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Rag Dolly charms Moscow in inaugural U S Soviet exchange
The first American troupe since 1979 performs Rag Dolly a Raggedy Ann musical in Moscow's Lenin Hills at the Children's Musical Theater. About 1 000 Soviets attend a sold out show with Ivy Austin as Raggedy Ann receiving a standing ovation for singing in Russian. The Albany NY produced production by Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts toured to the Soviet Union and drew eager pen pal exchanges with Soviet children.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Children’s Musical Theater
Lenin Hills
Ivy Austin
Tamara Derevyanshchikova
Alyosha
Volodya
Albany
N.Y
Empire State Institute For the Performing Arts