Wheeler to portray machine politician in The Gang’s All Here
New York comic O G Bert Wheeler of Wheeler and Woolsey will play a machine politician in the musical comedy The Gang’s All Here. Wheeler, famed from the Feld Follies and Rio Rita, appears with his partner Bob Woolsey, who left the duo several years ago.
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Dukes of Dixieland to Open Lenox Music Barn Concert
The Dukes of Dixieland, formed in 1919 by Frank Assunta, will appear at the Berkshire Music Barn in Lenox on Saturday at 8:30 PM. The group, long a New Orleans staple, has topped record charts and performed in major clubs, TV shows, and a Horace Heidt talent show origin.
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Naturalists Spot New Bird Species on New Britain Island
Washington reports naturalists from the American Museum of Natural History and partners have uncovered 100 bird specimens on New Britain Island in a Pacific exploration. The find narrows gaps in global avian records, with 40 to 60 species still undetected. among new birds are an spiny tailed bibble an honeyeater a leaf warbler and a prem y parrot.
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Smash Our Town Puts Williamstown Back in the Black
Williamstown Summer Theater closed its fifth season with a record weekly gross of 6655 dollars for 51 performances, topping last year’s 6617. The season featured Thornton Wilder as Narrator in Our Town and produced a standing room only week. Remaining events include The Bay Friend musical at Stockbridge Playhouse with 15 company members, closing Saturday night.
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Changing Theaters Show Split Taste Across Atlantic
The Atlantic division of audience tastes is echoed by Patarr a comedy that closed here last fall after seven performances amid mixed reception. The production faced dwindling attendance and uneven critic reactions, reflecting divergent regional preferences in entertainment.
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Three Penny Opera Tops Broadway Box Office
The Threepenny Opera, Kurt Weill musical, has run for almost five years off Broadway and grossed over ten million dollars. It paid back its investment in ten weeks and has remained in profit ever since.
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Jamaica Musical Opens Tonight at Caronie Tent
Jamaica, a leading New York musical, opens tonight at the Caronie Theater in Latham New York for a week long engagement. The touring production has visited New Jersey venues and features Vi Velasco in a role once played by Lena Horne. Tickets are on sale for all performances with shows at 8 40 p m on weeknights, 2 p m and 8 p m Sundays, and two matinees on Saturdays at 1 30 and 4 00 p m.
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Milton Man Named First U S Ambassador to Nepal
President Eisenhower nominated Henry E. Stebbins, a career diplomat, as the United States first ambassador to Nepal. Stebbins, 54, a Milton native with 35 years in the foreign service, would succeed Ellsworth Bunker as envoy to Nepal if confirmed. He has served in Switzerland, Canada, Australia and England and is currently a senior foreign service inspector.
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American star to headline Japan film project
Academy Award winner Norman Krasna to produce a new film set in Japan with Holly Woot or Jupi Shiites MacLaine in the lead role. Project described as a to-be-named production to be filmed in Japan next year, with credits including Indiscreet and an ambassador sister act.
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