Europe tour notes from Oklahoma theater group
Crankings on a typewriter recount a 17 day Europe tour led by the Oklahoma Community Theatre Association conductor. The piece covers travel delays via Paris and London, New York to Paris, a Chevalier tribute, Folies Bergeres, the Lido, and Zizi Jeanmane in Las Vegas and Lawton. A stop in Lawton traces Zizi’s jail incident before a postponed performance.
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Notes From Paris A Theatre and Opera Tour Report
The writer describes cultural experiences in Paris including the Opera Comique with Menotti operas The Telephone and The Medium and La Boheme at the Opera House. A Mo liere Imaginary Invalid was seen at Comedie-Francaise but a New Year’s Day performance was canceled due to a electrician strike. The Louvre visit offered another Mona Lisa view.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Comedie-Francaise
Louvre
Texans Discuss Little Theaters in Brussels Meeting
Ed Graczyk of Midland Texas will represent the United States at the International Amateur Theatre Association council meeting and playw rights colloquium in Brussels. He and Art Cole of Midland Community Theatre will discuss amateur theatre as a testing ground for young authors and share playwriting experiences with 29 writers from other nations. Graczyk is Theatre Centre playwright in residence and founder of the Pickwick Players, with six youth musicals and several plays published, four in England.
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