Song Festival promises biggest star array
Saratoga Springs hosts the American Song Festival at the Performing Arts Center from August 30 to September 2 with 128000 prize pool and 36 semi final contenders. Judges include Mancini Mogul Lowery Feather Haskell. stars such as Reddy Williams Eagles Pointer Sisters Charles Loggins & Messina and Vaughan appear. final day determines best amateur and professional songs earning 30500 prize and a grand piano. Tickets range five to twenty five dollars with discounts for four day passes and access to parties.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Henry Mancini
Artie Mogul
Bill Lowery
Leonard Feather
Jimmie Haskell
Helen Reddy
Paul Williams
the Eagles
The
Pointer Sisters
Ray Charles
Loggins & Messina
Waylon Jennings
Stampeders
Jose Feliciano
Roger Miller
Lettermen
Sarah Vaughan
Rev. James Cleveland
Oak Ridge Boys
al Wilson
Molly Bee
Malcolm Klein
Saratoga
Performing Arts
That's Entertainment documentary review of MGM musicals
A New York critics' piece assesses That's Entertainment a documentary on MGM musical numbers from 1929 to 1960. It praises Gene Kelly Judy Garland Fred Astaire and highlights the shift from playful cinema to larger Broadway styled productions. The review laments the decline of the American movie musical while noting Mary Poppins and Tom Sawyer as late exemplars.
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New York
Gene Kelly
Hollywood
Fred Astaire
Jack Buchanan
Judy Garland
M-G-M
Summer Stock
That’s Entertainment
Gigi
Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe
Jack Haley Jr
Jimmy Durante
Frank Sinatra
Brooklyn
Richard M
Robert Sher
Word Play by Peter Farb review notes its linguistic reach
A brisk review of Word Play by Peter Farb, an Amherst resident and linguist, tracing the book’s survey of language varieties from Canary Islands whistles to English structure. The piece highlights Farb’s use of structuralism, references to Chomsky, and the Gardner experiments, praising the work as thought provoking and lucid.
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Lenox
Peter Farb
Amherst
Canary Islands
Othough
Farb
MIT
Noam Chomsky
Allan
Beatrice Gardner
The Rivals at Williamstown Theatre Festival
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan opens as the Williamstown Theatre Festival's third twentieth anniversary production directed by Austin Pendleton. The comedy features Mrs Malaprop and a cast including Sir Anthony Absolute and Bob Acres with dates July 23 to 27 and box office reservations at 413 458 8146.
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Williamstown
Mass
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Doc
Orson Welles
Barbra Streisand
Madeleine Kahn
Shaw
Wilde
Malaprop
Nile
Anthony Absolute
Bob Acres
Lucius O’trigger
Movie listings at Harte and surrounding theatres
At Harte Theatre on Main Street Lucille Ball's Mame is shown PG. Twin Cinemas I offers Conrack first run, Sleuth with Olivier and Caine, and Daisy Miller with Cybill Shepherd, plus Bang the Drum Slowly. Cinema II presents Daisy Miller, and replays Bang the Drum Slowly. Manchester Dubrow's Cinema runs The Sting. Hathaway's North Hoosick drive-in shows Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with Emperor of the North as a secondary title. Bennington outdoor fare includes Born Losers and Cold Turkey. First show at dusk. Contact numbers for times are Harte 442-8500 Cinemas 442-8179 Manchester 363-1229.
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Twin Cinemas Cinema I
Joh Voight
Laurence Olivier
Michael Caine
Cinema II
Peter Bogdanovich
Daisy Miller
Cybil Shepard
Henry James
Bogdanovich
Daisy
Manchester
Dubrow
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Hathaway
North Hoosick
N.Y
Newman and Redford
Butch Cassidy
The
Lee Marvin
Bennington
Vanguard Bach Guild issues Historical Anthology on records
New York UPI reports Vanguard Bach Guild releases the Historical Anthology of Music in 11 records at budget prices. Professor Martin Bernstein classifies the anthology by period and category. Notes are insightful, packaging attractive, and performances generally excellent. A real bargain.
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Vanguard Bach Guild
Martin Bernstein
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
New York University
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Composers’ Circle
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Alfred A. Knopf
Sally H. Begley
Berkshire Eagle
Williamstown Theatre
Austin Pendleton
Pendleton
Apprentice Workshop
Equity
Isaac
Jonathan
Dad
St. Peter’s
Pleasant St
Jon Voight
Conrade
Panavision
Michael Caine IN
Peter Bogdanovice
Paramount Pitures
Ping CE
Brian
Harte Harte Theatre
Main Street
Lucille Ball
Harte
Cinemas
Cene
Vermont
Main ST
Wilbur G. Landrey
UPI
Tom Laughlin
Billy Jack
van Dyke
Encore Playhouse
MT. Snow, VT
Mame
Beatrice Arthur
Tw Seoameast
Pas
NEI New Harte Theatre
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Butch & the Kid
Katharine Ross
Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid
Frankfurt
Private Ear
Public Eye
Peter Shaffer
London
West End
Michael Krawitz
MY Sweet
Charlie
David Westheimer
the Owl and the Pussycat
Bill Manhoff
San Francisco
George Haimsohn
Rot
Miller
Jim Wise
Roundhouse Dinner Theatre
Box Office
Manchester Depot
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