Community theatres drive bold new era in play production
Off Broadway may be faltering yet community theatres flourish with ten million annual attendees. Amateur and semi professional groups embrace complex, intellectual, and avant garde works from Samuel French catalogs, with schools and universities staging daring classics alongside Our Town.
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Hildegarde Dolson
Miss Dolson
Samuel French, Inc
New York
Helena
Montana
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Air Force
Christopher Fry
Great Neck
Long Island
Eugene Tonesco
Antigone
Lillian Hellman
Our Town
Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre
Indianapolis
Shreveport Little Theatre
Dock Street
Charleston
Kalamazoo
Reprieve Scoring Under Way at Todd-AO Studios
Leonard Rosenman conducts a 35 piece Hollywood jazz infused orchestra at Todd-AO Studios for the scoring of Millard Kaufman and Ronald Lubin's Reprieve. The Allied Artists film stars Ben Gazzara Stuart Whitman Rod Steiger Ray Walston Sammy Davis Jr Broderick Crawford Dodie Stevens Vincent Price Jack Kruschen and Carmen Phillips.
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Leonard Rosenman
Hollywood
Millard Kaufman
Ronald Lubin
Todd -Ao
Shelly Manne
Joe Mondragon
al Hendrickson
Joe Maine
Plas Johnson
Chuck Gentry
Harry Klee
Abe Most
Jack Sheldon
van Rasey
al Porcino
Frank Rossolino
Dick Nash
Dick Leith
Vince DeRosa
Allied Artists
Ben Gazzara
Stuart Whitman
Rod Steiger
Ray Walston
Sammy Davis Jr
Broderick Crawford
Dodie Stevens
Vincent Price
Jack Kruschen
Carmen Phillips
Kaufman
Lubin
Rhonda Fleming Linked Beauty to Hollywood Tragedies
Rhonda Fleming says beauty harms careers of many actresses, noting even Liz Taylor faced emotional delays. She argues that glamorous looks attract early contracts, but fade and ruin the star’s chances unless acting craft is strong. Fleming cites her own measured goals and the desire for personal privacy between tours.
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Hollywood
UPI
Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda
Liz Taylor
Miss Fleming
Frank
Duke of Earl Tops UPI Top 20 Singles List
Gene Chandler holds the No 1 position with Duke of Earl on UPI top 20. Bruce Channel's Hey Baby rises to No 2, while Kenny Ball's Midnight in Moscow climbs to No 3 and Dion's The Wanderer sits at No 4. Chubby Checker's Twist advances to No 5 as other chart entries include the Everly Brothers, Brenda Lee, Gary U.S. Bonds, Roy Orbison, and Kingston Trio.
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Chicago
Duke of Earl
Gene Chandler
United Press International
Bruce Channel
Kenny Ball
Moscow
Wanderer
Dion
Chubby Checker
Vee Jay
Smash
Kapp
the Wanderer
Laurie
the Twist
Parkway
Everly Brothers
Warner Brothers
Don and
Juan
Big Top
Her Royal Majesty
James Darren
Colpix
Brenda Lee
Decca
Norman
Sue Thompson
Hickory
Lady Twist
Gary
Bonds
le Grand
Charlie Drake
United Artist
Kingston
Trio
Capitol
Sensations
Argo
Dream Baby
Roy Orbison
Monument
Connie Francis
M-G-M
Smokey Places
Corsairs
Tuff
Dee Dee Sharp
Cameo
Billy Joe and
the Checkmates
Dore
Chip Chip
Gene Me Daniels
Liberty
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Broadway
New York City
Broadway Theatre
Cma
Sands
Mets Am
ULM
Sally Es
eMra Ie
Regent
Marlene Dietrich
Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong
the Riviera Hotel
the Riviera
Monte Proser
Daily Variety
Rodgers
Summerstein
the Gaylords
Ronnie Gaylord
Burt Holiday
Timi Yuro
Thunderbird
Vido Musso
Danny Costello
Glendale News Press
Danny
Apolinar
Johnny Rivers
Duke
Dallas
Lovely Lee Sharon
Texas
Lou Walters
Hotel Tropicana
Krbo. Radio ‘the A Pty Pere 1050
Bill’ Willard
Standwin
Congo
Kay Starr
Jack Wakefield
Louis Basil and His
Mordlandis
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