Our Town Added To Alley Plays
Thornton Wilder's Our Town is set to open February 25 as part of the Alley Theatre Gateway Season. The Pulitzer Prize winning play, first staged on Broadway in 1939, portrays Grover's Corners New Hampshire in 1901 with a large cast capturing a simple, to-the-core American life.
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Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Alley Theatre
New Hampshire
Grogers Corners
Grovers Corners
Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges highlighted for parents
Library director urges readers to explore reference materials on colleges and catalogues. Recommends Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges by Benjamin Fine for admissions and campus life details, and notes Lee College Baytown catalog and yearbook as worthwhile resources for families preparing for college.
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Audrey Maeser
Sterling Municipal Library
Barron’s
Benjamin Fine
New York Times
Barron
Lee College
Baytown
Bay Area Chorus hires Dr Charles Hirt for music clinic
The Bay Area Chorus engages Dr Charles Hirt of Los Angeles to conduct a music clinic at 1 pm Sunday at Harris County Recreation Center on NASA Road 1. Hirt chairs USC's Department of Church and Choral Music and serves as president of the American Choral Directors Association.
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Bay Area Chorus
Charles Hirt
Los Angeles
Calif
Harris County Recreation Center
NASA Road 1
Dr. Hirt
Department of
Church and Choral Music
University of Southern California
American Choral Directors Association
Motorcycle Racing Featured In Film
The film Little Fauss and Big Halsy centers on three young riders in the perilous world of motorcycle racing. Stars Robert Redford Michael J Pollard Lauren Hutton Noah Berry and Lucille Benson. Filming spanned California Arizona and included real tracks with cameras mounted on bikes and a helicopter following the action.
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Little Fauss
Big Halsy
Brunson Theater
Robert Redford
Michael J. Pollard
Lauren Hutton
Noah Berry
Lucille Benson
Loresta
California
Arizona
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Lancaster
Rosemont
Willow Springs
Streetcar Named Desire cast announced by director
Director Jim Der reveals cast for Streetcar Named Desire with Teresa Moore as Blanche and Helen Kirkpatrick as Stella. Others include Dick Neaver as Stanley, Mattle Bell Durkle as Negro woman, Becky Moody as nurse, Mike Dixon as Steve, andGene Conway as Pablo. Production runs February 26 27 March 4 5 and 6 with Nancy Neavel as assistant director and Don Plank as stage manager.
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Jim der
Teresa Moore
Blanche
Helen Kirkpatrick
Stella
Dick Neaver
Stanley
Mattle Bell Durkle
Miss Mendoza
Eunice
Mike Dixon
Steve
al Herring
Mitch
Gene Conway
Pablo
Becky Moody
Nurse
David Haines
Nancy Neavel
Don Plank
Don Riddick
Theater Under the Stars to get fourth free season
Pearl Brewing Co funds fourth free season at Houston Hermann Park's Miller Outdoor Theater with a $42,500 gift announced by Pearl chairman Frank P. Horlock Jr. Cameron Hightower accepts on behalf of Theater Under the Stars. Founder-director Frank Young, since 1968, notes the popularity as 106,000 attendees watched five performances of Kismet and Once Upon a Mattress in 1970.
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Houston
Hermann Park
Pearl Brewing Co
Frank P. Horlock Jr
The
Pearl Board
Cameron Hightower
Theater Under the Stars
Miller Outdoor Theater
Frank Young
Mattress
Spit Roasted Chicken on The French Chef
Julia Child explains spit roasting a chicken on The French Chef at 7 p.m. Wednesday. She covers choosing a proper bird selecting vegetables and arranging the platter. Leftovers offer easy next day meals.
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Channel
Julia Child
Performance Scheduled By Ballet In February
American Ballet Theatre with stars and full corps will perform three shows Feb 5 and 7 at Houston Jones Hall under Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith. The 125 member company began its national tour in New York with three programs in Houston including a world premiere new ballet. Principals on tour include Erik Bruhn Carla Fracci Natalia Makarova Eleanor D'Antuono Reyes Fernandez Cynthia Gregory Ted Kivitt Bruce Marks Ivan Nagy Mimi Paul Lupe Serrano Michael Smuin Sallie Wilson and Gayle Young. Tickets range 1.50 to 8 at the Society for the Performing Arts box office. call 227-1111.
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American Ballet Theatre
Corps de Ballet
Houston
Jones Hall
Lucia Chase
Oliver Smith
Company of 125
New York
Erik Bruhn
Carla Fracci
Natalia Makarova
Eleanor D'Antuono
Reyes Fernandez
Cynthia Gregory
Ted Kivitt
Bruce Marks
Ivan Nagy
Mimi Paul
Lupe Serrano
Michael Smuin
Sallie Wilson
Gayle Young
Society For the Performing Arts
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