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| Gail Boggs, John Bennett Perry, Kelly Garrett, Kimberly Farr. |
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| Kelly Garrett, Charlie J. Rodriguez, Rick Podell. |
A combination of songs and sketches originating in
California, and purporting to advocate the need for ecological intelligence,
but impaired by a dearth of quality material. Air and water pollution, the need
to protect our national resources, the problems of an uncontrolled birth rate,
our national pill-taking obsession, defoliation techniques in Vietnam, and
test-tube babies were among the subjects touched on. Unfortunately, the attack
was often banal, the messages unsubtle, and the performances occasionally
amateurish.
Nevertheless, the nine-member cast—which included Kimberly
Farr—had a youthful zest and charm, some of the rock tunes were pleasant, and a young singer named Kelly Garrett was said to have sensational possibilities. Though her
career was not as long-lasting as her talent might have suggested, she received
a Tony nomination for The Night That Made
America Famous and was beaten out for the role of Mabel Normand in Mack and Mabel by Bernadette Peters.
Followers of the media and politics might note the name of this progressively-themed show's producer.
