Theater Season Highlights and Disappointments on Broadway
AP drama writer William Glover surveys a season amid $10 million live gate, noting 29 flops alongside bright spots like The Prisoner of Second Avenue Sugar Jesus Christ Superstar and prominent profits from Man of La Mancha and 1776. Joseph Papp earns attention as a rising producer with Stick and Bones and Two Gentlemen of Verona winning top Tonys. off Broadway thrives with That Championship Season and Shakespeare Festival work fueling a broader theater growth narrative.
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la Mancha
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David Merrick
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Lincoln Center Forum
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Billy Jack named best motion picture of 1971
A reader recalls watching Billy Jack and praises the film, noting increased appreciation on a second viewing and labeling it the best motion picture of 1971.
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Top Teacher Retiring From Lumbee North Carolina Roots
James Braboy, 65, a Lumbee Indian and former North Carolina native who was South Carolina’s 1970 Teacher of the Year, plans retirement from Dillon County’s Little Rock School. He taught Leland Grove’s first six grades, cooked lunches, drove the bus, and later pursued a small truck farm. He has been offered jobs but has not chosen. He previously taught in Robeson and Nash counties before moving to South Carolina.
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Pembroke Normal School
Pembroke State University
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N W to close Pearisburg station transfer to Narrows
The State Corporation Commission approved Norfolk and Western Railway Co. plan to discontinue the Pearisburg agency as of June 30. Operations will shift to Narrows, under 4 miles away. No opposition was raised at the hearing.
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State Corporation Commission
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Pearisburg
Narrows
N&w
Commission
Gift of art to UT museum from Duncan couple
A select group of 43 paintings and drawings by 20th century Latin American artists has been given to the University of Texas art museum by Mr. and Mrs. John C. Duncan of New York City. The donation was announced in Austin by the AP correspondent Mary.
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Austin, Tex
University of Texas Art Museum
John C. Duncan
New York City
Mary
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