Broadway Gossipy Notes Tie Authors Actors to Projects
A long string of entertainment tidbits covers Rachel Copelan’s new book assignment, Lyndon Johnson weighing a 1968 run, stage and screen casting shifts, and Harold Gary teaching TV ads. It also mentions Cyril Ritchard in Sugar, Joe Papp’s Shakespeare staging, and a Kennedy era taxi confessional about Walter Sarnoff.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Leo Lerman
Mademoiselle
Imperial Theater
Lerman
Joe Papp
Central Park
St. James Theater
Harold Krebs
Oxford
Putnam
Cyril Ritchard
Sir Cyril
Ritchard
Joe E. Brown
David Merrick
American Federation of Television and Radio Actors
Harold Gary
AFTRA
Gary
David Sarnoff
Temple Emanu-El
Madison Avenue
Sid Eiges
Eiges
RCA
Fifth Avenue
Leon Teuch
Hitler
Sarnoff
America
Jacqueline Is Pretty Crusader in New Stand Up and Be Counted
Jacqueline is the pretty crusader in a new movie about women and the LB cause. Known for her role as the stewardess in Airport she now headlines Stand Up and Be Counted highlighting her activism.
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Jacqueline
Airport
James Brolin to co star with Charlton Heston in Airborne
Hollywood reports James Brolin has signed to co star with Charlton Heston in MGM's Airborne. Brolin, a Universal contract actor and 1969 70 Emmy winner for Marcus Welby M D, will play a G I aboard a troubled civilian air liner. He has appeared in eight motion pictures including Von Ryan's Express Morituri Fantastic Voyage and Our Man Flint.
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Hollywood
James Brolin
Charlton Heston
MGM
Hall of Fame production wins Chicago Gold Hugo for The Price
New York The Hall of Fame production of Arthur Miller's The Price earned a Gold Hugo at the seventh Chicago International Film Festival, top honor in network television entertainment. The cast includes George C. Scott Barry Sullivan David Burns and Colleen Dewhurst.
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New York
Arthur Miller
Hall of Fame
George C. Scott
Barry Sullivan
David Burns
Colleen Dewhurst
Fiddler Story Becomes Book on The Making of a Musical
New York Crown Publishers releases The Making of a Musical by Richard Altman. The book details the history of Fiddler on the Roof, Broadway’s long running champion.
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New York
UPI
Crown Publishers
Richard Altman
Television and Uncle Sam Lessons for Moppets
Holly wood producer Dan E Weisburd with CBS and a federal grant of 500000 develop a 50 segment TV series for Captain Kangaroo to teach 3 to 5 million children ages 3 to 6 about sharing health care self esteem and communicating with adults. The project uses a diverse cast and aims to foster self identity and well being while unlike Sesame Street not teaching letters or numbers.
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Hollywood
Uncle Sam
CBS
Office of Child Development
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Public Broadcasting
Weisburd
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