Boston Ballet Readies Bennington Debut at Mount Anthony High
The Boston Ballet, led by artistic director E. Virginia Williams, performs an evening of classical and modern works at Mount Anthony High School Auditorium on August 4. Highlights include Pas De Deux from Le Corsair, Rael Lambs Butterfly, Subotnik music, Flowering Into New Battles, and Balanchines Concerto Barocco. The program supports Bennington’s Bicentennial celebrations and aims to boost future touring in the region.
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Bells Are Ringing at Weston Playhouse
Weston presents Bells Are Ringing opening July 28 and running through August 8. Written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green for Judy Holliday the musical follows Susan Terry an imaginative telephone operator who becomes involved in clients lives. A cabaret show titled The Seven Deadly Sins follows each evening performance. The Playhouse Supperclub offers pre show dining.
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Joel Grey to headline Williamstown Chekhov staging
Joel Grey, Tony and Academy Award winner for Cabaret, will play Platonov in Anton Chekhov at the Williamstown Theatre Festival August 16 to 20. His career spans early Cleveland Playhouse work to Cabaret, George M, Goodtime Charley and Marco Polo Sings a Solo with nominations and film credits including the Cabaret movie.
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ABC Defends Soap to Critics. Two Pilot Episodes Re‑shot
ABC will not drop Soap from fall plans but will edit the two pilot halves. Fred Silverman says material will settle into traditional topics, with retribution for immoral behavior. Al Schneider notes changes to avoid offensive content and mentions collaborations with producers and writers.
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Caravan of Dreams brings genres and puppets to WHITEHALL NY
Mettawee River Theatre Company stages The Caravan of Dreams adapted from Arabian Nights at the Bennington Recreation Center on Gage Street. Performances at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. feature Maaruf the cobbler transported to Persia by a genie, with mime, music, and large puppet designs by Ralph Lee. Free admission.
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Star Wars director did his own thing for success
Peter Hunt cried after Star Wars ended, admiring George Lucas for doing his own thing. The article traces Lucas’s breakthrough from American Graffiti to a high-budget, groundbreaking space opera with top technical teams and Fox backing, while noting mixed studio constraints and Hunt’s own frustration with edits.
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Williamstown native Terence Coyle art showends in Chester
Chester Depot Vermont hosts Terence Coyle a Williamstown native and New York painter at the Dawson Gallery from July 30 to August 12 with an opening reception July 30 from 2 to 5 p.m. Coyle known for watercolor landscapes and figure painting teaches in Central Park and at Carnegie Hall. An anatomy book co authored with Robert Beverly Hale is due from Watson Guptill this fall. A demonstration Sunday July 31 at 3 p.m. will showcase water landscape painting. Gallery hours are Tue to Sat 1–5 p.m. Sundays 2–5 p.m. The Dawson Gallery sits in a historic grist mill off Route 103 Stone Village Chester Depot Vermont.
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Moscow Red Square Historic Name Is Older Than 1917
The claim notes Red Square existed with that name prior to the 1917 upheavals often linked to the Bolshevik era. It argues the landmark’s name predates the October Revolution and the associated revolutionary rhetoric.
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