Show M M i fc ia i a v ir i r td c r 4 P lr rr S r 4 Jr I s 4 i vr r rr iri ar r aie rr I s f 4 Fr Q 9 p Y f f 2 r rO r t. t t y 4 l fi E J Jr jQ i a y r Jr r l r l r t r rr v 9 of ii r r r R w r 6 d e r d JI y t 1 o 1 r r r a f 4 td 4 t n r r fP f d J Jf f Wr r r rr N di e r r u S 4 d 15 fe 5 o r l m ray l S 'S y v 4 r 5 S r r r J JI I yi r 1 t I i ii i I l 1 r ru f i I y r f 1 r t r r Ar r r s r rr r 4 I r A r r f Kr w i f ip r p r 5 f l f d r i l r 1 F N t tS ti f l r r r d r r S i f l r rr r J l 6 i r 6 ry it f r s V Vr r T i J 1 i I 1 I f JI r.- r. j Tt 1 Keene Has The Ton Tony y said he would win wn They 1 to honors for his role i i AND FOR ONCE ONCE they y were right z f k Keene Curtis did win honors honors hon hon- M ors for his four different 1 3 l roles in The r. receiving the Tony award for the best supporting actor f jJ- jJ tiff i i F in a Broadway musical KEENE who spent most of his younger years in Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- is a son of Mrs Polly Curtis 95 South East Bountiful His younger brother broth broth- er Hal teaches speech and dramatics at Davis High School z Keene made his debut at atthe atthe atthe the age of two lower lefthand left lefthand lefthand hand picture when he did the Charleston and sang Red Re Red Robin WHEN HE was eight or nine years of age he built builta a stage and gave shows for forthe forthe forthe the neighborhood kids While on A n U TT S P r i i 1 j 1 1 I I t MS M a r 7 J S 7 t r 1 N ti e eyA f i. i I Jc yA r S r t j J t 4 fr 5 L po p- p l' l i o 1 r r I J t M 1 y r t t tJ b J t J L LP r J r rf I 1 M. M OJ P f 0 r f r i ih I t j r tA f i h I 1 r If J f. f 4 I 1 i l' l J d pi J t. t J i H t q J ii f l J 2 ft f. f r 1 to l J i. i r I I. I f fay 4 ay i Ag r Ie J wr f frY rr rf Jr rd 4 J t r rf f I accepting the Tony award Keene noted the only other prize he had received for acting was a soup can with witha a Tootsie Roll in it He was also in operettas at Stoker School but it was his first speech class in junior high school that really got him the theater in his blood From then on he knew just what he wanted to do AT DAVIS High Keene took parts in musicals and plays wrote a one act play which was produced there I He won scholarship to Denver Denver Denver Den Den- i J a a. summer ver Dramatic School Continuing his studies at the University of Utah he played in Shakespeare with Orson Wells Later he went to Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood and took the same rolls there in a movie Keene received received received re re- re- re his BA degree in 1947 and his MS in 1951 writing his thesis on the Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian Theater DURING world war II he spent three years in the navy reaching the rank of Lt JG He was assigned to toa toa toa a in the Pacific later being transferred to Hawaii When he came home it was was' with the desire to return to New York and try show bus bus- iness SINCE THE early he has been based in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City For about 12 years he worked with the technical theater serving as stage manager for productions of the late Guthrie McClintic husband of actress Katherine Cornell 10 He also managed several of Gertrude Macys Macy's plays and traveled over the world managing the appear appearances of the Martha Graham Dancers and the programs of renowned renowned renowned renown renown- ed opera stars LATER HE joined actor- actor producer Ellis Raab and actress Rosemary Harris in informing informing informing forming the prestigious APA Repertory Company and nd won great critical acclaim Helen Hayes Haye j joined joined- i the group For Forthe Forthe Forthe the last two and one-half one seasons their plays were presented presented presented pre pre- at the Hudson Theater in New York City When they decided to disband dis dis- disband disband dis- dis band AP APA A Keene took an extended extended extended ex ex- ex- ex tended trip to Europe then accepted a part in the Broadway Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way play A Patriot For Me He moved on to the The liThe In Indians Indians Indians In- In then into info the part of the father in Colette FROM THERE he went into the coveted part four-part character role in The liThe childs chills Keene entertains often in I his elegant bachelor apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment on West End Avenue overlooking Manhattans Manhattan's glit- glit I skyline on one side and the Hudson River on the other A WALKING bundle of energy he never sits still long For example while waiting his turn on stage he crochets |