Popular Mac-Haydn Theatre Plans for Second Season
Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham North Carolina finished its first season with a small deficit and plans to maintain high caliber productions next season. Co-producer Linda MacNish said insurance kept costs high and that reductions are targeted. The revival theater in the Chatham Fair grounds featured Broadway musicals like My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music and aims to add a children's theatre and experimental works to its repertoire.
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Good Housekeeping Magazine
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New York City
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Columbia County Agricultural Society
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Miss MacNish
Town Players Begin Tryouts For 49th Season
Town Players hold tryouts for The Lion in Winter, first production of their 49th season, this Wednesday and Thursday in the group workshop at 148 Lebanon Ave. Five men and two women needed. Auditions open to all. Play is a 12th century comedy drama. Katharine Hepburn won an Oscar for the film version. Production set for late October. For information contact Mrs. Roberta Sisson at Dodge Ave.
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Indian Shutterbug in Santa Clara Reservation Scene
Hollywood notes describe Anthony Quinn starring in Nobody Loves Flapping Eagle as a Santa Fe set where an American Indian photographer snaps images of a crew member in work clothes. The scene contrasts native dress with modern gear like Rolleiflex and Nikon.
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Movie Timetable Across Capitol and Nearby Venues
A compiled list of film showings at Capitol, Palace, Paris, Sunset Drive In and several Berkshire and Western Mass theaters. Titles include Daddy's Gone a Hunting, The Bridge at Remagen, The 1 000 Plane Raid, Oliver!, The Love Bug, Dayl lier Than the Male, Tom Jones, The Shoes of the Fisherman, The Oblong Box, and More with multiple daily showtimes and matinees.
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Sunset Drive-In
Berkshire Drive-In
Coury
North Adams
Criticism and the Art of Evaluating Works
The piece discusses what criticism means in arts reporting, noting that reviewers aim to appraise excellence rather than merely fault. It contrasts European and American practices, cites EB White on review timing, and observes most critics and performers have avoided harsh words, with calls for reforms to avoid flat or obliterating reviews.
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United States
EB. White
Hus
Bartok
Critics and editors shape music interest and longevity
A skeptical view of music criticism argues that papers need circulation and performers seek mention, while critics must balance praise and condemnation. It notes that reviews influence but do not determine a work's survival, cites Bartók and Bach-like tensions, and calls for better grounded critics without stifling creativity.
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Manday Torrey
Axella Rondeau
Gunther Schuller
Berkshire Ausic Center
Washington
Elaine May Directs and Stars in New Leaf Film
Elaine May, Berkshire Theatre Festival playwright in residence, is writing directing and co starring in Paramount Pictures film New Leaf. Walter Matthau holds the male lead in the satirical comedy produced on Harold Pratt's Long Island estate, based on a story by Jack Ritchie. May works to maintain script control, even rewriting to preserve her original vision.
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Berkshire Theatre Festival
Stockbridge
Paramount Pictures
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Long Island
Jale Oil
Harold R. Pratt
Walter Matthau
Arthur Penn
Mss May
Hollywood
New York Times
Honard Thompson
Matthau
Theatre Funds Scholarship In Honor Of Deceased Designer
The Williamstown Theatre Foundation trustees establish a scholarship fund for an apprentice or assistant cast member in memory of Will Steven Armstrong who died August 12 at age 49. Williams Professor Henry Flynt initiated the gift and the theatre board approved the plan this week. Contributions can be sent to the Williamstown Theatre.
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Williamstown Theatre
Ring Round the Moon
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Henry Flynt
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Theate
Wayne Newton Stars in 80 Steps to Jonah Film
Warner Bros Seven Arts will distribute the indie picture 80 Steps to Jonah starring Wayne Newton. The deal places Newton in a Hollywood project backed by an independent production.
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Warner Bros
Seven Arts
Jonah
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