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And the real thing is just what Maria and her crew brought to Theatre Aurora‘s production in sufficient enough doses to keep a sparse opening night crowd enthralled last week, despite a somewhat noisy backstage crew and the occasional fluffed line. In an old Bogart-Bacall movie of some years back. the then youthful Lauren announces to Bogie in one scene that, “If you want anything, just whistle." If memory serves correctly, Bogie started to pucker up at about that point. In The Sound of Music, Theatre Aurora‘s current production at Factory Theatre, Captain Von Trapp. ex-naval hero, widower and father of a lively family of seven, who runs his home -â€" when he's there â€" like a ship, tries to instil something the same sort of philosophy in his new governess of the moment, one Maria Rainer. a postulant from the nearby Nonnberg Abbey. His bosun's whistle is used to summon everyone from the servants to the seven children. However, luckily for him and everyone else concerned, Maria is not only the breath of fresh, mountain air the cap- tain‘s gloomy domain needs. but is also a woman with a mind of her own. and quite unequivocally decides that whistles are for dogs. Love is a universal theme and, while we can all pretend it if we wish, living it tovthe full takes a different set of cirâ€" cumstances. In fact, it takes the real thing. From that point on, love is the key summons. and like any love freely given, brings its own return in full, with all that that implies. Sound of Music on key Mind you, the odd lapse is understandable, because it is a huge production, With a gigantic cast and crew needed to bring it all to the fore, To do so without having to use the CNE Stadium is a feat in itself, to say nothing of a tribute to director Susan Brown, her musical director, Mary Jeanne Oliver and, of course, all the others in between. Good ones.too If the bad moments then were rare, the good ones were many. 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That was the sort of thing Lies] (Lezlie Henry), and Rolf (Bob Bosscher), did so well in their brief moments together. And which not only helped provide highlights, but strong support for the principals. For, although it was a musical and featured a great score by Rogers and Hammerstein, its members weren’t mainly singers. And while they carried off their songs well, it was through their dramatic efforts that the majority hit house and home. For example, all the children were delightful; the nuns in the abbey convincing in every way â€" it didn‘t take long to see that. no matter how warm and wonderful their retreat, it wasn‘t for Maria â€" the Nazi SS men just as convincing in their portrayal. Even after all these years. their symbol of well being, the “crooked snake." as one of the children described it, still looms a scar. 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But that's not to take away from Buck’s per- formance, he’ was, as always, equal to the occasion and occasionally the equalist. good voice; the hired help, (Cy Buck and Joan Paul) unobtrusive and efficient; the new mother- to-be (Norma Dover) audacious, beautiful and aware; the good friend Max, (Frank Buck) always the opportunist. Miss Wood has a fine singing voice and did full justice to her several numbers. She also was a conâ€" vincing Maria, much too full of life for the restriction of a convent, but still able to retain and practice the latter's high standards in the outside world, without losing any of her zest for life in the process, The two leads, Julie Wood and Norman Furness, were in control all the way. All in all, an excellent performance. Mr. Furness, as the austere captain who made it necessary for Maria to face the world, just as she brought him back into touch with it, was also perfectly cut for Deft touch his captain's clpth No Pinza in the singing department. he did, however, have a pleasant voice; in fact, the kind of voice. one felt Captain Von Trapp might well have possessed. Many of the performers also doubled backstage â€" Cy Buck, for example, was in production and construction -â€" and are to be commended in every way. They showed that The Sound of Music carries every bit as well across a small stage, as it does a wide screen. The Curtain Club â€" “Butley” a day in the life of a man you’ll find hard to forgeL To April 10. Call 884-2638 for tickets. York Symphony Orchestra -â€" Marylake Shrine. one mile north of King City, April 9; Call 833-5942. .895-8713, 884- 3336. And that‘s whether it's done with a local or outside crew, and whether its leading lady Julie, is named Wood or Andrews. 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Butley. the Curtain Club’s current production, for instance, ostensibly would appear to offer little by way of palatable entertainment. Run.run But those seeking a genuine theatrical ex- perience should run, not walk, to the Curtain Club before the production ends this weekend. Butley is magnificent theatre and Keith Melville gives a superlative performance in the title role. Excellent though the supportive cast is, the playwright relegates them to mere satellites revolving around Butley. who, like a dying planet. gives off spectacular verbal pyrotechnics as his World collapses. Somehow, there is almost an Albee-like quality about Butley's despairing monologue, which Melville handles with great skill, as he switches accents and metres with biting torrents of literary erudition. Butley instinctively has By Tom Davey “4/ o 2 pieces of Kentucky flied thicken oFrench Fries 0Choice of Salad oGrecian Bread plus your choice of beverage Says LET us ENTERTAIN You OLD ENGLISH ROAST BEEF ROOM Bob Cummings the invective, or poem, to answer the most complex situation, but lacks the ability to solve even the simplest human problems. Like a Midas in reverse, everything he touches turns to ashes. While desperately seeking friends, he repeatedly repels them with savagely effective verbal thrusts. At the same time, he is a man so Alas, he is thrice robbed here. Not only does the bore sleep with his wife, but he has found a publisher for his novel; while Butley only dreams of publishing a tome on T.S. Elliot. Worse still, the novel is about National Service, a subject of scornful anathema to Butley. While this myriad of troubles litters the stage like garbage. Butley fobs off his students with eloquent excuses which ironically reveal his undeniable teaching 3.50 3.95 1.95 YOU GET ability â€" as he repeatedly withholds it from them. Top performances Excellent performa- nces are given by David Smith as the diffident homosexual colleague. and Brian Moore. also of the same genre, but with a dominant streak. which allows him to stand up to and finally humiliate, Butley. 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