Two Comedies Open on Broadway By Jack Gaver
UPI review of The Paisley Convertible at Henry Miller's Theatre notes the familiar sex-joke premise with Joyce Bulifant and Bill Bixby leading a cast that also includes Marsha Hunt Betsy Von Furstenberg Jed Allan. The other play Black Comedy with Shaffer’s White Lies short piece features Geraldine Page Lynn Redgrave and Michael Crawford in a dimly rewarding double bill.
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New York
UPI
Henry Miller
Harry Cauley
Michael Ellis
Joyce Bulifant
Bill Bixby
Marsha Hunt
Betsy von Furstenberg
Jed Allan
Michael Crawford
Lynn Redgrave
Donald Madden
Camila Ashland
Peter Bull
Geraldine Page
Pierre Epstein
Michael Miller
Celebration of a sixth week anniversary prompts quirky gifts
John Chapman notes a couple exchange a cheap bottle of Scotch and jelly beans during their sixth week anniversary celebration. Walter Kerr criticizes the trivia’s laborious maintenance as unnecessary.
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John Chapman
Daily News
A Noble Play Pleases Critics Yet Delights the People
The Paisley Convertible is praised as warm and charming by critics though regarded as mild and trivial. Reviewers note its sympathetic tone and gentle handling of themes, with performances highlighted as pleasant and appealing to audiences.
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Norman Nadel
World Journal Tribune
Shaffer's Black Comedy Sparks Laughs at Barrymore
British playwright Peter Shaffer brings a new twist to farce with Black Comedy at the Ethel Barrymore theater. The show's humor hinges on physical movement and a theatre lit in total darkness.
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New York
UPI
Peter Shaffer
Ethel Barrymore Theater
Shaffer
Black Comedy hailed as uproarious English play
Walter Kerr praises the show as a wonderfully theatrical evening of wit and imagination. Norman Nadel calls it a rediscovery of laughter, noting its irresistible humor and energetic execution.
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John Chapman
Daily News
Norman Nadel
World Journal Tribune
Muggsy Spanier Jazz Legend Dies at 61 in California
Francis Joseph Spanier known as Muggsy, a frail cornetist with a distinctive Dixieland sound, died in Sausalito at 61 from a heart ailment. Born in Chicago, he idolized King Oliver, kept a lifelong cornet mouthpiece, led Muggsy Spanier's Ragtime Band, and recorded with Bluebird, Deca, Mercury, and RCA Victor.
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Bluebird Records
Decca
Mercury
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Edmond Hall of Jazz Clarinetist Dies at 65
Edmond Hall international jazz clarinetist with Dixieland groups died of a heart attack at 65 in Cambridge Massachusetts where he had lived since moving there three years earlier He also maintained a New York residence Hall worked with Claude Hopkins Louis Armstrong Lester Young Art Tatum Mary Lou Williams and Coleman Hawkins.
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Lester Young
Art Tatum
Mary Lou Williams
Coleman Hawkins
Danny Kaye Aids Ill Passenger On Flight To Europe
Danny Kaye spent the night on a Trans World Airlines jet helping a seriously ill 70s Hungarian woman after she suffered a heart attack shortly after takeoff from Chicago. He stayed with her until hospital doctors were informed, arriving pale in London on Monday. The woman died later at Hillingdon hospital near the airport.
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Hillingdon
Brando Receives Easy Welcome in Cairo Amid Quarantine Row
Marlon Brando arrived in Cairo with an unidentified Jamaican woman as two Egyptian ministers bent rules to greet him. Health authorities demanded quarantine or expulsion, while Tourism Minister An Shakir secured a guarantee from Health Minister Nabawi Mohanes that Brando and his companion were not at risk. Brando plans a six day visit.
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Marlon Brando
Brando
Egypt
An Shakir
Nabawi Mohanes
Theaters Schedule Monday at Paramount and Iowa
A list of showings across venues including Paramount with A Coven ant with Death and shorts, Iowa with The Blue Max, and world Premier Alfie plus Doctor Zhivago and Marion with Arrivederci Baby plus multiple shorts and times.
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Iowa
Blue
Alfie
Dopod
Doctor Zhivago
Marion — “Arrivederci
Mayor Lindsay and Gregory Peck Narrate Lincoln Portrait
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay and actor Gregory Peck participated in Lincoln Portrait narrated performances. Lindsay at Philharmonic Hall narrated the Lincoln portrait with an 11 minute interval. Peck appeared at Hofstra University Playhouse on Long Island.
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Lincoln
Aaron Copland
John V. Lindsay
Philharmonic Hall
Gregory Peck
Hofstra University Playhouse
Hempstead
Long Island
Lindsay
John Brown
nightclub owner Bernie Williams dies at 68
Phoenix report says Bernie Williams, 68, owner of a Phoenix nightclub, who wrote the hit song Somebody Stole My Gal, died Sunday. The obituary notes his influence in the local music scene and his songwriting credits.
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Phoenix
Bernie Williams
Jackie Mason Beaten in Miami
Miami AP report says comedian Jackie Mason was beaten by a stranger outside his apartment after a Miami Beach one man show. Mason, treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital, said the assailant struck him eight or ten times before fleeing while his date ran for help. He described the attack as a professional job.
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Jackie Mason
Mason
Miami Beach
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Arthur Dyer
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