Steve Allen Tackles Broadway as Playwright With The Wake
Hollywood UPI Vernon Scott reports Steve Allen has written his first play The Wake a three act drama premiered at the Masquers Club in Hollywood. The wake scene centers on an Irish Chicago family circa 1931 with Allen drawing on his own background. The piece aims for human understanding with no four letter words or sex scenes and may head to Broadway after edits.
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Broadway
Hollywood
Masquers Club
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Nighters
Chicago
Windy City
Belle
Steve
James T. Farrell
Montpelier Festival Draws International Craft Crowd
Montpelier Vermont hosted its first Fall Festival of Crafts at Vermont College October 8 9 drawing more than 3000 visitors from nine countries including New Zealand Denmark Germany Austria Holland Mexico Norway and Canada as well as all New England states. The event showcased pewterers weavers candle makers woodworkers potters leather crafters and more with fiddlers square dancers a barbershop quartet a sugarhouse display gallery paintings and an Old Time Fiddlers contest in City Hall. The festival is set to become an annual city event according to Anita Butler executive secretary of the Montpelier Chamber of Commerce.
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United Nations
Vermont College
New Zealand
Denmark
Germany
Austria
Holland
Mexico
Norway
Canada
United States
Anita Butler
Montpelier Chamber of Commerce
Wood Art Gallery
City Hall
U Mass announces theater dance music under fine arts council
The University of Massachusetts Amherst plans a 1971 72 fine arts season with four major professional groups including Murray Louis Dance Company Red Rodgers Dance Company and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre plus off Broadway ensembles Andre Gregory Manhattan Project Company and Ridiculous Theatrical Company at Grinnell Arena. Chamber music features Boston Symphony College Berlin Philharmonic Octet Tokyo String Quartet Juilliard String Quartet and Amadeus Quartet. Tickets and brochures available. a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College is introduced in the House.
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University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Council
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Council On Arts and Humanities
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Murray Louis
Red Rodgers
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
Fine Arts Council
Andre Gregory
Manhattan Project Company
Ridiculous Theatrical
Charles Ludlam
Grinnell Arena
Boston Symphony Orchestra College
Boston Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas
Tibor Pusztai
Davidovsky
Druckman
Crumb
Krenek
Foss
Berlin Philharmonic
Rossini
Hindemith
Beethoven
Tokyo String Quartet
Mozart
Debussy
Miyoshi
Juilliard String Quartet
Haydn
Elliot Carter
Robert Schumann
Amadeus Quartet
Haydn, Tippett
Smetana
Herter Hall
Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Disaster is Bennington Rescue Squad’s daily work in progress
A feature on the Bennington Rescue Squad describes its 1963 start with a used 1949 Buick ambulance, growing to 32 members and 3 ambulances. It highlights radio links with police and Putnam Memorial Hospital, ongoing fundraising, and a training disaster drill with Hoosac School students.
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Kocher Drive
Hoosac
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Park Street
Adams Drug Store
Monument Plaza
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Percey’s
North Bennington
Woodford
Indian music benefit at Williams College for East Bengal refugees
Dartmouth and Williams present a benefit concert by the Lalgudi Jayaraman Trio on Oct 19 at Chapin Hall to aid East Bengal refugees. Proceeds go to UNESCO, with the trio performing at half its fee. Lectures on Indian theatre follow, by C C Mehta at Hopkins Center, Oct 18, open to the public.
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Ramnad Raghavan
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East Pakistan
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All-College Entertainment Committee
Area Studies Committee
Adams Mmorial Theatre
Discoveries Shop
Peebles Jewel Shop
North Adams
England Brothers
Pittsfield
C.C. Mehta
Baroda University
Center
Hopkins Center
Dartmouth
Department of Drama
Minal Patell
Mehta
Hanover Lecture Highlights Indian Theater Expert
Hanover N H scholars note Professor an internationally known authority on the theater of India speaks on cultural exchange and dramatic traditions. The talk focuses on historical developments, key figures, and the influence of Indian stagecraft on modern performance.
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