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Choice laugh team
By R. Woodward
Quicklime, a new comedy group at The Elegant Hog Sainon downtown is the best evidence that Cleveland has to offer night now that human bodies can be used for something else besides having sex and filling coffins layers in Quicklime
We the
do not announce their physical selves as insistently or as contin ually as do dancers or mimes it is quite obvious that John Well the . director and founder of the group has found six very expres
and well-trained bodies Weil is one of the suc
A difficult test of the players control and finesse one passed with fiving colors is a routine entitled Wide World of Psychia try A young woman, her date. and her parents are seen having
Barry Bucklin Peter Wending and the more being supplied by Maa Kom Run Riegler and Gerry Keating (John Weil is less teminiscent ta geometric figure intellectual teddy
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Weinberg has an unusually evocative neck Riegler an exceptionally communicative forso and Keating, at least as far as stage comedy is concerned. has the most expressive pair of and eyebrows) in Cleve. More physical description unnecessary here especially a person watching the show is unlikely to have any great
is
difficulty distinguishing one cast
member from another
The show that Quicklime is an after-dinner chat The entire doing now is entitled Live
conversation is then repeated with Dr Krutzjammer, a pompous Freudian analyst. cueing us in on the hidden meanings of apparently innocent remarks Krutzjammer freezes the action several times at one point runs it 1. slow motion and at another point runs it in reverse
The group is seen here being very successful with a routine that Has to be executed nearly
perfectly to come off at all
The show is at times like a titt lating sublime lesson in three Cimensional geometry with the
Angular Contours being
Chicken Live and contains a great deal of parody generously spiked with satire
Many people talk about Kucinich but the Quicklime limners are the only ones in town to have actually come up with a good
routine
The group is particularly devastating when dealing with tele Vision TV personalities and TV
commercials are shown no mercy Throughout the show lightning jab bits abound Taking about a minute for each, Gerry Keating annihilates Lorne Green and the Ford Motor Company It
takes Larry Bucklin master of many voices. about fifteen seconds to wipe Morely Sater off the face of the earth
The show also contains some priceless original characterizafins John Weil and Gerry KeatCondearing set of
In
... twin children ever seen
a theater Maggie Kole as Kommedia Eatapeach, the eight year old comic from Rumania, is
These six mugging mugs belong to Quicklime, "Cleveland's only satiric revue," now playing at the Elegant Hog Saloon In Playhouse Square, downtown. In back are (left to right) Gerry Keating, Maggle: Kole, and Larry Bucklan. In front (left to right) are Ron Riegler, Helene". Weinberg, and John Weil. See review.
a wide-eyed Kewpie doll figure Wimmin's softball picnic
you want to wrap up and take home with you
Ron Riegler as Starski Hutchski. Poland's entry in the International Olympics of Humor is not only impossible to describe but also nearly beyond belief when seen. Riegler in this role should be seen only by those not embarrassed at being heard shrieking with glee. (This reviewer was not embarrassed)
Special plaudits are in order for Paul Martoccia, owner of The Elegant Hog Saloon downtown When no one else was giving Quicklime any help in getting started. he found room for the
group at The Elegant Hog. Cult rally speaking, this is one of the ggest favors that anyone has done for Cleveland in ages.
Quicklime plays at The Elegant Hog Saloon Thursdays through Saturdays. For information and reservations call (216; 566-9999
Tennessee Williams "Streetcar Named Desire" starring Barbara Corlette and Bill Beck
Blanche and Stanley are back
at You Are Cabaret Dinner Theatre
in North Royalton.
July 12 through August 19
and you can stay and disco afterwards
at Dance Your Donkey
Off
the brand new disco located at the You re Cabaret Complex.
For reservations & information
call (216) 237-3220
Rivalry between the east and west side wimmin will come to a fun filled climax Saturday. August 4, 1979 at the First Annual East/West Softball Confronta tion held by Labyris. the Wim muns Coffeehouse Anyone interested, in playing for the team of her choice should fill out the registration form and return it ith $7.50 check or money order 10
Labyris. c/o Frann Washington, 1633 Belmar Road. Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 There will be a trophy awarded to the winning team, plus individua. gifts for everyone who plays Everyone will get a t-shirt with her name Competition will be between one westside team ar one eastside team Players will be chosen on a first come, first serve basis Everyone registered wi play No more than twenty wii. be owed on each team with one ayer/coach for each
We ask only that players be experienced and come to play
Registration Form Name
Address
Phone........
with a friendly, sporting attitude. Players need not play on the team of their residence. We will provide all the food you can eat and all the beer and pop you can drink
And if you're, not into softball... We said picnic and picnic it is! We'll offer other games and music, with mountains of food and oceans of pop and beer. The cost for the picnic and the game is $7.50. All children under 12 are welcome free. There will be ints of vegetarian dishes for those who prefer no meat, with ribs and other meat delights for those who want it. Remember this is a benefit... we want to get Lahyus into a better facility To better meet the needs of the wimmins' community
Further information is avarabie by visiting Labyris located un South Taylor, south of Cedar. Fridays and Saturdays from 9 PM to 12 midnight. Or, call Frann at 216-321-0692.
Present Team/Position ........
I would like to play for the...Eastside ...Westside T-Sirt Size: S M L XL
Name desired on t-shirt..........................................................
(limit 10 letters)