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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1979
Page
9
The LaSalle stage delivers a tight production of West Side Story with convincing performances by Matt Hooper as Tony and Chubik as Maria. Their duet Tonight climbs a fire escape balcony, supported by sharp dancing and solid ensemble voices, capturing the street war mood and nostalgic classics like Maria and Somewhere.
Tony delivers energetic Maria while Chris Stewart leads Jets and James Rothwell shines as Bernardo. Lewes impresses with grace, Williams earns applause for choreography, Skloff conducts an 11 piece ensemble. Leahy credits sets and costumes. production runs Wednesdays to Sundays through July 15. Gerry Oliver
Allgates Estate near Havertown on 26.6 acres along Darby and Cooperstown Roads, includes 19 structures and formal gardens. The Mansion House by Wilson Eyre houses H Gates Lloyd Sr. The Federal School building dates 1797 to 1872, oldest in Haverford Township, with Frog Tavern dating back to 1731 also on site.
Readers query about the traditional French song Plaisir d Amour as used on The Waltons and its misattributions. The column also settles celebrity trivia including Battlestar Galactica narrator, soap opera roles for David Ackroyd, Dick Maloof’s marriage to Mary Lou Metzger, John Barrymore’s height, the Les Miserables inspector, and Anthony Quinn’s Zorba the Greek.
A Philadelphia artist Violet Oakley is featured in a major survey exhibition in Swarthmore and Philadelphia venues, highlighting her murals for the Harrisburg State Capitol and other public spaces. The show includes studies, pageant designs from 1908, and portraits of friends. prints from Wallingford residents also appear. Exhibits run through late summer with related shows at PCA Morris Gallery and other local institutions.
Archbishop Carroll High School and E. T. Richardson Middle School bands won senior and junior high divisions in the Battle of the Bands at Granite Run Mall. Runners up included Interboro Junior High, Kennett Middle, and Holy Angels. Cash prizes were awarded. Balloons to race at Great Philadelphia Balloon Race start Saturday at 5 p.m. on Benjamin Franklin Parkway near the Art Museum, then drift toward New Jersey. Constance Moran, daughter of Havertown residents, won $50 for an airbrush illustration at Moore College of Art. Delaware State Arts Council plans a directory of cultural facilities and event spaces. Nancy Bartoshesky handles prep at 820 French St., Wilmington.
Auditions for a five member ensemble of Pete Community Summer Dren’s Theater Acting Company take place at 7 p.m. July 5 in the Springfield Township Building. Open to ages 16 and older, performers should present a three to four minute light monologue. Producer Jeff Johnston says four or five shows are planned during the summer starting in late July. A second round of auditions for the Playhouse in the Park’s Philadelphia Story runs 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the playhouse in Fairmount Park, with winners appearing in the matinee July 8 and in the festival afterward. Helen Hayes, famed actress, debuted on stage in New York in 1909.
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