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Word: stage (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...above and the work of the other two will be on exhibition on the stage of Sanders Theatre for two more days in the old time Ibsen drama...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: All This and Tennessee Too | 11/5/1947 | See Source »

Halasz' company lacked the Metropolitan Opera's roster of big names and its opulence; but it was also free of the Met's frequent stodginess. The actors did not move like automatons; the story was played, instead of merely being staged as pageantry. By careful auditioning, Halasz picked singers who looked, as well as sang, the part. Says he: "Generally speaking, you know, Tristan was not 50 years old, nor did Isolde weigh 250 pounds." The production, unhampered by clumsy stage machinery, had pace. Halasz had picked up some ideas from Broadway and Hollywood, including pretty girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera Without Opulence | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

John van Druten had his first stage success (Young Woodley, 1925) when he was 24. Since then, he has rarely been without a hit-if not in London, then in New York. His biggest: There's Always Juliet (1931), Old Acquaintance (1940), and The Voice of the Turtle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 3, 1947 | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

...wreaked Crimson hopes for an undefeated season right around Hallowe'en time last year. This fall, however, most of them are playing second string and Harlow's eleven has been beaten twice to date. The local bookies quote Rutgers a one point favorite, but the Crimson will have to stage a brilliant upset to equal or better this mark...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Fast Rutgers Eleven Makes Second Stadium Run Today | 11/1/1947 | See Source »

...long trip from Miss Williams' California swimming pool to the bone dry stage of the Loews Orpheum Theatre, and she made the trek just to be kissed. Previously she had been bussed 'by a downy-cheeked youth from Tufts, and even as Guidera was leaving, a somewhat abashed lad in a B.U. emblazoned sweater was espied wandering about in the lobby of Mr. Goldwyn's entertainment emporium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Timid Gridman Leaves Puckered-up Star Unrequited on Orpheum Stage | 10/29/1947 | See Source »

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