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...Richard J. Cohen of Adams House and Waban; Robert C. Feldman of Quincy House and Chestnut Hill; Donald J. Gogel of Adams House and Livingston, N. J.; Benedict H. Gross of Adams House and West Orange, N. J.; Jeffrey G. Heath of Quincy House and Exeter, N. H.; Martin H. Kaplan of Dunster House and Union, N. J.; Ted R. Kohler of Winthrop House and Marion, Ohio; Steven E. Levy of Eliot House and Syosset...
...FINE balance between film and stage action used conjointly in Zone 2 is lost in Zone 3, "The Frontier." Here, the one-time deserter is shown as an old man, a famous general named Chestnut. Propped in an army trunk, he seems likely to die any minute and the comic foils around him-and Army press agent, his wife, his girlguide daughters "One-Eyes," "Two-Eyes" and "Three-Eyes" -play no logical role in this moral crisis. Perhaps, if only for that perverse reason, they are more interesting than General Chestnut himself. The old Man guffaws, clutches his chest...
...telling commentary on the whole evening was the audience's uncertainty whether to applaud once Chestnut's body was removed from the stage. The plot threads were that tenuous. A few glimpses of Chestnut as a baby, cub scout and young man were projected on the wall of the house, but these seemed only token gestures after the exciting film work in Zone 2. With greater selective judgment, Criss could have shortened this play by one hour and made far better use of his extremely gifted actors. Where he did venture into experimentation, he had solid backing from John Jacobson...
...festival was originally scheduled for the Boston College stadium in Chestnut Hill subject to the approval of the city...
After the Chestnut Hill Association, a neighborhood group representing 350 families, objected to the plan on the grounds that the event was not well enough supervised, Boston Mayor Kevin White withdrew permission Wednesday. White is currently a gubernatorial candidate in the September Democratic primary...