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Old summer theater hasBOSTON — (UP) — The summer theater movement is 70 years old The so-called Citronella Circuit (nicknamed for a mosquito repel lent* began at Peaks Island, Me, in 1887 and now is a network ofmore than 200 intensive training center* for Broadway, television and the movies.TTie players love it, and so dlt; the customers, in increasing num bera yearly.The summer theater has become the lifeline of experience foi youthful thespians who have smal I chance to break directly into thi I Broadway theater these years. I Neophyte players add to theii Iacting experience by making aetrl and learning first hand the intri I caries of stage lighting. The young I players aJao get a chance to rub I elbows with professionals and ap I pear before the public — and gel I paid for it. INew England, where the aummei I theater began, still is the mos I important part of the circuit. The ILake Whalom Palyhouse at Fitch I burg, Mass , established in 1893 I and the Lakewood Theater neai I gkowhegan, Me., which started I about 1900, still are going strong I Latest count shows there are 9* I straw hat theaters In the six state I region. Box office receipts are ex I pected to top the $2,500,000 marl I this summer IThe popularity of the summe Itheater moved southward fron I Cape Cod into Connecticut anc I New Jersey and westward Into New I York and Pennsylvania. Summe' I theaters also flourish in Delaware I Maryland. Virginia, Kentucky I North Carolina and are scattered I across the country to the Wes' I CbaaL ;Summer productions of spertar I uter Broadway musicals »uch a,* I Oklahoma,” and South Pacific' Iattract almost a» much attentior I til scaled down hot weather ver Isions they did originally. Thou Isands of theater goers who wer* Iunable to get tickets for origins I productions flock to the summe I theaters. INew plays are bom and other! I are revived on the straw hat eir I $ cuit. TV star» such as Imogen* I : Coca and Faye Emerson use th* I summer productions to get the fee I 1 of playing before live audiences. I i
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Columbus Daily Telegram
Columbus, Nebraska, US
Tue, Jul 16, 1957
Page 21
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