Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 June 1951 — Page 24

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Theater Adult Workshop production of “Morning Star,”

Morning Star’ ad Choice

: By HENRY BUTLER { A lot of commendable efforts has gone into the Civic

which opened a three-day run last night. “This play by Sylvia Regan, a kind of “Cavalcade” of Jewish-American life in New York from 1910 to 1917, presents many a challenge. te It's too much for amateurs at ‘this distance from the that Aldo Bertorelli,

Its the kind of play that needs 2d often very funny perform-|

& New ance. Or that Mildred Benedix|

and abroad, the te world has changed. investigating committee undoubt-| edly could find “offensive” ma-| terial in the late Booth Tarkington's “Penrod.”

this play to direct the Workshop | personnel in.

Reversing the phrase of Times

Cartoonist J.. R. Williams, most of us were born 30 years too late. The accent jokes and the comforting feeling they used to bring have turned sour. In 1921, the British undoubtedly had Jokes, |with accent, about Iranians (then called Persians).

No need to elaborate. At home

Imagination and

going on in the world, should be| Ipre-requisites for any choice amateur play-production. as Aaron comedy remaining in this world is|

{Greenspan, turns in a credible/limited. You can't make fun of and local atmosphere. ltypes (Greek hash-house proprie-|

ltors, Pullman porters, Italan| York cast thoroughly] \shoe-shiners). acquainted with Jewish immi- manages a really human and con-| on the radio, they still exploit grant family life in that city. vincing portrayal of Becky Feld- these comic possibilities, but they

er of the grievance-| sensitivity, !

of | The |

7:30

“Sealed Carss, drews and Cla 1:50, 435. “Father

| Raymond Walbu lett, at 12:40, 3:

“Sitting Webb, at 7:35 and 1048.

“Miracle on 34th Edmund Gwenn, st 6,

! “Gasoline | Beckett, at 11, 2:05, 5:15 and

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES. . Times Amusement

Clock

cio "Morning Star,” ofroduced by Adult Workshop, at 8:30:

CIRCLE

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ude 7:18 and 10.

* with Dans AnRains, at 10:08,

the Air,” with

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ESQUIRE

Pretty,”

with Clifton

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INDIANA

“Fighting Coast Forrest Tucker and 12:48, 3:55, | “Circle

plus good knowledge of what's

of Da

Saad, with Ia Raines, at

(03 and 10:09,

nger,” with Ray

Milland, at 11:17, 2:24. 65:31 Pen a 2:24. 5:31 and

KEITH'S

“Hall Angel," with 24 Yowanh 'Snfian,

and 10:20,

. “13th Letter.” with ab 14.40, 3:10, 8:05 an

Loretta Young at 11, 1:45, 4:40,

15% Darnell. 8:35.

LOEW'S

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“Teresa.” with Pler Angell and Jpnn Ericson, at 12:25, 3:35, 5:40 and

y,Y with

LYRIC

“Folsom Prison.”

with Steve Coch.

n and David Brian, at 11, 1:45. Gold,” at 13:40. 3:30,

Molly Picon starred in the play erman, the “mom” who holds the do so expertly and with invariable on Broadway. {family together. |good taste, under penalty worse 4:35. 7:25 and 10:15, Aby amateur version looks and, Incidental good acting, like|than death. | 6:30 and 9:10

gounds like a parody. “Morning Star” can be and is comical about Nat of Bill Wildhack Jr, as

is inherent in the culture and Rhoades’ caricature of Brown-|

independent of accent and other|stein, - {mitable gestures. No amateur|clalist, only points up the moral:

| can penetrate the meaning of the The play amateurs pick has got To Get Releases Quickly ~All U, You must not require amateurs g TOKYO ’ Ae 22 {UBK Al U. to act way out of character. They |iqts in the Far East command|Times. love it, but they shouldn't be per oycept critically-needed specialists ‘ 'will be released before Nov. 30, There's another angle to these {ne command announced today. It sald that all eplisted men “who entbred military service in-| inactive and volunteer reserve ranks” will be to make like Pennsylvania Dutch- Somebody's audible and perhapsien route home before the end of ® bourbon-inspired comments on the November. Some things can be done well play last night made me feel sorry| The release program is exby amateurs under almost any Dorothea Bertorelll had chosen pected to start next month.

play if he relies mainly on his/to_ be feasible. ability, such as it is, to sound

more or less Yiddish in accent. Not Being Top GI

This is not scolding from the orderly room. I felt the same Plays requiring accent and imper-| way about the Clvic’s “Papa Is sonation, Right now, everybody's

mitted to try it.

All? some seasons back, when jittery about possibilities of of- voluntarily

Jack Hatfield's players all tried|fense, whether intended ‘or not.

men,

circimstances. Other things, es-| pecially those involving elaborate accent deals, are invariably hazardous and nearly always disastrous. Curiously enough, amateurs seem to get the biggest, possible thrill from ‘attempting to porfray persons they know only | slightly. . | It's a bad trend in amateur theater, and especially bad in something like the Civic's Workshop, where the participants are backstage workers who seldom strut and fret their hour upon the stage. Those workers certainly should choose to do what they can do. It this instance, they made an unfortunate choice, with the result that a handful of players showed some minor distinction while the rest were non-entities. It isn’t enough for this venture

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