Broadway Revival Boom and Silent Majority in Playwriting
Broadway sees five revivals thriving with plans for at least four more this season. Audiences pack Lincoln Center as The Time of Your Life delights, while The Front Page, Three Men on a Horse, Harvey, Camino Real, Beggar on Horseback and Que Town promise strong business. Veteran observer notes the public tires of smut and crudeness, craving old fashioned entertainment, yet many writers fail to craft theatre from within.
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Broadway
Lincoln Center
Henry Fonda
Que Town
Harvey
Broadway Observer
Theatre critics weigh vulgarity against true drama
A critic argues against sex and violence on stage, noting actors groan through wars and obscenity used for shock. Broadway leans to revivals while audiences crave solid contemporary classics like Ibsen. The author praises restraint and the enduring value of well written drama amid a changing theatre landscape.
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Broadway
New York
Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas Planned by Berkshire Lyric
The Berkshire Lyric Theatre will present Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in April with Mrs. Russell Flocken named producer. Tryouts led by conductor Robert Blafield are set for Jan 11 and 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church, South Street. Rehearsals will occur Mondays. those unable to attend can contact Mrs. Flocken for future auditions or team roles.
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Berkshire Lyric Theatre
Purcell
Dido and
Aeneas
Russel Flocken
Desmond Tivy
Lenox
Robert Blafield
First Baptist Church
South Street
Blafield
Harry Rubinstein
Andrew Clarke
Marlboro Music Colony Records Spotlight and Loosened Cartel Stance
Review highlights Marlboro Music Colony founded by Rudolf Serkin near Vermont a dozen years ago now a near cartel limiting competition. Marlboro releases include Marlboro Recording Society mail orders from Philadelphia with Schubert Introduction and Variations Op 160, Schoenberg Serenade Op 24, Schoenberg Suite Op 29, and Boccherini quintet Op 42. Pablo Casals leads Marlboro Festival Orchestra in Brahms Serenade Op 16. Also two Mozart sonatas with Serkin, Pina Carmirelli, and David Cole plus Beethoven trios Op 87 and Op 44 with Suzuki and Léon. Orders $650 each via Mischa Schneider.
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Vermont Line
Rudolph Serkin
Serkin
Marlboro
Liszt
Weimar
Bayreuth
Columbia Records
Marlboro Recording Society
Spruce Street
Philadelphia
Paula Sylvester
Leon’ Kircher
Kirchner
Boccherini
Pablo Casals
Marlboro Festival
Casals
Pina Carmirelli
David Cole
Hidetaro Suzuki
Ronald Leéonad
Mischa Schneider
Budapest
Movie timetable shows multiple shows across theaters
Capitol offers On Her Majesty's Secret Service at 6 40 and 9 55 with 2 00 matinees daily. Palace runs Krakatoa East of Jakarta from 2 00. Showcase presents The Reivers at 9 00 with 2 00 matinees. Paris screens Bob Carel Ted and Alice at 7 00 and 9 00. West Springfield lists Midnight shows at all cinemas Wednesday night. Cinema 1 shows John and Mary at 1 30 3 30 5 25 7 20 9 45. Cinema 3 repeats On Her Majesty's Secret Service at 2 00 4 30 7 80 9 56 and The Arrangement at 2 30 :00 7 40. $255.
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Capitol
Her Majesty's Secret Service
West Springfield
John and Mary
S Secret Service
Berkshire Museum to Host Lois Novacek One Man Show
The Berkshire Museum will host a reception Wednesday night from 7 to 9 marking the opening of a solo exhibition of Lois Novacek of Adams. A Pratt Institute alumna, she is known for detailed realistic pastel and acrylic works. The show, highlighted by multiple regional exhibitions, runs through Feb. 2.
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Berkshire Museum
Lois Novacek
Adams
Pratt
Novacek
East Islip
L.J
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
Berkshire Art Association
Albany Institute of History and Art
Springfield Museum of Fine Arts
Manchester
Adams, North Adams
Williamstown
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