First Professional Black Cast Stages Death of a Salesman
Baltimore, AP reporter Dick Ward stars as Willy Loman in the first all black professional production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Miller and Ward discuss race, casting, and the dream of success with Ward noting Willy’s humanity and Miller noting Ward’s fit for the role. The project considers an integrated cast but cites concerns from Baltimore black leaders about messaging.
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Little Tramp Returns to America After Twenty Year Exile
83 year old Charlie Chaplin arrives in New York ending 20 years abroad to receive honors from the Film Society of Lincoln Center and a special Academy Award in Los Angeles. He salutes the crowd and says he is happy to be back. Chaplin returns with wife Oona O’Neill and attends a two part festival at Lincoln Center featuring The Kid.
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Surrey Singers State Concert at Kirkpatrick Auditorium
The Surrey Singers of Oklahoma City University present selections from Broadway and Oklahoma in their annual home concert at 8 15 p m Saturday. Directed by Fred Mayer the program includes No No Nanette Guys and Dolls Oklahoma and Company with Mary Margaret Russell Rebecca McCord and other vocal majors performing solos and choreographed numbers. The group rose to prominence in 1956 with performances of Oklahoma at the Hollywood Bowl and in New York.
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Grand Canyon composer Ferde Grofe dies in Santa Monica
Ferde Grofe, creator of the Grand Canyon Suite and The Mississippi Suite, died at age 80 in his Santa Monica home after a decade of strokes. Born Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe in New York City, he lived much of his life in California and wrote works honoring American history and landscapes.
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Hardwar Upholds Meat and Egg Prohibition for Sacred City
The sacred city of Hardwar on the Ganges River in India bans eating meat fish and eggs to protect its sanctity from the slaughter of living beings.
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