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...Clare McGorrian as Eforeti the Queen, Mary Demerest as an anachronistic Brooklyn servant, and Michael Cohen as the thief Ali Katz, all have moments, but something doesn't gel. Cohen, especially, shows raw talent, but lacks experienced directorial guidance to help him bring his Peter Lorre persona off. Dede Schmeiser also shows potential as Rosetta Stone, a character fashioned in the mold of Gracie Allen. Her Pillsbury doughgirl face--complete with apple cheeks and black current eyes--and boop-boop-eedoo voice beg for a part like this. But her performance is too forced; she mugs about the stage...
...words and Andrew Schulman's music intermittently entertain, but the production borders on the amateurish rather than the amateur. This show harbors yet another tap number, yet another '50s song, and puns galore. Dr. Livingstone I. Presume and his nubile but crackers assistant, Rosetta Stone (Jon Isham and Dede Schmeiser), set out to solve the energy crisis, but land in ancient Thebes. The satire's often undirected, and Brigadoon did the end better. Still, audience response has been good, so if you want to watch the innocent heroine "make an ash of herself" (you guessed it, burn to death), have...
...Schmeiser said she and Tolbert agree that their goal "is not to force nutrition on anyone, but rather to let those who are concerned about nutrition pursue good eating habits." She added, "the whole meal shouldn't be like one big dessert...
...study, conducted by Jane M. Schmeiser '79 and Paige E. Tolbert '79, both Eliot House seniors, concluded University Food Services should reduce the use of refined sugar, refined carbohydrates, saturated fats and salts...
Frank J. Weissbecker, director of Food Services, to whom the seniors submitted their conclusions, said yesterday although he hoped to address Schmeiser's and Tolbert's concerns, he could not "arbitrarily take all desserts off the menu...