| Show Hal Schedules 7 2 Top Musicals Final two shows of the Valley Valley Valley Val Val- ley Music Hall Fall Season are Damn Yankees which opened Monday evening Oct 11 and Brigadoon which will start Monday evening Oct 25 Gretchen Wyler who created the incredibly fabulous role of Lola in Damn Yankees and played it to the hilt for forten forten ten iten months on n the New York stage has come to star in this same part at Valley Music Hall She is also famous forthe for forthe forthe the leading role of the Latin American spitfire in the winning award musical Bye Bye Birdie both on Broadway and in the subsequent Eastern tour Also receiving top billing in Damn Yankees is Jose Ferrer Ferrer Ferrer Fer Fer- who has done a greater variety of starring roles than anyone now mow on the American stage He received an Academy Academy Academy Acad Acad- emy Award nomination for his very first screen appearance the Dauphin in George Bernard Bernard Bernard Ber Ber- nard Shaws Shaw's Joan of Arc After that tour de force he returned East and established his much appreciated New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Center Repertory Theatre Theatre Theatre Thea Thea- tre doing everything from to ONeill The following following following fol fol- lowing summer he hit glittering glittering guttering glitter gutter ing stardom again with The Silver Whistle And so right righton on through his career Ferrer stars on Broadway stars in Hollywood stars in Las Vegas then he takes time to sing in opera direct and produce plays His current film is the Ship of Fools playing at two Salt Lake theatres while he plays Mr Applegate in Damn Yankees A magI magnificent asset to Damn Yankees is Brian Avery whose performance as the superhuman baseball player play play- er Joe Hardy who before the devils devil's machinations was just Joe Boyd the Washington Senators' Senators most fervent fan The San Francisco Chronicle said of Averys Avery's performance He is literally a golden boy of harmonies and possesses afresh a afresh afresh fresh ingratiating charm that perfectly complements Lolas Lola's machinations Damn Yankees plays until next Saturday October every night except Sundays with a matinee each Saturday |
