Performers talk about the jitters and stage fear
A roundtable of Met stars shares nerves and thrills before live performances. Leontyne Price says the theater trip is the trigger while Mirella Freni and Vladimir Horowitz describe focus, relaxation, and anticipation as essential.
The Americans A Social History of the United States 1587 1914
Review of J C Furnas The Americans covering daily life in colonial and later America. It praises the research scope from pre colonial times to the 20th century and notes humorous, provocative anecdotes on eating bathing and travel.
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The
United States
J.C. Purnas
G. P. Putnam's Sons
John Barkham
Hike JC. Furnas
Furnas
Wastern
Europe
Ohio River
Lake Evie
Hudson
Niagara Falls
Harper's Ferry
Muscle Shoals
India
Britain
Thackeray
Cape Cod
Saratoga
Scarsdale
N.Y
Moving Through the Book It Becomes Something
A fragmented narration hints at a shifting process as the text moves through a book. The line suggests transformation or passage from one form to another within a literary context.
London actor turns old warehouse into successful theater
Bernard Miles converted a Thames side warehouse into the Mermaid, a ten year old London theater of community roots and mainstream impact. He mixed audience with performers, used brick sponsorships, lunch shows, and riverfront dining, creating a durable venue that fed Hollywood and West End stages.
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London
Old Warehouse
UPI
Bernard Miles
the Mermaid
The
Hollywood
Broadway
West End
Alfie
Miles
Sean Kenney
Lionel Bart
Thamesside
Puddle Duck
Harold Arlen in Hollywood LP Spotlights Forgotten Composer
Harold Arlen receives a one man LP spotlight from Monmouth Evergreen titled Harold Arlen in Hollywood. The set features eleven top tunes including It’s Only a Paper Moon That Old Black Magic and Over the Rainbow highlighting Arlen as the writer over more famous peers. Rusty Diedrick arranged and conducted the performances with a veteran rhythm section. The article recalls Arlen’s early career at the Cotton Club Revues and notes his painting pursuits and autobiography Happy with the Blues.
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Arlen
Monmouth-Evergreen
Harold Arlen
Hollywood
Richard Rodgers
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
Rusty Diedrick
Arold Arlen
Milt Hinton
New York
Arten
Harlem
Broadway
Buffalo
Samuel Arluck
Jan Peerce
Richard Tucker
al Jolson
Edward Jablonski
Union Man memoir shows candid labor leader McDonald’s rise and stance
David J. McDonald memoirs recount his rise as United Steelworkers president and ally of Philip Murray. The book portrays inner union politics, clashes with I W Abel and John L. Lewis, the Taft Hartley Act impact, and McDonald’s influence during Kennedy and Johnson eras.
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David McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
McDonald
Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
Steelworkers
Abel
John L. Lewis
Kennedy
Johnson
Pittsburgh
New York Public Library buys Sean OCasey papers
The NYPL's Berg Collection acquires Sean OCasey manuscripts, including 25 notebooks and 27 typescript packages, galley proofs, and the unreleased three act play The Harvest Festival submitted to Abbey Theater in 1919. The library paid in excess of $100 000 to the playwright's widow for the material.
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New York
New York Public Library
Sean O’casey
O’casey
Abbey Theater
Mary Costa A Communicator On Stage And Screen
Seattle interview profiles Mary Costa a Met singer since 1964 who treats performance as communication. She recalls Disney Sleeping Beauty voice work, early Tennessee roots, UCLA study, and advice from Jack Benny. She notes her Met debut in 1964 and ongoing aim to communicate across venues.
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Seattle
Mary Costa
Metropolitan Opera
Costa
Tennessee
Marv
Walt Disney
Mr. Disney
Mary
Princess
UCLA
Chrysler
Jack Benny
Met
Mario Chamlee
Benny
Leonard Bernstein
Euridice
Vancouver
Canada
North America
Sol Hurok
The
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella
Jack
Hunter writes Sons to help save his own generation
Connecticut summer party leads Evan Hunter to write the novel Sons. The book follows three generations of a family through World War I World War II and Vietnam, arguing America’s maturation and the cost of war for youth. Hunter balances serious fiction with occasional McBain crime detours.
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Hunter
Connecticut
United States
Evan Hunter
Gerald Green
Edwin Gilbert
War
Vietnam
Doubleday
America
Tylers
Pouna Ridge
New York City
Mair
McBain
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