Word: stage
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hand-carved ceilings, and a commode from the palace of Frederick the Great. Evening concerts are held in a 1,500-seat outdoor theater, a short walk away from the main house through a medieval gate from the palace of the Cappellettis (Shakespeare's Capulets) in Verona. The stage of the Venetian theater is built around three dozen 9th century Greek and Roman columns that were smuggled out of Italy several years ago and subsequently bought by the owners of Caramoor...
...rare order, the court has just declared that Baltimore police may no longer stage raids "where the belief that the person is on the premises is based only on an anonymous tip and hence without probable cause." Sobeloff stressed a key reason for the decision: "Lack of respect for the police is conceded to be one of the factors generating violent outbursts in Negro communities." And he pointedly quoted the late Justice Louis D. Brandeis: "If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy...
...scheduled première night of the Ypsilanti Greek Theater last week, there was a plywood stage covering the infield and classic columns standing in front of the bases of the Eastern Michigan University ball park. From the home-team dugout, a 16-piece orchestra played eerie music, specially composed by Iannis Xenakis, while 1,500 gowned and black-tied first-nighters took their blue-cushioned seats in the weather-beaten grandstand. The guests included Broadway Actress Rosemary Harris and a clutch of local politicians, but this was one première where it was more important to see than...
...MacRae, Jane Morgan, Teresa Brewer, Connie Francis, Bobby Vinton-providing everything from songs and arrangements to lighting and makeup. No detail is overlooked. They scramble into the rafters to scrub the grime off the spotlights, hustle around a club blowing out the candles because "they detract attention from the stage." They wire the singer's microphone through an echo-chamber box, or provide a cordless shortwave mike that transmits to an FM receiver hooked up with the sound system...
...throaty voice is pleasant enough, but not even 135 lighting changes could disguise the fact that as a stage personality, she is strictly run-of-the-nil. But no matter; Rosemont has $50,000 tied up in Bobbe, and she is currently riding the crest of a super-promotion campaign that should carry her for months to come...