Auditorium Theatre Program; Dec. 7-8, 1961
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AMERICA'S MAGICAL MUSICAL DECEMBER 7-9,1961 SO. CUNTON at Community MEIGS ST. PLAYERS Rochester Stage Premiere PLAYING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 THRU SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 (EXCEPT MONDAY) SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE PERFORMANCE All Seats Reserved $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00 CAST OF 35 INCLUDING JANE ALLEN MESSLER, ED BEGLIN, HARRIETTE BISHOP, STUART BRUCE, EDITH FEDER, ROLAND HAWES, MILTON SHARES, JAN SPARKA, JAMES TRAVERS, ALAN ZIEGLER BOX OFFICE OPEN DAILY 10 to 9 Reserved Seats $2.00 - Friday and Saturday $2.50 Season Tickets Still Available - Save 1/3 It's Smart ... to meet your friends at the Make your next theatre and concert evening. TREADWAY complete. Start with dinner for cocktails ·at 'TREADWAY INN EAST AVENUE AT ALEXANDER BAker 5-2060 Kevin Whittake-r ,_ Innkeeper AUDITORIUM THEATRE DAVID MERRICK presents CARNIVAL N.Y. DRAMA CRITICS' CIRCLE AWARD MUSICAL with ED AMES JONATHAN LUCAS JO ANNE WORLEY JOHNNY HAYMER ALFRED DENNIS SKEDGE MILLER HARRY DE DIO RUDENKO BROTHERS and SUSAN WATSON Music and Lyrics by BOB MERRILL Book by MICHAEL STEWART Based on Material by HELEN DEUTSCH Settings and Lighting by WILL STEVEN ARMSTRONG Costumes by FREDDY WITTOP Musical Direction GILBERT STEVENS Vocal Arrangements by SAUL SCHECHTMAN Orchestrations by PHILIP J. LANG Dance Arrangements by PETER HOWARD Associate Choreographer GENE BAYLISS Puppets Created and Supervised by TOM TICHENOR Designer and Supervisor of Magic and Illusion ROY BENSON Coiffures by MICHEL KAZAN Production Supervisor: NEIL HARTLEY ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM BY MGM RECORDS Directed and Choreographed by GOWER .CHAMPION Table Tops COMPLETE TREE SERVICE Mirrors Spraying - Bracing - Feeding Removals - Stump Removals Windows AJAY CRANDALL GLASS & MIRROR TREE SURGEONS COMPANY 1 23 ·ALLIANCE AVE. 1348 Clifford Ave. HA 6-2873 GR 3-0365 CAST (In order of appearance) Jacquot . ....... .. JOHNNY HAYMER Mr. Schlegel . ALFRED DENNIS Grobert SKEDGE MILLER Roustabouts ROBERT AVIAN, BUCK HEL LER, ROGER PAGE, OSCAR TORRES Cyclist . RON SCHWINN Miguel ito TORRES Dog Trainer . HARRY DE DIO Wardrobe Mistress . YOLANDA POROPAT Harem Girls JERI BARTO, STEFl PETERS, PAT TROTT Bear Girl . BARBARA ANDREWS Princess Olga ....... JUNE EVE STORY Band LITTLE ANGIE, CHARLES PANELY, FRED BENNETT Stilt Walker . .. .... OTTO PIRCHN'ER Jugglers . ..... RU DENKO BROT HERS Clowns . GERRY O'HARA, TONY DARIUS Strongman . TAYLOR REED Gladys Zuwicki . .. ... ... .. .. .. .. ANDREA ESPE Dresses Suits ewettINC. Coats Lingerie 600 PARK AVE. Millinery GR 3··8850 FOR HONEST TO GOODNESS For Your Album of SATISFACTION, CALL . "CARN IVAL" STAUB'S STOP IN AT FOR YOUR LAUNDRY AND MONROE DRY CLEANING You Will Be Glad You Did RECORD SHOP BR 1-4200 772 MONROE AVENUE CAST Gloria Zuwicki . MARY BRADY Gypsy . JUDITH McCAULEY Marco The Magnificent . .. .. ... .. ... JONATHAN LUCAS The Incomparable Rosalie .. .... .. .. .. .. ... JOANNE WORLEY Greta Schlegel .... ...... ........ ....... ... .. .. GINGER MICHELS Lili ....... ..... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. SUSAN WATSON Paul Berthelet . ED AMES Blue Birds . BARBARA ANDREWS, JERI BARTO, ·STEFl PETERS, PAT TROTT Aerialist ... .. .. .... ..... ...... ... .. ...... OTTO PIRCHNER Carrot Top Horrible Henry . ED AMES Marguerite Dr. Glass ..... .... .... .. ....... ..... .. ROBERT BROOKS Place: The outskirts of a town in Southern Europe For Pleasant Used Book Browsing ... WELCOME TO GILBOY'S HOUSE OF BOOKS 197 CHESTNUT ST. OPPOSITE THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB BA 5-801 ACT I MUSICAL NUMBERS 1. "DIRECT FROM VIENNA" Rosalie, Schlegel and Carnival People 2. "A VERY NICE MAN" . lili 3. "FAIRYLAND" . Puppets 4. "I'VE GOT TO FIND A REASON" Paul 5. "MIRA" . Lili 6. "SWORD, ROSE AND CAPE" .. .. Marco and Roustabouts 7. "HUMMING" ....... ...... .. .. .. Rosalie and Schlegel 8. "YES, MY HEART" Lili and Roustabouts 9. "EVERYBODY LIKES YOU" Paul 10. "MAGIC, MAGIC" Marco, Rosalie and Lili 11. "TANZ MIT MIR" The Bluebird Girls 12. "CARNIVAL BALLET" Lili, Carnival People, Townspeople 13. "MIRA" REPRISE . Lili 14. THEME FROM "CARNIVAL" Lili and Puppets Christmas Treat! "THE NUTCRACKER" ·BALLET DELIGHTFULLY DANCED BY The MERCURY BALLET Olive McCue Director TWO PERFORMANCES Eastman Theatre MATINEE: WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27-2:30 90c, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 EVENING: SATURDAY DEC., 23 at 8:15 P.M. $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 A Civic Musk Association Presentation ACT II MUSICAL NUMBERS 1. "YUM TICKY" Lili and Puppets 2. "THE RICH" ...... ... .... ......... .... .. Lili and Puppets 3. THEME FROM "CARNIVAL" REPRISE . ......... Lili and Puppets 4. "BEAUTIFUL CANDY" ... .. ... ... Lili, Puppets and Vendors 5. "HER FACE" . ......... .. ...... ......................... Paul 6. "GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE DE PARIS" .. Jacquot and Carnival People 7. "I HATE HIM" . Lili "HER FACE" REPRISE . Paul 8."GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE DE PARIS" REPRISE Carnival People 9. "ALWAYS ALWAYS YOU" . ...... ...... Marco and Rosalie 10. "SHE'S MY LOVE" . .. .. .. .. .... .. ... .. .. .... Paul UNDERSTUDIES FOR "CARNIVAL" Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the . performance Far Mr. Ames-Robert Brooks; for Miss Watson-Judith McCauley; for Mr. Haymer-Skedge Miller; for Miss Story-Janyce Ann Wagner; for Roustabouts-Mark Holliday. WHEN YOUR HOLIDAY PLANS INCLUDE Private Parties Banquets (large and small) Wedding Receptions Ovrnight Guest Accommodations You'll want to remember our complete range of services and facilities For more information Please Call GR 3-6301 Towne House MOTOR INN and RESTAURANT MOUNT HOPE AVENUE AT ELMWOOD . WHO'S WHO IN THE DONALD'S CAST 46 EAST AVE. SALON ED AMES (Paul Berthalet) HAIR FASHIONS BY During the period that Mr. Ames Charles of the Ritz, N.Y. became famous as a member of a UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF singing act with his three brothers MR. DONALD DeGEORGE the group sold nearly twenty-five INTERNATIONAL GUEST ARTIST million recordings and entertained audiences in virtually every posh FEATURING night club and important theatre in "HIDDEN SUPPORT BY ESKA" the country. Repeated guest book- THE NEW INVISIBLE WAVE ings on top-rated network programs 46 EAST AVE. BA 5-0760 and their own television hour in- creased their popularity arid kept the studio mail rooms. busy with a deluge of fan letters. It probably VALLEY was in the cards that Mr. Ames would eventually forsake this lu- CADILLAC crative existence for a new career as an actor, for his interests- em- CORPORATION bracing such diverse fields as ath- letics, languages (he speaks six), SALES -- SERVICE politics, writing and history--clear- 333 EAST AVE. ly indicate a versati1ity that seeks BA 5-3440 ·broad horizons. In preparation for his present pursuit he studied at USED CAR DIVISION the Herbert Berghof Studio, one of New York's most respected drama 1701 EAST AVENUE workshops, and made his acting de- but in an off-Broadway production of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible.'' The reviews should have allayed any misgivings Mr. Ames might CHOOSE FROM THE LARGEST have had about withdrawing from SELECTION IN ROCHESTER the Ames Brothers. Before as- suming the male lead in ''Carnival" Maternity Fashions he achieved further critical recog- nition in "The Fantasticks." Mr. Dresses Sportswear Ames was born in Malden, Mass.,. and is a graduate of the Boston Suits Lingerie Latin School. His emergence in the legitimate theatre does not mean Priced from that he will desert the field in $5.95 which he rose to prominence. He plans to continue as a recording 800 SHOP vocalist. 800 MONROE AVENUE SUSAN WATSON (Lill) at CANTERBURY Oklahoma has figured significant- FREE PARKING REAR OF STORE ly in Miss Watson's life. She was born in Tulas, where, in high school, WHO'S WHO IN THE LIQUOR CAST PARISIAN S T 0 R E she made her stage bow at the age of fourteen in a choreographic par- DON'T LET aphrase of !'Green Grow The Li- lacs." Later, when she saw a tour- OUR NAME ing company interpret the Broad- way version of ''Oklahoma" (a mu- . FOOL YOU sica! adaptation . of "Lilacs"), she was inspired to add acting and sing_ WE HAVE ing instruction to her ballet train- ing. After performing in little thea- tre ·productions, opera, and as a scholarship winner with the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, she made her professional . debut in "High Button . Shoes" at the Kansas City 148 Starlight Theatre. She. spent the summer with this renowned com- DIFFERENT WINES pany, portraying roles in "Can Can," "Panama Hattie," "Pajama Game," IMPORTED FROM "Silk Stockings," "Damn Yankees" ALL 'ROUND THE and "By The Beautiful Sea." Fol- lowing her high school graduation, WORLD FOR YOU she · went to New .York . where she TO ENJOY combined her studies---voice at Juil- FRANCE, of course liard, dance with Hanya Holm, Pe- ter Gennaro, Jose Limon and the GERMANY Ballet Theatre, and acting under AUSTRIA the experienced eye of Uta Hagen- SPAIN with daily participation, employing PORTUGAL all three talents, in the Garry Moore DENMARK television show. Off-Broadway she has been seen in "Lend an Ear" and, HOLLAND like Ed Ames and other "Carnival- ITALY ites," in"The Fantasticks." In 1959 CHILl Miss Watson was. selected by Chore- HUNGARY ographer ·Jerome ' Robbins, from a JAPAN formidable group of aspirants, for the London company of "West Side ISRAEL Story." On her return to the States AND, NATURALLY, she was introduced to Broadway in "Bye Bye Birdie," and enchanted THE BEST WINES OF theatregoers with her pert deline- NEW YORK STATE AND ation of the ingenue. CALIFORNIA - all within reach JONATHAN LUCAS (Marco The Magnificent) at PARISIAN the Because he is one of the theatre's friendly Liquor Store foremost choreographer - directors, Texas-born Mr. Lucas has been in at 1517 Lake Avenue constant demand in that capacity. WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST Consequently he has declined per- TV moppet sensation, as well as forming offers during the past sev- numerous commercial films and the eral years. Marco The Magnificent highly successful Sacramento Mu- is the first part he has played since sic Circus. His most recent movie, he won the Donaldson and Theatre awaiting release, is "The Two Little World Awards in 1954 for his tal- Bears." Mr.