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Waves of applause
roll in for ‘Dames’
by Sandra Kay Gary
Despite a weak first act, “Dames
at Sea,” the Broadway musical
presented by the Texas A&M
theatre arts program Thursday
night, sailed to a strong, happy
ending and was met with a two-
minute round of applause.
The show, a miniature ver
sion of the grand 1930s musicals
that starred such greats as Ruby
Keeler, Dick Powell and Joan
Blondell, seemed to take on
steam as it progressed from a
New York theater on 42nd
Street to a battleship.
But Dames, as played by the
Aggies, didn’t have the talented
chorus line, the pit orchestra or
the packed house the ’30s music
als had.
In fact, the cast consisted of
only six actors, the music was
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provided by two pianists and
Rudder Theater, which has a
750-seating capacity, was less
than half full.
But the small cast in this typic
al musical — small-town girl
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goes to New York all alone,
struggles to make it big on
Broadway, falls in love, becomes
a star and lives happily-ever-
after — can’t be sunk once it gets
going.
The opening scene starring
Eileen Nixon, as big-name star
Mona Kent, seemed to lack the
spark that would have launched
Dawn Tengg, who played a
chorus girl named Joan, and
Chip Washabaugh, who acted
out the part of a sailor named
Lucky, added even more steam
to the show when they tap
danced as they sang “Choo-
Choo Honeymoon.”
But Dames didn’t really start
sailing until the second scene of
the second act when Nixon and
Randy Lemmon, who played
dual roles as Hennesey, the ner
vous Broadway show director,
and a sea captain, sang “The Be-
guine” and danced in front of a
well-designed battleship set.
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And it wasn’t really smooth
sailing until Cristiani, accompa
nied by the rest of the cast,
brought a seemingly-quiet audi
ence to life when she appeared
on stage in a black satin violin
costume singing “Raining in My
Heart.” Ibis performance was
the life preserver for the show.
And f rom there on out, Dames
sailed at full speed to a big-bang
ending.
Left to right, Carole Ann Cristiani, Kordell Reid,
Dawn Tengg, and Chip Washabaugh, survey their
perspective audience as they prepare
on a battleship in “Dames at Sea.”
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encourage reading —
observed next week at
A&M University. This year’s
theme.is: “A word to the wise —
Library.”
Bobbie Collins, chairman ol
National Library Week at Texas
A&M, said events and exhibits
on display during the week will
make people aware of services
the library can provide.
Elie following activities will
take place in Evans Library:
A speech by Dr. Leslie Bag-
nail Monday at 2 p.m. in 204C is
the first scheduled activity of the
week. Bagnall will speak on
biofeedback in behavioral medi
cine. A reception will follow.
and “Crab
A series of videotapes are
scheduled for Tuesday in (i()4 of
the learning resources depart
ment. “Whisper from Space”
will be shown at l() a.m., “Cos
mos: Journeys in Space and
Time” at 1 p.m.
Nebula” at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, a videotape of
Shakespeare’s play, “A Midsum
mer Night’s Dream,” produced
by the British Broadcasting
Corp., will he shown at 2 p.m. in
(i()4.
The library’s annual book sale
will he Eriday from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. in the library concourse.
The booksale is sponsored bv
the Eriends of the Eexas A&M
University Library.
Books sold will deal with the
social sciences, the arts, philoso
phy and science.
Most of the books to he sold
are donated to the library.
“We decided, because of their
being third or fourth copies, the
books would he better not
placed in the (library) collec
tion,” Michael Nyerges. technic
al reports director, said.
Last year, the proceeds from
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