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...eyes, an ideal compromise between two colliding interests: the growing enthusiasm of American women for having babies in the warmth of their own homes and the medical profession's understandable desire to have at the ready all the skills and equipment of modern obstetrics. Explains Dr. John Barton, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Chicago's Illinois Masonic Hospital, where Mickey's baby was born: "We have to listen to what the home-delivery advocates are saying. But there are also the wants and needs of the fetus and the newborn to consider...
...PERHAPS the worst problem with the first act is its main character--Susie's brother, Dick Trevor (Fred Barton). Although he can dance and belt out a song, he overacts so much that his rolling eyes begin to resemble the oranges and lemons of a one-armed bandit. His manic mechanical nature nearly ruins the number "Swiss Miss," which is cleverly choreographed (by Douglas Fitch and Nancy Tulowiecki) for Dick and Susie to move like the puppets on a Swiss cuckoo clock. Because Barton is nearly always cuckoo, the dance doesn't come off as much of a contrast...
Music composed by Fred Barton...
...orchestra stops. Dave Studenmeund, as the lecherous but cowardly Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers and Maury Levin, as the lecherous but frustrated poet Pierre, also do their best with the weak script, while Stacy Stein shines as the unqualifiedly lecherous Archdeacon Frollo. Perhaps the best performance, though, comes from Fred Barton, who plays the politically slick hosier Jacques Coppenole. With a strong voice and an ingratiating smile, Barton is perfect for his role, and steals the show early on with a phenomenal Bert Parks imitation that highlights an ingenious parody of the Miss America pageant...
...Scott Simpson is expected to retain his national individual championship but Barton Goodwin of Rice and Jeff Sanders of Oregon (who finished second and third last year when the tournament was held in Albequerque, N.M.) will also be returning...