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Show 4 A Delicate Balance for the New Year The Salt Lake Tribune, Send ay, December "A Delicate Balance, the play that won author Edward Albee the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for drama, will engagement Friday at 8:30 p m. at open a East. Theatre 138, John Vreeke will direct the drama about an upper middleelass family living in Connecticut. Like Albees earlier play Whos Afraid of Virginia A Delicate Balance is "an almost poetic Woolf?. drama that probes the relationships of people in a tense, trying and confined situation. It exposes the raw nerves of their insecurities and poses questions of communication and loyalty." The play centers around Agnes, a determined, purposeful woman who thinks she must hold her household together and present a brave tace to the world; her husband. Tobias, retired and a man who cannot quite face up to life; Agnes' sister, Claire, an who sees through and scoffs at the alcoholic insincerity and pretensions around her and Julia, Agnes and Tobias daughter, who returns home from her fourth broken marriage. a Into this household arrives Harry and married couple, who announce to their best friends Agnes and Tobias, they intend to move in with them because some unnamed terror has driven them from their own home. The play was first presented on Broadway in 1966 with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn starring as Agnes and Tobias. The Royal Shakespeare Company offered the London production in 1969 with Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Hordern. The American Film Theatre included it in its opening season a few years ago and starred Katherine Hepburn. Paul Scofield, Lee Remick. Joseph Cotten, Kate Reid and Betsy Blair. At 138. Margaret Crowell will portray Agnes with Praia Conk as Totiias Marv Machala is cast as Julia with Chris Hall as Harry. Julie Russell as Edna and Elaine Vetterli-Browas the alcoholic Claire. Mr. Vreeke said he is trying to make the play positive, a difficult task considering the subject. Perhaps people will become more aware of themselves after they see this work and if that happens it will be a positive reaction "I believe Albee treats the subject (middle-age- , failures of the older generation) with such tenderness. .it was lovingly written. He handles these characters with a compassion that wasn't seen in his previous plays." Speaking of his 138 cad. Mr. Vreeke commented. This c ast is (he first complete cast Ive woi ked w it h whcie all the people are concerned about doing the show honestly and completely without being concerned with themselves as actresses and actors.' He said the show is long, but powerful, particularly in the final scene when Tobias delivers his lengthy speech. The play will continue Saturday and then Thursdays through Saturdays through Jan. four-wee- 28, 1175 E 3 k 138-2n- d n Edward Albees Pulitzer play about an unstable family will open Friday with j j (clockwise) Elaine Vetterli-BrowMary Machala. Margaret Crowell and Craig Cook. n, 'Hotlips is now on Broadway New name like lhat? I don't tel special. but in .special lu those kids. You have to stand back and relate to v our impact on TV. a Robert VVahls Voik News Writer By NEW A funny YORK thing happened to Loretta Swit on her way back to Greenwich Village Iroin Las Vegas, where shed played the pregnant Gooch to Susan Hayward's Marne. She stopped over in L.A. to see old lriends, and became a very big television star before she became the Broadway star that she had intended to be. That was five years ago. and recently Loretta (aught up with herself. She saw her name high over the Brooks Alk.nson Theater marquee. She is slaned as Doris, the i ole Ellen Burst vn created. ,n Beane Slades lable il moral in, cm. ralily , "S ire T.mc Next Year. And hers is a knowing and beaui.iuiiy timed pertoi mane e with eight wig ctiarat-s- . The Swit swath on TV was cut as Atim Nuts'. Maigaret Hculihan. the smash it . m M A S H," also known simply as Hot Lips. In convei tion. Lo'etla always releis to Margaret, not to Hot Lips This afternoon 1 was chased by a busload ol kids. I ran. and they trapped me in the Gaiety West. Exciting? Its frightening until you pull yoursell logelhcr and understand what a kick it is tor them to gel an autograph. "I have the same signature I've had all my lile. Loretta Swit. Of course its mine. Could you snake up I lud-e- il;.- -' Llali actor join- - Baibara Cook in a tom mg "Ai v Vvednes-da- , ' Gene Saks east her a, Gooch in "Aiai le, and was a big plus because it look her to L.A. never leally planned how it would happen. You don't make dales long in advance because i .iii (. something might come up. I've been available, and when you ret to know Gene Saks and Mike Franovkh and Larry Gelber. you work. "What it is is talent, plus training and getting them to know that you can do w hatever they give you. You build up confidence in them tor your work, and they talk about you. Then the name of the game is exposure. Although she's been signed lor a Broadvv ay season in "Same Time, Next Year. LmeMa said, she will not be absent from II " "It you're doing a TV sciits cbjiaclii. you don't have to know whats going on. You woik on a scene an a tv tract scene to you. winch later is lilted into the have a episode. Now with the play. evening with Ted Bessell. and we have to create and sustain a whole story line." 1 1 one-to-on- 1' llfi tour itlt Ernie Doose, a native Salt Lake City, is currently touring the southern states in a production of Fiddler on ol I he Roof. The show produced by Caranci Studios of New York will travel for 19 wetk- - before returning to plj-- . a 2 week run in . New York the end At Mr. Duose iciv ir- - jls of the tour will begin for a new musical. "Hark to be produced Robert Lissauer and scheduled to open in March. Mr. Doose attended Dixie College and Weber State College where he performed in several productions. Other creperformances with the Lagoon Opera House, the Green-Bria- r Theatre, the Pink Garter Theatre in Jack-seHole, Wyu. and others. dits include Mr. Doose is the son ol Salt Lake Cilv residents Mr. and Mrs. William H Doose. Magics sti a mystery (Continued From Page E-alter tricky Billy had failed to deliver the promised royalties for a revue. Rodgers and-Has One can imagine employing sailier language at the time. And speaking of language. the writing of "Musical Stages is unl) Rod-per- Loretta Swit, known to many as army nurse Margaret Houlihan on TVs currently stars in Same Time, Next Year." Calendar of Events SUNDAY, DEC. 28 "The Star of Bethlehem," Hansen Planetarium, 15 S. State, 2 and 4 c m continues Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday at 10:30 a rn.y 4 8 2, and p n ; Wednesday at 10:30 e.rr , Z and p m., closed New Year's Day. Handel's "The Messiah," featuring vocal students ol Edna Crowther Ririe, Highland Park Ward, 2535 S. Douglas St., 5 p.m. "My Three Angels," Silver Wheel Theatre, Park City , 8:30 p.m., continues Monday and Tuesday. MONDAY, DEC. 29 Holiday Showtlma, C. S. Smith Branch Library, 810 E. 3300 South, special films, shown each day at 2 p.m. through Saturday. No shows New Year's Day. "Sleeping Beauty," Theatre, 8261 S. Redwood Pd., 8 p.m. continues Tuesday, S p.m. Satuiday, 2 Green-Bria- r p.m. "The Nutcracker," Kingsbury Hall, 8:30 p.m., continues Tuesday at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, noon and 7 p.m. also Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Weber State College in Ogden; Jan. A at 3:30 and 8 p.m. at Brigham Young University In Provo and Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. at Utah State University in Logan. DEC. 31 All (tech Organ Concert, leutui '3 Clay Christiansen, St. Ma.-k'-: Cathedral, 231 E. U. 11:30 P m lst South, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, .'"I Plaia Su.le," 0 brUTheatre. S261 i ' wood Read, thro 8 P m., c'ni Saturday; J i sen ed n jes 5 10, FRIDAY, JAN. 2 "A Delicate Balance,'' Theatre 138, East, 8:30 p.m., continues Saturday; Thursdays through Saturdays through Jan. 24. "A Widow's Weary Way," melodrama, Silver Wheel Theatre, Park City, 8:30 p.m., continues Saturday. d SATURDAY, JAN. 3 Films for Children, Magna Branch Library, 6339 W. 35W South, 10 a.m. Read-Alou- d Storyline, R V, Tyler Branch Library, 315 Wood St'-eeMidvale, 10 a.m. Film Fun, Kearns Branch Library, 5350 S 4220 West 10:30 a.m. Films at the Library, featuring "Paddle to tne Sea" and "Little Princess," C.S. Smith Branch Library, 810 E. 3300 South, 2 P.m. failingly pedestrian, lather as it Rodgers (quite understandably) had no real interest in settling dovv n this sort of thing and talked it onto tape subsequently edited by others (he gives credit on a separate page to Stanley Green and Rita M. Chambers "for their help in researching materia!). Oddly, too, at least for a musician, he (uotinually subscribes to he blunder of I who increasapply the term "score" to both the ingly words and music fir a show (Rodgers alone, net ever in company wit fi Hart or Hammerstein, can take credit lor the scores of his various shows). What we mostly gain lrom Musical Stages" aside from details about the shows, anecdotes both familiar and unfamiliar, and reier-cnee- s to his firm family lile (Rodgers and his cherished wife Dorothy have always lived in considerable comfort evidently taking great pride in this and the pailies, birthday celebra'ions A . . ivan's H.M.S. ning Jan. Pinafore, runPat Davis will the famous direct opera. look at theater: vintage 1975 llliam Glover By Associated Press Writer NEW YORK Tallying up the 1975 theatrical t Bioadway, a booming area of theatrical experiment, was involved in a liery dispute that included demonstrations md protest rallies when Actors Equity tirsi iinpo.sed. then withdrew, a stiff vvayc scale. There was a significant decline, due to rising costs, in the previously important butler zone between dai ing and Broadway wariness. Major Lawsuits Utt-ot- year: Broadway's biggest musicals were A Chorus Line." "The Wiz" and Chicago." But there wasn't a hi i song any where. Among dramas. "Equus" bv England's Peter Shatter nabbed both the Critics Circle and Tony awards. The Pulitzer prize, however, went to 'Seasc ape" by Edward Albee. a native son. Personality headliners were Ellen Burslyn. adding a top actress Tony lor Same Time. Nexl 5 ear" to her him Oscar; a pair ol South Air,; an visitors, Winston Ntshona and John Kani who shared the main male trophy: ami Peail Baiicy. who became a member ol the U.S. delegation at the United Nations. Angela Lansbury and John CuDum won the lop musicial performer prizes. Double Backliip Most dramatic turnabout was a double backflip by ebullient producer Joseph Papp, who reversed policy at his Lincoln Center base by going back to a classics repertory, then canceled a loudly promoted project to showcase five new authors at a new Times Square beachhead. Altogether. 61 commercial and reperloiy shows reached Broadway. Eighteen are still around, not a bad percentage. Also on exhibit doling the year were 20 holdovers lrom earliei seasons,. Five productions collapsed en route to premieie and two oihers lolded alter opening performance action, both on ll.e Me, in Stem and mad. was generally upbeat and climbing despite a 25 day strike which blacked out much ol the Gieat White-Wabelore musicians agreed to a new contract. There were two major cralt lawsuits. One ended wiib the Supreme Court ruling that Chattanooga. Term . could not precentor and ban the musical "Hu. I.' in the ulher, a iederal panel in New York Jei ich.ci that the Society ol Stage Directors and Choieogropbcrs isn't a monopoly restraining trade. Hit National Endowment lor the Humanities (lingered loud protests lrom a lot of regional theaters which need all the tmancial help they can get. when it provided $250 900 lor an "educational tour" by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Kennedy Center The Kennnedv Center took the lead in theatrical celebration of the nation's Bicentennial with a year-lonproduction agenda after plans for a World Theater Festival Hopped on Broadway because nobody would ante the requisite The management didn't want critics to review Liza .Minnelli when she went into "Chicago" lor live weeks as a replacement fer Gwen Yerdon, recuperatLine. ing from minor throat surgery. And "A Cho'-upreviously appraised c:! Broadway, decided to keep iriHcs lrom the Bioadway iocaniatiou until it had be i n miming tor neo; iv three months The blackouls were only partially soSo.; e members ol the press bought ticke's a..d wrote tlicii opinions g Box-oiiic- e QmUtoQimctt) Ifs coming! and such, that have graced their years tois an appreciagether) tion ot the awesome industry of the man. The Nikon School Though he was constantly aware ol his good of photography esnsp lortune in having the brilliant Hart as his collaborator tor so many years, the businesslike and splendidly organized Rodgers was both appalled and saddened by the your opportunity to spend 1C houts with two Nikon experts, snaring their phclograpno knowledge and experience Whether voure a beginner ot a pro, youll find the N!kon School a truly S3SHBGESD BEEFEATERS QKE3 mounting alcoholism, and the concomitant lack )( s VS of dependability, that took llart's life at the age of 48. Rodgers lelt much more secure with Hammerstein, for whom hed written a as a kid and who was his senior by several years. Coming from a background similar to that of Rodgers and sharing similar views, Hammerstein was a man Rodgers could loudly describe as "a genuine man who abhorred night life, had a closely knit family and was devoted to a warm, charming, attractive v.ilc whose name also happened to be Dorothy. You won't find any real surprises m Musical On the other Stages. hand, it leads us caretul at:d informatively ly through She lirst 50 years oi so ol an astounding composing career and a record of Broadway success not even approached by any other writer, whether of words or music . production of Gilbert and Sull- Gary R. Bird will portray Sir Joseph, K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) in Promised Valley Playhouse . 1 Loietta grew in Passaic. N.J.. into a beautilul blonde with a large slice ol Polish ham m her. She crossed the Hudson River and studied acting at the American Academy and got her basic training with One F lankel off Broadway. "Books' I was always into them, acting the chai alters in my own mind and before mirrors. And lea tiling the lines. 1 didnt Know I was an aid ess. Eui v hen I stalled reading sciiots I widen!) realized Id been in basic training ever snue I learned lo uad." s a st admit of lile and the dtjmj Loretta about Greenwich Village and mie under Sir JosrpU. K.C . . YOU LOVED 4Kc. MIKADO BUT .... DOST MISS GILBEfSro-J-SiHllVAN- S HMS informat've and enjoyable experience Choose either of two sessions Friday Jk ; evening and all day Saturday, or ali dav Sunday and Monday evening The latter s usually less crowded. The fee of just $30 includes lunch on the fu'l day Fill in the coupon and mail it now with your check or money order, payable to The Nikon School of Phctograpf iy Or see your Nikon Oealer. TtaWRS p Call or come in for REGISTER HOW The Nikon School 623 Stewart Ave Garden Cify FRI. JAN. 16 your tickets - SAT., JAN. 17 early! Don't 10 A.M. be j (i . P.M. & 10-.3- -- 6P.M. SUN.. JAN. 18 10 A.M. 6 P.M. & MON., JAN. 19 7:30- P.M. N V 11530 Name. Address . Ci -- State . 10-3- promIsfd VALLEY PLAYHOUSE 1 32 So. 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