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After a change of director and two postponed openings, other edgy words surfaced-this time between first-time Producer Jerry Sherlock, an ex-fabric broker from Seventh Avenue, Playwright Edward Albee and Star Donald Sutherland, who was making his first stage appearance in 17 years. Sherlock almost ran short on his $700,000 budget, and the day before the opening Sutherland found that his paycheck had bounced, an error that has since been rectified. Says Albee: "One thing about Sherlock, he may not know anything about producing for the theater, but he certainly knows how to cut corners...
...previously scheduled July 4 closing date, then take the production to New Orleans, Los Angeles and possibly London as well. "She's the hottest draw I've ever seen!" he exulted. "The tension is building. It's as if every night is an opening." Even Playwright Lillian Hellman, who had refused to allow her Foxes to come to Broadway with other stars, has joined the Taylor fan club. "I've turned down a great many offers before this one," she says. "But Elizabeth is the right person at the right age at the right time...
DIED. Robert Cecil Romer Maugham, 64, nephew of Author W. Somerset Maugham and, as "Robin" Maugham, a prolific novelist, playwright and memoirist in his own right (Somerset and All the Maughams, Conversations with Willie); in Brighton, England...
That's why Simon's latest work, originally titled The Curse of Kulyenchikov and soon to be renamed Fools, represents a total departure for the middle-aged playwright. In The Curse of Kulyenchikov, Simon finally tackles a universal problem. Indeed, the play focuses on what promises to be the greatest challenge of our time...
...codicil to his will, the Austrian man of letters Arthur Schnitzler instructed that a needle be thrust through his heart to remove any doubt of his death. As a novelist, short-story writer and playwright, best known for La Ronde, he had already probed the heart of the Viennese haute bourgeoisie with the lethal needle of wit, irony and skepticism, and pronounced it irrevocably dead...