The Sterile Cuckoo film review from Showcase Theatre
A vivid portrait of Liza Minnelli as Pookie a 19 year old misfit living on the edge of sanity The film follows her fraught relationship with Wendell Burton as he endures her wild mood swings The screenplay by Alvin Sargent directed by Alan J Pakula captures college life with literate nuance and sensitivity The review praises Minnellis performance and the films delicate handling of love loyalty and peculiarity for audiences of all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liza Minnelli
Pookie
Showcase Theatre
Wendell Burton
Alvin Sargent
Alan J. Pakula
Hamilton College
Miss Minnelli
Roop
Johnny Cash to film Trail of Tears at Brodie Ski Area
NET plans final sequence for a drama about the Cherokee removal. Johnny Cash stars as John Ross with a multinational cast. filming around Dec 15 requires heavy snow and many extras. Brodie Mountain used for production base and area cooperation. broadcast across NET network next April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Cash
Brodie Ski Area
Brodie Mountain
Georgia
North Carolina
Oklahoma
John Ross
Jack Palance
Joseph Cotten
Melvin Douglas
Pat Hingle
William Redfield
John Randolph
Brodie
Michael R. Haley
Pittsfield
New York City
Haley
Cash
Jim Kelly
NET
Peggy Best to Exhibit at Berkshire Museum
Peggy Worthington Best will open a new oil painting exhibition at the Berkshire Museum on Tuesday December 2 with a reception from 4 to 8 p.m. Best trained at major New York schools and previously ran an art studio in Stockbridge, directing an art program at Austen Riggs Center and teaching in Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Best
Peggy Worthington Best
Berkshire Museum
Ers. Best
New York
The
Berkshires
Austen Riggs
Stockbridge
Riggs
Pine Street
Down
Fred Lancome
Independent Six
Opera History Mix Replays Verdi Gustavus and Manon
A tour through opera lore recalls Verdi almost premiering Aida in Cairo for Ismail Pasha, the Gustavus III legend, and Manon Lescaut's many librettos. It notes Nixon era-like shifts and operas renamed such as Un Ballo in Maschera, with reflections on how libretti adapt to politics and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez Canal
Ismael
Cairo
Verdi
Wagner
Ismael Pasha
Gustavus III
Sweden
Europe
Gustavus
Giovane Italia Society
Mazzini
Napoleon III
Italy
Stockholm Opera House
Napoleon
Italia
Maschera
Peston
Count of
Warwick
Boston
Metropolitan
New York
Marian Anderson
Ulrica
Manon Lescaut
Jacques Halevy
Michael Balfe
Auber
Massenet
Manon
Paris
Puccini
Singers and Directors Named For The Shepherdes Playe
St. Stephen's Church prepares John La Montaine's The Shephardes Playe with Paul Nixon Richard Bauer and Frederick Lord as shepherds and David Lord as Trowle. Billie Simmons Angela Talbot narrates William Kent Jr. directs with Frank Beattie musical director. Open dress rehearsals December 7 and 14 at 4 p.m. Performances at 7 p.m. Readings feature Berkshire Community College staff and local choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stephen's Church
John la Montaine
Paul Nixon
Richard Bauer
Frederick Lord
Mr. Lord
David
Trowle
Nixon
Bauer
Lord
Berkshire Boy Choir
Billie Simmons
Angela ‘Talbot
William
Kent Jr
Dee 14
Robert Boland
Berkshire Community College
Benjamin B. Towner
Daniel Grove
Marguerite Rice
Louis Tavelli
David Cobb
Margaret, Hanford
Donald Webster
Nod Sears
Mark Sammons
Ann Marcure
Sears
Angel Chorus
Senior’ High
Seabury
St. Margaret
St. George
St. Stephen's
St. ‘James
Movie Timetable Cast Echoes Capitals and Screens
The listings offer multiple theaters across towns showing current films. Titles include The Undefeated Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Breathless The Sterile Cuckoo Valley of the Gwangi Savage Seven Michael and Helga Take the Money Battle of Britain and more with various matinee and evening showings across dates and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Springfield
Butch Cassidy
Sun
Civic Ballet Rehearses Three New Works for May Show
Twenty four Berkshire Civic Ballet dancers rehearse three new pieces for the annual spring regional ballet competition in Toronto. Artistic director Madeline Cantarella Culpa is composing a classical work to Ambraise Thomas, while Don English, ex Hartford Ballet, sets two ballets. A local preview is planned before the Canadian event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Civic Ballet
Toronto
Canada
Alrs
Madeline Cantarella Culpa
Ambraise Thomas
Don English
Hartford ‘Ballet Company
BIF Workshop Plans Staged Reading at Homestead
Playwright Mark Berman of State College will attend a staged reading of his original play Train Time presented by the Berkshire Theatre. The Festival Playwrights Winter Workshop takes place at the Homestead on Sunday at p.m. Directed by Elaine Dundy, the cast includes Gail Girdler and Steven Poncher, with public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Berman
State College
Berkshire Theatre
the Homestead
Elaine Dundy
Gail Girdler
Steven Poncher
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Sargent
John Nichole Chetler
Anderson
Jes Peokle
Ue Minnelli
Jerry ‘ Wendel
Burton Schumacher
Tim Melatire
Elizabeth Harrower
Pookla
Austin Green
Nancy Puma
Sandra Falson Roe
Chris Bugtes
Helen Upshaw
McKinely
By Milton R, Bass
Liz
London
Elizabeth Taylor
Associated Television
Harlech
Miss Taylor
Richard Burton
Wales
Roy Lindstrom
Stanley Bate
Harry Lane
Homer Gunn
Frane Epping
Renta
Laneshere
E Tae
Ort BO
Ey Soe
Felice Orsini
Robert R. Livingston
Jefferson
France
James R. Monroe
America
Louisiana
Abbe Prevost
Aventures du Chevalier Des Grieux
Abbe
Prevost
Des Grieux
Manin
Havre
Fuccini
New Orleans
Werther
Heloise
Abelard
Mozart
Beethoven
Robert Redford
the Sunnoance Kid
Kaen
Hickory Film Club Presents
Jean- Meas
Jean-Luc Goddard
Goddard
Belmondo
Berkshire Playhouse
Taian Phe
Dalton
Hari
Michael
Helga
Ruth Gassmann
Felix Franchy
Aay
Savage Seven
Robert Walker
Tonigit
Frank W. Beattie
St. James’ Church
Great Barrington
Capitol
Palace
Jonah
Matinees
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Michael and
Mickory
Breathless
Civic Ballet
BIF
Liza Minnelle
Ree
Aaa Ue
Bitte Ree
John Wayne
Rock Hudson
the Undefeated
Drs
Sweet Charity
Shirley MacLaine
Valley of
Gwangi
Stene
Technicolor
Warner Bros
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