Betsy Beel’s dramatic rise and planned return to drama school
Betsy Beel leads high school drama as vice president and president of the Playmakers Club, wins district best actress, and competes for Miss North Carolina. She attends Woman’s College, joins Masquers and Dolphin Seal, aims for drama school in New York after a dress theft setback, then moves to High Point as a model and sales correspondent while hoping to resume acting studies.
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Playmaker’s
Eve
Chapel Hill
Woman's College
Masqueraders
Dolphin Seal Water Ballet
Bailey Dormatory
North Carolina
Maria Beale Fletcher
Jaycees
Betsy
Charlotte
New York
W. C
Stella Adler School of Drama
Durham
Betsy Beel
High Point
Alderman’s
Tam
Drama Critics Circle expands eligibility for best play award
The Drama Critics Circle broadens its rule for the annual best play honor. Previously limited to new American works, the award now may be given regardless of national origin.
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New York
Drama Critics Circle
Greensboro boycott censure by city committee
In Greensboro a mayor's committee censured Negro groups using boycotts and picket lines to desegregate restaurants and stores. The report urged equal treatment without illegal activity and supported private property rights while promoting negotiation. A separate note from New York announced a Broadway revue based on Don Marquis writings with John Effrat producing and Edward Anthony directing.
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Greensboro
N.C
Committee On Human Relations
Citizens Committee For Community Improvement
New York
Broadway
Don Marquis
John Effrat
Edward Anthony
Peter Howard
State's Economy Setting Record in North Carolina and Region
Wachovia Bank indexes show North Carolina at 124.7 and the southeastern region at 116.5 in November 1962 with yearly gains of 7.4 percent for the state and 5.7 percent regionwide. For 1963, a continued high prosperity is anticipated depending on federal tax cuts, with GNP around 575 to 580 billion and consumer spending rising, especially for services and non durable goods.
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North Carolina
Southeast
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Wachovia
Southeastern
English Speaking Paris Theater Aims To Open
A Paris based group led by Countess Paola de Rohan-Chabot plans a permanent English speaking theater in Paris. The project seeks to present the best of American and British culture in the French capital. The first season would include Golden Boy The Children's Hour The Millionairess The Zoo Story Look Homeward Angel and The Death of Bessie Smith.
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New York
Paris
Paola de Rohan-Chabot
United States
Great Britain
Bessie Smith
Novelists Adapt Own Book for Broadway in 1963
AP reports Peter Feibleman, novelist, adapting his book into a Broadway play titled A Place without Twilight to be directed by Joshua Logan. The drama centers on a mother whose actions unintentionally cause her son's death.
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Joshua’ Logan
Gilford Directs Die Fledermaus at the Met
Actor Jack Gilford, amid A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, takes on opera directing for Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera. His prior role as the jailed character gave him insight into the Viennese divertissement.
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New York
Jack Gilford
Gilford
Forum
Metropolitan
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