Teatro' surprise-laden
By EVERETT CUTTER
Emerald Entertainment Editor
Everyone likes surprises, and
few persons were more aware of
this fact than South Eugene High
School's Drama Director Ed
Ragozzino as he presented last
week's absorbing "L'arte del Te
atro. An Evening of Experimen
tal Theatre."
The program for the invita
tional one-nighter showed such
things as a one-act play, several
dances, a scene from “The Lark,"
and an improvisation. But with
the added downstage narration of
Director Ragozzino the show
took on a new flavor of surprise;
with the insertion of behind-the
scenes theatre sketches, it took
on the form of a documentary.
The narration attempted t o
teach, t6 illuminate, to delve into
the meaning and substance of
the art of theatrical illusion.
While understandably falling
short of a comprehensive defini
tion of theatre. “L'arte del Te
atro" nevertheless proved to be
more than either this attempt or
that of documentation. Ragoz
zino fans recognized it to be a
chronicle of his SEHS success.
‘Carousel' being cast
The director’s scene- setting
narration w as followed by a sur
prise film clip from “Oklahoma,"
produced in 1958, and tape re
cordings from last spring's
“South Pacific.” Both musicals
were local successes, sold out well
in advance of opening nights
“Carousel," now being cast, will1
be taken to Portland following
its February run here to be pre
sented at a national principals'
convention.
Further narration, spliced in
between acts on the semi-dark
ened stage, featured such inti
mate glimpses as how a costume
mistress works, how realistic
fights are staged, and an Italian
reading of “Casey at the Bat" by
Exchange Student Antonella
Astaldi.
The most outstanding sched
uled fare proved to be a unique
interpretation of Leonard Bern
stein's “Aage of Anxiety." Led
by Hollywood-trained Nicola
Roac h a n d Terry Thomas, a |
group of thirteen dancers inter-1
preted through modern ballet the
story of subservience to a hectic
society culminating in destruc
tion.
Lighting remarkable
Powerful lighting innovations
lent a quality of surrealism which
jerked the viewer's imagination
repeatedly from a lost, harsh,
ethereal world of bright color
into flashes of frightening reality. |
Other high points included
Susan Hendershott and Bill Hall J
as Joan of Arc and King Charles ’
of France in a scene from “The
Lark.” a modern jazz number by
the two "Anxiety" leaders, a
classical ballet by Miss Roach,
ind a powerful portrayal of “The
Lottery." adapted from Shirley
Jackson's disturbing short story
of the same name. Dian Hutchin
son and Tim Hardin were out
standing In an improvisation.
Ragozzino was assisted by Uni
Dial twisting...
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University Television Studios
an interesting place. A long
way from some classes you
alums may have attended are
the television lectures that
originate every day over
KOAC.
Ella Fitzgerald, after her ap
pearance at Oregon’s Homecom-1
jig will appear next Sunday on
the “Grammy Awards" ahowJ
These are the winners for the top
records of the year, an equivalent
to the Oscars and Emmies of the
movies and TV. Jonah Jones will
be another of the numerous name
recording artists to perform on
the special over NBC, 8 p.m. the j
29th.
An addition to good music on
Eugene radio begins a week from
today, when radio KORE will
present the live performances of j
trie Metropolitan Opera each Sat
urday afternoon at 4 p.m.
By EVERETT CUTTER
Emerald Entertainment Editor
Surprisingly enough. Glen Mil
ler’s original records, re-released
at frequent intervals, remain to
day the best-selling big-band
sides of all time. The Miller es
tate nets $100,000 per year, some
15 years after the bespectacled
trombonist’s death.
The last couple of months have
proved successful for the latest
addition to RCA Victor’s list of
re-is3ues, “For The Very First
Time.” Discovered by RCA man
Fred Reynolds in the old Miller
office, the numbers were put on
a set of LP’s and bound up in the
$14.95 album, representing Per
fectionist Miller's pre-war band
at its mellow' best.
United Artists has just re
leased on monaural ar.d stereo,
a limited edition of “The Jazz
Soul of Porgy and Bess,” con
ducted, orchestrated, and ar
ranged by Bill Potts. Now
available locally, the album
stars 19 jazz greats and Andre
Previn lutv said it “well may be
the greatest big-band jazz al
bum ever made.”
With 20 labels now issuing
four-track stereo tapes, interest
across the nation is growing with
leaps and bounds. November
marks the largest stereo-tape re
lease ever to hit the market in
one month, with more than 160
new titles added to catalogues.
Classical tapings account for
approximately one-third of the
360 four-track reels now avail
! able. Other new releases include
Christmas albums, Roger Wil
! Hams’ “More Songs of the Fabu-;
lous Fifties." the Mastersounds';
“King and I,” Arthur Lyman’s
i “3aia,” and assorted tapes by
Jane Morgan. Theodore ,B i k e 1.
Louis Armstrong, Harry James,
! and David Rose.
Persons interested in talking
records will be pleased to learn
that the Listening Library,
Inc., of New York now offers
nearly 700 reading records
which may be borrowed from
the company’s mail-order lend
ing library.
For ten cents a day rental
and 30 cents postage, the bor
rower may enjoy such verbal
recordings as Sir John Gielgud’s
reading of the Shakespeare an
thology “The Ages of Man,” J
“Death of a Salesman,” by the
original cast; “Through fhe
Looking Glass,” by Joan Green
wood and Stanley Holloway,
and Dr. Edward Teller lectur
ing on the universe and rela
tivity.
Further information may be
obtained by writing the Listening
Library, 10 E. 44 St., New York,
N.Y.
varsity graduates Dnve Sherman
and Howard Cain on the produc
tion.
L*>cal theatregoers never fail to
express amazement at what high
school theatre can be "and
should be," says Ragozzino, who
insists upon nothing but the best.
Secret quality
His secret: "The only differ
ence between a professional com
pany and a group like this is that
professionals are paid. There’s no
reason why we can’t be profes
sional in quality.*
"He knows what he wants, and
w’hat he can get." says a former
student. "He doesn’t try for any
thing impossible.”
But the very best within the
realm of possibility is his goal,
and because of this students ex
press tremendous admiration for
his methods. As one mother
laughingly observed: "You kids
are just like Shmoos—you just lie
down and say ’Eat me’!’*
Says idolized Perfectionist
Ragozzino, SEHS’s "oldest teen
ager" and ex-profcssional actor:
"We work as a team. I haven't
been out of high school too long
to forget what the kids are like."
Proof lurked in the shadowy of
the silhouetted "L’arte del Te
atro" stage.
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A Campus-to-Career Case History
“My talk with the Bell System
interviewer is really paying off'
Today, less than five years since he grad
uated from Michigan State University,
Donald J. Zigman is an Accounting Man
ager for Wisconsin Bell Telephone Com
pany in Oshkosh—with seven supervisory
and 93 clerical employees reporting to
him. His group handles billing for 350,
000 telephone customers and processes
$1,500,000 in revenue each month.
Don has moved ahead fast—and stead
ily—bat no more so than the Bell System
interviewer told him he might.
“That guy made a real impression on
me,” says Don. “He didn’t guarantee a
bright future for me. He simply described
the kind of varied job experience I’d get,
outlined the on-the-job training I’d go
through, and pointed out the advance
ment opportunities I’d have along the
way. The only thing he promised me was
that I would have ‘maximum exposure
for self-development.’ He was 100 per
cent right there. My training has !>ecn
terrific—and I’ve had every chance to ad
vance that 1 could possibly hope for.”
After joining the company, Don spent
eight months in the Plant Department
learning the roots of the business. He
got exjjerience as a lineman, installer and
repairman. He was transferred to Ac
counting in December, 1956, working in
the Methods and Results section. Thir
teen months later, he was Supervisor of
that section—and, 14 months after that,
he became Accounting Manager.
“How much farther I go now is entirely
up to me,” says Don. “One thing I know:
the opportunities are here."
Don Zigman graduated with a B.A. degree in Economics
and English. He's one of many young men who have found
interesting careers with the Bell Telephone Companies.
Learn what opportunities you might have. Talk with the
Bell interviewer when he visits your campus —and read the
Bell Telephone booklet on file in your Placement Office.
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