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theater BY RICK LEVIN Phyllis (Sharon Rosalyn Sless) and the boys in Follies Swan Song of Youth Follies is a sad, lovely lament for time lost H aving just turned 40, Stephen Sondheim was working at the peak of his genius when he composed the songs for Follies, a time- tripping pastiche of musical theater that centers on a 1970s reunion of fan-tan girls (and their boys) who danced and sang for a New York revue in the years before the Second World War. It is a testament to Sondheim’s brilliance that, at a relatively young age, he was able to capture and give voice to the remorse and yearning and scuttled dreams suffered by time’s passage, Jenya y Synergy Lemeshow Lic. #8121 LMT Massage G Certifi i c ft ates Deep Tissue CranioSacral Therapy Chronic Pain Relief synergy massage eugene.com and to do so in a manner at once stinging, elegiac and hilariously sad. Follies is about the fool’s gold of one’s golden years. With a book by James Goldman, the musical is a teeming, tumultuous reverie haunted, quite literally, by the sweet ghost of youth and the regrets of choices turned down or shut out. It is a dif¿ cult but lovely work, rarely staged because it’s so tough to pull off — especially for a small community theater living by its wits and hard work. The Very Little Theater, now in its 83rd year, is the oldest continuously EVENTS CALENDAR Medical & Auto Accident Insurance Accepted Mixing Presence, Basic Goodness, and Letting Go, With Everyday Life! 1 ST T TIME SPECIAL: $10 OFF! Starts March 22 nd , 5 Tuesdays, 6:15–8:30 pm Register at www.eugene.shambhala.org 100 West Q St., Springfield, OR 97477 Have You Tried ACUPUNCTURE? It Could Be The Answer. J ADE S CREEN C LINIC Marilyn Sjaastad L.Ac., M.S., M.A. 541-344-8088 www.jadescreenclinic.com Semler Optical Services Eye Health Exams, Glasses, Contact Lenses John D. Wellwood, O.D. 1350 Chambers St., Eugene • 541-345-8734 eugsem@netzero.net Serving Lane County Since 1939 running community theater west of the Mississippi. I’m sure in that span of time Eugene’s little theater that could has staged more than its share of off-kilter or mediocre plays, maybe even a few boni¿ ed ¿ ascos. It happens. Which is all the more reason to celebrate and salute the enormously gutsy and ultimately successful bite director Michael Watkins and crew have taken out of Sondheim’s epic, kaleidoscopic musical. According to Watkins, the VLT production is “scaled down,” but even so the show is massive: Thirty-four actors swirling, singing, dancing, À irting, ¿ ghting and otherwise in constant À ow on a small stage with a single set (that also accommodates a small orchestra). That Follies works at all under these restraints is impressive; that it works so well, achieving such grandeur and À uidity, is downright amazing. Throughout the production, past and present occur simultaneously; everyone at the reunion is shadowed on stage by his or her younger self, a doppelganger that sometimes simply observes in wonder or, once in a while, takes over the scene in a sort of emotional À ashback. Despite multiple sub-plots and tangents, Follies at its core is the story of two couples who, out of touch for years, come together to bid farewell to the soon-to- be-demolished theater where they ¿ rst met: There is dreamy Sally (played by Sue Schroeder-White in the present, and Samantha Rose White in youth) and her aggrieved husband Buddy (Larry Kenton, Follies plays 8pm Thursdays through Saturdays, through April 2, with a matinee 2pm Sunday, March 20 & 27, at the Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard; $13-$18; tickets at www.thevlt.com or 344-7751. 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Tues/Thurs 6:45-7:45 AM and Colin Gray in youth); and sassy Phyllis (Sharon Rosalyn Sless, in youth Cate Wolfenbarger) and her dead-inside husband, Ben (Gene Chin, in youth Cody Mendonca). Among these four characters there were youthful indiscretions, betrayals, star-crossed affairs and jilted tangles. How these past foibles play out in the foursome’s near-twilight years — as greater or lesser follies of age — provides the drama, humor and sadness of this excellent production. Under Watkins’s wise, elegant direction — and thanks to a uniformly strong cast and great band — Follies moves with a singular grace, and it’s a joy to see generations of actors inhabiting the stage together with such a winking, knowing con¿ dence and ease. The music, of course, is sublime, with Sondheim reaching back into the age of burlesque, Big Band jazz and Tin Pan Alley (there is a stunning tap- dancing number). Sondheim’s lyrics, so well delivered here, speak to the wreckage of time’s wake with what can only be called a delicate cynicism, or a defeated triumph — or, really, it’s just life, in all its rich, bittersweet pageantry. When Carlotta Campion (the completely amazing Peg Major, returned to the stage after years of directing) brings down the house with “I’m Still Here,” you feel it in your bones, and whatever it is you feel, it’s the opposite of folly. It’s freedom. ew ZUMBA WITH DEBRA AT IRVING GRANGE Zumba on tuesday and thursdays.At 4:30p there will be a FREE Zumba warm up class for Seniors or Grangers until 5:15p. The hip shaking, sweating to your core zumba class starts at 5:30pm. $5.00 at the door - come check it out / Deb 541-556-3850 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR Lane COUNTY Juvenile Department In the Matter of JADEN NATHANIEL CARTER TOLLEY and ZACHARY ANDREW CARTER-TOLLEY. Children. Case No. 09-662J-02. Case No. 09-663J-02. PUBLISHED SUMMONS TO: Andrew David Curtis Tolley. A petition has been filed ask- ing the court to terminate your parental rights to the above-named children for the purpose of placing the children for adoption. YOU ARE DIRECTED TO FILE A WRITTEN ANSWER to the petition NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF LAST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS, specified herein, admit- ting or denying the allegations in the peti- tion and informing the court of your current residence address, mailing address and telephone number. YOUR ANSWER SHOULD BE MAILED TO the Lane County Juvenile Department, 2727 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Eugene, Oregon 97401. You are further directed to appear at any subsequent court- ordered hearing. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND ANY COURT-ORDERED HEARING IN YOUR PLACE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST APPEAR EVEN IF YOUR ATTORNEY ALSO APPEARS. This summons is published pursuant to the order of the circuit court judge of the above- entitled court, dated February 23, 2011. The order directs that this summons be pub- lished once each week for three consecutive weeks, making three publications in all, in a published newspaper of general circulation in Lane County. Date of first publication: March 3, 2011. Date of last publication: March 17, 2011. NOTICE READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY IF YOU DO NOT FILE A WRITTEN ANSWER AS DIRECTED ABOVE, OR DO NOT APPEAR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT COURT- ORDERED HEARING, the court may proceed in your absence without further notice and TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS to the above-named children either ON THE DATE AN ANSWER IS REQUIRED BY THIS SUMMONS OR ON A FUTURE DATE, and may make such orders and take such action as authorized by law. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (1) YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN THIS MATTER. If you are cur- rently represented by an attorney, CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING THIS NOTICE. Your previous attor- ney may not be representing you in this matter. 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