Finian's Rainbow Captivates Broadway and National Audiences
Broadway hit Finian's Rainbow dazzled for two years with Joe ule Harry Stockwell Marilyn Dey and Carmen Guterez in key roles. Lyrics by E Y Harburg and book by Harburg Saidy with producers Lee Sabinson and William R Katzell. Bretaigne Windust staged the show with Michael Kidd choreographing and Joe Mielziner designing the sets.
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E. Y. Harburg
Harburg
Fred Saidy
Lee Sabinson
William R. Katzell
Finian
Finian McLonergan
Bretaigne Windust
Michael Kidd
Joe Mielziner
Christ's Chalice and the Holy Grail in myth and art
Enduring term for the chalice at the Last Supper, the Holy Grail, sparked myths and inspired Tennyson's Arthurian verse and Wagner's Parsifal opera. The note links the Grail to literary and musical treatments of sacred relics and legends.
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Tennyson
Christmas Customs Carried To America From Old World
The article traces how European Christmas practices, especially the Christmas tree, were transplanted to America. It notes St Winfrid and Luther legends, the fir tree as a symbol of life, and how England and Wisconsin popularized the custom through Prince Albert and German immigrants.
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Martin Luther
Luther
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Albert
Wisconsin
Winter fire hazards rise says Chief Kessel
Fire Chief Adolph Kessel warned that December through February bring more fires due to heating hazards. He urged cleaning furnaces and chimneys, not overloading furnaces, removing combustible trash, placing portable heaters safely, avoiding kerosene boosts, inspecting cords, and keeping metal screens in front of fireplaces to prevent sparks.
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Adolph Kessel
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Kessel
Cake poisons Rus sian embassy attache wife in Rome
A large cake at a Rome embassy reception left 24 year old Mario Milin, wife of a Russian attache, collapsed after one slice and was hospitalized. Police investigate possible poisoning and motive.
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Rome
Mario Milin
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