Second Company Conservatory ready to play in Williamstown
The Second Company and Conservatory for the Williamstown Theatre Festival arrive in Williamstown led by Artistic Director Nikos Psacharopoulos and General Manager Richard Devin. The 25 member company, directed by Kenneth Frankel and Barnet Kellman, will base at Pine Cobble School and tour widely in Western Massachusetts and Eastern New York. They perform plays including The Recruiting Officer and The Tempest, plus Ghost Train and Labyrinth, with two full casts and a slate of classics and new works. Two guest directors, Tina Packer and Kenneth Cavender, will helm Ghost Train and Labyrinth, with Hauptman and Cavender funded by the John Golden Foundation. Season runs June 29 to August 30. information at (413) 458-8298.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival
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Richard Devin
Barbara Hauptman
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Massachusetts
New York State
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Barnet Kellman
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Aet For the Arts
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Conn
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Quitar
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New York City
Ms. Packer
Kenneth Cave
Dutch films surge in Dutch theaters last year
Amsterdam reports 28 million attendees in the Netherlands up 5.9 percent from 1973. Box office receipts rose 14.5 percent. Dutch films made 8.9 percent of total attendance. Jesus Christ Superstar led as the top attraction in the year.
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UPI
Holland
Federation of Cinema Proprietors
Altman film Nashville hailed as landmark masterwork
New York UPI review lauds Robert Altman's Nashville as a sprawling, richly detailed film with two dozen characters converging over five days in America's country music capital. The cast includes Karen Black Lily Tomlin and Renee Blakley with a strong script by Joan Tewkesbury and a pivotal score by Richard Baskin.
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New York
UPI
Robert Altman
Nashville
America
Karen Black
Grand Ole Opry
Henry Gibson
Lily Tomlin
Ned Beatty
Keith Carradine
Barbara Harris
Michael Murphy
Hal Phillip Walker
Geraldine Chaplin
Opal
London
Bergman
Tennessee
Paramount
Renee Blakley
Barbara Jean
Opry
Allen Garfield
Miss Blakley
Joan Tewkesbury
Altman
Richard Baskin
Carradine
McCabe
Mrs. Miller
Best Sellers Fiction and Nonfiction List From UPI Publishers Weekly
A mixed best sellers list shows fiction titles by Arthur Hailey James A Mi chener Allen Ary John D. MacDonald Richard Adams Jessamyn West Phyllis A Whitney John H Watson Peter Matthiessen Thomas Har Far Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry and Charles Higham. Nonfiction includes Breach of Faith Theodore H White Ascent of Man Jacob Bronowski Conversations with Kennedy Jimmy Breslin Bermuda Triangle and other works. Also fitness and self help volumes by Morehouse Gross Bloomfield and others.
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Arthur Hailey
James A. Michener
Allenary
John D. MacDonald
Shardik
Richard Adams
Fall Creek
H. White
Jacob Bronowski
Kennedy
Benjamin Bradlee
Laurence E. Morehouse
Leonard Gross
Jimmy Breslin
Charles Berlitz
J. Manson Valentine
The
New Yorker
Brendan Gill
Helter Skelter
Vincent Bugliosi
Curt Gentry
Kate
Charles Higham
T.M
Harold H. Bloomfield
Guthrie Seeger to sing at SPAC in Saratoga Springs
Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger will perform at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on July 1 at 7 pm, donating their fees to Hudson River Sloop Restoration. Both artists trace deep folk roots and have collaborated on an album Together in Concert. Tickets cost $5 and $4 and are available at Route 50, Ticketron, or Saratoga Festival agencies.
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Pete Seeger
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New York City
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Asheville
N.C
Alan Lomax
American Folk Music Archives
Library of Congress
Armed Services
The
Almanac
Weavers
America
Coney Island
Woody Guthrie
Arlo
Japan
Judy Collins
Alice’s Restaurant
Arthur Penn Directed
Route 50
Ticketron
Saratoga Festival
Judy by Gerald Frank review summary
Review notes Gerald Frank's Judy portrays Judy Garland as a unique entertainer but its 672 pages overstate life drama with drink and drugs. For the Defense by F Lee Bailey offers insight into the U.S. justice system through cases though some legal details are hard to follow. The piece highlights NYC rogue cop William Phillips as informer linked to several figures including Xaviera Hollander.
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Judy
Gerald Frank
Harper & Row
Frank
Judy Garland
Anne Edwards
F. Lee Bailey
Atheneum
Bailey
New York City
William Phillips
Xaviera Hollander
Helen O Connell Still Sings and Shines in Modern Day
Hollywood veteran Helen OConnell remains a vibrant presence in the music scene. The big band era star describes her touring habits, family life in Brentwood, and current repertoire while reflecting on past legends and enduring charm.
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Vernon Scott
Hollywood
UPI
Angels
Helen O’connell
Martha Tilton
Helen Forrest
Jo Stafford
Marion Hutton
Ella Fitzgerald
Anita O’day
Peggy Lee
Doris Day
Dorsey Brothers
Glenn Miller
Harry James
Les Brown
Artie Shaw
Woody Herman
Sammy Kaye
Benny Goodman
Tangerine
Amapola
Jimmy Dorsey
Helen
Brentwood
At the Movies in Williamstown and surroundings
Harte Theatre on Main Street continues A Woman Under the Influence starring Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk by John Cassavetes. Twin Cinemas presents Alpha Bobby and Rose with Cinema II holding over Emmanuelle. Nickelodeon on Spring Street shows Gone With The Wind. Manchester Cinema runs two films with separate admissions for Escape From Witch Mountain and A Brief Vacation.
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Harte
Harte Theatre
Main Street
Gena Rowlands
Peter Falk
John Cassavetes
Alpha Bobby
Rose
Cinema II
Emmanuelle
Nickelodeon
Gone With the Wind
Spring Street
Williamstown, Mass
Manchester
Witch Mountain
Disney Studios
Vittorio de Sica
Havoc Hasso in second Berkshire production
Berkshire Theatre Festival opens Come and Be Killed on July 15 starring June Havoc and Signe Hasso. The mystery, adapted from Shelly Smith, unfolds in 1935 with two women forming a fraught friendship amid hints of violence. Open July 15 at 8:30 through July 27. box office (413) 298-5536.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Lionel Wilson
June Havoc
Signe Hasso
Shelly Smith
Hart
Sadie Thompson
Theatre Guild
S.N. Behrman
Dunningan
Michael Todd
Bobby Clark
Miss Havoc
Gregory Peck
Dana Andrews
Glenn Ford
Fraulein Schneider
Mel Brooks on Young Frankenstein Ending and Beyond
Comedy legend Mel Brooks adapted Mary Shelley’s tale into Young Frankenstein and then expanded the film project with his signature satirical approach. Brooks discusses creative pivots and the film’s enduring influence on genre parodies.
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Mel Brooks
Mary Shelley
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