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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1969
Page
2
Milton R Bass notes a shift from strangers to locals in appearance and manners. He recalls a Navy nephew in colorful civilian clothes, sees neighbors in modern styles, and reflects on faster cultural exchange. The piece contrasts past suspicion with present familiarity amid rural life.
The piece notes how television and city fashion shows quickly influence hometown taste. A New York trip shows beads and neckties become rapid fads as buyers copy Paris Dior styles, with shoppers stacking items to mirror TV and talk show trends.
The Berkshire Theatre Festival staged Encounters a musical celebration based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Director Larry Arrick with a large cast delivered solid singing and dancing, though some songs reminded of pop and skit sketches, leaving the overall impact not particularly exhilarating or memorable.
The Encounters production features Lar Labavitch and Rachel Whitman in Romeo and Juliet inspired choreography plus Zen ritual moments from When We Dead Awaken. Harper, Mally Friedel, and others add striking lighting and music while William Pitkin’s setting and Lizbeth Fulleman’s costumes support the lively performance. A poetry reading follows at the Bookstore in Tenox on Sunday evening with Susan Yorde and William DeVoti.
A Palace screening of Ring of Bright Water features Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna with an otter star Mil. The film follows Mil the otter rescued from a London shop as Travers and Mil explore the Scottish Highlands with humor and gentle adventures. Based on Gavin Maxwell’s bestseller, the piece praises the wholesome storytelling and family appeal despite modern cinema’s focus on sex and violence.
Encounters, a musical celebration, opens at the Berkshire Theatre Festival Stockbridge and runs three weeks. Performances Tue to Fri at 8 30 p m and Sat at 9 p m with additional shows Aug 17 and 24 at 7 p m Matinees listed for Aug 16 23 and 40 at 5 p m and Aug 17 21 and 28 at 2 p m Tickets are available at the box office.
A week at Tanglewood features Wozzeck and Stravinsky's Tale with Beyond the Ghost Spectrum. Michael Tilson Thomas substitutes for Leinsdorf amid a shifting program and a renamed Nash adaptation. Fromm funds Berkshire Music Center initiatives and honors Leinsdorf with a named library.
The Sound of Music opens tonight at 8 at the Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham New York starring Wendy Crawford fresh from Italf a Sixpence. Supporting cast includes Lynne Haydn Peter Nalen Aljehvel Anthony Jon Haron and local children. The production runs through August 17 with Sunday shows at 7 p.m.
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