Eastern Kentucky University - Milestone Yearbook (Richmond, KY)

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The one singular sensation of a smash hit was the Kentucky pre- miere of A Chorus Line. The sec- ond production of the fall semester by the University ' s Theatre Depart- ment. The rave reviews spoke for themselves. Gifford Theatre was seated with sold out crowds for all performances Nov. 12-15. The 1975 Pulitzer Prize winning musical is the longest running show in Broadway history. The ac- tion centers on an audition for a proposed new Broadway show. Seventeen dancers are put on the ! i • 1 ♦• S i ' , r ft . IrJ 1 k ± to line . The choreographer ques- tions each dancer about his her personal life. Thus, each reveals his her inner most thoughts. One tells of an alcoholic father. Yet an- other about sexual experiences and religious beliefs. The story goes further and examines the problem of a dancer who is injured and can no longer perform. The real world mixes with a world of dreams which result in a show full of non-stop dancing and singing with high energy and rhyth- mic pace. Many skeptics came from all over the state and were pleasantly surprised to find such immense tal- ent and quality performances at the University. Homer Tracy invisioned this dream; choreographed and direct- ed. Nancy Ward acted as vocal coach. Photos by Sam Maples 14 Student Life

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Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander Well 1 thought 1 would just die ... exclaims a riled Lu Ann Hampton to a green-haired Billy Bob Whortman. She was a seventeen year old naive energetic bundle of vigor and cheerleader for Bradleyville High. He was a rather shy and awkward country boy and star of the basket- ball team. Yet best of all, he was the star of her heart. Bradleyville was a little spot in the road in West Texas; more like a dried up mud hole. This the setting for the University ' s first theatrical production of the season. Opening October 1 in Gifford Theatre under the direction of new faculty Jim Moreton, LuAnn Hampton La- verty Oberlander was greeted with much success. The play is from Preston Jones ' Texas Trilogy. The story of this dismal dried-up Texas town is told through the young idealistic eyes of a shrewdly funny Lu Ann. Over the thirty year span of the play one sees Lu Ann in many stages of her life from high school to middle age. Accurately por- trayed by Senior Sally Wilfert, she took her character graciously through the years as the audience watched her mature and age with every act. In the first act the audience saw ■■■■ ' If 1 fisy k L L nTi lit » Top: Skip Hampto n explains to Dale Laverty his beautiful sister Lu Ann. Above: Skip and Dale tell a young Lu Ann of Vietnam. Opposite Left: Red tells of his bloody experience with Skip. Opposite Right: A sassy Charmaine Laverty annoys her Un- cle Skip. Opposite Bottom: An aged Lu Ann visits with Billy Bob, her high school sweatheart. 16 Student Life