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Jean Louis Barrault is one of the towering figures of the French stage. A brilliant mime and tragedian, he has also been a potent instigator of dramatic innovation as director of the Théâtre de France, giving world premières of works by such playwrights as Beckett, lonesco and Genet. Last week Barrault interrupted rehearsals at his company's permanent home, the Odéon Theater on Paris' Left Bank, to announce that he had been dismissed as its director. The coup de grâce was administered in a curt letter from...
...Everybody, from Shirley Temple to Bonnie and Clyde, not to mention the Golddigger singing-and-dancing lovelies, is represented in this new variety series based on tunes and events of the '30s. Comedian Paul Lynde guest-stars, Joey Heatherton and Frank Sinatra Jr. cohost. Premi...
SANTA FE OPERA, N. Mex., was completely destroyed by fire last July. Rebuilt at a cost of $1,750,000, it is scheduled to reopen July 2 with Puccini's Madame Butterfly, followed by six other new productions, among them the U.S. premières of Hans Werner Henze's The Bassarids (Aug. 7 and 9), conducted by the composer, and Arnold Schoenberg's Die Jakobsleiter...
...summer-long professional-talent search gets under way tonight in San Francisco. Young performers selected from eight other regions will appear in subsequent weeks, and a final grand winner will be named at series' end in September. Lloyd Thaxton hosts. Premi...
SHOWTIME (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). In a cabaret setting, guest performers from Britain and the Continent join guest hosts in London on a series of international playbills. Tonight Shelley Berman introduces Britain's Matt Monro and Wales's Shirley Bassey. Premi...