Opatoshu stars in Yiddish musical The Big Winner at Eden Theater
David Opatoshu returns to Yiddish stage on Manhattan's Lower East Side adapting Sholem Aleichem 200,000 into The Big Winner. He directs and stars, recalling Maurice Schwartz's Eden era and his own training from Artef Players. He notes actors must sing and dance when needed and shares a Paul Muni anecdote from his Yiddish theater days.
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Helen Thomas to write memoirs of Presidential coverage
New York UPI reports Helen Thomas, longtime UPI White House correspondent and daughter of an illiterate Lebanese grocer, will publish memoirs on her coverage of Presidents Kennedy Johnson and Nixon. Macmillan Publishing sets fall 1975 release. Gwen Gibson will aid in assembling and writing the book.
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Yes Virginia There Is a Santa Claus TV Special
Hollywood talk with Jim Backus as narrator and Santa marks TVs Yuletide season. The Dec 6 animated program adapts the Virginia OHanlon 1897 letter story while Backus reflects on Magoo fame, voice recognition, and shifting parts in a yearend TV landscape.
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Chinatown at Harte Theatre with Nicholson and Dunaway
The Harte Theatre on Main Street hosts the area's second engagement of Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. Roman Polanski recreates an era, but humans feel less vivid. Rated R. Also listings include Harold and Maude at Twin Cinema 8 and L'Emmerdeur at Cinema II.
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Ruth Gordon
Lino Ventura
Jacques Brel
Miss Vicki Works As Go Go Dancer To Support Tulip
Miss Vicki Victoria Budinger, estranged wife of Tiny Tim, earned about five dollars an hour as a go go dancer to support their 3 year old daughter Tulip. Vic Fanizio, manager of Minnies Lounge, said she sometimes danced until October. Reports say she received about 235 dollars a month in welfare, though officials would not confirm welfare records.
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Camden County
Australian MP's wife vows to beat Bobby Riggs in tennis
Susan Peacock, 32, wife of Liberal MP Andrew Peacock, accepted a challenge from American Bobby Riggs. She said on Tuesday, I will beat him at his own game, in Melbourne Australia.
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Opera Record Releases Highlight Britten and Merits of Season
New York critic reviews festive season arrivals led by Britten Death in Venice at the Metropolitan Opera with Lon don Records premiere. Also praised are Mozart Cosi Fan Tutti under Solti, Verdi Aida with Caballo and Doming, RCA mono reissues of Il Trovatore Rigoletto Carmen, plus modern works Elephant Steps and Moses and Aron. Prokofiev War and Peace completes the catalog.
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Thomas Mann
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Apollo
Peter Pears
John Shirley-Quirk
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George Solti
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Pilar Lorengar
Teresa Berganza
Ryland Davies
Tom Kraus
Gabriel Bacquier
June Berbie
Aida
Angel
Monserrat Caballo
Placido Dominio
Fiorenza
Michael Tilson Thomas
Philips
Arnold Schoenberg
Moses and
Aron
Schoenberg
Michael Gielen
Gunter Reich
Louis Devos
Genesis Lamb Lies Down on Broadway review disappointment
Bruce Meyer reports United Press International that Genesis new album and show The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway disappoints, abandoning innovative past for a dull, slide and light presentation. Gabriel’s styling shift noted, while prior works like Selling England By The Pound praised. Anne Murray praised for Country album and crossover appeal.
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England
Peter Gabriel
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TV Highlights and New CBS and ABC Specials
The listing covers CBS one hour program The General about Gen George C Marshall and ABCs The Streets of San Francisco title License to Kill about a cop seeking revenge. CBS Reports airs Caution Water May Be Dangerous to Your Health examining drinking water hazards.
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