of t he language is todays overly frank language. The usage of ...t""erms once taboo on stage and still taboo in television. But Lovers and Ot11 er Strangers is delightfully wann and t he final skit borders on drama a s well a s ~umor. I felt it came off very well with a lot of good a cting, kept to t he b(ro.nds of na turalness. Though I f elt t he actors and h to life, t he final diredtor George Bunt brought ea c scene =

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Born anu t·lluratt·d in Newton, Ma sar husl•lt'\. his <.'Are:t-r bt'gan with a <it?riea ( >f juv<'nilc l«•ads includini,: Barnab} in THE ~t \TCIIMAKEH firi.t with Ruth Gordon on Rroad,, :iy and la ler in the film \ ersion with Shirley Ro<>th. On lkoad,H1v he wa, featured in SAY I>AHI.ING 11ncl TAKE ME ALONG with Jackie Glel'.lson and Walter P ide-,.on. No longer playing th,• irrepressible tc<'nager, Robert ?itors1• th1>n starred as the unµrinci• pied but charming rising young executive who knt.>w HO\\ TO SlWC.:EED IN RU~INES:-i WITHOUT m ;ALLY TRYING Following hi~ succei,s on Hroadwav, Mr: lt,r g .,.. ""' 1(1 llollnu,od \\ hl n h<' starred Ill the mo\it' \l'r~wn .,r liO\\ TO sucn 1-'D ll•• ('o-<.larrt•ri v.1lh \\ a ltl'r .MaU huu in Gl IDE 'J'() A MAHRH;D MAN Y.llh Rol•crt Morlcy in '1 HI:: LOVED ONT:. His other Cirlms 1ncludP 011 DAD, POOR I>AD, with Doris Day 1n, WHERE \VERE YOU \1. HEN THI- LH:HTS WENT OI iT'! and TUE BOATNIKS In 1968 he wa~ t he star <if his 11w n innO\ atin• weck!v tclo\ is1on mus1<:al show. 'fJIJ\ TS LIFE. Ht !ms ,1pp1:an:d in :i number of oth1•r tclcnsmn <.ho111 ~ includmg THE VEl,VET GLOVE with H,·1, n H aH!S and THIEVES' CAHN IV Al, Mr. Morsr h~t.• in Ne" York City, he h. s thn•e rh ldre n, Anclrea, Hobin am! Hillary Amon h1 n anv honor . the one lhat has 1'1 prN>sc I h1 f m11;, mo:;t wa;, that of ucin nnmcd tht :; <I e Father of tho \ ar." II h, pes "1 h ol he \\on't be \ otcd "St.a e Mo her o I.he )c r." HOB MOAK (C)sgood I no tr n tr o The lit tJc Th,.alrc On The S4unre lit h s appt ,trcd at Sullivan in BOEING BOEING with Lyle Waggoner. THBHE"~ A (,JRI, IN MY ~OUJ> ...,ith Yan J ohnson. ttnd THE MOl SI:: TRAP with N0< I Harri on. During the 1972 season, he· brought lht house do" n with his comc1li:in t,1lenls in 13 Rl'E lie L'AMOUR antl UNDER PAPA'S PICTURE. with E vt· Arden and appeared a~ Ben Franklin in 177ti with Bill Ilav, .,-. Mr. Mo:.k ha, hecn an actor director al· t he Cir\ eland l'la) housc> for ovtJr a d N·ade nnd a fcatur<!d a c·tor [or Chrrry C11unt) Playhtiu,,.. rn Tr:ivers1• C11y, Michigan for fiftcrn }ear~. This p:u;l .) car he appt•arecl ol the Ruffalo /\rt na Theatr e, Ifa·, 1 nnu 11mm.•r Theatre in Ohw. and Just before returning lo Sullivan. h playt d BOl-~l NG BOFJNG v. 1th \ an Johnson in Dallas. JACQUIE l [ I f~NDURF Bro11dwaJ debut tn MOTHER'S KISSES, . lit, ew 'i ork Cit; Eu h hv ~ (,rt u r tur l gu " , nchm <'h Ball t Her Ro · m "HOW m·.~t!'a;~.~ WITJJOP'f kl-:ALLY nn 1~ "BYJ-~ 11\'E IIUWIE" with \':in John~on, "I STIUNI," with lliahann l'arroll, "MIL ,'\ND UONE\ " Y<ith Molly Picon, '"TH1 Ml'Slf' \fAN" with Ciag Young anrl "1Hh HOY flUE~l>" -.... ith U:irhara Cook. Gl'nc Kolly hirl'd hl'r t o apJ car in thf• film uHetlo Doll) " n n<I , ht· re,.cntly appf'arcd 1n a T\; Sr,1•dal, "Broadway. M) Strc, I" .starring Fl,,rcn•'• H~nrlcr,011. Miss Ullendorf is known 10 tcll'vision v 1uw,·rs across the country \\ ilh Yi1•1l OHr WO T\' cornmcrcial1o to her credit. STEPHI :N PA TtR tJ1)f I : native of Toronto, .,.. 1th hackground in ll•h•, i ion, films a nd thratrr mukt lw: Sulh\ an tJcht.Jt In Su ar. Mr l'arr appeared in the J\mcrllan p r c rn1us of RICHAR D II at the Sf:-at llc R, 11erl.ory The itn anrl :I- Rf U>OM OF THE CITJ at tit (,nn,lm,m in Ch ar,o As v.c l 1, a \:tried 11ct1ng b:11.:k rround, Mr. Parr ha also r m<:tid produl'l11 ns of I ION IN W1NTJ- H CH RI.IE i:i A UN rand SOUTH PACIF'IC at tt Tnll. 01 th, ru" u Tlll'alrc m Omah.1 He o J I I B. \ m Engh«.h I.llcratur~ fr 1 Mnrqut tt1 l m c r 1tv nnd his M.A in Oran 1 • nr:l Music from Norlh\l:c'<ltrn. KATHY TAYI w,·et c::uel hails from Dt ~n ind I a te of tlu 1.·mvers1tv of rthnn r, lo urin? rh,· 1972 ca; ,n, hl· was frat r1 •>d1 I III Fll>DU.R ON 1 111-. HOOi ope m AN\ 1HING GOES, .Ap . ' ANY. Arlcnt• in PARI IS JN \\ INTER Kn thy' h<' Little Tht• tre On \ ERf; A Nil OTHER H<'ien Wagn r nd th y r, he as IR, for four " ec•ks m c Loe Theatre m JOHN Kl L~O ('Bien tockl 1s a Mid v. ho mt ht con,:;1der Sullivan his me \ \ c•tl'r. n nf l3 year of l he caln On Th~ Squan . J ohn was ft:. lure I l:i'-l , , ctson ,n ( .AMEl.OT. AP· Pl..\l s f'. WAIT UNTIL DARK and Bl ITH.I:: ~J•IRIT Thts )car he appcarc·d in 1,0\"EH::-> AN D OTHER STRAN<a:R,. 0!'.E FLE\\ OVER THE CUCKOOS NE~T and !ltage managed HAIR. DENNIS GRIMAIJ)I Spat'-1 r eccr,tly toured m A SONG FOR CYRANO w1th Jo" F , rrar, and Thl' Nahonal Oompa.1 ~ of PROMISES PHO!\W<ES. He apJleared in PR OMJt.:ES PR at PnJ)<'r Mill P and sp • l M1lwnuk Top ap1 on THE ROO s n

2-THE NEOGA (Ill.} NEWS Thursday, June 6, 1974 Robert Morse had the distinct honor of opening the 1974 musical season of the Little Theatre on the Square in the duel roles of Jerry and Daphne in the Mid-American premiere of the musical, "Sugar," June 4-23. The duel roles are a product of the delightful story of two young musicians who accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day massacre and are forced to masquerade as women and join an all-girl band to flee the gangsters who wish to leave no witnesses. ''Sugar" is the stage version of the Billy Wilder movie, "Some Like It Hot" which starred Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemon and Tony Curtis. Mr. Morse created the roles of Jerry-Daphne in the original Broadway production of "Sugar" and received rave reviews comparing his performance to Ray Bolger's in ·'Where's Charley'' and Bert Lahr in "The Beauty Part:' Mrs. Morse's performance in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" earned him the Tony A \\'ard. Appearing with Mr. Morse ,.,ill be Stephen Parr as Joe-Josje and Jacquie Ullendorf as Suga: . This is Mr. Parr's and Miss Ullendorf's first a!)- pearance at the. Little Theatre on the Square. Returning Sullivan favorjtes, Kathy Taylor, John Kelso, Steve Vojovic and Bob Moak, who is co-starred as Osgood. the role played in the film version by J"oe E. Brown. ROBERT MORSE The complete• schc:dule of the 1974 musical season includes Ro:-cma.ry Prinz as "Mame,'' June 25 July 1 J, Mimi llmes in her original Broad way role of "Funny Girl," July 10 Aug. 4; Andy Devine in the ''New l!J25 Musical, ''No No Nanette," Aug. (}-25, Jean Pierre AumonL in Lerner and Loewe's ''Gigi," Aug. 27-Sepl. 15; and Mr. and Mrs. Peler Palmer in the classic ''Oklahoma!" Sept. 17- 0ct. 6. Scheduled lo open Oct. 8 \VJll be Robert Recd (television's The Brady Bunch) in "6 Rms. Riv Vue." Chilc.u·en's Theatre productions will continue with the delightful ''Rip Van Winkle," Sat., June 2 at 1:00 and June 15. Also scheduled arc "Beauty and the Beast,'' June 22,2:3 and July 6; "Winnie the Pooh,'' July 13, 20 and 27; ''Mary Poppins.'' Aug. 3, 10 and 17; ''Aladdin and the Won derful Lamp" Aug. 24. 31 and Sept. 7; and "Heidi," Sept. 14, 21 and 28. Complete information concerning scheduling, reservations, group dis counts, student admission, discount punch cards and Children's Theatre may be obtained by writing lo The Little Theatre on the Square, P.O. Box 155, Sullivan, 61951 or phoning 217-728 7375. he A ts Bloomington-Normal, Ill. 0 -1 Sun., May 19 1974 Guy Little Jr. s 18th :season of productions at The Little Theatre-on the Square m Sullivan opened Ma) 4 v.1lh Leonard Ntmoy in "One Fle\\ O\'er the Cuckoos Nest.•· The play ends tonight. Other productions are ··Lmers and (nher St rn ngers' ,, 1th Helen \\ agner 1md Dennis Cole. ,\1ar 21 lo Jw1e 2. Robert Mor,;e ·m the musical. "Sugar." June 4- 23: Rosemary Pnnz 111 ··Maml: · June 2.1 to July 14: i\111111 limes m "Funn) Girl'' .July 16 to \ug. -1. Andy J>1\'lne m ".No. No. Nanelt~ • Aug. 6-25; Jem1 Pierre Aumont 111 · G1g1·· \u 27 to Sept. 15: l\lr anrl \ rs I ter Palmer m ··oklahomn! ·· Sept 17 to Oct 6 Four more pin~ s "111 folio,, ··c klJhom:l · ,, ith the titles and . l,U"S to be at\flC\),t~ latt.r.

DECATUR HE.R ALO ~ 'ti fa ., .tt,_,,,, . # .. i~,~~;~ .·· . . ,;._;\(~,-,,_> . -~ •• y « . ! * ,~.- ~:~ . ,,, - Robert Morse and 8 ob Moak (left to right) provide the spice in the Little Theatre production of " Sugar." 'Sugar' Turned Out to Be H s rt Morse ~ in.d \\ rrl 'fnnlrhl :ti 8:110 :inlf lh1u11;;h 111111· •nrl Het.EN WAGNER 0£~!:i.~~ £<:?LE ·~·- . itl'~~ OlK; ~ 1~~ .F ... ;:,; l'- , • .,,i-.7». # S1•;1,1,11', Firsl ,\l11,i:·:tl J ' I I ll >,f ..J ROBERT MORSE H~ l'!J "" th" "A•ll)II l'Ju,irue Ulrn .. hl'iUH" rHr ,, , .. , .. Cl tUffifrmfJJ1f .... ;t"iol,j~~-~- lh Hill Wr.rd Take the• leltovc- 1s fl'on, , dclie1ot1s ptJI. ro,1sl, I 11ss 111 :i ltl lk• spi<:c and H 1ot of hnilcd potalocs, ~hop !t up and durnp il Ill the frying pan, m1d whal have you got'! Basil. U11fortunatl~ hnsh also was served up Tuesday night at the 1:,iltl~ 'fhe;1tre:On the SquHre 111 Sull1nm, with the ,\1idwcsl premiere of the musical "Sugar." This is really a shame, because the ingredients which went into Ille crcatio11 uf ··sugar'' were all the first-rale for ti~ plot. the classic Billv Wildf'I' cornedyi "Some Like it Hot ·• fol' music.; and lyrie.:s •. Jule Stync and Bob Merrill; and ror or<li11;11·y, Ille ly11cs pcrlcstrian, ,rntl lhci r mam fw1cliun seems lo be to slow down the act ion. "Sugar" docs have l wo strong points - nobert :\1orse and Bob Moak. ,v1orse's Jerry-LJaphne is, delightfully frumpy and innocent, \\hilc Moak as 0:;good fielding Jr., is c:1 darling dirty old mau. The fno are masters of corned~. both visual and verbal. and when they sing and dance together the play really takes off ictmti. a stellar pcrfornrnnce bv Rubert Morse. · However. as soon as thev But hnsh it rc111ains. and for leave the stage the rcsl of the several reasons J?irsl of all, it is cast brings it down again with a not an adaptation of the move, it thud. is a slavish imitation. un- The biggest disappointment is comtortably cropped to fit the Stephc11 Parr as Joe-,Josephine, stage. And what were the the sax player. Ile is w1deniabl:· greatest strengths on the screen handsome - his rugged features just don't work across the and the bulging muscles 110- f ootlights. d~rneath his. bra_ssiere had the For instance. there \o\ as h1g~ s~hool girls in the audience __ ,_=-- , shrieking - but as a woman he I something magic dbout .i\larilyn is embarrassingly bad ,\Jonrne as the dizz,v blonde I\ 1th One of the strengths of the a weakness for saxophone movie was that the men did not I ~l~t~cr:;. or .Tony Curtis a· ;i have to resort to mincmg eflng1d Car~ Grant. But what the eminacy. But this 1s all Parr pla\. giYes us 1s simply an ac- seems capable of. The fact that tress imitatins l\larihn Monroe, he can't sing on kev doesn't and an actor imllating Tony help. Tony Curtis imitating Cary The rest of the cast, though Grc1nt. not as glaringly bad, does little . _The plot revohes around two for the shcrn either Jacquie 1tmcrant musicians. Joe and Ullendorf's Sugar Kane 1s little Jerry, who witness the -.;t more then adequate. while 1 Valentine·s Day massacre. To Sullivan regulars John Kelso save their necks, they travel to and Kath~, Tm !or are far below Florida as part of an all-girl their usual standard. band. The f<1ct lhal it was opening There is one addifjon, and it niglll of a hastily assembled provides one of the show's few show didn't help The frequent bright spcils. The Chicago scene and costw11e changes gangsters have been turned into pro, tded plenty of rough hoofcrs. who tap dance through spots. their nufarious deeds and when But even. if "Sugar" were gunned down. expire ,dth a tap technically perfect, it probabl ~ and a high kick. still would be hash. The con 1- But the rest of the show 1s like bination of a tired plot with dul1 n mutilated carbon copr of I he 1 songs and uninspired directio mo\lic. with nil the complkated, just can't make a goo plot intact and minus onlv thef recipe. pace, the suspense anci' 1 he ··sugm•'' runs through June laughs. 23. As for the ::mngs. it's probabl~•. best to o,•erlook t he m altogether. The music ts

IDinois State Register, Springfield, Thursday, June 6, 1974 Page 15 Robert Morse recreates 'Sugar' role at Sullivan "Leave 'em Laughing" would be a more apt title for "Sugar". the musical based on the screenplay "Some Like It Hot" which opened at Sullivan's Little TheatreOn the Square Tuesday night. Robert Morse r-?- creates the role he did in the original Broadway prodi!ction for 16 months, leavmg no doubt as to why the ··how to-succeed'· label still sticks. As musical scores go, the one concocted by Jule Styne and b Merrill isn tt 'memorable, but who cares? The songs fit fine while they're being sung and the audience leaves the theatre laughing ~tead of humming. Nor is Morse, who has to be considered as one of the outstanding comic actors of this generation, left to hold the fort alone. He has expert help from Bob Moak who , does a similar (but not carbon!) portrayal of the aging Don Juan who pursued •'Charley's Aunt" on the Sullivan stage, and Stephen .. Parr who plays Morse's musician sidekick (he's the saxophone player and Morse the bass player). Jacquie Ullendorf is ··Sugar" (the spice mentioned in the nursery rhyme is too obvious for more than mention ... she's great!). the flaky- but lovable singer v. ith the all• girl band the boy musicians Join for protection (honest!> against the gangster-types. Dennis Grimaldi stands out as mobster Spats. Kathy Taylor who becomes more versatile with each role on the Little Theatre stage, is seen as bandleader Sweet Sue, with Sullivan stalwart John Kelso as the harried manager of the all-girl b2nd. To their great credit ( and director Robert Baker's). Morse and Parr and Miss Ullendorf do not do a simple replay of the Jack LemmonTonyCurist-Marilyn Monroe roles in '"Some Like It Hot" but truly do their own thing. Peter Stone's book is a faith- • ful reproduction of the original screenplay. with some mnovative drolleries just for .. kicks. Ne ither Morse nor his partner in crime (Parr, have great singing voices but they don't need 'em for they do a great selling job with their routines and lyrics. Parr masquerades as an erstwhile millionaire-withyacht to impress the highly 1mpress1onablc Sugar and does a dandy rendition a la Nelson Eddy in a second act solo ("What Do You Give A Man Who Has Had Everything?''). Morse, the man with the ALL IN FUN - It's Daphne, the dazzJing beach belle and her aging pursuer, Osgood. Whoops, it's really: 'Robert Morse, left, masquerading as a member of an all-girl band lo es,. cape the wrath of mobsters. Its all part or the fW1 of ·•sugar,·• current attraction at Sullivan's Little Theatre-on-the-- Square. Bob Moak is the terror of the over-SO set in this play based on the screenplay of "Some Like I Hot.'' I isn't what it should be but will doubtless pick up. Din.>ctor Baker needs only to tighten up a r ew scenes and subsequent performances will snap to. There's no delay in the 99 scene changes designed and effected with the usual ease by Robert Soule whose expertise still overwhelms. Choreographer George Bunt obviously had a ball indulging his considerable talent with the dance numbers. The current interest in revivmg earlier eras (brought on by the theatre). especially the'20s and '30s when the only recognired dancer was one who wore . ta~. is ably attended to by ' both: individual performers and the precision-like chqrus. Grimaldi does double quty as Bunt"s assIStant. One ~ only see Grimaldi per- (orm to recogrµre his ability \ eat your heart out. Gene l{ell:Y,. Staging is stylired (thic; reviewer's compliments to lighting director Stuart McDaniel) from his introduction with one spot on a tap-, ping foot nattily spatted. His fu-st number is recitative, oone with two henchmen and only drum accompaniment mobile face ( among other accomplishments). does a couple of marvelous routines with his hands, trying des• perately hard to figure out where the female of the ~ cies keeps her hands without pockets. belts or suspenders to hang onto. His tirmng is so precise ttiat five seconds one way or the other would have killed the entire routme but it's right on the button ... and always will be. to their tapping feet Musicians are few in number but effective under the direction of Bruce Kirle. though Sweet Sue's Syncopators on stage are scenestealing competitors. Cos,; tume designer Matthew John Hoffman III did himself proud. Unfortunately. the general pacing of the show overall _.,a orENlNG TOl\lORIW \\" AT 8:00 ANO TllROUGII JUNE 23 ROBERT MORSE ~S&ig'al-. Reservations-dial 217 /728-737 ... ~ "Sugar' ' will play through June 23. And best check the box office before you go. -Joan Meisner

Jacquie Ullendorf and Robert Morse as stars in 'Sugar' • '2( :Th R s~ h\ Sy=..uu:;: uramea, vuamlTIS m large q u a n t i L i e s are I but tnars what it tal<es to escape todats troubles and 1 tensions. I adored it. I loved I the people in it, and I felt 100 per cent better after viewing ~ ! it. It's enough to make the grea~ . ' stone face crack into a grin. rilliont , Back in 1960 on a blusteryd Si:r.e late winter afternoon at the Sh · Blackstone Theatre in Chicago1 / I had my first viewing of "Thei;~~~~ Matchmaker," long before shE!: regvtc became "Dolly." 'fhis mind o~ mine, which can 'l rcmembe~~~ where I put the car keys 10 • . , minutes ~o but can remember.~.,~· Wlfl a detailed scene and roll of · · =--\!;:~" .\ ~ actors names in thousands o or Sa g o {ff wout1y~ l,,.,._,, " old shows from years back, arm _ ' .'· - ,a.t . ,,__" permanently photographed at I We are treading on rather · I that matinee a new young actor thin ice anytime a man dons I ! by name of Robert Morse. I l female apparel to act a part, I , had never heard of him before, 1 for usually that broad is too I but I found myself making I broad an interpretation and mental book that this new face becomes burlesque. Mr. Morse would someday be a great star, I takes the part and makes it j and how right I was. so tongue in chic we. love H, No sense in my detailing the and delight in knowing this 1 ( rise of this clever young actor manly actor is putting us on in that 14 years. a chain · of with those frills and ribbons and Broadway hits. an impressive J bows. series o1 Ho1lywood movies, one And to blend the talents of I of the most literate and am- this young actor with those of ' bitious television series ever Robert Moak is as explosive as , created (That's Life) - so TNT. I laughed to myself 1n 1 intelligent and good it was J happy anticipation of this blend [r)l' nt prol II , > ]1 ! 01 <.led :ucl !II I l ~ (!. J >t' l mo )UO 1dp1 H )BS anc 5 cl ·itm ..

• - 'Sugar' Is A Sullivan First Night- Hit H) 1:. \\ . HJ~SSl•: m11sil'ians, who hc:come Daphne• .:\'l'" , ,<:uLPth' ~ta II \\ rifrr and ,Josr.phinc •in order to fano SULLIV,\ N To grntif.,• lhc Theater Review I jobs \\ilh fill all-~il'l ore 1cstra ingly lunny ' 'dirty olrt mnn." '"I his is my l0fh show hl"rr..'' said '.:\1oak, "and it's an unusual s\\'CC'l tooth._ of central Illinois ill"\ "'0 l. 1 · I to tacilitntc 1hcil' geta\l,.IY to privilege to work with somNme "'· ~ er, ,u:, .1t1 ,, has come up \\ ith "Stw tt•,'' ont' of tlie 1 1 in "\I• • .. 1, 1 , l\lia1111 after a<' c id c n la 11 Y ns grf'at as HohP.rt. He's a .am, mr., •• un,, ,u >) · t . ·' "' • Chic-al'◊ mob C'X· • , , most dl'.'l:<.htt 1 ·con<'octions of h.1•1•h•r in "'\o, :So. 'i11n1·t1~," " 1 nessin,,. • 1 •. · genius. musical l'001C'd) {'\Cr t O or :.\laurk e ( h 1•,alln in "<Hgt. " C'Ctttc 1hc Valentine Day Ja1:quic lllkncloJ'f, rrwking hr.r l'('ach the stag<" of his Litllf:' ,\ll thret' ol the lattC'r pro- massacre. Sulli,·au rlt>lmt, has the tole of ThC'atcr. .\n u n 11 s u a J ly r1 1ctior s. inciclentally, arc ).forse r,la~s the role of .Terry, Sugar, which helongecl to :-.liss e:1thus_iastic and npprecic1ti\'c I ttpl'omin<> h<'l'C. nut thc-y'Jl whif'h Lemmon Imel in the Monroe in the movie. ri.fiss fir'-t•ntght c1owd "ate it up" fc. tLl'C Rns('mary Prinz, .\ndy mo\"il', but l\Iorsc js his o,,n Ullcnrlorf has b;illet cxp<!ricr1r r> 1 her~ Tuesday. Dc\ine. and ,kan-Picrrc ,\u- man ,- and woman. In some of Broadway credits, and a Few ir any plnys in the 18- mont not the originals. thr> most hilarious comedy cvcr familiarity stem min~. 1111 doubt, year history of the local "Su'Tat·," be 1t noted, is the seen hen1, ).lorse and }OUn).!; tro111 her appearance in mnre playhousC' h:l\c been hcttC'r l'C'\"ersc of thc usunl case o{ a Stephen P1ur, also in his local than 200 TV commNcials. rN·c1,·ed. H's a rare treat. play which Jeri to 1he making- c)f ciebut, do their female im- Othns tl<'finitrly contrihutin::: The primf• r(':t!'o.On f or a mo\"ie. It ,vas ins[)lred b:-,. the personations masterfully• • • er, I to th<• .su<·<·<'SS of "Sui,:ar" am "~11Aar's" sm·c·N,s is RolH'rt succesi; of the movie "5omc mistrrssfully? D<'nnis Grimaldi, biA 111obstt·r )I o rs<' , t o m e cl i a n <''-'.· Like It Hot.'' which starrcd l\Iorse re c e i \' e d accolades l who tap ctan<·t>s admirably "ith traordinaire , "ho-.f' n ppeara nee Jack I .cmmon and Tony Curtis rrom ·' Sugar" dirPctor Robert s iclt>klc•ks Da,id Arthu r and h <'r<' is its<'lf noteworthy. Morse in the co-leads and also fPatured Baker a nd all of his follo,v ar- :\li<-ha<•l P a~r . . l(a thy Ta~·lor. sta rrt>d in tJw pla;\ 's lt>ading r ole 1[arih n ?.Iomne. tors with the ultimate compli- pla) iug S" <'ct ~ue , tlw tou~h on BroachH1;1 for 16 mon1hs, a In a one-lump capsule sum- ment coming from Bob Moak, orc•lu•stra lt>a<.le r . .. ,John K t•li-o run h<' <·ompleted lf'ss than a mary, "Su~nr" t·oncerns the himself a thoroughly delightful a s the harassed ha nd managl'r ~ ear a~o. <i ettin~ him to per- misad\·cnture anci ,rredica-1 performer locally the pa!-t fe\\ .. . and that mac,ter C'hor eog• l fnrrn in "Su;,t'ar" hrrl' is tanta• ment.c; experienced by Jerry and sea sons, here for the rirst time \ raph<'r hims<>lf a thoroug hly dem ount to presenting Angela J oe, a couple of out-of-work this year as Osgood, a scream- lii,rhtful stage, Gf'orge Bun t. , ·,sugar's' flaVor~~ .oEACO.N-NEWS, Paris~ Illinois, Wednesday, June 5, 1974 'Sugar'-- Spoof Of 20s A Success At Sullivan By PATRICIA SULLIVAN Beacon-News Reporter SULLI.V AN - Al Capone would have felt right at home in Sullivan, 111., Tuesday night as • "Sugai •· a zany spoof of the twenties, opened at the Little Theater-On-The-Square. ··sugar," f ea luring Robert Morse in the duel roles of Jerry and Daphne, opens the 1974 1us1cal season at Sulhvan. The duel roles a re a result of the fact that two young musicians just happen to witness the St. Valentine's Day massacre and are forced to masquerade as women and join an all-girl band lo escape the gangsters who want to eliminate all witnesses to the crime. "Sugar" is the play based on the Billy Wilder ·movie "Some Like It Hot'' which starred Marilyn Monroe. Jack Lemon and Tony C~r~ .. The play is ell t and f catures Jackie Ullendorf in the title role of Sugar. the dingy dame who dreams of marrying miUionaire and living happily ever after, but who.' as she puts it, "always manages to get the fuzzy end of the lollipop." Stephen Parr plays the duel roles of Joe and J osie and says he " discovers how the other balf lives" and tha t he doesn't always enjoy being a girl. The play even has its very own "dirty old ma n" in the form of Osgood portrayed by Bob Moak. Osgood. who admits that he was also a "dirty young man," pursues Robert Morse in his role as Daphne. Robert Morse manages to play a giddy Daphne in response to Osgood's advances. The play f ea tu res excellent and often ironic chroeography The audience especially a p- • precia c·d Dennis Grimaldi as gangster "Spats" who manages to perform an elaborate tap dance as he gives orders to his henchmen to find the musicians and "rub them out " The play runs through June 23 and provides an excellent op- portunity for area resident to witness a multitude of misadventures And. althoueh Mr Capone might not appreciate the happy ending, I'm certain the audience will only semisweet By John J. Pauly For The Courier Daphne and Josephine are Dram a. back-and they've brought along • Sweet Sue, Spats Palazzo and, revteW of course, Sugar Kane too. They're all in •·sugar." a mu- ~}cal adaptation of .~he movi~ I Jerry-Daphne on Broadway for Some Like It Hot, al Sulli 16 months. leads the zaov crew ~an's Little Theater On-the- and he's super. A solid° job of I Square t~r?ugh June 23. . acting by U1e entire cast comThe ongmal plot remams the plements Morse's performance. same. Joe and _J~tTy are h~o l\Ian:',, of the songs had funny I ou~-of-\,tk muSic,ans w~lo dis- lyrics,· but none of the melodies ~ise t ei,nselves aad ~ign _on \\ere reallv outstanding. People I'~, a gll ls b:_nd to a,oid bemi; don't lca,e Sugar humming one ki led by a C tcag? gangst~r. of the songs to themselves l\Iuch ~f the d1al?guc 1s th.- Sulli, ..an's f.mall stage dampI same a~ m th~ mo\1e. although ens Lhe effectiveness of the I new quips_. , 1sual humor ~nd dancing. With all the sel:i and lots of smgmg and d,mcmg props and people the dancers lr sweeten the new brew r eal!\ didn't hav~ a chance to Robert Morse. who played strLtch their le:,;::. and show their :,.luff. I But ·Sugar· is l>lill a story "onh telling and a ~how wotth seeing. CottR l (( e_. ci-WA~\ G V\} - \

Written by: WLBH Studio Copy Review : of II Sugar " Jane \~. Krows 1170 KHz MATTOON, ILL. Phone: 234-6464 345-2526 To Run: -- . No.---- Date: Used on WLBh Radian, Mattoon , Wed . June 5 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 The 1974 musical season opened last nign t at t , e Li ttl e Theatre on t h e Square with t he Musical 11 Sugar 11 starring Robert llorse who also appeared in t h e Bro a d-way production . This is a snow were you can go and have a lot of fun . Tn ere is no message to worry about, it is strictly entertainment. The r idiculous but Lumorour situations on which t l:e s. ow is based, such as guys masquerading a s girls, are all a 11 big put on" and you know it from t he start. Wheth er i ts l•Iorse as t h e girl DapL.ne or Morse as a bass player; wr..etb.er its Steph en Parr as Josie or StepLen Parr as a saxop11one pl ayer, it is all a "put on 11 just as t h e gangsters and t ~eir guns; or Parr's Cary Grant voice . It all adds up to an evening of good fun and many laugns right up to t he cl o sing scene were horse reveals to his a ging boyfriend t . at 1 .. e is a 11 guy11 not a " girl 11 and Bob l.oak, t u.e boyfriend, replies "Well no one is p erfect. " ' \Juile opening nigat nad a few rougl1 s pots in scene ca an~es, ligating , and just g ettinr on and off stage, it was a good opening and greeted entnusiastically by a l a r c e audience including many young people . It seems people want to laug11 today , t h ey ne ed to l augi today and " Sugar" is a p lace wh ere one can l au gh freely . ' I

THE ATWOOD HERALD A _ _____ _ _ _ , _ _ t_w_o_o_d..:.'==-1_1_ 1_::.. i~n~o:.i:.s~, _J:..u=n=e....:...13::.!.., _:::.19::_7:_:4~, _:P~a~g~e::..__:3:_ ''Sugar'' Was A Bagfull Of M & M's Plus A Barrelfull Of Laughs Stuff 'n S utch ,:,c By Minerva N. Irish •' ,.'~ • .,.. .-. The bagfull of M & M's at the opening of ··sugar' · last Tuesday evening in Sulli . van was Morse and Moak. It was their fine mixture of comedy which kept the house in laughter when they were on stage. Robert Morse, recreating his Broadway role of the dual personality Jerry-Daphne under slightly cramped conditions and without benefit of a pre-opening tour, who along with Bob Moak, residentcomedy master of the Little Theatre the last few seasons, kept the show moving and dellghtfu lly refreshing. True, the plot is not tremendous; the songs are not those which you rememoer for years to come-• but it is the kind of show which you can sit back and enjoy without any deep thinking involved and just let the laughs roll out from the toes. This is the type of show which has not come out of the last few years of Broadway hits. Joe (Stephen Parr) and Jerry happen to witness the St. Valentine's Day massacre as they try to make a buck during depression days as musicians. Just to save their skin. they hope, they don ladies' garb and join an all girl band heading for Florida. The show was originally choreographed by Gower Champion for the Broadway production and George Bunt, whose choreography at the Little Theatre is well known, came on strong again with several involved dance numbers. Unfortunately Mr. Bunt did not have the time to polish the numbers to a point where the audience could sit back and relax while · they were on. Of particular fun was the tap number by gangsters Slats and his two sidekicks. The "tap" goes on even after being rubbed out and right down to the final kick. TechnicaJ problems seemed to be more frequent than should be expected even for an opening night. While these problems were detracting from the show, one's concentration kept with the show due to the efforts of the M & M boys. Stephen Parr, Joe-Josephine dual role, was handsome and easy to watch, but a girl he's not and be doesn't have the knack for making the female role come off. His singing, while robust and full, was off pitch throughout the pe rformance and particularly as he sang alone. The piano was quite muted and was possibly difficult to hear, causing this problem. Jacquie Ullendorf as Sugar was adequate in the role , but her singing voice was much too small for the theatre and didn 't come across to the audience. John Kelso and Kathy Taylor, regulars at the theatre, had minor roles which didn't give them a chance to shine. It was evident however that Kathy's voice has filled out this past winter and she will definitely add body to the rather weak female apprentices' vocal work. Robert Morse, as he cavorts around the stage as Daphne, and Bob Moak, as the well-heeled dirty old man provide the bulk of the enter - tainment in the show and this is enough to warrant spending an evening in their com - pany. It's a fast moving show with no time for breathcatching when these two are on stage and laugh· you will I'm sure. Theatre goers have oppor - tunity to see the show through June 23. .. Tuesday night we were in Sullivan for the o~ening performance of Rober t Morse in Sugar" , the first musical of the season. It played to a packed house and the audience as a whole r e- ceived it well. Robert Morse as Jerry and Stephen Parr as Joe were both very comical in their portrayal of females when they were using these guises to avoid cap- ture by Chicago gangsters. Kathx Taylor as Sweet Sue, the leader of a Ja zz band, was up to her regu- lar fine performance . For me , the tap dancing of Dennis Grimaldi a s Spats, the gangster, stole the show. Hi s cohorts were David Arthur and Michael Page , who also did some outstanding dancing. David Arthur is a young man who has appeared at The Li ttle Theatre the past two years. Since I had enjoyed his singing and danci ng in the past I was glad to see him back. We were l ucky enough to be seated next to Rusty Steiger, who had played the male l ead in "Hair" when it was on at Sullivan. Was nice to visit with him again and we are hoping he will be in other shows this season as he i s quit e talented and has a beautiful voice. 'Sugar' - An Enjoyable Farce By WALTER LAZENBY SULLIVAN-Accept the basic improbabilty introduced five minutes into the show "Sugar" and you will be prepared to put your mind in neutral for the rest of the evening and enjoy a few good touches of parody in this fluffy farce, along with wellexecuted dance routines and some decent lyrics. Remembering in the realm of musical comedy anything goes, you will expect characters to sing of troubles such as being out of work, lovers to convey sweet nothings through song, perhaps even gangsters to tap dance. Frequent bursts of melody are all the more likely here, because most of the characters a re supposed to be entertainers in a story partly about show business. But you may not be prepar ed for s uch heavy reliance on the old-fashioned gimmick of disguise. The thin story centers on two male musicians and their madcap adventures after they inadvertently witness a Chicagostyle gangland slaying. To make good their escape from A Revieu, gangsters who want to " rub them out," they don women's clothing and join a Floridabound all-girl band, and going undetected, for a time, even by their sister musicians. Naturally the disguises, besides affording opportunity for many snickers, give rise to complications as well. One musician falls in love with a girl singer and undertakes yet another disguise to attract her attention, while his partner, wearing skirts, unintentionally becomes the object of an aged beachcombing millionaire's affect ions. Naturally, too, both " romances end happily. None of the songs are particularly popular or especially tuneful, but ''P enniless Bums" and "November Song" cleverly avoid hackneyed rhymes. The lengthy tap dance in Act One seems to slow the story movement unnecessarily, but those same unstoppable tapping toes give genuine delight in an amusing imitation fo a real " rub-out" near the finale. Sta rring in the production at the Little Theatre on the Square is Robert Morse, who created the role of JerryDaphne on Broadway. In the role he clowns consistentlybut it wouldn't be appropriate for him to take the character seriously anyway. With always-busy hands and other means, he steals scenes right and left. Perhaps he can be forgiven, since he thus shares his obvious enjoyment of the role and at the same time offers a critique on its improbability. There is no doubt that he exhibits sur e technique. Dcbonaire Bob Moak has mastered the millionair e's role down to the last detail, and Stephen Parr gives sturdy support as Joe. The role of Sweet Sue gives Kathy Taylor a chance to display ta lents tha t were hidden in her recent a ppear ance in ''Lovers and Other Strangers." And Jacquie Ullendorf supplies the necessary sweetness for the role of Sugar Kane, though a little more vigor in her vocal numbers would be welcome. The production. handsomely motu1tecl, will rw1 through J une 2:t

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' t,, ----- City Actress Makes Science Fiction Debut By Lois M. Moore ,\ Decatur actress is making her film cl◊but in a science fiction movie being shown in St. Loujs, Mo., theaters. Cynthia Cline, daughter of Mr. nnd £\lrs. Dale Cline. 54 Glen- \'~ew Ct.. has a slarring role in / the CENTRUM lnternat1onal Film Corporation's production q[ "UFO Target Earth." "Pla:i-ing the role of Vivien in the film was of parlicu!ar importance and interesl lo me," :Vliss Cline said. "I am an avid reader of the occull an.cl believe strongly in the psychic and ESP powers that Vivien possesses in the film. •· [ was so excited and ncr\'ous Cynthia Cline "hen I found .oul thal l h~d been of Hl finalists in I he Illin<>is chosen h;'. ~ltclwcl de _(,,aet~no Junior Miss Conlcst. lo play \ tvien_ for my fJ'.SI film While a Stephen Decatur High r?I~ and so rellevc_d that it was a School student she spenl a sump.a, t ., I could 1 elate lo so mer in Brazil as a participant in "ell. . American Field Ser\'ice The. one and one half hour A m e r i c a n s A b r O a d color f11fn 1s rated G. . Proa-ram. The film was made on location b --- on Stone .vI o u n t a i n in Georgia. Miss Cli11e was touring in a show in New York City when she saw an ad in trade publlcations about the film. according to Miss Cline's father. She was called back several times for readings and later received a telegram to report to Atlanta. Ga. Miss Cline was one of three persons chosen for major roles from more than 700 actors and actresses who were auditioned b,v producer-director de Gaetano. He has been quoted as Sa)- ing, ' 'She 1,\liss Cline 1 has that lovely, ethereal quality I was hoping to find for the role of Vivien .. plus. she's an excellent actress.'' Miss. Cline, who is a graduate of Illinois State University. clid some study in language at the Universitv of Madrid. In addition to studying acting, she has appeared in one episode of television's "As the World Turns" and has traveled with an historical hootenanny show called ''Which Way Amcric;i." Dccc1Lur m1dic1wrs li;w<• .sc.-r11 Miss Cline in rcc·cnf year~ in rnlcs in 1hr LiUlr. Tlicnlrr lln Ill<' ~q11a1·c 111 ~11IJiv;111. In 1!172. ~hr plr1) cd a l>l111d \\'011w11 111 ~lilliki11 Univcrsi!y Su111111er :-iho,rc:nsc Thc,1trc'~. pro<luc:lion of "Wail Until Oark."' In 1960, she \\ as Dcc:atur·~ !vUss JW1ior .Miss. She " as one "Beauty and the Beast" to be performed June 29 The apprentice company of the Little Theatre on the Square will preform "The Beauty and the Beast" on Saturday afternoons of June 29, July 6 and 13. Combined with the usual attributes of the Children's Theatre productions are added dance routines and electronic background music. Directing the production is William Cox of Greeley, Colo., and Lorraine Denham of Chicago is the choreographer. Other Children's Theatre productions sceduled for the swnmer include ''Winnie the Pooh," "Mary Poppins," "Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp" and "Heidi." W~r i.tJtttµ, W~tatrr ffln libr &quarr * h111tt, JJII. Lll•I 'l'lan~, Today ,ti '!·:!O ,111tl ,:UII GOOO '-f;A'J1 <.; .\ V AJf A 11\.F. OBERT MORSE ,iul llf0ld"•1 ill.tr ~· ANDY DEVINE ~--~· t . ~-~- ¥ • . • r · • EPT 15 JEAN IERRE UMONT . L,-....t~._. Iv 0;0; \tr. anti '1rs. PETER PALMER ROOGERSlc HAMMEIISTEIN'S -- .....