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Friday, February 28, IQSGA'he Battalion/Page 7 Musical revives fable of show business ‘42nd Street’ performance exhilarating By MARY McWHORTER Staff Writer “Cgme and meet those dancing feet, on the avenue I’m taking you to, on 42nd Street!” The audience in Rudder Audito rium was wowwed Thursday night I with a toe tappin’, finger snappin’ I performance of David Merrick’s "42nd Street.” The show began at full speed and couldn’t be stopped — not one exhi larating, campy, funny and down right swell moment of it. Set in 1933, “42nd Street” was a resurrection of the old show busi ness fable where the star can’t go on and the greenhorn takes her place and becomes an even bigger star. Cathy Wydner knocks ’em dead as Peggy Sawyer. Her dancing was in credible, as was everyone’s. Dorothy Brock, the gaudy and ag ing star, was played properly by Eliz abeth French. Gary Marshal also hits From dii ector/ch oreogra - pher Gower Champion’s ilashy tap dancing to The- oni V. Aldredge’s silky, satiny, sparkling costumes and the spirit-lifting, jazzy old tunes, “42nd Street” doesn ’f miss a trick. the mark with his characterization of the tough director with a heart of gold, Julian Marsh. But this show really had no stars, the show was the star. From direc tor/choreographer Gower Cham pion’s flashy tap dancing to Theoni V. Aldredge’s silky, satiny,,sparkling costumes and the spirit-lifting, jazzy old tunes, “42nd Street” doesn’t miss a trick. “We’re in the Money” and “Lul laby of Broadway” provide some fantastic numbers, as does “Shuffle Off to Buffalo.’’Performed in the sleeping births of a train chugging along to New York, the number fea tures a scantily clad women’s chorus trilling the lyrics in their nighties like Las Vegas show girls. And of course you can’t forget the show stopper — “42nd Street.” A fine piece of razzle dazzle, “42nd Street” is the show of shows —a snazzy bit of entertainment. Chagra dealt second conspiracy conviction Associated Press AUSTIN — Elizabeth Chagra was con victed Thursday for the second time of con spiring to kill the federal judge scheduled to preside over the drug racketeering trial of her husband. U.S. District John H. Wood Jr., known as "Maximum John” for the stiff sentences he dealt drug offenders, was shot in the back by a sniper as he left his San Antonio condomi nium on May 29, 1979. A federal jury found Mrs. Chagra guilty of murder conspiracy T hursday after deliberat ing 10 hours over two days. Sentencing was set for March 10, when she ! could receive up to 30 years in prison. Mrs. Chagra. 32. showed no emotion as the jury’s decision was read and told report ers she had no comment. . Defense attorney Larry Zinn, said, “There definitely will be an appeal. “I think we have a better chance than we had before.“ Mrs. Chagra was convicted of the conspir acy charge in 1982, but an appeals court overturned the conviction because of im proper jury instructions. At the time of his death. Wood was sched uled to hear a case involving her husband, Ja- miel “Jimmy” Chagra, who was accused of making up to $10 million a year smuggling boatloads of marijuana into Florida. Jurors asked to listen again Thursday to testimony about how Mrs. Chagra delivered $250,000 that went to Wood’s hired killer, Charles Harrelson, who is serving a life sen tence for the judge’s murder. The panel reheard testimony from Teresa Starr, Harrelson’s stepdaughter, who re ceived the payoff, and also had replayed four tapes of secretly recorded conversations be tween Mrs. Chagra and her husband in a fed eral prison. Mrs. Chagra took the stand during the trial, which started Feb. 5, and contended she thought the $250,000 was for one of her hus band’s gambling debts. She also contended she knew nothing about plans to kill the judge by her husband and his brother, Joe, who pleaded guilty to murder conspiracy in a bargain with the gov ernment. Jimmy Chagra was acquitted in 1983 of murder and murder conspiracy charges, but was convicted of obstructing justice in the in vestigation into Wood’s death. Mrs. Chagra’s chief defense attorney, Warren Burnett, said Thursday, “I would hate to be one of the jurors who voted for this verdict and then finds out that Jimmy Chagra was acquitted of this same thing pre viously. “We could not show this to the jury be cause of a court order. “It might have made a great difference.” Joe Chagra, testififying as a government witness during the trial, said his brother agreed to the plan, but that Mrs. Chagra had no part in the scheme. Students may apply to attend lecture series Texas A&M’s Wiley Lecture Series Monday will begin taking applications for attendance of lec tures by former presidents Ger ald Ford and Jimmy Carter, his torian and author Stephen Ambrose, and “Newsweek” col umnist George Will, the four se ries speakers. The seminars will be April 1 at 2:30 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Ap plicants can attend only one semi nar. Each session is limited to 60 students. Each speaker will give a 15-25 minute lecture and a question- and-answer period will follow. The topic this year is “U.S. In terventionism: Resolving Inter national Conflicts.” Ford will discuss the Gramm- Rudman law and Carter will lec ture on terrorism. Ambrose will discuss Nixon’s foreign policy and Will’s topic is “Government: The Disease for Which it Pre tends to be the Cure.” Applications are available at the Student Programs Office in 216 MSC. The deadline is March 10. Applicants must provide their social security number as a secu rity check. 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