| Show FAMINE-FEAS- T Books Attraction Y Music Festival May Drama Deluge By JACK GOODMAN Thus it Is extremely Important month of May sees Lake coming into its own in so far as the legitimate theater is concerned Not a few drama lovers are expressing the opinion that this semi arid region is matchactivities with ing Its theatrical Its weather — a dearth of onstage events for several months followed by a veritable deluge During the next few wefcks the May Festival of the University of Utah theater will bring us Blanche Turka in A- THIS rthur Miller's "All My Sons” from — Paganini quartet PROVO won acclaim of Utah music lovers during the past season has been booked by Brigham Young university aa an attraction of the 10th annual summer music festival on the Provo campus Running concurrently with the summer quartet at the and will festjval begins June continue through Aug 20 Seven Paganini concerts along with other events to be announced later will be free to all BYU summer school students ’’Composed of four talented Belgian artists— each a "world-note- d musician in his own right Paganini quartet feature? a first Thurs- day May 6 through May 8 and one of the great Shavian comedies "Arms and the Man" from May 13 through May 15 with Philip Bourn euf and Frances Reid In starring roles Meanwhile Cornelia Otis Skinner visits the Capitol theater with her Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan” Friday May 7 The pity of it is that two such notable stage productions must conflict although the rival managements hope to hang the SRO signs at both Kingsbury ball and the Capitol night What with Friday "Water Follies of 1948” occupying the coliseum at the same time Salt Lake may at last be enjoying too much long of a good thing Wi this tripling of interest In things theatrical hereabouts It's time to call attention of the local reading public to a very Important survey on university and community theater activities just completed for The Saturday Review of Literature by George Freedley to find Mr Freedley pointing to Utah as "a hopeful spot” in which things theatrical have been spurred greatly by the 1947 Centennial Along with the largely unsung efforts of the American National Theater and Academy Freedley credits the work of university staffers such as Dr C Lowell Lees for the drama revival across the BU na- tion The "figures he cites to back renewal signs of this nation-wid- e of theatrical Interest also are well worth noting here Out of 35 university theaters surveyed only two — University of Minnesota and University of Washington — have produced more shows than our' own hilltop thespians who are credited wtih 22 plays season for the 1947-4- 8 This checklist includes such institutions as Yale Cornell ana Stanford giving our collegians cause for considerable pride In addition of 22 community theaters surveyed only the famed Pasadena Playhouse has offered more productions than the University of Utah theater which serves as both a campus and commu- nity center THE arts of course statistics cannot take precedence over performance But Kingsbury hall productions in which we’ve seen Orson Welles Katherine Cornell and Judith Evelyn were of caliber as were such purely local jobs as the recent "King Lear" In addition there are hopeful signs that a summer festival in the university stadium may come about through the alliance of the Utah Symphony orchestra and the campus theater Present reports are that four outdoor productions of major scope may be undertaken with a presentation of Shakespeare’s "Midsummer Night’s Dream” a distinct possibility ch i rd Organized in 1913 by SWANEE SINGERS chorus is planning another of its western tours and will present a benefit concert at Assembly hall Friday May 7 8:15 pm to defray ex- - The chorus of business and professional men di- rected by Earl Donelson and featuring Dorothy Kimball as soprano soloist will present concerts in Boise Ida Chamber Music Played at U Young clarinet Don Peterson horn and Howard Bleak bas- on soon In a Salt Lake premiere of Sextet for Two Horns Mr Peterson and Frank Wiley will play two horns with Norma Lee Marian Lois Smith Madsen violinists David Bennett viola and Glenna Carpenter cello In UNIVERSITY OF UTAH will present & program of chamber music under direction of Louis W Booth Sunday May 2 4 pm in Union bldg Prof William Peterson piano soloist will be at the piano In Beethoven's Quintet in E Flat Major Op 16 for piano and woodwinds while Prof Booth will play the oboe Dow H mil ENDS MON c7k i MOST EXOTIK3 DISNEY CREATION Wa&tVteiafi Schuman’s Concerto In A minor will star Helen Taylor Johan-nesse- n at the organ Tickets may be obtained from chorus members and will be on sale at Assembly hall preceding the concert announces Eph Poulter president !i SPECTACULAR STORY OF TEXAS’ ROAD FROM THE RIP-ROARI- BORDER TO THE BADLANDS! 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