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Show In Star Role r-i j ST r, I wW'! 'grid??'".' ' r : , V " V . . BEVERLY SILLS, popular Broadway singing star, will be featured in the University of Utah Summer Festival, July 6 to 18. Broadway Stars To Feature In 'IT Summer Festival Three of Broadway's top singing sing-ing stars John Druary, Beverly Sills and Grant Garnel have been chosen to sing the leads in this season's Summer Festival at the University of Utah July 6 to 18, according to Gail Plum-mer, Plum-mer, manager. The Festival will include Victor Herbert's gay, colorful operetta, "Naughty Marietta," July 6 through 11, and Verdi's popular opera, "La Traviata," July 15 through 18. A cast of more than 100 actors, act-ors, singers and ballet dancers will appear in each production, Mr Plummer said.' A huge stage 100 feet wide is being constructed construct-ed for the Festival, and banks of lights are being installed to obtain special lighting effects, he explained. Dramatic director of the Festival Fes-tival will be Dr. C. Lowell Lees. Musical director will be Maurice Abravanel, and choreographer choreo-grapher will be William F. Christensen. This will be the fourth year Ihis outstanding trio of artists has worked together to-gether on the Summer Festival. The dancing will be a special feature of this summer's program, pro-gram, Mr. Plummer explained. Sally Bailey and other nationally-known ballet stars will team up with the University Ballet grtfup to perform the colorful col-orful dances for which "Naughty "Naugh-ty Marietta" and " La Traviata" Travia-ta" are famous. The productions, as in previous pre-vious years, will be presented in the open-air "Theater under the Stars," at the north end of the University Stadium Bowl. Mail orders are now being I taken for seats. Mr. Plummer said, and should be sent to Summer Sum-mer Festival, University of Utah, indicating night desired. |