Berkshire Playhouse to Premiere Journey to Bahia
The Berkshire Playhouse Stockbridge plans the American premiere of Journey to Bahia adapted by Stanley Richards from Dias Gomes. Opening July 20, directed by Joan White with sets by Robert Paine Grose costumes by Diedre Cartier and dances by Barton Mumaw. Richards, a NYC playwright and critic, will also lead a two week playwriting seminar at the Berkshire Playhouse Drama School July 13–23.
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Berkshire Playhouse
Stockbridge
Bahia
Stanley Richards
Dias Gomes
Joan White
Robert Paine Grose
Diedre Cartier
Barton Mumaw
Beekman Theater
New York City
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Richards
New York
Players Magazine
Theatre Arts
Playbill
Distasteful Water No More with Pal Guard Purifier
Promote Pal Guard Water Purifier promising removal of chlorine metallic and swampy tastes and odors. Claims water tastes sweet and fresh, improves ice cubes and cooking, and eliminates rotten egg and stale notes. Targets home use and consumer pride in beverages and recipes.
Seven Days in May review at Capitol Theater
The film adaptation of Fletcher Knebel and Charles Bailey’s novel centers on a US military coup plot. Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster anchor a mixed cast. Rod Serling’s script and John Frankenheimer’s direction yield workmanlike suspense but fail to engage as deeply as the book.
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Paramount
Seven Arts
Kirk Dough
Joe
John Frankenheimer
Edward Lewis
Join Frankenheimer
Rod Serling
Fletcher Knebel
Charles W. Bailey
Ellworth Fredericks
Ferris Webster
Jerry Goldsmith
Capitol Theater
James MM. Scott
Burt Lancaster
F Martin Casey
Kirk Douglas
Jordan
United States of America
Williams College
Col
Martin Casey
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint
Fredric March
United States
Gardner
White House
Frankenheimer
Channel 17-TV Profiles High School Hootenannies
Channel 17-TV will air six High School Hootenanny programs starting April 7 at 9 p.m. featuring talented area teens from Mohonasen Cohoes Amsterdam Voorheesville Elsmere Slingerlands and Albany Hospital participants. Auditions were held last month. first show includes Harold Shippey Caroline Balwit and Alex Potter and others with Judy Haubens and Sherry Sorkin producing and guiding teen produced segments on Our Inquiring Youth.
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Schenectady
Harold Shippey
Caroline Balwit
Alex Potter
Mohonasen High School
Alfred van Sleet
Cohoes
John Preybyden
Dick Blacha
Amsterdam
Jane Lee Rowe
Voorheesville
Suzanne Flandreau
Elsmere
Janis le Gere
Slingerlands
Albany High School
U.S
Larry Sader
Ed Brand
Chuck Eson
Jon Macison
Marty Kanikoff
Trade Winds
Albany Hospital
Patty Potter
Linda McGuire
Sharon DeLisio
Reba Rettig
Helen Price
Judy Haubens
Sherry Sorkin
Miss Sorkin
Channel 17
Musicians Back Campaign Against Segregated Audiences
Vladimir Horowitz Leonard Bernstein and Erich Leinsdorf join a NAACP led push for artists to refuse to perform before segregated crowds. The effort, supported by the Congress of Racial Equality and SNCC, urges broader access to concert halls in Southern cities and highlights Gary Graffman’s cancellation in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Washington
Vladimir Horowitz
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony Orchestra
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
NAACP
Horowitz
South
Leinsdorf
Austria
Europe
Leinsdor
Gary Graffman
New York
Jackson
Miss
The Fantasticks Open Season at Sharon Theater
Sharon Conn. The Fantasticks musical by Toni Sones and Harvey Schmidt opens the Sharon Playhouse season, with John R. Wolcott named managing director for the Sharon Creative Arts Foundation. Martha Porter returns as publicity director.
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Siaron
Conn
The
Fantasticks
Toni Sones
Harvey Schmidt
New York
Sharon Creative Arts Foundation
SCAF
the Playhouse
John IR. Wolcott
Actors Equity
William and Mary College
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie
Martha Porter
Calhoun Named Williamstown Theater Business Head
John Calhoun is appointed business manager of the Williamstown Theater for the second year, with duties covering production program, advertising, finances, box office, and planning. A Williams College alumnus, he joined the Williamstown group in 1962 after Phi Beta Kappa and theater honors.
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Williamstown
John Calhoun
Nikos Psacharopoutos
Calhoun
Phi Beta Kappa
Gargoyle
Gilbert W. Gabriel
Williams
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