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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1969
Page
2
Milton R. Bass reflects on recent stage experiments where actors invade the audience, sometimes with danger, as playwrights push new forms while audiences endure chaotic performances. He recalls Hellzapoppin and notes actors question patrons with stark queries about truth, war, love, and guilt.
A glance at summer theatre notes the physical toll on actors under hot lights. Sweat, tension, and close interaction with audiences create a visceral, sometimes off-putting experience. The piece links Broadway trends to summer stages, warning that sweat and goo follow later in the season.
The Buxton School players present Stephen Vincent Benet's narrative poem John Brown's Body Saturday at 8 PM in Williamstown high school auditorium. Free admission with contributions accepted. Directed by Virginia Hall Smith. 50 Buxton pupils participate.
New York AP reports Jacqueline Susann the television actress turned author notes success does not spoil fun. Her debut Valley of the Dolls sold over 356000 hardcover copies and more than 10 million in paperback while The Love Machine may match or exceed that. she has a $230000 advance and declined a million dollar film-right offer. She writes from a back apartment den, rewrites each novel four times with color-coded drafts, and defends the sexual scenes as plot driven not prurient.
The season finale of Music in the Round at Thompson Memorial Chapel Williamstown featured Julius Hegg with Susan St Amour and Rudolf Doblin in a program balancing atonality and polytonality with a Schubert sonata. Ginastera Quintet and Vogel Varietades were performed, concluding with Schubert Op 162. The concert showcased contemporary chamber music and Hegg's significant contribution to modern repertoire.
The Clark Art Museum in Williamstown will host a Thursday 5 15 pm concert in the Renoir gallery. Julius and Charlotte Heggis perform Schubert Violin and Piano Sonata in A major Op 162, with Stephen Girko and Rudolf Doblin joining for Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time. Seating is limited and callers should contact the museum before noon Thursday.
Simon Preston, English organist, will perform a program spanning baroque to contemporary works at First Congregational Church on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The Berkshire chapter of the American Guild of Organists and First Church sponsor the event, which is open to the public with a free-will offering. The program includes Bach, Handel, Franck, Dupre, Vierne, plus two commission pieces Laus Den by Jonathan Harvey and Haec Dies by Sebastian Forbes.
Listings show Capitol closed for renovations with showings at Palace Union Square and Sunset Drive-in among others. Titles include More Dead Than Alive, The Miracle of Love, The Killing of Sister George, I Love You Alice B Toklas, Bullitt, The Lion in Winter, The Shoes of the Fisherman, and Funny Girl with varying matinee and evening times across downtown and drive-ins.
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