Promises Promises Delights Cedar Rapids Theater Fans
Cedar Rapids Community Theater opens Promises Promises at Jefferson High auditorium. Les Zachers lauds Neil Simon Burt Bacharach musical for witty sex theme and strong leads Sharon Byers and Bob McComas excel in vocal roles. Larry Bennett endears with earnest premise and supporting cast earns laughs led by Margie Petersmith and Teri Odell. Don Hastings and ensemble provide comic relief as 16 piece band under Mary Wick.
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Larry Bennett
Margie Petersmith
Teri Odell
Don Hastings
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Jim Petersmith
Michael Salinas
Richard Odell
Irvin Hickey
Promises Adds Another Performance at Jefferson High
A seventh show of Promises Promises is set for next Wednesday at Jefferson High School as the Community Theater musical nears sellout of the six initial performances. Curtain is at 8 pm. Tickets available at the Community Theater box office 1124 Third Street SE or by phone 362-7632 from 10 am to 6 pm daily except Sundays. Regular performances are Friday Saturday and Thursday Friday Saturday of next week. Director Don Tescher urges patrons to buy at the door if phones are busy.
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Bunuel Denies Saying Oscar Means Nothing
Luis Bunuel rejects Pueblo report claiming he would not go to Hollywood for any prize. He says his age, plans, and academy ties explain his stance and notes three prior visits to Hollywood with another planned visit.
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Karras Lands Featured Role in Black Bart Film
Hollywood reports Alex Karras, ex Detroit Lions star, signed by Warner Bros to play a featured role in the comedy western Black Bart with Cleavon Little in the title role.
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Broadway Moat News Roundup by Leonard Lyons
New York roundup notes a Vatican craftsman restoring the Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica and correcting old plaster repairs to the Madonna. It reports Walter Winchell’s name addition to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, Josie Armstead leaving Seesaw, and Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields presenting her going away gift. It covers Hal Prince selling Follies to 20th Century Fox, Lonnie Elder’s Oscar-nominated project, Richard Lewisohn warning city workers on income taxes, and Rick Nelson at Carnegie Hall. Also noted: Tony Morgan buying Morning Cloud, Richard Roundtree in Shaft in Africa with Melba Moore, Councilman Postel’s campaign bus, a rainy Eden Roc trip, Odds Snyder quips, Burt Reynolds’ Keenan’s Way pilot, Morozova and Kroshina’s theater visit, Noel Coward manuscript sale, Jack Jones in Carousel, a Pepsi poll entry on births, and Earl Warren receiving New York’s Gold Medal.
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Susan Hayward Hospitalized in Los Angeles in Fair Condition
Actress Susan Hayward, 53, is in fair condition in a Los Angeles hospital per a family spokesman who declined to reveal the illness. The Oscar winner for I Want to Live has limited film work since The Valley of the Dolls and later TV movies.
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