8 C1!11h1111hm.1, ili!;pntrlr SUNDAYJEB. 21L 1965 X
HUNTER HERE-Kim Hunter, star of Hunter has the lead in· next week's pro stage, screen and television, paused to duction of "Anastasia" at Otterbein Col primp a ,moment before a mirror in lege in Westerville.-(Dispatch Photo) Danny Deeds' Hideaway·. recently. Miss J}/JJJTTERBEIN CAMPUS . . . Kim-.':~ullter; left, guest artist for the March 4-5-6 Otter~rn .College Theater production of "Anastasia," KlM,HUNTER HERE.FOR -OTTERBEIN PLAY confem with Deedra Bebout upon her arrival at the W~fervihe campus. Miss Bebout, junior theater stu dent. from Wellix:gton, has been serving as understudy ; for Miss Hunt~r. Curtain time is 8:15 p.m. for all three performances., The Cowan Hall Box Office, 882-3601, is open for reservations 1-4 OsCar Hold@r.;,JZii . ·. . ·..... ' . '• , .· !
\By~NED STOlJ!I'· . Kiili HJnter ..:.:_ she of the delightf1,1l,tilt o[eye, the thin and e11cllanting upper lip and the ~Jlt~l- facial_.bones shared aflioqtb with. me in .a Dowritowli C:olumbus 'bistro the o Miss few mioot• away from ;e h e a rs a l .,for "Anastasia," a production which will be of fered by Otterbein at Wes- ' terville next Thursday, Fri day and Saturday. WE SPOKE of many things: theater, marriage, u nm a r- .. riage, the innate savagery of children and the care and chief writer last year for part "I've never tackled the feeding of writers. ''Thaf,W;is. the W-eek That part of . a dowager b e fore , Was," :and'.·fhe- mother of a . · .. '· Now and then I called her 20-year-old daughter .· Cathy gomg ·to_. twice_ my age-al "Stella"--:-but she didn't rip and an 11-year-old sdn, Sean: though when I ~tarted in the my shirt. . ·.· :,• . It . has been an astonish- /:zi!:·/ Miss .Hunter ·keepsJ1er bal- theater, I sometimes played lngly long time since that :c·•>, ance' between· the ·demands parts where I was· twice the Streetcar Named Desire • of career and family, age· I was then." · trundled the byways of New · Miss Hunter won't contract . Just as we were getting Orlean·s to bring Miss Hunter for :extended-to u rs on the kind of folksy together, Ot her Oscar.award and she,· road; but she's currently toy- terbein dramatics chief doesn't. stand around In her > i11g ,\Vith: the idea of ·a sum, Charles Dodrill •came in to shift afthe top of stairways ; mer:~_ck:rolil this season in whisk Miss Hunter off to re anymore. ·:•j "Rattl~.of a Simple Man," a hearsal.. plilyilfwhlch Tammy Grimes J AR,"- you should \., starr!!~)ll NewYork:'''. 0, , ''THEY LEFT l\fE to contem bra ~elf for the .lnfot• •.\,;:, ' ·.r fr .··. :·, .• ;:,+~~ :. . p1jlte a lemon twist and th\nk ma!i ~pi;n~d in New. York >ffi HER;APPEARANCE J-11' of the iron work In the French in December of 1947. Whilefc,.;J in "All!ista~la''. is, th,:Jl rs t Quarter. the years between may have!;:.} time;::-She's> unde);t,aken ·this she'd torn n1y shirt. bruised some o_f us,_t.hey h_ava[•·.~-:.;_·,_·_; been re~rka~~lliitilMiSS >,:11 llun!~r, • ._:,,:,';r~,?,""::.s:. :1_,,,:, Actress Kim Hunter, who will be guest star for Otterbein Terrence Heffernan, general manager of the Players · ,College Theater's presentation of· "Anastasia," attended Club, inspected e display highlighting some of the ,;.a.,reception Tuesday for·the Art Council's Winter Show• events. 1 \ ,;1n~e. ;·., ~ .: .• 1 • ,·~, ·., ,, , \~ .. ·a,.Sfowc:Cise· . Of .Arts:. ., ...... ··Jtip:,;s,··:J,;\+.,:; .. ·.. \ t.:..,.~ .• :,:/~;:.;) o···su·~o·· · · , o .c , d t1 · .ympnony,. · pera n. a en ar Jl''Jo BRAD~Y REED ··" through .March 6. The coun- · It will be at. 8 p.m. Wednes- Capital University's Band , ft· c1,1 ...:,1oum11 s11'.ff-w,11or, ell ,is made up of cultural day in_ OSU's 'Mershon Audi- Concert in Mees Hall: the second. Winter Show- group$ banded together to torium. At 8 p.m. Friday, also OSU Buckeye Band at 3 p.m. • of the ~ts sponsored work fot the co n tin u e d in Mershon, Carlos Montoya, in Mershon, and an Instru e Arts Co 'ncil of, Co• growth of t_he city._ Its ulti- Flamenco guitarist, will ap- !Dent~!. Concert at 4:30 p.m. d uTu d t mate. goal 1l! creation of a pear. m Tnmty Church. s, opene es ·ay. a C~tural j::enter her~.. · ·\ SATURDAY nd Sunday March events include a umbus Qallery of Fine •·. · · . · a ' th t t 3·45 · ·.. · " • · · · THE PERIOD from Feb. 24 Feb. 27-28, at 8 p.m. in OSU's you concer a · p.m. th ~ rec~ftion for through March 6 'will be Hughes Hall the Ohio State March 4 in Veterans Memo organizations of the highlighted. by Din~ musical University Opera Ensemble rial by the Minneapolis Sym- , '.r,}ley, now total 24;, ', -vents. The Indianapolis Sym- will be Mard. Four .events phony and the regular con highllghting fields phony, with(violinilit Hehryk are scheduled for' Sunday, cert at 8:30 p.m. that eve- avallablcno<,Columbus S~yng,. will be the first Feb. 28: the Symphony-Gal- ning. T~e Columbus Sym get. under,WAY M!!nt;onjh~ ,Showc~se calen- lery Concert at 2:30 p.m. in phony will P;rform at 8:30, d conth1ue d ., · the Art Gallery; at 3 p.m., p.m. March Sul.Veterans Au-, · di tori um. i Officers of the Arts Coun-i cil of Columbus this year are: Hunt~r.,;To'Sta· Mrs. Phillip Knies, president; Kirn Mrs. Peter Mykrantz, *eel president; Mrs. Frank Bent-, ley, treasurer, and Mrs: Eu- · ·ln''.Otterb~~i'n; D~a.i~l gene Yontz, secretary. ' " ' .t,.i The Otterbein C o I I e g e for which she .was honored Theatre announced Wednes with the Donaldson and New day that its annual profes York:Drama'Critlcs' awards.· sional Guest Artist visit will Het.,repeat' pr ance' lh be made·this year by Acad tile' fllin version Iier'the emy Award Acad~my. A"'.arf,t\th, ii, winner, Kim Hun t e r, ac-' AMONG ot'K~R~'f~s· cording to Miss H u n t e r"~laye't( l~ Director "Stairway to· H'e'a'ven." Charles Dod "Storm Center.!'! '''.Bermuda rill. Affair," "The. Young' Stran This is the ger," and her latest, "Lilith," f o u rt h sue- (l was released last October. cessive s e a On Broadway she played son that the opposite Claude Rains in 0 t t er b ein "Darkness at Noon," and Theatre has Miss Hunter · was seen also in "The brought a p r o f e s s i o n a 1 Ch as e," "The Children's stage and screen personality Hour," and "The Tender to the Westerville campus. Trap." Hans Conreid initiated the SHE HAS appeared on tele Guest Artist program with vision. Some of her more his appearance in "John recent guest appearances in Bro\vn's Body" In 1962. He elude roles on "The Nurses," has been followed bv Ed "Jackie Gleason," "Arrest Begley and Arnold Moss the and Trial." "Alfred Hitch past two seasons. Miss Hun- cock," "Eleventh Hour," and ter, will star in otterbein's "Reckoning." Last year she March 4-5-6 production of also was seen on "That .Was "Anastasia." the Week That Was,"' and Kim Is, Guest Artist Hunter: is perhaps "Mr. Broadway," and her Kim Director:prtha ~tambaugh (right) looks over the script best remembered for her most recent role was in an portrayal of Stella in the episode of "The Defenders,'! fo~ th~ ~tte~be1n College production of "Anastasia/' Elia Kaiian ' production' of whicp be, seen by Co-' w1th_·'.Pr\ilf~s1onal guest artist Kim Hunter at .first re-- w.ill .. ,~,e&ts.a1$.,fNtlss Hunter is featured as the Dowager Em Tennessee Williams' "A lumbus :¥ea., a,~:f,\;~~ c e.. , ;,,"P,r:es~Jri the ~ar;h 4-6 staging of the classic Guy Bolton 8 1 drama, Curtain 1s 8: 1_ 5 ·eac_h evening in.Cowan Hall.· ;::t::;,:e:~:u::~,::: ·:.""'."".-l-_,..T-~~~;~{:;~~~~fs.:,,~ · Cast Discusses Parts In ~a,7 "7ith Director Central Ohio ·resldenta cast In the Otterbein Coll~ ·theatre production of "Ana• 1tasia" Include (from left) Ted Prltch!l,rc:L Columbu11 Joh4y Martin, 26 Cherrington Rd., Westerville: FrancH Kearns. Gahanna: and "Pete" Dodrill, 103 N. Vine St., Wea• tervllle. At far right 11 Ortha. S. tamb.. a. ugh, Worth. l.ngton; ec.. tor. of the play which will star Academy Award wlnnez: JClm Hunter;March ,&-.t.• .al;Cowan Hall, · _ · ,_·.· ... - • · ' .' '"' · -(Photo by Donaldlcln). '~Our Familiar, A'rea~ _Fa~es To· Be -Seen .:l:n .~A-n· sta·sia' By NANCY NORRIS. was.,;_· member of tll~ Worthing- · hlo ,Vnlverslty with a master's A popular radio announcer, a_ toli :Players. Martin will be seen gree 1n theatre arts, Mrs. Do~ former ·member of · the "Four· 1n, "Anastasia" as Counsellor 11111/;ted In five seasonsofsum- Wlnds ·vocal quart&t, a veteran. Drlvfnftz."' , , . ·· . er atock throughout Pennsyl- summer stock actress, and a 1. ·'NE\VER FACE. 1n•·the co-< vanla, New York and Ohio, 'homemake_r with hidden talent -- lumbus. theatre arena Is .that"ofj; Slnce coming to Westerville, these are the 1fdur central Ohio Ted Pritchard, ·a•_former two-~: he hasbeenseenln"Tartuffe" residents .who wlll appear 1n the year . member, of · th&' ."Foux•:' nd ."Love's Labour'sLost"wlth March 4-5-6 otterbeln College Winds" vocal'groupWlthwhlch·he" e Otterbein College Theatre; Theatre production of ' 1Anastall-. made'flverecordlngsandtoured ~ peared 1n "The Tender Trap" la." · > J :•/ .· both the Vnlted States and Cana- nd designed three sets for Cur- . Cast 1n the "town alld ·go:wn•~ da/' · · . 1 • In Player,, and designed the en- presentation are "Pete"Dodrlll, .,: Pritchard settiedlnColum~ ,_: e cast of costumell:fortheUSO 103" N. Vlne St., FraMes Ke- tour.' ;i'.eus1agQ, toll!)Wlng ,- l~CI- _ ,; of ihoi Otterbein Theatre's arll8, Gahanna; Johnny Martin, mmer stock' seaSOn af Cape, w; "The Boyfriend."\_ · 28 Cher tnrto11 . Rd,J. ~d Tlld Cod lllll llt-llPPt&riUllllt '#1th thlll 1i While a~ .Penn State and Ohio ~,:i>!~""'-'' ct~Mlii)lll~j',•f!t:'ts· · , bntverstij,· · $he appellred In a : ''"RIserved seat tickets for the workl'*" with 'woeu~TV. In. 4..-,1' Vantly of ~tage producttcins; l~t show Whlch"wlll feature protea- own showr"Kldstutt,"' · · •q' 1 er ''taulltt speech abd- creative slonal guest artist and Academy A fine arts ·graduate ·. ot, iOhlo dramlttlcs . at the University of Award winner Klni'Hunter, are University wtthatheatremilJor, Kansas; directed a creative dra currently..a,t sale at ·the Cowan Pritchard was seen by many cen-. .matlcs program at Evanston, Ill,, Hall bOI!: "8'fflce and at Gifford's, tral Ohio summer theatre fans and was. heard on her own chlld- 18 N. State St. . · ' during hlsfrequentperformances" ren•s1 radlo show. She will play BEST KNOWN LOCALLY of with POG and the Kenley Play- the Baroness Llvenbaun In "An• the· four "town" cast members ers last summer. He appeared astasia," ''111 Johnny Martin, popular WRFD In five Playhouse arena produc- THE PART OF VARYA will radio announcer and morning disc ttons and In "Tovarlch"; and be acted by Frances Kearns, a .Jockey. , ·. , ' "Take Her, ·She's Mine" at Ken• Gahanna resident, who recently ' Altho~tlri has been with ·. ley. · discovered an Interest In and a the Worthlngtonstatlonforl!lght He ts a member of Player's flare for community theatrepro- years he has found .time also for Club, Gallery Players, and the ductloi)s, a variety of theatre· actlvltles~ Old Worthington Players. In add- She has been seen 1n two Cur- He has appeared prevtously In ltlon, : he appeared · 1n several lain Players• • shows since· she otterbeln College -Theatre pro- 'productions for the Ohio State J61ned 'the group last March - ductlons of"TheG~bO,""Tar- University andStadlumTheatres. "The Tender Trap" and "Plc tuffe," "The Diary of Anne Fra- He ls cast 1n "Anastasia" as nlc," This wlll be her first ap nk," and "J. B," He Is a mem- Prince Bounlne, the leader of a peararice with the ~l'beill Col ber ,of the Nationwide Players band of opportunists who plan to lege Theatre, i~. ; ; ) anl, appeared with them at the use Anastasia to get at· her fat&- Directing the produc\fo.n 'la ·' , .Theatrelnthreeplays er•s money,, ,,:,;,, ' Mrs. Ortha Stambaugh_,'Woi:1h- lnclud1ng the lead '"PETE" - DODRll.L 1-i,tfe. of' !ngton. Mrs. Stambaugh lsrepla- ,, or . regular ott~be!n Theath btrei>\;; clng Professor Dodrill who ls on has'~~ed at tor Cwµ"lfS l!>odr ~- .,a.\sell\e_ster ~ •-worll!,.-; veter -·· ,,, · ,. -... ,., : -'~at llate" 'ind;, Qiolutttbu,11 lliupatcfr 7 ; . ~~~UN0A~B.J~~965 HEA'l'fBS·-,·; - ~""•·• ~':;"~"'-~'~ 1 .g.end/ ! ~~"J;fX:- O tterbein Play A young amnesia victim '*;·, exploited by a ,band of op; I portunists is. the title-role· figure in flhe Otterbein· Col •,:•etlie· •J ', ' --~ lege Theatre's next producf asli1.'''1a)td' tion, "Anastasia." The- play . . bout'1the;''di · will be staged March 4-5-6· of long-thought-d~ad daugb with "Town and Gown" cast a , ter of the Russian 11aµ( and professional guest artist,: dar, Kim Hunter.· · ·. a long-run stage hlt,'.it('the; "Anastasia" is· based· on -.1955 New York iealson, ·will legend but with faets drawn 'bethe~ext play.at Ottet-, from actual histoty. In 1927, beit1\College · whetei'lf -.will nine years· after the Russian open,·a ·three-hight:-run· Czar's entire family was sup· March 4. ·' ' • ,... ·.: . :.-:· > , posed to have been shot by' A "town ,and gown°,prQ, a firing-squad, word began · ductio11, "Anastasia's"/- cast to spread that . the Czar's will be heade'd by·profes youngest daughter had es .si!mal guest , a r ti.st, ·Kim caped ex ee u ti on. Three ,fflinter .as the ·imperious· ·; swindlers plot to obtain some · Dowager Empress who must: of the hug11 fortune left by_ 'decide 'whether the girl pos• the Czar· ,for his children lng as Anastasia is re a Hy when they djscovef a bedrag -her granddaughter. Cast as gled; homeless girl who is in the starving, amnesia victim a state of shock and bears of the title-role will be Mari• A .young amnesia victim ex some· resemblance to the Jou Holford, Otterbein jun- ploited by a band of q,portunlsts Grand Duchess Anastlasia. ior. . ' ls the tltle-role figure In the ~ Ted Pritchard, familiar for, terbeln College Theatre's next TIIEY RIG her up as a .·production, "Anastasia," The claimant Jo the imperial mil his work ,on WOSt1's '1'Kid lions._It does not occur to ,s.tuff,'''and._ hi{firie perform·· play wlll be staged Mal't:h 4, 5, them that the waif they are : ance as a summer stock .reg 6 In Cowan Hall Auditorium with rehearsing for her fradulent 'ular .· at Playhouse . on . tne. "town and. gown" cast. role might really be Anas Green, will be featured as The '(town an'd gown" cast tasia. the urbane chief of a band which will bring the drama of The moment of meeting_ of swindlers who intend ,to "Anastasia" to life ls headed between . the girl and !her gain access to the:,czar's by professional guest art18t K!rll supposed grandmother, the money by passing. their be• Hunter who will be seen In the Dowager Empress, is a mo wildered amnesiac·'ofh,s the role of the Dowager Empress; ment of trial, suspense, and · ess, nev,er suipect, and Marilou Holford; Otterbein pathos. It has been termed tias-. Junior from San Gabriel, CalU,, one of·tbe" greatest scenes in ,tic.,T'·•·'·<-·-,"'" ,rho wlll play Anastasia. theatre. Miss Hunter will :• Others In the cast wlll be Ot play the tole of the Dowager terbein ·students Doug Bennett, Empress with Marilou Hol Sprlngfteld; Gordon Cook, Day ford, . Otterbein junior from . ton; James Granger ,Plttaburgh San:•. G f.P r:i ~ 1,, Calif. as Pa.; Alfred Hood, Phili.delphhl, Anastasia. : ,, ·· , . . Pa,; James Mauter, Bloomdale· -,James Mlllton, Ashland; and Tha~ J,la Nlklde1, Dayton. : ' , , Deadra Bebout,'; Wellington, ,wlll understudy for Mlils Hunter . until .her arrival In Westervllle, , TOWNS1>EOPLE' CAST lnclu .de J9hn Martin, 26 Cherrington Rd,; a name and face well-known ,. to listeners_, of WRFD Radio and .Otterbein theatre-goers; "Pete" · Dodrlll, 10~ N, Y~e St, taml- . Uar 'for her prevlojis I appear~ ances In Otterbein and Curtain Players• productions, Also, Frances Kearns and Ted Pritchard, both of Columbus, . Pritchard was seen on WOSU i TV's "Kldstuff," and In num- ! eeous University Theater, Sta dium Theater, Kenley Players, and . Playhouse-on-the-Green productions. The play is under the dltec- , tlon of Mrs. Ortha Stambaugh, ; Tickets wlll go on sale Saturday, / Feb, 20. I
Director Ortha Stambaugh, far .left, has selected four. Columbus area residents to appear with· Acadeiey Award winner- Kim,Hwu.r in the next Otterbein Col,f~: lege theater. production of "Anastasia" on , March>. 4-5-6, They are, from left, "Pete" ,Dodrill, Westervilli; ,Johnny Martin, Westerville; Frances K_earns-~Gl¥lanna; _: and Ted Pritchard, Columbus. ., · , · '"'"- "· ·- "• ·:' : qo_,q Fir~·; .~o ,,, . ,,$ A•··Gu st'·'Artist ··· A .female · professional guest artist ls being ·sought tor th41ftrst time by ',the Otterbeln''O0llege A· feminine professional ,Theatre f<>T tts l9~19$5'play guest: ahist .is being sought season. 1 ,1\}f"" for theffirst time. by the' Ot In the past thre · terbein: College Theater 'for fesslonal 'guest ar . "W.~.brought to the· Westervllle amplls have its 1964-65 play season. In the " Anastatia " Pl\~t three years guest artists all been men. The have.includ brought to the · Westerville Thursday and Friday, ed Hans Conreld , ~~'appeared campus. have all b~n. male January H and 15 have 1n "John Brown's Jipilyt' lnl961- actors. (hese incruae: Hans been set for tryouts for the 62; · Ed Begley ui'Mr. Zeus tn· Conreid,.and Arn~l~· Moss. third major production of the "J.B," 1n 1962-68;'1ndlArnold Moss w dlrected~appeared Th~r· the'lli,'est,,r season. Readings will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Cowan will be,'l!een in' t\Jlbtitlecrol of "~,.4tas,il1/; ;schedtiled Hall. be proilitced,,wtth · a · "town The great drama "Anas and go~,h" casf :\heVthird tm,in" by Guy Bolton will a, be produced with "town nnd play of the theater season. Other: shows .. sch!!duled are: gown" c as l. Otterbein students are urged to attend the tryouts. Scripts ' of "Anastasia" nre available in the Centennial Library for. those who wish to read the play.
~~ p,m. · in Cowan Ha Au or um. · The show will be Guy Bolton's . great drama, "Anastasia," and I will be produced with "town and , Parallels gown" cast and a female guest i artist. ·• , Students and townspeople alike .' Law Case may · attend the tryouts. Scripts The 'An a st as i a legend of "Anastasia" are available ln"' could be proven true legally College Llbtary,_ by the time Academy-Award winner, Kim H;unter, ap pears March. 4-5-6 as Gde~t Star in the ,Otterbein· col lege Theatre production, of Guy Bolton's play revol~ng around the claim of an hn, known waif to be the daugh ter of Czar Nicholas of' Ru.it. sia. f\~~ ONE OF SEVERAL,;p~r'. sons to lay claim to the I title of Grand 'Duchess of Rus sia, Anna Anderson ap peared to be niaking head· way ip her fight for legil recogqition as the true An~ tasia Thst. week. · Doctors testified. at acourt .Jllt__ (!!11lut1tbue miaµntrl1 hearing that Anna, now 63, . * * *__ f BIP_A UlB....26. 1965 bears marks of what could .Investigation !b_e making headway i~ her have been physical violence. O·r· '.!'r ' fight for legal recognition as ATTORNEY CARL Woll . .'Legend the true Anastasia last week, , man used the testimony to Contilll1es Doctors testified at the court ' substantiate Miss Anderson's ._~t hearing that Anna, now 63 claim that she was the only The Anll}ltasla legend could bears marks of what could . member to escape the fir ~e provenitrue legally ~Y t~e have been physical violence. ing squad and bayonet death rd suffered by ,the Czar's fam time ~cademy Awa ' wm- Attorney Carl W o 11 man ily in the 1918 Bolshevik ner, Kim Hunter, appears used the. testimopy to sub revolution. , March 4-5:6 as guest star in stantiate Miss A n de rs o n's The Cowan Hall Box Of the Otterbein College Theatre claiJn that she was the only fice has opened for ticket production of Guy Bolton's member to escape the firing sales. For r e·s er v a ti on s, play revolving around the squad and bayonet death suf phone 882-3601 ·. any, week· claim of an unknown. waif to fered by the Czar's family in day aft~noon" Mis · ter be the daughter' of the. Czar t~e 1918 Bolshevik revolu- wili'be,Jeafurew'.ln of Russia. ' bt~1o_n~. ______.as .Anastasla\Jl!Al\ One of several I persons to :\'/' :'' the Do,wageri ;Empress lay claim. to the' title of S+>· RuSsia .. .-. l·;•/::i~~ -1·:-}(t/·r \~ · Grand Duchess of Russia, •·· · Anna Ander on appeared to ;Music And Theater **** Mon., Mor. I, 1965, Cols., 0. \ ·~_na_stasia' Something To $ee;. Music And Theat~r Broadway's Kim Hunter, Stars 'Pinocchio' Set For Hartman; , llllfill!!lh~. _;;.; ·:IM!:&t.-¥WWW.W.¥MWWW By RON PATAKY Special Event For Youngsters: This-week at Otterbein College, they've pearance). Not only Is her work .)>elievable; parlayed an extremely capable guest artist, she also has managed to convey the illusion a talented supporting crew and a just-fair of age with considerable adeptneu,\ , drama Into an unchallenged winner, lgnor• She Is thorough, and correct; ,and, Tl the perform~nce aeemi somewhat unirisplred, Ing place and show altogether. the- effect· should ·be attributed ,to th;\jrole Also exciting is the Otterbein College The guest artist ls a delightful gal itself rather than to _Mias Hunter's lntetpre production of "Anastasia," which opens a named Kim Hunter. The play ls "Anasta• tation. The part 11 hardly a1 tour ~~- force, .thr~e-day run Thursday of this week at sia," which, along with the Winnie Ruth owan, Hall, on the Otterbein campus. TED PRITCHARD, In his usuiif: excel ,: .1\"M ' Judd-affair, ranks as one of the remarkable , lent form, Is convincing and lo~thsome as GlJEST'STAR is Broadwa mysteries of the century. · 1 er,.~ho's not only a deligh the conniving Bounlne, wlJ~ JIJii Million IF YOU NEED to be enlightened on. omf of the best actresses and Ed Maurer perfortnlng!:well· as bis un-' Miss Hunter's career to date, you're simply now w,hat the ticket situatfo\1"11 ·at this not up on your theater. For the Stella role scrupulous sldeklck1. Fran; Kearns, Ken olnt,. ~\J.t It looks like one you wo1ft want in "A Streetcar Named Desire," she copped Smith, Gordon Cook a11,d Johnny Martin to mll!l,, · both the New ·vork Drama Critics Award prove an admirable (If youthful) collection and an Academy Award, for the legit and In, other major roles. -, film versions, respectively. Pete Dodrill, wife of Prof. Charles Dod· The rest of her credits would fill this rill, has some funny momenta as. the Em column-and that would be decidedly un· press' dizzy companion, the Baroness. Cast fair to the others Involved in a solid pro ls rounded out by Jim Granger, Marilou duction. Holford, Doug Bennett and Thalia Nlkldes, "Anastasia" opened Thursday night at all of whom are successful 1n,.·their rela Cowan Hall. It will run· through Saturday, tively minor contributions. fl . with an 8:15 curtain each evening. The pro r,, duction's quality makes It something that . TO THE CREDIT of all c . should be seen. , . not an exclusive evening for Rather, it turns out to be a DffiECTOR Ortha Stambaugh; filling In act and react kind of thin for Otterbeln's drama chief Chuck Dodrill, fair play seem · a better pl does a commendable job of pulling to works with admirable restr ng and gether a script that, at best, qualifies as taking as the script, rath&r than her atatu, one of the fair contemporary dramas. Some as the only "pro" on the stage, dictates.. of the dialogue ls clumsy, even though This Is no more than one might expect there are moments when emollonal impact from an actress of her,.Impressive back reaches higher. ground. However, such expectations fre The Otterbein prefduction . makes the quently are met with. disappointment as New Simon Comedy most of both. the \>leal?1md the strong, the ego conquers good theater sense; Not so resultant effect being a product which Is this time· around; '· . , -~ , ' considerably Di • · with electricity Like 1965 Broadway than. ls -the sc 'm HUNTER:lswhat·we' • ,,- . '\! oughbred. With her·help/t • By RON PATAKY ii!!iiii\\!h4ffiN@,hL, . ,, IIJI,SS JiyN'i'ER plays the Dowager Em· gether quite . an evening fQ press, a woman of nearly 80 years (no small wants to wander In th . : · ''Barefoot ·in The Park," which opens because he couldn't do any better anyway feat in Itself considering her youthful ap- erville this ·weekend. · ' . Mbnday at the Hartman, Is In imminent -and knows it. danger of losing Its reputation as the funni THOSE ARE Albee's characters. Holly e$t comedy In years, 1f things go as pre wood, however, in typical fashion has other dicted, it'll lose the crown Wednesday ideas. night. So it is that the film leads in "Virginia >-The new champion will have been pro• Woolf" are Richard Burton and Liz. Doesn't duced by the same writing-directing team the perfection of the casting just over- that produced· l~Barefoot"-Neil Simon and whelm you? . ' Mike Nichols. It's called ''The Odd Couple." and ls rumored to be even funnier than its A MISTAKE: Last week, I did it! And _: Welcome-Kim H~ri~lt,r mu_ strious predecessor. the resulting letters would seem to indi- ' . Westerville today welcomes one ofits newest tempor~~!i · cate that banishment and/or eternity in a ·1,nos Kim Hunter, the second Academy /<"9:1'.~ ~~}~ be I\_ , , · I SPOKE WITH an agent In New York shallow, untended grave would be too good our community In the past three years; , Monday,' and was told that now, even be· for me because of it. The attractive actress arrived In Westerville the first part of the fore the reviews have been written, there Reviewing llie otlerbeln College pro week to begin rehearsals for the upcom!ngOtterbelnCol!ege Theatre are lines stretching for blocks to get tickets duction of "Anastas la." which starred Production of "Anastasia" which will be staged March s-,e-_ln_,s,owan fot the new comedy. Broadway's Kim Hunter March,_. 4-6, I mis· Hill , Out-of-town reviews were fantastic. It read the program, consequently crediting This marks the fourth consecutive year that the college bu brOu&ht 0 certainly appears that Broadway has a new the wrong actress with a major role. It was to the community a 0 namt\l.1 to take a key role ln the annual town kingpin comedy-and just when it needs an honest error for which I now apologize. and gown" production. · Miss Hunter will be welcomed by our community with 11\8 same one. It also appears that, no matter how NEGLECTED, WAS a lass named Mari you stretch It. the team of Simon and friendly, open arms that have greeted and won the respect and,~ove Nichols is the hottest things In years. Jou Holford· who played the title role- of the three -..ho preceeded her. . and played it well. The fact that she was Indications of the cooperation already extended ls:that Howard Speaking of Mike Nichols, some of you constantly in the stage company of at least Johnsons Motor Lodge, Rt. 161 at I-71,- have graciously pr~ may recall that we announced several a couple of seasoned performers makes her their largest suite, free of charge during her stay here. . , ~ weeks ago that he's been signed to direct performance even more impressive In that Vincent DeFellce,. owner of Vlncen~ Motor Sales, has pr • .,, his .first picture-(get ready) "Who's Afraid she held her own throughout. her with the use of a new car during her stay and certainly m~; 0!; Virginia Woolf?" I trust this rights an unfortunate \\Tong. more courteousles will be extended to the guest star ~,th~- 0,. ,, THAT'S A BIG order for any cat's first There's no defense ... I simply got careless couple of weeks, ·. , · • .;..· "·:,...!. westervllle Is proud to have Miss Hunter as a tempor-, re...... ,u flick-even Nichols-but the funniest with a program cast-list. and It Is the alilcere'bope of the entire community, that like others "~oolfP ltein Is the casting. RECORD WORLD: Jaylene Gray, attrac- who have been here· llld seen the friendly atmosphere,,tbat she. will Keep ,_In mind, that the two central fl!(" .tive Columbus vocalist currently appearing return In the not too distant fllture, juSt to visit and mfft thOee IJI'!!s are. a middle-aged professor and his at the Neil House. has a new record out on hope = middle-aged, wife. ·she's so unattractive, the Brandt label. Tunes are "Wandrin' Kind become her friends tjur!ng -this visit. 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. Potential greatn~s(,b6c§tift from Texas, who displayed ,hls terity anct formidable ii~*ettei audience Wednesday night \) It takes more th:m "mu~iJ' cianship, de X t er it y andr lHiss Hunter power, however, to ma~~. keyboard mast!'! r. i~to) l(in1 Hunter Is artist or mat;urity and deP Appearing As :.Vlost of the notes were the flawlessly struck and sfru Guest Star together. What· was so Academy Aw a rd winner, times lacking was the poet/ Kim Hunter will star in the the man himself. } fourt,h an n 'u al professional And this can be revel guest star production at Ot- only as inhibition is 4 terbein College. Director of doned, and as subtle sha( Theatre, Charles Dodrill an- of nuance are allowed{ nounced today that r-ii i s s 1~m of expression. Fr4 Hunter will appear as the w1ll come through; Dowager Empress in the Ot- dence, and c on f id/ terbein Theatre production of through experience, Gf "Anastasia" March 4-5-6. , fine pianist a few yea, Miss Hunter is perhaps best ing which to ripen, i remembered for her portrayal ~esults may be as s> of Stella in the Elia Kazan m softer p ass age. production of Tennessee Wil- heavier ones . . liam~' ,:'A Streetcar N~med JUST now, taking De_sue, for which she re- day's presentation ;; ce1ved the Donaldson and ple, Mr. Davis is at' New York Dram a Critics' when his fiery fo Awards. Her .repeat ~erform- furiously flying thr ance in the film version won age figures of sho,,i for her the Academy Award. power. The first of Prokofieff's Sor was like that, :me qua lilies, brillian I again in the lasr climaxed a rea Accidents 1 YEAR FOR YEAR ,964. 1965 26 17 ABOUT AND FOR THE WESTERVILLE AREA
ED EVERY THURSDAY SINCE JUNE 27, 1861 WESTERVIU.E, OHIO 43081, ifHURSD~Y, FEBRUARY 4, 1965, Vol. 97,
110 May ar uote Us Saying r k F r ' astasia'
The Otterbein College Thea A ware for her part in the mod tre announced today that the an tion picture version, Her other nual professional guest artist Broadway credits include "The visit for this season's March pro Chase," "The Children'sHour," duction will be made by Kim "The Tender Trap," and the role Hunter. opposite Claude Rains in "Dark Miss Hunter may be seen today ness at Noon." on "The Defenders" from l(J.. No stranger to either Holly 11 p,m. over WBNS-TV (Chan wood or television cameras, Miss nel 10), Hunter has numerous films to Miss Hunter, an Academy her credit, the latest being "Li A ward winner, and experienced lith" which was released last Oc n ' my acquaintance was actress in all media-stage, scre tober. She also has made many :ed last Sunday in chur en and television, will be the first television appearances including . "My slip was showing female guest artist hosted by "The Nurses," "Breaking Po 1't know it until I got the Otterbein Theatre, according int," "Arrest and Trial," "Al to Director Charies Dodrill. Pre fred Hitchcock," "Jackie Glea my opinion, is one of vious guest stars include Hans son," and "Eleventh Hour," City Council urged City Mai· 'S with a woman ---- Conreid l.n 1962, Ed Begley in She will appear as the Dow ager Thomas Bay to go ailp:1 1d $19,95 for a beau 1963, and Arnold Moss in 1964. ager Empress 1n Guy Bolton's with a plan presented by Bay I· and then be annoyed MISS HUNTER is perhaps best drama, "Anastasia, to be pro encourage industrial develor· remembered for her portrayal duced by the Otterbein College ment in the Westerville area. of Stella in the 1947 stage ver Theatre Thursday through SatQ Bay feels that a long-rangP sion Tenn!?ssee Williams' "A urday, March 4-5-6. industrial development progra1:. should be devised that would ar Streetcar Named Desire." She The box office for "Anastasia" that I was a gay young later received the Academy will open Feb. 20. ouse citizen support and a,tlo11. The city manager said he bP Saturday night and so KIM HUNTER lds ice skating. lieves the municipal government ii didn't do so bad -- can help the cause in four are;i~ to skate again after lanners Re rgan,ze 1) It can act as 3 cal3ly<' ;ittings. bringing together per sons and or 1!11 Ill ganizations who have resourc0.,. either in time or money to ;a.I * * * * nd IS_CUSS on,ng in development. u ever noticed that City Planning Commission re 'rhear usually sounds dences between land zoned for 2) IT CAN SERVE as a roor organized for 1965 at their Jan, ,re exciting than what industrial purposes. d!nating agency, a central poiri· 27 meeting and re-eJected John LAND BETWEEN the present from whicll sub-groups ,an on .. hear? t;' Tn1tlr,,,... 1 nn. .,...,.,.,._1..~-1 A---