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- '"'Sugar" it1 Third Week at Sullivan Sl1 LLI\'AN- To the tune of multiple reviews praising the comedic talents of Robert l\Iorse in his recreation of his origina l Broadway role in "Sugar," at Sullivan's Little Theatre-On The Square, the musical is now entering its third week of production with the final performance to be Sunday. June 23. Appearing with l\lr. Morse is ( Jacquie Ullendorf in the role of Sugar Kane, the blond, ukulele-· playing featured soloist of Sweet, Sue's Society Syncopators. A native of I ew York, MissC Ullendorff made her Broadv,av 'debut in ''A Mother's Kisses; ,' with Bea Arthur. Although Mis~~~ Ullendorf has appeared in sue' 1 , musicals as ''Bye Bye Birdie with Van J ohnson. "N Strings / with Diahann Carroll, ' 'Milk ant'r Honey" with Molly Picon, "The Music Man" with Gig Young a n•I "The Boy Friend'' with Barba, u • Cook and film work such J;; ··Hello Dolly" with Barbt 1 Streisand. her true love ~ 1 television. A veteran of over 20tk commercials, Jacquie says she • enjoys the relaxed atmosphere of the television studios. ''Live theatr e required such concentration and can become very taxing," she admits. Yet her reaction to Central Illinois audiences is not at all different from other visitors to The Little Theatre-On The Square. "The audeinces here are warm and responisve. You can't help but appreciate them" . Tuesday, June 25, Rosemary Prinz will star as "Mame," in the ~ second musical of the 1974 season whihc will be presented through J uly 14 with a special family ma tinee J uly 4th at 5: : ; p.m. There will be no evening performance on July 4th. The 18th Season will continue with Mimi Hines in her original Broadway role of "Funny Girl." July 16 to Aug. -1 ; Andy Devine in ''The new 1925 musical, " No, No Nanette,,. Aug. 6-25 ; Jean Pierre Aumont in Lerner and Lowe's "Gigi,., Aug. 27 to Sept. 15; Mr. and Mrs. P eter Palmer in the classic, "Oklahoma !". Sept. 17 to Oct. 6: and Robert Reed of the "Brady Bunch'' television series in ··s RMs. Riv. Vue.," Oct. 8-20. The revised Childrens Theatre schedule now presents "Rip \ .:in Winkle." June 22, " Beauty a 1d 'the Beast," June 29. July 6, 1:, " Winnie the P ooh," July 20. 27 ,and Aug. 3; '\Wary P oppins," Aug. JO. 17 and 24; .. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," Aug. 31, Sept. 7 and 14; and " Heidi," Sept. 21 and 28 Complete information coucerning Ch ildrens Theatre .scheduling, discount punu1 cards, student admissions and group discounts may be ohUuned by writing The Little Theatre-on The Square , PO Box 155, Sullivan, Ill. 61951 or phoning 217- 728-7375.

, HowT B,· Joe Pollack Of the Post-Dispatch Staff THERE ARE TIMES, when the for. tieth birthday has been reached and passed, that a boyish appearance youthful vigor and a successful track record in light comedies can still be a definite career handicap in the theater. That is the problem Robert Morse is facing. He is a few years past 40. but he still looks much younger On a stage, with makeup and lights ai1d a little distance he can pass for his early 20s. The mom~ ing after an opening, across a breakfast table, doesn't add as much as a decade. He was eminently successful in both the stage and screen versions of ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," winning a Tony Award for his performance. and in the musical, "Sugar,' ' which is the stage adaptation of the film comedy, ·•some Like It Hot " But he stilt is a man with some definite career problems, as strange as that may seem. MORSE IS in Sullivan, Ill., through -J~--.1a tiU~tllrftway role e t n4ST LOUIS POSl ·DISPllCH • • tt1n d l ooks is this a\1-seaso on goo I ur \ife, a striking two-tone pu pointers · th!! b\lrder stitch- ' me at the begin- -·ie nght stde rows ?, "' ~ end of the wro~g " ·1 This is what 1s torshOulder When yo, shaping at wrong side front, you v. ing at the right si.de 1 front. U in do1.. Robert Morse ~versing shaping. ame token, when aping begins, on t you would bind 1 pieces up, facing and you have shaping or and lhe nt centeredg ~Shirley Booth. Later, the play was ed, music added and it became, lo, Dolly." Morse then was fea11 m a pair of musicals. "Say, Dar- ' and "Take Me Along." ..ay, Darling," by Richard Bissell, t musical written about a musical, s:J on the author's experiences while lf.£lveI. "7½ Cents,·• was being made Jhe musical classic, "The Pajama e." The second time around wasn't l:ssic, but it helped set Morse for :e Me Along," a musical based on ~ne O'Neill's only comedy. "Ah, _emess ! " Morse was teamed with suJe Gleason, Walther Pidgeon and /UJ;l:n Herlie in the play. which had Je Qc and lyrics by Robert Merrill. ~ner KeUy will star in 'Take Me 1g," the Municipal Opera's opening duction, starting July l. ,BE BURROWS, one of tile-finest di- ·tors of Broadway comedy, had rked with Morse in ·•say. Darling," d promptly cast him fm the lead m low to Succeed," a musical that won e New York Drama Cntics ward and .e Pulilzer Pnze, W1th Morse starring ; the unprmc1pled youngster with the u brigH clear, freshness of youth and he slam-bang tang of grn and ver- ::1 nouth." ) Morse later played the part in the film -I rnd on a tour including the Municipal d )pera in St. Lot11s. u But it was a long time between star~ ,j Jl ring stage roles, like 1962 for "How to Succeed" and 1972 for "Sugar,' and though there were some movies and some television appearances, and even a 1968 series, "That's Life,'' there were not that many chances for Robert Morse. "l know there are a lot of things that I cannot do," he said softly, "but I wish I could get the chance to do some other things." There are some similarities between Morse and, perhaps, Joel Gray, who recently changed image completely as a psychotic clairvoyant in a film, ' Man on a Swing," for which he received excellent reviews. "That's the sort of thing l'd .,njoy try mg," Morse agreed, "though I'm certainly not comparing myself with Joel Gray. The problem is that I can't go around saying, 'Here I am.· I have to wait for someone to come to me. That's one of the reasons I'm glad to be plffying the West Coast this year. Maybe I can find some things that would be of interest." The gap between Morse's front teeth, as much a tractemark as that of Enghsh Comedian Terry-Thomas or of Chaucer's heroine, the Wife of BHtli, is parl of the character of the actor, but it's also part of his youlhf ul demeanor. He was grinning widely, gap anti all, as he displayed a well-wishing 1eleg ·am addressed to "Daphne,'' the nam~ he crease stitches.at g of the right s1de the right front, would be made at ing of the wrong The same is true Mors..., : , inga"-Y Dog van, I uses when he dons thej and 1 made mis• by "the girls in lhe barnends of our-. t~at ''That's my wife a that we do not hke ters," he said happily don't want to hurt 10 and 12, and the only family is Jerry, the dOuisance. With h1s after my male chc:1ractl,ntion. 1t is 10\poS· "RIGHT AFTER ·sunhe owners think there were some ads ato control \\1m. An and things, my oldest d e Many P all pieces• er - the tront sec. armhole le add toget\ of stitche each of t1 cast on t ttme. lt is wi. ring mar the point seam we working lv Thal 1 number back, p\ on the 1 casting stitches Bv pa :..ers fr<" other a~ ways k edges s work1n1 \y. Thi crease edgeli. bC dOll to make me .i collage of MRS D C. to put 111 my dn.•ssing 10 ,woid t'1r s1tu l1- dtt'idtd I hat a brass1cn. Mme, o even go right as thl' centcrpwce I wi\\ Ml be bot~- =::::;:;;;::=:..:=;;;~--~ in VI ta l\llll ~ 0 l heir r ·-

Wl,e [tttlt {E'hratrr tOn ~ I!" arr * ~ullr~1a11. JIil. 1- nml Perform:i nc-es 'l\l<ia) at 4 :00 and 9:00 Tomorrow at '.? :30 .md 7 :00 . ROBERT MORSE t'-Ullf'ulQ7 • .. ._.,_,_ .. . 3 n eeks - Limited Se~~ ,,haila.ble - Imniediate Rt-Servations Suggested UNE 25th • JULY 14th SEMAR RIN Tower Hill High School Vocal Instructor , Anna McNeely to Appear in __, Rosemary Prinz Returns To Sullivan As ''Marne'' T uesday night mar ks the epochal opening of the second musical of the season with Rosemary Pr inz starring as the invincible "Mame" and commencing her unprecedented 12th appearance at Sullivan' i- Little Theatre-On The Square. "Mame" is scheduled to be presented through July 14 with a special family matinee Wednesday, July 4 at 5 p m Performance schedule is Tuesday through Friday al 8: 00. Saturday at 4:00 and 9·00 and Sunday at 2:30 and and 7:00. Limited seating is available and immediate reservations are suggested. Miss Prinz is, indeed, the ·grand lady' of the Sullivan theatre. being the only star to have opened The Little Theatre-On The Square for three seasons, made more appearances than a ny other star, played to capacity houses each time she has appeared and the only star to make thr ee ap- . pearances during one season. Since 1961 when she played 'Jennifer' in "Paint Your Wagon," her Sullivan appear - ances have in,-:luded ''The Unsir_ikable Molly Brown,'' · 'Kirld Sir .. " " Mary, Mary," "Lulla- · by," "A Girl Could Get Lucky." "An.nie .(Jet Your" Page 4 The Gallery, Decatur, Illinois July, 1974 THE THEATRE with Tri sten Landass Bigger Than Life Ciun. I Do, I Do1, 13 l'{ue de L'Amour," " Last Of 1he Red Hot Lovers,'' and · Applause •· The character of ' Penny' which Miss Prinz created for the indefatigable CBS series " As The World Turns" has endej:\red her to audiences throughout the United States Recent television credits include Initiating " All My Children" and the current " How To Survive A Marriage" on NBC. Appearing with Miss Prinz in "Mame" are Jane Bergere, making her Sullivan debut; Frank Miller who was last seen in the season's opening production or' ' One Flew Over The CuckOQ's Nest,'· and the ever popular John Kel • so. The rroduction is under the direction of Michael Karm of New Yor'< The ct.rrent schedule for the 18th "'~'ln includes Mimi Hines ir;i her original Broadway r ole of "Funny Girl," July 16 to August 4, Andy Devine in the 'New 1925 Musical' "No, No, Nanette," August 6 to 25th: Jean Pierre Aumont in Lerner and Loewe's "Gigi," August 27 to September 15: Mr. and Mrs Peter Palmer in the classic " Ok· lahoma1• · September 17to0ctober 6: and Robert Reed of "The Brady Bunch" televi · sion series in · 6 RMS RIV VU.'' October 8 to 27. Three additional plays will be announced at a lGcer date Theatre Production of "Mame" Ma me is truly bigger th1n 'He. Rosemary Prinz lit up both the role and the a udience. Iler popularity with the Little Theatre pa trons seems to gro,... stronger every se.i- son. The laughs were frequent Continuing through the 1974 season will be the Childrens Theatre prodt1ctions, each being presented on Saturdays at l 00 with admission $1 00 Current revised scheduling includes 'Rip Van Winkle.'' June 22. · Bea my And The Beast." June 29, July 6. 13. " Winnie The Pooh,' Jul} 20. 27 and August 3 "Mary Poppins August 10, 17. and 24. · Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp." Au$:!ust 31 September 7. and 14. and " Heidi.' Sep· tember 21 and 2~. Anna ;\1c:"Ieely, daughter of '.Ir and :\!rs Roland Mc~ecly of 1 ower Hill, and vocal music '!'lStructor ~or the Tower Hill High Schools, w11J be appearing in the musical. ''l\lame," at the Little Theatre On The Squa re in Sullivan .June 25 through July 14. She has 2 ~haracter <spcakmgJ roles and w,11 also be singing in the chorus of ''Mame'' whi<'h swrs Rosemary Pr mz. Miss McNeely will be featured as "!\Juda me Branislowski, " a haircl~esser, a,1d " Mrs. Upson," snohb1sh future mother-in-law of Mame's ur-phe\\- Shc has appcarPd in a number of productions other summc>rs al tflc Little ThN1lrc, where shcst•zved ~f..!r apprenticeship prior lo entering thr. Actor's Guild. and the musical numbers were well staged, though a little ·under rehea rsed. The enthusias m of t he players carried through the the.itre. Agnes Gooch? As played by Jane Bergere, gave us sev- eral good laughs. J ohn Kelso justified his popularity with both his role as the ronservati ve ba nker as well as the grand dame 01 a vtny southern family. Mame is wea written and well worth the price of Jdm lssion the props were found lacking throughout but with pradice they .should improve as the s how. run~. Funny Girl opP.ns July 16th .sta rring Mimi Jlincs. Complete information con- ~.._rning (hildren's Theatre Season Scheduling, Group and Student D' scolt.lls and Res ervations ma~ be obtainl~d b~ writing to The Liu le Th(>Hlre - On The Square or phoning 21 1 . 728-;:n~.

l WLBH Studio Copy 1170 KHz MATTOON, ILL. Phone: 234-6464 345-2526 No.--- - Act~~~ Review: ''Mame'' To Run: Written by: Jane W. Krows Date: Used over 'WLBH Mattoon, 'Wed. June 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 5 When Guy S. Little, producer, casts Rosemary Prinz in a production at The Little Theatre on the Sq1Uare he can be sure of two things. First that his star will give a superb performance and second that the theatre will be filled throughout the run. Things went true to form Tuesday night at the opening of the musical "Mame" starring Rosemary Prinz. The standing ovation given Miss Prinz at the close of the show came spontaneously from the packed house and expressed their feelings about her perfomance. "Mame" 1s a bright, happy musical centered around a fully liberated woman and her unorthodox methods of bringing up her 10 year old nephew Patrick. Patrick learned many things a..¼t( from his Auntie Mame iJ;er her friends that he could never learn in books. The show requires an uncountable number of costume changes fr,r Mame, the wardrobe running to the spectacular and each costume very becoming to the star whose minature figure also became the costumes. In the play, the conservatives in t he cast, John Kelso as Mr. Babcock, Anna McN eeley and Steven VuJtoic as Mr. and Mrs. Upson and their daughter Gloria played by Vanessa Little, . '

Openu~ 11m htft.il ){:01' !ind Uuou1: .luly 11 - l'hn'C "tt-k, l..imitt.•d ~<'af-. A, ailnhh· lmmedialt• Ht.• .. c•rnttion-, ~ll!!~P-.h•d """"'~·-·--- ,.,,.. . .._-~.~ ROSEMARY PRINZ~ :'IH klt•i ht-r 1 ·:1 h , uJluan .....,,~rrin: MW Pa ,nela .:. 1 '\flllrr . .lMy ~:rr. Patton. I rank • ~ 1 Jane Beterr, John lielsn Olr.EC'IED 'Bl. )llClt.\EL JC.\R:\[ , ,au nnM, @& 11 wri:u1t1 Tod&y at;;;;~Y I INZ MOJH.t tMsmalfl r hit musi~I. ~ ,I ~ Special July 4th l.\la.tlnee 5:00 p.an. no evenJng performance) CHILDREN'S THEATRE "J\eauty and the Beast'' .July 6 a.nd 13 - 1:00 p.m. · Reservations-dial 217 1728-7375 .

, --- - - --- -----=:.•- ---- -------------____;;. ____ ___,;,-'--- - ------ ----------- ----------------- Feature S T HE DAILY ILLINI Thursday, June 27, 1974 11 Prinz· charms Sullivan audience as HMame" R_v SHER WATTS Starr Reviewer The Sullivan Little Theatr e production of '·l\Iame .' ' which opened Tuesday night , featured Rosema r y Prinz at her best. Prinz plays the title role of :\lame Dennis, a free liver and free thinker whose motto is, ''Live , live, live ! The world is a banquet a:Jrl all those poor sons of bitches are starYing. '' The story line of " Mame.. is somewhat complicated. During the 1920s Mame inh erits nephew Patrick, 10 (Monty LeCrone), and is char ged with bringing him up. She tells him to " Open a New Window" and wants to tr ain him in her philosophy of life, which includes countless cocktail parties. traveling and carrying a little black book to copy down new words be hears. ("That's bastard, b-a-s-ta-r-d, and it means Mr. Babcock ," Mame says.) Dwight Babcock (J ohn Delso) is the lawyer in cha rge of Patrick who wants to make sure Patrick gets a " proper" education . Th e Depression comes, and Mame loses both her money and P atrick. He goes to school and she is fired from a succession of jobs. But t! " bond between them grows ......--- - - _ _!. I i:-,·. •p ~ Theatre review fun . < ·'Why, Agnes, you cio have a bust ! " Mame says > P a trick m eanwhile, wants Mame to meet his new girlfriend. Gloria Upson , (Vanessa Little ), a member of the restricted upper crust of society. Mame finds the family snobbis h, a nd for the first ____ llliii,_________ time, Patrick rebels and tells her strong "You're 'My Best Girl,' " Patrick sings). Mame meets and ma rries Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside (F rank Miller), the last of the Southern gentlemen. He proposes to her on his Georgia plantation a nd his family sings the show stopper and title song, "Mame." Patrick grows up (David Arthur plays the grown-up P atrick) while Mame is on the world's longest honeymoon . Beau falls off one of the Al ps and Mame returns to New York to write her memoirs. But she still has her same attitude toward life. returns to he r faithful se r vant Ito (Joey P atton ) and makes up with her dearest friend, actress Vera Charles (P amela Danse r ) in the song "Bosom Buddies." Mame also convinces Patrick's nurse and her secretary, plain-jane Agnes Gooch ( Jane Berg ere), to open the window and have some lie disapproves of her way of life. Alone, Mame wonders if she brought him up the right way ("If He Walked Into My Life"). Agnes returns, pregnant, from opening the wi ndow and no t knowing how to shut it ("Gooch's Song" ). Mame takes her in, much to Patrick's disma y. But he comes back to Mame when he sees the true snobbery of the Upsons (a reprise of "My Best Girl"). The m usical ends when Mame takes young P eter Dennis, Patrick's son, off to India for a vacation. ("The poor child is deprived- why, he's never even ridden an elephant," Mame explains.) Throughou t the s how , Prinz rema ins the lovel y , ene r g etic Mame. Her personality shines through the character, and she belts each song with ease . The only disappointing part of P ri nz's pe rformance was her rendition of " If He Walked Into My Life .'' She ha d just finished a dance number of ' 'That's How Young I F eel " and must have been winded . The energy level of this song, though more of a ballad, didn't match the r est of her performance. Monty LeCrone was adora ble as young , P a trick Dennis. He was convincing a s the little boy who adored Mame, a nd his little-boy singing voice, although cer tainly not developed, was cute. Pamela Danser a s Vera was very effective . She played the drinking , overly-dramatic actress to the hilt, and her deep voice enhanced such numbers as "The Man in the Moon." Sometimes she got a little too deep, however, and it was difficult to hear her. Jane Bergere as Agni!s Gooch was disappomtmg at first but her characte r full y developed in thP. second act, when she wa s liberated by Mame Gooch calls for a somewhat discordant voice, which she supplied delightfully Manv of lhe minor characters also made up the chorus of the show. For the most part they sounded even, but in some scenes, especia lly the Gerogia plantation scene, the chorus was very unbalanced. One ambitious sopr ano overshadowed all the other singers. The choreogr aphy was simple and lively, but also uneven . The show was thoroughly enterta ining, and it was Prinz's show all the way. A veteran of ma ny shows at the Little Thea tr e a nd best know for her role of P enny on "As the World Turns," P rinz is a favorite of a udiences at the Little Theatre. She charmed " Mame's." a udience the same way she charmed the husks right off of the corn. 1Stuff 'n Sutch -~ ~utie·· is· ~;ast I for you to taste· review I f:« By Minerva N. Irish . -. ·~·· .. . 1K i f~: 1o~~; . The large suppcrtmg cast of culminate in prosperity and soc- "Life's a banquet" d singers and dancers do a partic- ial , triumph, and the play "Ma11>e" is a feast. ' • · an ~larly good job on the 'Man comes full cycle. Mame takes Great songs hilarious dia- m the ~oon" and "That's How the hand of Patrick's young son logue, Iu~h costumes, and plen- Young I feel" numbers. at the ~d and prepares ~ i~t: o- , ty of p1zzaz spice this tasty As for the story, Mame is due~ h_ 11:1 to her world of inl1mte J \ -·-·· -~---- --- - ,. • T - -,.--- -ffering, ~hich will play ~t Sul- a stubbornly independent worn- ~sibiht~; . ,van's Little Theater through an living in 1920's New York Mame ov_ernows with great fuly 14. who assumes custody of Patrick songs. The title ~ong and "If A little dynamo name Ros- he!· dead brother's 10--year-old He Walked I~to My Life'> have :nary Prinz is largely rcsponsi- ~h1ld. She gives the boy a swing- bee~ play~ frequenlly on ~1e ) ole. She sings well moves mg worldly education but is rad.i?· But the other so~g~ m- l gracefully, and provid~s Mame forced to put him in an ~cademy clu.~~. "It's Today,''. "My ~t I wit.h an irrepressible spunk by the executor of her brotker's Gill, We Need a Little Christ- •J But she has strong help. Pam- will. ras." and "Gooch's Song,'' are ela Danser, as Manie's bosom To compound her problems . tr5t-i;ate, ~o, and put ''.Mame" buddy Vera, delivers her caus- the stock market crashes and 1 ,;a C ~ss r~\h ''.My Fair Lady," tic lines with aplomb. J ane Mame is wiped out. She tries 0 1 ~ 0 u51c, ' and "CaroBergcr plays the prim nanny a series of jobs but proves hope- us~ · . • I Ag_nes Gooch with just the right j plessly incompetent in each. fun ,lea :h~l~li~h~~~!\1 18 gye~t ~ naivete. B t 1 . r· , . , n u \ an :s . ame lS u 1~anc1al hardships well worth your attention. 1 1171 PTH32 T C tr ('HJT,DR'E;\;'5 THEATRE ''Beauty and The Beast" .J uh (, am! 1:l j ~.,t11nftn ... a l l :00 p .m. ~ i IJhJ H·OOtliil!W:l ' ,.

Rose111,a1·,· Pri11z drau,s crowd at S1,lli, &- BY HELEN PARKES OF FILE PCBLIC'ATIONS SULLI\'AN, Ill. - It's like old home week m Sullivan for Rosemary Prinz is in town. Rosemary h3~ actually about grown up in SulliYan and has C'ome a long way from little girl "Penny" in the old television serial. to the mature actress that she is. Folks used to come to see Penny in the old days, bu! now the)' come to see Rosemary Prinz. When asked at a news conference what had been her favorite role in all the plays and musicals that she has appeared in at the Little Theatre, she said it was hard to answer because e:\ch production was different and she had en ioved them all. Then she · added that this production of "Mame" could well become her favorite because it had so many different things that she enjoys doing. The music and the songs are well done, and of course, "Mame" is the most familiar one and probably enjoyed the most. The dance numbers are intricate and one wonders how they do them so well with such a small st,:\ge. Rosemary shows her flare for comedy and does a suecial ad lib that brought down the house when one of the legs fell off of her manicurist stool. Jane Bergere is excellent as the maid who finally opened the window of !if e a little too much, and finds herself in a condition that is hilarious. to the audience at least. Pamela Danser is well cast as the 1920 variety of actress, and John Kelso plays the part of Mother Burnside. the head of an old southern familv. Vanessa Little, does a good job as the feather-brained southern belle. Vanessa, a truly pretty redhead, is always well received by Sullivan audiences. Monty Lecrone, a Sullivan eight year old, plays the little boy role admirably, for one so young in years. He plays the part of Mame's nephew, and later the part of a little boy of the next generation. The handsome David Arthur, an accomplished dancer, shows his acting ability as the grown up nephew. David, a young Chad Everrett, was a favorite with teenagers in the audience. Joey Patton, in real life Rosemary's hairdresser, gets a work-out as he does just that in the musical with a dozen wi11 changes and he takes the part of Ito, the house boy. There are forty people in "Mame,"and all of them had a part in making this one of the good ones. Something new at Sullivan is a lady at one of the pianos. She is Rosemary's voice teacher, from New York and handles the orchestra in fine style. Joe Patti, Rosemary's husband, is a member of the orchestra and Coles Demo women elect officers MATTOON. 111. - The Coles were made by Mary Catherine Featured player Pamela Danser of Springfield has the supporting role of Vera Charles in " Mame!" the musical comedy starring Rosemary Prinz now at the Little Theatre in Sullivan. Pamela, a professional actress, is no stranger to the Little Theatre where she has appeared many times in both musical s and stra ight plavs. She al so has done summe r stock in east coas-t and other midwest locations. handles the percussion secb was nice to see Mr. and Mrs ... Patti, working together, as a team. in Sullivan. This musical will be at the Lillie Theatre until July 14, and limited seats are available. Cti..u. ial I-iuspllc1 Hearl Ass heart clinic 7 o.m . m tl Rosemary Prinz returns to Sullivan By HELEN PARKES Of File Publications It's like old home week in Sullivan for Rosemary Prinz is in town. Rosemary has actuaUy about grown up in Sullivan and has come a long way from little girl "Penny" in the old television serial, to the mature actress that she is. Folks used to come to see Penny in the old days, but now they come to see Rosemary Prinz. When asked at a news conference what has been her favorite role in all the plays and musicals that she has appeared in at the Little Theatre, she said it was hard to answer because each production was dtfferent and she had enjoyed them all. Then she added that the current production of "Mame" could well become her favorite because it had so many different things that she enjoys doing. The music and the songs are well done, and of course, "Mame" is the most familiar one and probably enjoyed the most. The dance numbers are intricate and one wonders how they do them so well with such a small stage. Rosemary shows her flare for comedy and doe,s a special ad lib that brought down the house when one of the Jegs fell off of her manicurist's stool. Jane Bergere is excelltnt as the maid who finally opened the window of life a little too much, ·- - I!' ■ 3Xn13a l:ftt8>1 one of the good ones. Something new at Sullivan is a lady at one of the pianos. She is Rosemary's voice teacher from New York and handles- the orchestra in fine style. Joe Patti . Rosemary's husband, is a member of the orchestra and handles the percussion section. It was nice to see Mr. and Mrs. Joe Patti working together as a team in Sullivan. This musical wUl be at the Little Theatre until July 14, and limited seats are available. Talent Contest to he feature of Coles Fair The Third Annual Coles C01 nty Fair Talent Contest will be it Id this year on Monday night, v~!Y · 29, at the Fair Grounds m Charleston. The big show will be in the grandstand and will begin at 8 :00 p.m. The contest is <'pen to ·only Amateur Talent who want 'o vie for the $250.00 in prize money. The winner of the contest will take home $100.00. Additional prizes ot_.$75.00, $50.00 and $2' .00 will be awarded. Last year's contest was won by the Churchmen Quartet, a gospel group. Other contestants ranged from rock bands to baton twirlers and from classical pianists to olk singers. The applications tor entry in the contest must be I itted to WEIC Radio Station uly 26 this year. The eston radio station coordithe contest with the Coles ly Fair Board. The fee for 1 is $10.00, and an ac• is ·icted to five minutes '\ :ed number of acts will be •pted. Further information on Talent Show and applicat10n 1ks are available at WEJC, 1rleston. _rtends asse1nb 1

-- 12 \~attoon Journal ~:1zettt Satnrda.,. ,June 29, 19i l Rosemary Prinz stars at Little Theatre In musical 1 Mame' l...011g11:11e Little Tht·~ rc_gtil~r. David Arthur, plays ~ti • grown boy, and sings well. d, iv•l!f-' ::;upcrbly, c1nd r.ommifs liiiwwlf well 1n the faltest rule he has hc,c•n offered at Sulli}Jtn Prmwrily I think of I);1v10 as a dancer and il was good to oC" him gC!t more to do. new hair color and all. S u 11 v a n youf h, Monty LeCrcn himself eight years old. plays the I0·year·old "Patrick." Obviously a vicllm of opening night jitters, he spoke much too rapid!) hut hC' shows prnmise and thC' opening night crowd seemed LO IO\e him Frank Miller. tJ1e ''Chief" from ''The ruckcds Nest.•· returns Lo Sullivan as "Beau." one of the most thankless roles in theater repertoire for the male actor, but Miller is so good natured with the role he is immensely likeable. And Joey Patton, who appears as Ito. the Japa.1ese houseman, is amazing in his role. In person he is as American as Johnny Bench, bul he loses identity as th<> young Japanese servant, a really fine reading. And there is no one n1ore liberated than "Mame. and vou will find a new and lo\'elier face !)residing over that little orchestra pit. Influence of ·'Fem Lib" or whatever, a lady is conducting the pit • orchestra for this engagement, and the results are Prinz termed 'dazzling' Guy S. Little, Jr. is e:t;pert musicianship. Her 1 name is Dorothy Opalach. And note the new drummer in the orchestra. He comes very specia I from New York City. a fine Italian lad named Joe Patti, and you just can·t pl'eseming his most popular beat him ·at beating the dnun. star for the next three weeks in one of the modern dassic m u s i c a l comedies. That means the lovely Rosemary . Prinz is in Sullivan and she is starring in "Mame.'' It will run through Jul~ 14, and seals arc a\·ailable for most performances. 0 Gu~ Little was lhe first impresario to gamble on the then unknO\\n value of starring a TV Soap Opera heroine at The Little Theatre. He won his gamble, and we've all shared his dividends, and even that first venture was so successful the box office h<1d to install three phones to handle the volume of calls. :\'Tiss Prinz was so dubious of her !.ucce5s on that first engagement she brought her mother along for moral support and al least one fncndly face in the ''house." ~ow it is Miss Prinz' 12th engagement in Sullivan, and her name insures the S.R.O. sign for many perforniancet,, and her fans flock to see her. again and again. Little paid homage to his star Tuesday night in a new way - there c e n t e r e d above the prosccniLUn arch was her m o n o g r a m , beautifullv scripted. And the opening night audience paid her homage of anotlier kind - the house rose as one and gave her a warmhearted standing ovation. And we beat our palms red as we did. The petite star was brilliant as she usually is as ··Mame.·• She must be the t1111est star to ever • play the role, hut there was nothing small about 'the pcrfc.nn:mcc she gave us. Jl. \\'ac; dazzling in its perf(lclion. and th" hardworking star < she seldom leaves I he stage) filled the theater with love and laugh1er. Sb(' appears m 10 of the show's 16 musical numbers. She show~ us what musical comedy is at its finest as she torches "lf He \Valked Into My Life'' which had us holding our breath in ifs 10\·eliness. She mnde us breathless as she· ripped mto a 4O's jitterbug numbPr, ''That's How Young I F'eel." She can dance · 1 with the b,:,st of them. And still there was talent left to fracture our funnybones in the j delightfully c o m i c duet,. ''Bosom Buddies," with I Pamela Danser. She can cope with am· situation. •his trouper. A rolllng ehai!' c,n1e aparl in her hands during lhe opt'ning. and she acllibbecl so expertly tile full house applauded her. ShP sPems unfair to otlwr ac·tressf•s. loo. to act so \\ell and look so lovely doing il. She displays upwards of a dozen costume changes worn with flair ( :md designed in the same manner b" :vtathew ' .John Hoffman 1111 ·plus giving ou1 with a veritable wig style show. And a silly bit of casting delivers one of the wit hits 1 of lhe season. Never since I sa" Bill Po~vell play his own atmt in a 40's comedv. "L-0re I Craz~·. ·· havt' I seen 'anything as funn~ as John Kelso play- ! i.ng "Mother Burnside.'' This tops anything the versatile John has ever attempted in pure buffoonery. and gave the funniest reading of lhls role 1 I have ever seen. ,Jane Bergere, new to Sulli\'an. gives good reading to the role, of "Gooch'' and only in the moment of liberation \, hen she is fleetingly shown as more of a glamour girl than wallflower does the porlrayal ring false. Pamela D~nser, almost m d1sgL11se in flappe1· duds and a Colleen Yioorc \\ 1g 1s prop<•rly ,vry - not ury - as America's No. I Lush and sometime artress. Her w1,;e. c r a c; k s bronghf chuckles gJlor'e. Sometimes 1 wish my memon. weren't quite so good for theatrical things - but I just didn't find George Bunt's choreography up to hi:; usual standard for Lhis show. Oh. thev are easv to "·atch and col~rful but I rem~mber his dances from the pl'edou "Mame'' had a bit more flair and high stepping. . But still it's a whale of a , bow. and you're missing a fun-filled evening in t11e theater if vou let t !us one gel bv \'OU. And such fine family e;,t~tainment. And I'm so enchanted I'd crawl every inch of the way Io Sullh an to see our very royal '·Prinzess." even n she did bring her husband along on this engagement. And ~ nod to" ard the ne,\ > oung director, 1\lirh<l~l Karm He has put e\·ct') thing togdher as cxpertl> n::- an imerld°cking 1.00O-piecc jigs:-iw puzzle. eYcn if. when he IParncd at the airport that John 1'e1so wa:=- going to play ·'Mother Burnside·· and "anted to get back 011 th~ pl.me. It mailc one of m~ fondest lunn~• theater mernorie~

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• DECATUR-; Hl:RALD: DECATUR, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1974 'rliose m supporung t•oJ, .. also e shme ,Jane Bergere tS · partJculady 11otewo1 thy as s Agnes nooch, the dvwdy nannyI secretarv who opens a new s wmd?w and finds to her dismay that 1~ can't be closed again. She I s combines . a hil~rious ap- f pe_arance w1Lh a unique singing l voice. ! Not less memorable are 1 J Pamela Danser as Vera Charles. Mame's constanUy I :i stewed bci:;t friend: Joey Patton I as. Ito, the houseboy; Frank Miller ;\S Mame's handsome h S?uthern ~ttitor; and John Kelso, d of all tlungs. as his diehard ,r I Confederate mother. d But as good as the rest of the s~ow is, it simply can't come off 5 without the right Mame. and in r) ~osemary Prinz, there's1 1ittle to I n fmd fault with. e . Her Man:ie is constantly, vibrantly alive. Whether in a ~; complex dance number, a comic scene or a solitary song ot) le heartbreak. she epitomizes 0 ,., M~me's never-failing joy in 1 1 be111g alive Photo by Dove Mobley Rosemar y Prinz brings a vibrant ''Mame" to the Little Theatre $tage in Sullivan. osemary Prinz as 'Mame' Not to Be Missed at Sullivan Bv Blll Ward current production is something of a week has accomplished lit-1 The new production of special. tle less than a miracle in "Mame." which opened Tuesday To the book b\l Lawrence and assembling such a complex 1 mght at ~he Lit~le Theat ·e-on Lhe Lee and Je'rry Herman'~ show. 1 Square in Sulli;.an. could coax wonderful score. Guy Little ha< AJs~ noteworthy ~re the I 1 the blues 11gbt out of added a flawless production. a beautiful costumes designed b:i, any~ne. bevy of excellent performances Mathew John Hoff_man JU, the . First as a ~ook, then a pla~. a and above all. Rosemary Prinz constantly changmg sets, by f1_lm. a m~s1cal and. a musical I as Mame. The result is a superb Ro~rt So~e; a1~d especially film, Patnck Denrns s story of a even mg of entertainment. Geo1 ge Bunts _ch01 eography. m~dcap aunt who manages ~o Ratelj ooes any show provide 1 • :he producti~n numbers a~e ra!se her orpha~ed ~ephel,V m such a wealth of strong points. ieally 1>roduct10ns. T~e sta.be ~1te of everythmg has always Credit belongs £irst to director se~ms to. be. 100 _feet wide, \'"1th managed to 11muse. But the Michael Kann who in the space .dozens of singers and_ dancers ' mstead of a mere handtul. - One could go on at lemrth 1 singing the praises of this sho;,: the songs, like "Open a New Window." "If He Walked lnto My Life" and of course "Mame"; the comJc scenes' such as Mame's devastating assault on her obnoxious pro- posed in-laws; or the four musicians in the pit, who made you forget they weren't an orchestra. Unfortunately, the English language simply has too few s y n o n y m s !or "outstan- ding." I The only solution is to go see the show yourself. But don't wait - order your tickets today. · This production of '·Maine., is / simply not to be missed.

12 .\lattnon Journal 3azettt S::\lurcl,h , .Tune 29. 19i4 Rosemary Prinz sfars at Little Theatre In musical 'Mame' Prinz termed ·'dazzling' Guy S. Little. Jr. is Now it is Miss Prinz' 12th presenting his most popular star for the next three weeks in one of the modern classic m u s i c a l comedies. That means the lo,·ely Rosemary _ Prinz is in Sullivan and she is starring in "Mame.'' It will nm through Jul) 14. and seals arc a,·ailnbJe for most performances. 6 Gu~ Little was the first impresario to gamble on the then unknown value of starring a TV Soap Opera heroine at The Little Theatre. He won his gamble, and we've ail shared his dividends. and even that first venture was so successful the box office hc!d to install three phones to handle the ,·olume of calls. :\Tiss Print was so dubious of her 5uc:cess on tlrnl first engagement she brought her mother along for moral support ;ind at lea:-t one friendly face in thP "house.·• engagement in Sullivan. and her name insures the S.R.O. sign for many performances, and her fans flock to see her, again and again. Little paid homage to his star Tuesday night in a new way - there c e- n i e r e d above the proscertimn arch was her m on o gr a m , beautifully scripted. And the opening night audience paid her homage of another kind - the house rose as one and gave her a warmhearted standing ovation. And we beat our palms red as we did. The petite star was brilliant as she usually is as .. Mame · She must be the tmiest star to ever• pla) the role. but there was nothing ~mall about the perf,.rnrnnrc she gave us. It was dazzling in its perfcl:- lion. and tJy, hardwork111g star (she seldom leaves the stage) -1 filled the theater with love and laughter. She appears in 10 of the show's 16 musical numbers. She shows us what musical comedy is at its finest as she torches '•If He Walked Into My Life'' which had us holding our breath in its loveliness. She made us breathless as she ripped into a 40's jitterbug number ... That's How Y011ng I Feel." She can dance· with the best of them. And 1 still there ,,·as talent left to fracture our funnybones m the delightfully co m i c duet,. I 1 ' B o s o m Buddies,·, \\rilh / Pamela Danser. She can cope with anv I situation. this trouper A roiling chair came apart in her hands <lurin~ the opening. and she acllibbecl so expertly the full house applauded he1. She seems unfair lo of ht'r aetre~~es. too. to act so Wl'lJ and look so lovely doing it. She dis pl a) s upwards of a dozen costume cl1anges worn with flair ( ·md designed in the same manner by Mathew i .John Hoffman rrr, olm; giving I out \\ith a \ eritable wig style show. And a silly bit of casting delivers on~ of the wit hits of the season. Never since I I saw Bill Po.well play his own aunt in a 40's corned~·. "Love I Craz,," have T seen anything I as funn:i,· as John Kelso play- I mg "Mother B1m1side.'' This tops anything the versatile John has C\ er attempled in pure buffoonery. and gavo the funniest reading ot this role I have ever seen. .J anc Berg.'re. new to Sullivan, gives good reading to the role of "Gooch" and onl~ in the moment of liberation when she 1s fleetingly shO\\ n as more of a glamour girl than wallflower docs th<• portrayal ruig false. P::m1ela DansN, almost in disguise in flapper duds and a Colleen Moore \\ ig 1s properly w1·y - not dry - as America's No 1 Lush and sometime artres1' Her "ise c r a e k s bronght chuckles galor'e. , , Longtime L1tllp 'f'IJ, :it~ rt ~nlar. fJav,<! Arthur, pla)s .tt1e ijl'Ov.n boy, and sings WPJI, cl;.nccs sup~rbly. and c-ommits hi1usclf well in the raltest role he hr1s been offered at. Sull1};;111 Primarily I th111k of David as a dancer. and it wa,;; g<wtl to scr• him get more 10 do new hair color and all. S u I I v a n youth. Monty LeCrcn himself eight years old. plays the lO•year-ol<l "Patrick." Obviously a victim of opening night jitters. he spoke much too rapidly, but he shows promise and the opcmng night cro\\ d seemed to IO\'e him. Frank Miller. U1e '·Chief"' from '·The Cuckoo's Nest." rel urns to Sulli\'an as "Beau," one of the most thankless roles in the~ter repertoire for the male actor, but Miller is so good natured with the role he is immensely likeable. And Joey Patton. who appears as Ho. tbe JapaJese houseman, is amazing in his role. ln person be is as American as Johnny Bench. bul he loses identity as the yoW1g Japanese servant, a really fine reading. And there is no one more liberated 1 han "Mame.· and vou will find a new and lovelier face ,residing over that liltle . orchestra pit. Influence of ''Fem Lib" or whatever. a lady is conducting ihe pit • orchestra for this engagement, and the results are e:\pert musicianship. Her name is Dorothy Opalach. And note the new drummer in the orchestra. He comes very special from New York City, a fine Italian lad named Joe Patti, and you just can·t beat him ·at beating the dnun. Sometimes I wish my memor), weren't quite so good for theatrical things - but I just didn't find George Bunt's choreography up to his usual standard for this show. Oh. thev are easv to watch and col~rful but i remember his dances from the previous "1fame" had a bit more flair and high stepping. . But stul it's a whale of a show. and you're missing a fun-filled evening in the theater if ~ ou let tlus one get by you. And such fine family entertainment. And rm so enchanted I'd crawl eYery inch of the way to Sulli, an to see O\tr very royal "Priniess... even if she did bring her husband a long on this engagemenl. .\nd a nod toward the Ill'\\ ~ oung director. :\Ikhael Karm. lle has put everything tOgdher as cxperU:, a~ an mterld~kmg 1,t)O0-p1ece jigs~rn puz 'le. e,·cn if. wht'n he learned ,it the airport that John Kelso wa:- g-orng to play '·l\tolhe>1 Burnside" and wanted to get back lll1 tht> plane 11 1n:ulc one of m, fondl':;t tunny theater

,·an, Moult.rte County, lliinois, Thursday, ,July 4, 197~ · ~..., ,., ,._ 4""' w• ♦ ,.., •••• ...., '"' ♦ _.,. CAPACITY AUDIENCES SEE POPULAR STAR IN "MAME" AT THEATRE "Mame," staring Rosemary ' Prinz, opened la.st WMk to a capacity house, which greeted the former star of "As The World Tums" with a standing ovation for her portrayal of the invincible Auntie Ma.me. The gecond musical of the 18th Season continues through July 14, and will feature a apecial 4th of July family matinee. The • holiday performance will be at f p.m. with no evening produc- ] ion. - Appearing October $3th thru 'le 27th will be RoLert Reed laking his second Sullivan l>pearance in the popular rce, "See How They Run." r. Reed, who formerly starred I th E. G. Marshall in th~ •ard winning television ser- ... "The Defenders" and curt star of "The Brady Bunch" bel not be starring in "6 Rms. 118• Vue," as previously an10_ nced. "See How They Run," .nd ch is being presented for ue- first time at The Little 9,tre-On The Square, is the ber '/ Of an American actor and its ?ss galloping in and out of llll· joors of an English vicarJ.ng :>L e Little Theatre-On The h re schedule will feature >Y r1·a1 ld Hines in her o gir. :Jc. 1way role of "Funny Girl" 16 to August 4: Andy Deton in the "New 1921 Musiin "No, No Nanette," Au6- 21; Jean Pierre Au- >On, • "Gi tn in Lerni and Lowe s - ·a Aua,u,t 27•September 15; >Ver e- . nd Mrs. Peter Palmer in • of \a.ssie "Oklahoma',' Sep· lned • 17 to October 6; and t · Reed of "The Brady 1en · • in "See How They eth- '>ctober 8 to the 27th. ·1lv- ;1cs allllS· I 11tn . \ lY I d· 11

ed Jr Ol D1:CA TUR SUNDAY HERALD AND REVIE, Entertainmeot Calend~ w~e little w~entre ·· \J:)11 iilir ~, L•Jlf * ~!Iman Jill. T oti~-. ~ , '?: :'l an1l ~:00 ~11,l throu;h J\ 11~11•1 Jlh. .... MIMI HINES ~, '--~-~~ i~ --\\ al'lll and tcn ,ler·• Ch ampai,:,n ~'°''°S Gazette •• .\ 11·u t> t·omeclit>n ne ·• U.t ,ly Illini ' 'A .. 1t0\\ to l'f'fllt•mlw r " \\ I ttll IL1diu Reservations-dial 211 1728-7375 Reservations-dial 217 / 728-7375 JEAN IERRE u ;•JIONT ,L,_.-' ~_,;, GiGi SEPTEMBER 11 - OGTO I :ER 1 • i\J r. a nd :\-1 r.'.. PETER PALMER ROD&fRS l KAMMERSTrnrs :::.-......

ATWOOD, ILLtNOIS WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1974 Mimi Hines Is A Very "F;unn_y (;i-, '" Mimi Hines Opened Tuesday night at Sullivan's Little Theatre-On The Square in her original Broadway role of "Funny Girl," bringing to the stage a warmth and greatness that totally permeated the capacity audience, bringing them lo their feet in an endearing standing ovation. With tears in her eyes. the pe tite comedienne stepped towards the fnOlJjghts and ;ried, "I love you.·' It is just th is magjcaJ exchange betwP<>r> ., ....... - ani;J .sar · • ~ •~'-' u.,e Cct1Jruan-born actress the Li L lr·s. · 'The Best- -The Greatr•st ·' Miss Hines will be appear ing in Sullivan as the immortal Fanny Brice through August 4th. · Returning to the Little Theatre-On The Square is veteran Estelle Omens in the role of Fanny's mother. Since her last season appearance in "Damn Yankees" with Gary Co Uins. Miss Omens has toured in Neil Sirnon's''Prisoner Of Second Avenue,'· starring the comedy team, Still~r and. Meara, filmed a .c.ameo 111 the film " Grand ::itreet'' with Carrol O'Connor and Ernest Borgnine and filmed the historical television feature. "Give Me Liber- ' ty" with Robt!rt Culp. Her credits also include stock work and televisien commercials. Pending later adQitions, the schedule for the 18th Season includes Andy Devine in " the New 1925 Musical," ' No. No Nanette,' August 6-25: Jean Pierre Aumont in Lerner and Loewe's 'Gigi," August J.7 to September 15: Mr. ar ti Mrs. Peter Palmer in the classjc 'Oklahoma!,· Septemberl7to October 6: and Robert Reed of the "Brady Bunch" television series irf "See How They Run, .. October 8-20. Olildren's Theatre wiil present "Winnie The Pooh,'· July 27 and August 3; ·' Mary Poppins. " August 10, 17 and 24: "Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp,'' August 31, September 7, 14 and " Heidi,' ' St!1.AeTl, ~• - 21 and 28. All Children !:> Theatre productions are Saturdays at 1:00, and admission is $LOO. lnformation about the Litlie Theatre-On The Square productions and reservations may be obtained by writing to PO Box 155, Sullivan. Illinois 61951 or phoning 217- 728- 7375

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Comedienne Mimi Hines will debut Tuesday at Sullivan's Little Theatre-On The Square in the musical hit, ''Funny Girl", for a 3 weekengagement. "Funny Girl", which features the popular "Don'tRainOn My Parade". "I'm The Greatest Star" and "People", is • the biography of the immortal Fanny Brice, Miss Hines replaced Barbra Streisand as Fanny in the original Broadway production of "Funny Girl" , bringing to the role a hignly individual and imaginative interpretation and continued in the production playing to capacity audiences for an additional 18 months. FOllO";~l1'16 .• \he ~oadway run, Miss' Mines was invited to ~s Vegas to make supperclub history by appearing in a condensed versio11 of the show which played four successful months at the Riveria Hotel. A native of Canada, the talented actress come from a long line of theatre folk. Recently, she has broken records at concert halls and theatres throughout the UnitedScates with the touring productions of "I Do, I Do", and "The Prlsoner of Second Avenue" with Shelly Berman. "Funny Girl", which is being presented through A ugusr 4, will also host Sullivan regulars John Kelso as Eddie Ryan; Frank Miller as Nick as well as returning favorites Estelle Omens as Mrs. Brice and Martha Larrimore as Mrs. Strakosh. The production is under the direction of George Bunr with costumes by Mathew John Hoffman III, scene design by Robert Soule and the musical direction by Bruce Kirle. The ever- delightful childre11 's tale, '' Winnie The Poob" will be presented by the apprentice company at The Little Theatre-On The Square, Sullivan, Illinois, Saturdays July 20, 28 and August 3, Children's thea - tre productions are handled entirely by the apprentices residing at Sullivan's Little Theatre and children may spend an entertaining afternoon seeing actual stage shows. Featuring several local talents, those cast in the P•'> ..i~ • of "Winnie The L ◄ '> ,.-/ Pooh•· •n:, Ul.:!g Hjort (Pooh Bear), Decatur, Ill. Donna Scilwell (Roo), Decatur; Chris Fleming (Rabbit), Bement; Joey Endress (Christopher Robin) Vergen• nes; DeborahFuch::(Kanga) and David Gubitz (Owl), both of New Yorl< City; Lorraine Denham (Piglet), Chicago and William Cox, (Eeyore), Greely , Colorado, The entire production is directed and staged by J. Thomas Wierney of Clinton, Maryland, Children's Theatre Coor din a tor is Marnie Sayar, Brush, Colorado. The State Journal-Register S . . '• prmgf1eld, Sunday, July 21. 1971 b ' 0 ew ans r by \Vaync Allen &andmg O\'al itms ha\'C tx.'l·ome ~o commo 1pld<.:e 111 · 11\l' thcc1lc>r and CO!lt'l'rts th:11 such tnhutcs ha\c lost th1.•tr 1mpaet :,,1111. multi t:1lentcd l\lmu I lines ralcd thf' personal burrrih.~ \\ h1ch greNcd her Opt'mng night at ~ul11•.;1n·s I.JI 'it 11tt · tr l' 111 • f-' u'ln y l,1rl ·• ·111L sho,, 1ts,·Ir \\ciS mt Ila\\ lc•s..., ~vcral prvcturl1on problems marrl'd the opemng 111ght fhL•~l' \\ 111 h:.iw ll(.'CII pl'rfccted b\ no\\. hut thcrL•·s httlL' lh,ll t"<Ul Ix• . ,~,.about a m1sea.,t ll1 .tdlllg 'm.m llappd_y Funny G11r 1:;; .i one-woman show J• Ml\11 IUNES, r1s F~rnny Hrn.:c. do0s ,~ .. c~ ,•1 ,, h,1l 1 :1rbr.11 Stre1~arnT. <1id , ,,1th l11t supc•d tL·tal h1driraphy ol tl'A.' lt-gcnd.trv c·omC'tllt rm1.: N11 1tu11s 11 111to a pt-rs na I tnur di." lor cC' of s mg. d,rnct•. <'n!ll(C .inc:! p,itho-.; Poor ~ unn~ 'Cl~ ( :-.t i.0111 C\\ ( l' re• .11 lt r the •pL'nltlg , t'n( Onl., the pt 1. •dH' pr< , ncP < I --\ilk \mst, 111 • n•mmrl-; ., \W\H'r th,1t I Ill' nws1t al 1, e i b.1sl'Ci on once !1, mg charartc1~. \l,t<: at th£' Little 'Ptl 'lt e lhc'n' was n11 b1 ht \ <11.Jll• ;\icky tn this \'H'Wer· :-. opmwn Frank l\hllcr cs~a:;,ed the roil on f'UC' hut \\ 11 h 1 ,1m' "' • 11L' cnn-rnau n,'y:.• uquc n• wrl'd. \'oc·allJ i\1!1 \- er \\.JS ack•qualt' \ 1:-L1,ilh lw ,ippeared t,m ckan cut Tall 11d hamlsqtnl' \hlkr f1u-. th~· ·gt1rg1;•ous appe1 at1on ,•mplt>jj;!< hv Fannv but no Nick \mst[• 11 • hi h w ll!atd i\tOIU•, c.:n11vmc1ngl) t: s{ was .John KP}Stl a!. Fdrhe H\'an. tlw :mlck1ck , .wd<•· VJ.limn. Kcls11, a Litt IL Thr,1 1 rt' wterrn1 t roup1•d ,, 1th i\hmt m tlw nwnnc-r I rc- ~nlx.•d m lsol}(•I Lennart ~ qua.-;1 Fann) Hric(' SlOI} Thl'n' ,,a~ n thc,Hnt al '\\:Jrm l h ,llld c',lSl' in thL' I fines-Kelso dut>t~ thul \\cl'- 1111:c;smg from I lw ll1m•s- ~hllc-r conl11mt.it111ns \\ ith a po,H rhousc pt' r fomwr like :\llmt Hines. d1rrctur CcorgP Bunt rlrl 1 ruh.'lV h.id ,Ill uphill ellon' 111 hnr1gmg orr ,upp<H1 mg char ,wtc," ,, 1th r11111plmu'ntan lorcc ~lost I\ he -,un'l'l d, d 111 ,1J&lit101J to K<'I o ._ \ 11iu os1lv, Li.tPllc- O.nwns .1s :\\rs. Bn1'l' .• rnd \la1 tin Lar nn 1<11 < n1. i 1hhor Z1c•fc:ld had w11kcd with i\lurn tx. fore. thw, ,~a~ pn - p.;ired l1 r ti 1L' 1m,tant iov altair ~Ile h.is going ,, 1th an audlrncc 6rimald1 held ht'> dl.'1nct er m -;t) le . \\ hid1 1s a1! 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• ~1I1\1I I-IL ES Guc~T or: HONOR DI NER PARTY SANGA.tv10 CLUB SPRINGI IELD, ILLINOIS ]ULY 22, 1974 Ca11t{llope 5Helon Precutti 1' 1' ., 'Jurba11 of Dover Sole Cardinal 1' -f -f Xent ucky [imestone 5Himosa ., -f -f J"'oHrnedos a'la 1t7alterspiel 1 1' -f Petit 'Jours & yateaux -f -f -f 'Jromage .Assorties 1 1 -f Demi - 1 asse - Cognac 1970 RauentlJaler 'Nonnenberg 1971 Cotes du R1Jone 'Vidal 'Jleury DR P \UL FosTER MAHAFrEY 'Rost Sullivan Theatre . THE NEOGA (Ill.) NEWS- 7 Thursday, luly 25, 1974 Mimi Hines opened July H> at Sullivan's Little Theatre on the Square in her original Broadway role af "Funny Girl," bringing to tbc stage a warmth and greatness that totally permeated the capacity audience, bringing them to their feet in an endearing ovation. With tears in her eyes. the petite comedienne stepped towards the footli_ghts and cried, "I love you." It is just this magical exchange between audience and star that has earned the Canadian-born actress the title ''The Best- The Greatest." Miss Hines will be appearing in Sullivan as the immortal Fanny Brice through Aug. 4. Returning to the Little Theatre on the Square is veteran Estelle Omens and television commcrdals. Pending latter additions, the schedule for the 18th season includes Andy Devine in "'l'he New 1925 Musical, "No, No Nanette," Aug. 6 25; Jean Pierre Aumont in Lerner and Loewe's "Gigi," Aug. 27 to Sept. 15; Mr. and Mrs. Pet.er Palmer in the classic "Oklahoma!" Sept. 17 to Oct. G; and Robert Reed of the "Brady Bunch" television series in "See How They Run," Oct. 8 20. Children's Theatre will present "Winnie the Pooh.'' July 27 and Aug. 3; "Mary Poppins," Aug. 10. 17 and 24; "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Aug. 31, Sept. 7. 14, and "Heidi," Sept. 21 and 28. All Children's Theatre productions are Saturdays at 1:00, and admission is $1. in the role of Fanny's mohcr. Since her last season appearance in "Damn Yankees," with Gary Collins, :l\1iss Omens has toured in Neil Simon's "Prisoner of Second Avenue" starring the comedy team, Stiller and Meara; filmed a cameo role in , the film "Grand Street" with Carroll O'Connor and Earnest Borgnine and filmed the historical feature, "Give Me Liberty" with Robert Culp. Her credits also include stock work ,6 ny at lay {er md in low om exjay NaS terPi- >me ·rts, 1pus ,ded Thursday , July 25, 1!)74 ARCOLA RECORD-HERALD Mimi Hines at Little Th,eatre By liELEN PARKES I Of File Publications One of the best musicals ever roduced in Sullivan is "Funny Girl," playing at the Little Theatre, until August 4. And probably one of the greatest talents to ever appear in Sullivan, is the star Mimi Hines. Miss Hines is about the size of a small bar of soap, but with enough energy to propel a battle ship! The story of Funny Girl is the real life story of Fanny Brice, the stage and movie comedienne, a story not unlike the real-life story of Miss Hines. Both actresses were child performers and went on to win acclaim from world-wide audiences as outstanding per( ormers. The bitter-sweet Fanny Brice love story is entertaining and touching as Fanny becomes a star and loves her unsuccessful husband at the same lime. Frank Miller is perfect for the part of the husband, who fails time after time, in his attempts to make a million dollars. Mr. Miller does a fine job of showing his love for his wife, but at the same time failing miserably in his business attempts to equal his wifes earning ability. John Kelso, one of the great favorites a t Sullivan, does well as Fanny's true friend, and gels a chance to show his singing and tap dancing talenl. Estelle Owens is Mrs. Brice who holds forth at the Brice Saloon. Martha Larrimore and Anna McNeeley, are her "gambling" friends The pretty Vanessa Liltle agam has a small part as Mims1e. one of Fannie's friends. The chorus outdoes itself with the dancing and songs. The Ziegfeld Follies number- ''His Love Makes Me Beautiful" is hilarious. as Fanny plays her famous impersona110n as a pregnant bride, m one of the Ziegfeld extravaganzas. "The Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat" production of World War I is almost as well-<lone as the original Ziegfeld number, with the company dressed in khaki uniforms and the finale featuring the American flag. Other well known songs, " If a Girl Isn't Pretly," "I Want To Be Seen With You,'' ''You are Woman "and "Don't Rain on My Parade," kept the audience , humming th.r:oughout the show. Funn~ Girl runs through August 4 at the Little Theatre in Sullivan. Andy Devine is next in "No. no, Nanette.'·

'Funny Girl': No Ordinary Musical Is Mimi Hines Best "Funny Girl'? Uy J<;, W. lff1!S8J<: Review PW1',•Ga1.Ptfp !oifu tr Wrlfn SUI .LIV AN lt has heen the B) WALTER LAZENBY SUI.LIV AN "Funny Girl," starring Mimi Hines, has taken the stage at the Little Theatre here for a three-week run ending August 4. It has more to recommend it than the ordinary musical. First, it is biographical 1 hence not altogether artificial}, following the rise of Fanny Brice , radio's Baby Snooks) to stardom but concentrating, for unity's sake, on episodes touching her romance with Nick Arnstein. Thus, whatever storybook qualities it has it owes to the real-life star's unusual career and associates. It suggests that her successparadoxically-was due to her feelings of inadequacy, that she became a "funny girl" by wisecracking and clowning in order to cover up her nai-:·ete and embarrassment. This tendency is well domonstrated in one of the play's best scenes, ''A Private Dining Room." Further, as a story about entertainers, it uses music and dance more naturally and integrally than is usual, somewhat like the classic " Showboat." Hence it is a rather satisfying blend of music with drama. The key songs carry the plot forward rather than summarizing what has just occurred, and they dramatize characters' inner states at moments of highest tension or clearest vision. For instance. " His Love 1Vtc1kes Mc Beautiful," though an ironic- and comical number as rendered, foreshadows Miss Brice's serious realization of the psychological truth contained in its title. Likewise, " People," the hit popularized by Barbra A Revieu, Streisand in the Broadway production, reveals the singer's sudden awareness of dependence at a turning point in her emotional development. It points forward to her abrupt elopement climaxing Act One. And with each reprise of " Oon't Hain on My Parade'' C'Omc added nuances creating a new emotional climate: first 1t is Miss Brice's announcement of determination to ga in happiness, then Arnstein's assertion . of male independence, and last the utteranc e of the c lown laughing on the outside while rrying on the inside. As the latter it affords a poignant and appropriate finale, avoiding the conventional happy ending. One notable exception is the totally extraneous number, "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat." Why not eliminate it from a show that runs for more than two and a half hours, partly because of slow pace in the first act? The diminutive Miss Hines, making her first Sullivan appearance, comes equipped Joi of Mimi Jlin<'s 1o follov. Jn r-~········~·· .. ·····y,,,_ - \\ 1th a really strong ,nusical the IooUight steps of two other comedy voice. Shr also ••Funny Girls," Bar hr a Mimi thr<>e tlme1 ought to t,-Jl dis plays ,-tn attractively Streisnnd on Broadway JO years you tmmPthina-." relaxed stylr of c:lowning and flgo, and Jeril1 Li111c who played JeriJj Little's portrayal of the (lell·ve 1 • 1 1 1 . lhe t·ole here seven years back. frequently lunny, sometimes r ng 1cr mes. Frank Miller , though he has 'rhfl ph l f'-JlkP. Miss HlnPli, sad story of Fanny Brice was " ·hm,f' l)f'rsonal life has had ups roundly acclaimed in '67. In our the requi!:iitc visual charm for an.d cl(m ns rh·aling those oI review we remember quipping portraying Nick Arnstein, is }'anny liri,·l", m li.:ht well he thP t.hat "The Brice was right.'' s eriously mis<.:ast for the be~t ' 'Funn.v Glrl't all. A UnquestionablJ, Mimi Hines singing role. Estelle Omens Rellout audiE'nce w hit'lt witness• also is just right for the part. ~ does a commendable job in the ed thP, op,ening of•a, thrPe-wetk She may not have the singing role of Fanny's mother, and run hf'rf' Tuesday night RPPm• voice of Miss Streisand, but hersf when she teams with the Jngly tliou~ht so. IL i.:ave hPr a is a good one, and she's a bet-•4 versatile John Kelso in the 1tamling orntion. ter, more versatile ac tress. She duet routine, ''Who Taught "1 guess I identify with the carries the play. Her Everything?" the result is . ' role," said MiQ:Ji. F r ank MUler, who pla~ ed a distinct pleasure. ' George Bunt, who piu;imble BPaur<'gard Burn"'ide Demands on the costumier; choreogrRphed the Little in " Mame'' l1ere the past lew Mathew J ohn Hoffman III Theater production of 1967, js weeks, ha'I the role ot ~ ick have been heavy and are weii c'ljrecfing. staging, and Arnijteln, the gambler tJ1at m et. Director for the show is choreographing lhe current Fann:\ Brice bet on as a husband, George Bunt, who has version. He noled that he ~ad ~n_cl lost, 1 Jn this prPsenf_ati~n. choreographed this one as i f'en the Broadway offering , r.mn lsn 1 exadly a ·wmnmg · .,.t..·1ch star1·ed M1·ss Str · nd N1C'k eithf'r well as two other productions VI l~ • eisa · . . t s 11· th· once .. and the later cast head- Estelle Omens, who had a bit a u ,van 1s season. . . . l · "D y k " h t d by Miss Hines three tunes! par lQ anm an ees ere It was almo!;t inevitable that last year, is excellent as Mrs. )le wa~ ·asked who gave the bel- Brice, Fanny's mother. Martha ter performance. Larrimore, last seen locally in •-' 'I think it's a matter of 1967 when Bloody Mary in Jlersonal p r e f e r en c e , ' ' be "South Pacific" was one of her answered honestly. " Mimi gives efforts, contributes as Mrs. tnore warmth and m o re Strakosh. tenderness to the r.ole. Barbra John Kelso, who rates the " 'as sli<'ker, perhaps more pro• most valuable actor award in fessional. The fact that I saw producer Guy Little's company, fl' comes through again ,.,·ith a first-rate performance as Eddie Ryan, friend of Fanny. Kelso Mimi more real in 'Funny Girl' - --- Drama • review also played Eddie in the '67 pro-! duction. A genuine trouper, h~ gutted through opening night despite being sick. "People," o! course, was the hit song of "Funny Girl," and l\liss Hines sings it with st;\'le and sincerity. ''I'm thf' Greatut Star," "Sadie, Sadit>," a n d ' 'Don't Rain On ~Ir Parade" are her other memorable numbera. By John J. PauJy For The Cow·ier Who needs lil3arbra Streisand? Mimi Hines shows the au- dience a different side of Fanny Brice in the title role of "Funny Girl," which plays through Aug. 4 at Sullivan's Little '11heater. Miss Hines' Fanny Brice strikes us as impulsive and extroverted, yet she is also sensitive and timid, especially in her personal relationships - very much like the real Fanny Brice. Uiss Streisand was blustery and hard, anrl her Lrand of humor in "Funny Girl" was more or less a non-stop joke. Mimi Hines makes us love Fanny as a person, not as a caricature from a Myron Cohen story. Miss Hines belts her songs in the best Broadway tradition, but she also shows a wistful self-aware- ness that gives the character of Fanny Brice resonance. Frank Miller plays Nick Arnstein, U1e gambler whom Fanny wins, marries and eventually loses. Aithough he's more than handsome enough for the part. he was too tight to be debonair. Miller is best when Arnstein is breaking down under his financial problems. .John Kelso does his usual solid. job as Eddie Ryan, a dancmg manager and friend of Fanny·s whr, helps her get her first big job. Estelle Omens is hilarious as Rose Brice, Fanny's mother and the Henry Street Sflloon-keeper. The Sullivan production generally · minimizes the use of stereotyped Jewish accents, and I think this interpretation works well because it reinforces the emphasis of Miss Hinest Fanny. The Ziegfeld Follies' numbers seemed cramped, but the costumes and the zest of the cast helped m~e up for the physical limitat10ns. Sullivan's "Funny Girl" is an appealing version of a great mustral, and Mimi Hines deserves all the kudos she's gotten and certainly will get. " Wbo Taught Her Ever,ything?" as sung and danc• ed by Kelso and Mis11 Omem was most likeable. Miss Hines is a p t to remember her Sullivan opening for a couple of incidental! reasons: One : At play's end, while laking bows, she stepped toward. the audience, saying '!I love you!" and almost crowneci by 1he suddenlj descending curtain. Two: Latel- ♦ revealing to friends t h a t midmght marked the start of I he1· birthday, she was touched to 1 he point of weeping when they raised glasses and sang •·~py Birthday to you!' ~ .M1er a moment she $aid: 'TH \ he all right. You don't get to 1leJ 41 every day!'

WLBH Studio Copy 1170 KHz MATTOON, ILL. Phone: 234-6464 345-2526 No.---- Revie,~ : ''Funny Girl" Written by: Jane W. Krows To Run: Date: Used over 'WLBH--Mattoon Wed . July 17 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 11+ 15 From the moment Mimi Hines sang "I 1 m The Greatest Star" -. i n the c_arly scenes of "Funny Girl" Tuesday night, you knew she really was the greatest. Miss Hines completely gets inside the character of Fanny ~ i ce and brmgs to the Sullivan theatr e audiences a fine po r trayal of this funny, talented lady. It is hard to separate the two, Mimi Hines and Fanny Brice, they have so much in common . •Funny Girl" in addition to being fine entertainment is a study in human emotions. You see Fanny Brice grow from the young Fanny, the clown: to the beautiful, sophisticated Mrs. Nick Arnstein as the play progresses. The transformation occur s right before your eyes and you realize at the close of the show you are seeing an entirely different person than you saw in the opening scenes. Although Mimi is great in the early scenes, clowning and cutting up as Fanny must have done, she builds and builds through the whole show becoming even greater at the close. The entire cast seems to be carried along with the fine performance of the star and all oontribute a quality performance to the show. Never have supporting actors carried their roles better. Never, have the dancers danced better or the singers

Date: 2 3 WLBH Studio Copy 1170 KHz MATTOON, ILL. Phone: 234-6464 345-2526 To Run: sung better than they did for Miss rlines. No.---'--- Special mention to John Kelso in his role of Eddie Ryan. (We didn't know that John could tap so well). And to Estelle Omens as Mrs. Brice and of course to Frank Miller as Nick Arnstein, the husband. In fact, everyone connected with the show deserves 5 a big bouquet or roses including Robert Soule, set designer for his very adaptable and sometimes elegant sets; to 8 9 11 12 13 15 Mathew Hoffman for the costumes and especially Miss Hines wardrobe and especially to George Bunt who tied the whole thing together with his directing and choreographing. The smooth progression of the show 1s due to t he Bunt artistry. This is a show to remember. You laugh with Funny Girl and you suffer with her too. If there 1s such a thing as flawless opening , Funny Girl crune very close to it opening

Miss Hines in 'Funny Girl' ~fat 1001 Journal Gr,zeHC' Thursday, ,July 25, 1971 11 Mimi great as Fanny B1 By Emery Lic::hten·.valter' i,5 •• N. When I was lii;ing in the Chicago area. every "whip-- stitch" (a favorite expression of the Senior Citizen). an opporturuty would present itself lo drive somewhere to see the comic antics of Phil Ford and :Mimi Hine.::. We saw them several times at the wonderful land free) Oak Brook Shopping Center Wednesday night cone e r t s a supper club engagement or two. and sparkling appearances at the Hillside Melody Top ( sadly now bankrupt!. I'll ne,·er forget a wild night we hit it luck~· there and the Jate Fat Jal.!k Leonard was in the audience, and the repartee between thal man and :\1imi Hines at Curtain call time e x c e e d e d e,·erything you imagined it would be. The show was "Anything Goes." and that's the wav it was! Well. I'm here now. and so is Miss Hines. and I never realized how much I missed this pint-sized d~'namo. What a boon to 1he power shortage! Miss Mimi Hines will be appearing through Aug. 4 in '·Funny Girl" at Guv S. Litlle's Sullivan playho~se. and vou'll be much the loser if you don't make a1Tangernent~ to get over to see this exciting shot\. The show bears one very obvious flaw \1iss Hines is just too darned be~uiiful to be the late. great Fanny Brice. I have volumes of theatre memorabilia (How well I know having made two household moves in 30 rlays!) and every photo of !\liss r am! Brice hardly shows her the l ra\'ed about Rosemary Prinz glamour girl, nnd that is backed in the lasl show, and she was up by memory of a fleeting great: nO\\ I rave about Mimi movie bit or two in lhe 19;3o·s. Hines for she 1s equally great. :\liss Hines can contort those From an opening scene wherein 1nobile featm·cs into rum1) 'h Fann~' she gazes into a shapes, but the lo, liness is I backstage mirror and chortles. alwavs there and st ill obvious. ·Hello. Gor-.Jus!' until in a 1f it sounds' like I'm in love finale with her life and her with ihe g:1i. I guess mayhl"! m.irriage in slwmbles around her she enlreats with fate not I grc;, "To Rain on Her Parade." Miss buff Hines becomes U1e great 1 se legendary star history has made A her. up Whal a singer she i::; Had l'la\! I my fit·st million I would be Ev, c.!ontent to retire and let Mimi an Hines sing for me eight or nine Gel or ten hours a day. I know da1 Streisand is supposed to be the da• sh Kl ·u,d dance m:111 who befriended · Fann~, in her first show~. and ever after. Fven when he has a high f'evcr and is mon dead than alive with a Yirus as was John on opening night. he can act rings around all the other actors. You begin to feel your writings are trite when show-in. show-out all you do is write '!lowing expressions of praise ,bout Mr Kelso. but the man ·c: almost bC'~·ond description in his abilit~• to put life in1o am· c•haractcr he portrays. T Just ,Jon't believe there is a bad performance in him. Estelle Omens has fun playing c1 Jcwisl1 Mother. '1nd :\Inrtha !..,arrimore as her poker pla?ing sidekick could coax laughs out of a stone face. l\ e known ~fartha since Hillsidl' and Hiohland Park days and she t> • alwavs makes me laugh. . ' Frank Miller like ~1iss Hine::,. is too prettv for his role. All ryictures I ha\'e seen of Nick Arnstein show him to be a s11rimplikc little gu~·- not ·,anclsome ctt all. And sadly. ;\Jr. \1iller plays 111111 more like Jack Armstrong than the wheclerclenle1 he rcall) \\as. T\T at hew John Hoffman's 1•0c:lumcs "ill evoke nosla lgi;i rnr the World War I and just :tftcr c!m·s lhat lhe sho\\ COVCI'~. Bruce ·Kirle's music smmds great. Mimi Hines as Fanny Brice m 'Funny Girl' 1 rccomnwnct !he show to gent'ral auchenccs. especially to

• 'Funny Girl': No Ordinar~y Musical B) WAI.TEH LAZENBY SULLIVAN "Funny Girl,'' starring Mimi Hines, has taken the stage at the Little Theatre here for a three-week run ending August 4. It has more to recommend it than the ordinary musical. First, it is biographical 1 hence not altogether artificial), following the rise of Panny Brice (radio's Baby Snooks l to stardom but concentrating, for unity's sake, on episodes touching her romance with Nick Arnstein. Thus, whatever storybook qualities it has it owes to the real-life star's unusual career and associates. It suggests that her successparadoxically-was due to her feelings of inadequacy, that she became a " funny girl" by wisecracking and clowning in order to cover up her nai·:ete and embarrassment. This tendency is well domonstrated m one of the play's best scenes, " A Private Dining Room." Further, as a story about entertainers, it uses music and dance more naturally and integrally than is usual, somewhat like the classic "Showboat." Hence it is a rather satisfying blend of music with drama. The key songs carry the plot forward rather than swnmarizing what has just occurred, and they dramatize characters' inner states at moments of highest tension or clearest vision. For instance, "His Love Makes Mt• Beautiful," though an ironic and comical number as rendered, foreshadows Miss Brice's serious realiza tion of the psychological truth contained in its title. Likewise. "People,'' the hit popularized by Barbra A Revieiu Streisand in the Broadway production, reveals the singer's sudden awareness of dependence at a turning point in her emotional development. It points forward to her abrupt elopement climaxing Act One. And with each reprise of "Don't Hain on M} Parade'' come added nuances creating a nc•w emotiona l climate: first 1t is Miss Brice's announcement of determination to gain happiness, then Arnstein 's assertion of male independence, and last the utterance of the clown laughing on the outside while <:rying on the inside. As the latter it affords a poignant and appropriate finale, avoiding the conventional happy ending. One notable exception is the totally extraneous nwnber, ''Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat." Why not eliminate it from a show that runs for more than l wo and a half hours, partly because of slow pace in the first act? The diminutive Miss Hines, making her first Sullivan appearance, comes equipped \\ 1th a really strong rnusic-al comedy voicl•. She also displays an attractively relaxed stylr of clowning and delivering her lines. Frank Miller, though he has the requisite visual charm for portraying Nick Arnstein, is seriously miscast for the singing role. Estelle Omens does a commendable job in the role of Fanny's mother, and ,, hen she teams with the versatile John Kelso in the duet routine, "Who Taught Her Everything?" the result is distinct pleasure. Demands on the costumier, Mathew J ohn Hoffman III, have been heavy and are well met. Director for the show is George Bunt, who ha s choreographed this one as well as two other productions at Sullivan this season.

It's F,,n,, .. Y Fun,ny Show! B~ :'\1.\RY \NN TllCKEfl Beacon News Heporter Mimi Hines. currently appearing at Sullivan's Little Theatre on the Square in "Funny Girl'' is just that-a funny girl. Recreating the original role of Fanny Bnce which she played on Broadway. Miss Hines in her Sullivan debul sang, danced, and clowned her way U1ough tl1e life of the late commediene in an appealing way. Beautiful she is not. but the pint-sized dynamo has a beautiful way of presenting herself to an audience witl1 the ability to vascilate from a glamourous lady with a soft, sexy voice at one moment to a commediene who isn't afraid to frazzle her hair and belt out a song in an Ethel .Merman style, the next minute. Miss Hines, who appeared late in the show with a taped right ankle which wasn't apparent at the show's beginning, rated a standing ovation at the curtain call. She undoubtedly trooped the last act in discomfort, and once seemed to limp slightly, before later coming back to dance and frolic all over the stage. In fact, one of her lines from the play quoted from Miss Brice who was trying to convince Flo Zeigfeld of her ability " I'm a big clump of talent," se~med to apply to Miss Hines. Support from the cast was strongest from John Kelso, a Little Theatre veteran who, as Eddie Ryan, Fanny's friend, once reminded her "Everything you've got is OK, but it just doesn't come out right," and from Estelle Omens, who played Fanny's mother, owner of tl1e Brice saloon, and sage philospher and Fanny-supporter, when she wasn't playing poker with two of her feminine friends. The show opens with a mature Fanny peering into a miror in a pensive mood as the stage hands remind her it is almost time for tl1e curtain. This represented a return to the stage in later years, and the rest of the story is a flashback of her beginnings in show business ( " beautiful girls won't always be in style and when they're out, then it will be my turn") which led to an association with Flo Ziegfeld and appearances in many of his lavish productions. It also included a romance, and eventual marriage which later turned sour with Nick Arnstein, a dashing gambler and promoter, and the birtl1 of their daugt ft .... One of the .popular songs from • 'he sho·-1, "People," made famous by Barbra Streisarnl,-i.n the film version, came from heir romantic scenes. The staging, always done with amazing skill at Sullivan for the size of the stage, was up to par. With 15 scenes in the first act and eight in the second, this was a real chore which was adequately handled, and contributed to the show's enjoyment. All in all, it is not great theatre, but for a pleasant and lighthearted antidote to weather and Watergate, we can recommend an evening with "Funny Girl" at Sullivan. Better hurry though, because Sunday is the last performance. 1),;c~-r~tt llf~b ~._,~ R;\l,t&'W Richard 'Curtain Up' Despite Talk Sullivan Eight o'clock is curtaJntime at the Little Theatre-On The Sqt•are in Sullivan ... even on the night the President or the United States schedules an 8 P-~- television appearance to j resign. ''The curtain was late, but not 1 because of the President." said Robert Gwaltney, assistant to Little Theatre uroducer Guy Little. "We thought about holding the curtain and broadcasting the speech," Gwaltney said. "And then we thought about having Lhe stage manager come on with a capsule announcemenl." ''But in the end, we did nothing." Gwaltney said, I "because we figured 'No, No, Nanette' is a delightful little show and the people who came here tonight ( the house was about three-quarters full) came I to escape from the world outside. "Besides thev' II be able to I hear it on the news for the nexL four days. 11 Girl' now playing at Sullivan • °Funny Girl.' starring :V11mi Hines in the title role. is lllbw playing at the Little Theater-On the Square in Sullivan. Mjmi Hines replaced Barbra Streisand in the original Broadway production of 'F'unny Girl.' The show features such popular and well-known songs as "Don't Rain on My Parade." Tm the Greatest Star,·· and ··Peopie ·· ·The show will run two more weeks at Sullivan. Miss Hines brings to the role a highly mdividual and imaginative interpretation and continued in the production playing to capacity audiences for an additional 18 months. Following the Broadwa~, run, Miss Hines was invited to Las Vegas to make supperclub history by appearing in a condensed version of the show which played four successful months at the Riveria Hotel. A native or Canada. the talented actress comes from a long line of theatre folk. Recently. she has broken records at concert halls and threatres throughout the United States with the tounng productions of · ·I Do, I Do'" and '"The Prisoner of Second Avenue'' with Shelly Berman. ··Funny G1rl. · · which is being presented through August 4, will also host Sullivan regulars John Kelso as Eddie Ryan ; Frank Miller as Nick as well ws returning favorites Estelle Omens as Mrs. Brice and Martha Larrimore as Mrs. Strakosh. The production is under the direction of George Bunt with costumes by Mathew John Hoffman Ill, scene design by Robert Soule and the musical direction of Bruce Kirle. The 18th season of the Little Theatre-On The Square will continue with Andy Devine in "The New 1925 Musical", ·'No, No Nanette, .. Aug. 6 to the 25; Jean Pierre Aumont in Lerner and Loewe's "Gigi", Aug. 27 to Seot. 15: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Palmer in the classic "Oklahoma! " Sept. 17 to Oct. 6; and Robert Reed of the ·'Bradv Bunch' television series in "See How They Run··. Oct. 6 to the 20. Three additional plays will be announced at a later date. Children·s Theatre productions, which are presented every Saturday at 1 :00. mclude WINNIE THE POOH. July 20. 28and Aug 3, M•\HY POPPINS, Aug.10, 17. 24: ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP. Aug. 31, Sept 7. 14: and HEIDI. Sept. 21. 28. Complete information concerning Children's Theatre. Group Discounts, Student Discounts and scheduling mav be obtained by writing The Little Theatre-On The Squ.are, P O Box 155. Sullivan Illinois 61951 or phoning 217 728-7375

ROSEMARY PRINZ, .talented star of Broadway and television, is -a favorite with "Y-Ways & By-Ways" tour-goers. We saw her last season in Guy S. Little's production of "Applause." Now she'll be "MAME," the remarkable 'New York · the·ater lady of unparall~led zest. Our tour, to be hosted by Howard G. "Lefty" Tyler, retired sports writer and veteran tour escort, will leave the Y.M .C.A. at 12:30 P.M. , JULY 13 (you may board the bus at 12:15) and return at approximately 9 P.M., following the 4 o'clock show and a delicious dinner (on your own) at SKANDA HOUSE SMORGASBORD in Decatur. (Or you may choose Angelo's across the street, if you prefer.) "Lefty" promises a bonus---a brief, personalized tour of Lake Shelbyvi lie before the show. All of this is yours for just $14 PER PERSON, including air-ride, air-conditioned charter coach transportation and a choice seat for "MAME." Reservations are requested i,, JUIIIE please. For further information, call Diane Kern, 673-8591. Morton patrons can be picked up at Field's Restaurant (please tell Diane). REGISTRATION FORM Your Name Address Names of Other Persons in Your Party Total Number of Persons The Young Men's Christian Association of Peoria Invites You to See The Broadway Smash Hit Musical! by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Music by Jerry Herman Starring ROSEMARY PRINZ! SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1974 A One-Day Charter Coach Tour to LITTLE THEATER ON THE SQUARE SULLIVAN, ILLINOIS "MAME" is back with music---to stay! Plenty of effective theatrical sentiment, laughs and vitality. --Stanley Kaufman, New York Times. Telephone Amount Enclosed Mail to: Family Life Educa tion Dept., Y.M.C.A., Peoria, Illinois 616030