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1969 SEASON Great Stars in Great Musical Shows Our take-home pack for~ beer lovers. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• MUSICARNIVAL 16th Season/ June 21-Sept. 13 Board of Directors John L. Price, preslde~,t •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• James D. Ireland, vice-president Here's this summer's complete calendar of events­ Alfred M. Rankin, secretary musical comedies (including two brand new shows prior Frank K. Griesinger, treasurer Amasa Bishop to Broadway), musical variety shows, and a hit comedy Kenyo.n C. Bolton play, plus rock & folk concerts, matinee musical plays Philip R. Mather for children. Producer & General Manager John L. Price, Jr. THE CLASSICS IV I June 21 Business Mgr. & Associate Producer PROCOL HARUM I June 22 Norman Israel Public Relations & Promotion JERRY VALE, extra added attraction Director: Nancy McArthur NORM CROSBY I week of June 23-28 Asst. Director: Diana Price Press Representative: Gail Oscar *ANN CORIO in "THIS WAS BUR­ Promotion Asst. : Mark Fltzgib- bo.ns LESQUE," I week of June 30-July 5 Kent State PR Interne: Marianne Balotta JOHN GARY in "THE STUDENT Box ORice Staff PRINCE" I week of July 7-12 Patti Brown, Day Manager VIrginia MulHgan, Night Manager PUSS IN BOOTS I children's matinee July Ernestine Nichols, Season Sub- 10 scriptions and Mail Orders Marjorie Crane, Margaret Josza, IRON BUTTERFLY I July 13 Nancy Cameron, Paula Belfiore, Marian Balla, Bernadette Zin­ JANIS PAIGE in "MAME" I 2 weeks, July gale, Marjorie Nichols, Paul Ko­ ret, Gladys Smith, Mildred Miller, 14-19, 21-26 Alan Smith, Pat Abrams LED ZEPPELIN I July 20 Switchboard Bonnie Krauss, Sharon Curry ALADDIN I children's matinee July 24 Secretary-Bookkeeper IAN & SYLVIA plus BUTTERFIELD Ruth Anne Miller BLUES·BAND I July 27 Chairman of Ushers Betty Blodgett ALFRED DRAKE & LANA CANTRELL House Manager Bill Swann in "ON TIME," pre-Broadway tour 1 Usher Ca.otains week of July 28-Aug. 2 Dolly Miller, James Jacoby, Janis Jordan, William Hoffman, Jody ENZO STUART! I Aug. 3 Shelton, Kay Yuratovac, Don Marks, Shirley Martin PHYLLIS DILLER SHOW, with her spe­ Parking Lot cial guest star TONY MARTIN I week Thomas Walsh, Manager; Thomas Mulligan, Assistant Manager of Aug. 4-9 Musicarnival School Director: Judith E. Daykin HANSEL & GRETEL I children's matinee CSU Fellowship Students: Caro­ Aug. 7 · lyn Bodenger, Mike Mazur, Mar­ lene Roughton, Pete Shokalook, MOTHERS OF INVENTION I Aug. 10 Marie Suchy, Virginia Lim Apprentices: Sharon Goldberg, MARTHA RAYE in "HELLO SUCKER," Jutee Ann Hottois, Cheryl Laser, Su Lesnick, Mary Miller, Elsie pre-Broadway tour I week of Aug. 11-16 Pergl TIM BUCKLEY & LINDA RONSTADT Maintenance Supervisor: Grover Swain, Jr. 1 Aug. 17 Patrick Swann, Assistant; C. D. Johnson, Dennis Mastrangelo, VIRGINIA GRAHAM in "BAREFOOT IN Rick Baskin, Duncan Ballantyne, THE PARK" I week of Aug. 18-23 Tim Krupp, Kurt Overmyer, Larry Siaminka, Dan Lansing ROBIN HOOD I children's matinee Aug. 21 Counsel Thompson, Hine & Flory PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC, special add- Auditors ed attraction TIM HARDIN I Aug. 24 Ernst & Ernst Electrician ARLO GUTHRIE I Aug. 25 Jack Lynch Sound WAYNE NEWTON I week of Aug. 26-31 Phil Smith MRS. MeTRING I children's matinee Aug. Or~::hestra Contractor Ben Silverberg 31 Program Advertising Sales JOHNNY MATHIS I week of Sept. 2-7 Bea Witt Sound Consultant *Return engagement! I week of Sept. 8-13 Audio Craft See center section of this program for details and all Musicarnival Is a Member of the easy ways to buy your tickets. The Musical Theatres Association ALL SEATS WITHIN JUST 18 ROWS OF STAGE Programs designed and edited for Musicarnlval by N. McArthur ~ 65 There are five great places to stop after tonight's show. And the Blue Grass is all of them. Restaurant • Cabaret Room • Blue Lounge • Motor Inn Lounge. Coffee Shop Restaurantj5600 Northfield Rd., 475-2525 • Motor lnn/5500 Northfield Rd. , 475-7600

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One Week Only! Monday, August 4 thru Saturday, August 9, 1969 THE PHYLLIS DILLER SHOW starring PHYLLIS DILLER

with her special guest star TONY MARTIN

Mr. Martin's conductor HAL BORNE

NO SMOKING IN THEATRE • DO NOT LEAVE YOUR SEAT DURING BLACKOUTS ••••••••••••••••••••G••••••••o••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• BE SURE TO TELL PEOPLE YOU LIKE We hope that you will have a This week's ticket prices: Mon­ relaxed and wonderful time at day, Tuesday $3.75; Wednesday, this evening's show- and that Thursday, Friday $4.75; both you will do your friends a favor shows Saturday $5.50. by spreading the good word You can order your Musicarni­ about the fun to be enjoyed here val tickets by phone, by mail or at Musicarnival the rest of this at the box office and 56 other week with Phyllis Diller and handy shopping locations all over Tony Martin and at all the other northern Ohio. See the center shows still to come this summer. section of this program for all the Showtimes: Monday thru Fri­ easy ways to buy your seats. day at 8, an early showtime de­ Students under age 18: special signed for busy people who have bargain $3 tickets (must be pur­ to get up in the morning; Satur­ chased in person at box office day your choice of 2 shows at 7 only - sorry, no phone or mail •0 and 10:30 . orders on these) . •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Visit the box office at intermission to get · your seats for these coming shows! Next week! MARTHA RA YE in 11HELLO SUCKER,'1 the new pre­ Broadway musical about Roaring Twenties star Texas Guinan (one week only thru Sat., Aug. 16) Week of Aug. 18-23 I VIRGINIA GRAHAM in Neil Simon's hilari- ous hit comedy 11BAREFOOT IN THE PARK11 Week of Aug. 26-31 I THE WAYNE NEWTON SHOW Week of Sept. 2-7 I THE JOHNNY MATHIS SHOW Week of Sept. 8-13 I Return engagement! ANN CORIO in 11THIS WAS BURLESQUE11 (Adults only) As an added convenience at the box office you can charge your tickets on Master Charge or Bankamericard or pay by personal check for all the news about all the coming shows and all the easy ways to buy your tickets, see the center section of this program

-act one- TONY MARTIN

-act two- PHYLLIS DILLER

MUSICARNIVAL ORCHESTRA: Marvin Aaronson, Carl Demarco, Charles Avellone, Sheldon Henderschott, saxophones; Ray Rinaldi, Joe Hruby, Joe Trczinsky, trumpets; Kenneth Emerson, Richard Wooley, t -,·ombones; Bill Rice, electric guitar; George Wisneskey, bass; James Crossley, drums.

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PHYLLIS DILLER pressed with Miss Diller's talents that he has signed her for two more pictures. Phyllis Diller, who was seen last season She also accompanied Bob and his troupe every Sunday night on NBC-TV on her to Vietnam over Christmas, 1966. own hour-long Phyllis Diller Show, Miss Diller is as much at home on makes a threesome - with the late Fanny television as she is in other media. She Brice and Gracie Allen - of women's has guest-starred on every major TV comedy immortals. show (hosting a number of them, in­ She recently completed Elmer Rice's cluding Hollywood Palace); she wrote prize-winning, satiric comedy, The Add­ her own well-rated ABC-TV special a ing Machine, her first movie filmed in couple of seasons back, and also starred Europe. Miss Diller stars as Mrs. Zero, in ?. weekly situation comedy series on shrewish harridan married to a poor ABC for a season. The Filmways-PhilDil bookkeeper, in the Universal release. Op­ series originally was called The Pruitts posite her, as Mr. Zero, is famed Irish of Southampton, later changed to The actor Milo O'Shea, star of the highly­ Phyllis Diller Show. acclaimed Ulysses. Unlike the Misses Brice and Allen, Miss Miss Diller's third co-starring film with Diller did not start her career in burles­ Bob Hope is The Private Navy of Sgt. que or vaudeville. O'Farrell, a United Artists 1968 release "I used to do beauty parlor routines, made in Puerto Rico. This rollicking unrehearsed, while waiting for my wash salute to World War II G.I.'s marks her at the laundromat in Alameda, Calif.," first Hope film in which she is kissed by she explains. "The women loved my jokes, Bob. She is cast in the comedy as civilian and many are still in the act." nurse Nellie Krause. Even though she "wowed them at Her previous co-starring stints with the laundromat and at the PTA," Phyllis Hope were 8 on the Lam and Boy, Did I didn't think, at that time, of getting paid Get a Wrong Number, both for U.A. Hope, her biggest booster, is so im- continuecl audio craft GREAT STEREO GREAT SOUND 2915 PROSPECT . We could make ·such beautiful music together~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• PULL OUT AND SAVE THIS CENTER SECTION the HIGHLANDER Irs a handy brochure about RESTAURANT & LOUNGE all the coming shows for you RESERVATIONS 475-6355 to keep and use all summer Now Appearing ee•••••••••••••••••••o•••••••••• LOUNGE • MON. thru SAT. DAVE YUEN to make people laugh. Instead, she became MAD PLAID ROOM • SAT. ONLY a newspaper columnist, then publicist and THE DICK BLAKE DANCE PARTY writer for a San Francisco radio station. with ANGEL SANCHEZ But she really wanted to perform as WE WELCOME PRIVATE an "in-person" comic. She got her chance BEFORE-OR-AFTER-THEATRE at San Francisco's Purple Onion. The PARTIES FOR 20 TO 300 spot's regular comic had two weeks off and she was signed as his replacement. A good Miss Diller was 37 years old, a mature age for any career debut, and the mother evening starts of five children when she walked onstage for the first time. The date was March at Musicarnival. 7, 1955. She slithered around the piano, lampooned Eartha Kitt and Yma Sumac, brandished a zither, cracked topical jokes. A great The audience was polite, period. one winds "I knew that I just wasn't good enough, and had a thousand things to learn," up at the admits Miss Diller, acclaimed today as the world's only female stand-up comic Highlander ... of international stature. The Purple Onion manager was kinder where the than his audiences. After her two-week stand, he promised to have her back Musicarnival soon. Phyllis herself predicted that she stars dine would headline at the hungry i (across the street) in five years. She made it in and stay. three. Then she went on tour, polishing her Make a weekend act, dropping impersonations, developing the housewife routines and self-depreca­ of it ... stay at the ... tion that have become uniquely hers. New York met Phyllis late in 1957, IDGHLANDER ~~o,: when she opened an engagement at the RESERVATIONS 475-4070 Blue Angel. That led to television - the Northfield, 1 Block E. of Musicarnival Jack Paar Show primarily - and her career rocketed. When she returned to San Francisco for her hungry i appear­ ance in 1961, she was famous. In the brief seven years since, Miss Diller has headlined at virtually every major night club in the continued •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Cleveland's Famous Music MUSICARNIVAL Thea.tre-in-the-Round •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• HERE'S THE NIEWS ABOUT THE STARS & SHOWS STI·LL TO COME THIS SUMMER. JOIN THE FUN!

Special events! This Thursday afternoon / 1:30 Matinee (Aug. 7) Musical Play for Children: HANSEL & GRETEL

This Weekend! Sunday evening at 7 (Aug. 10) MOTHERS OF INVENTION •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Starts Monday! One Week Only thru Sat., Aug. 16 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• MARTHA RAYE in HELLO SUCKER the new musical about Roaring Twenties night club queen Texas Guinan It's back t o th e era of flappers, speak­ triumph was Hello Dolly in 1967. easies, the Charleston and bathtub gin "Hello Sucker" is the famous slogan next week when America's "clown princess Texas Guinan greeted her au diences with. of comedy" (who has been giving most of This colorful r ole displays the full range her time to our b oys in Viet Nam lately) of Miss Raye's superb talents as an ac­ makes a welcome return to musical thea­ tress and singer as well as comedienne. tre in this brand new show about an­ Her leading man will be Dennis Pat­ other legendary show business star, Texas rick, Broadway and TV actor well known Guinan. t o viewers for his r ole last year as Jason Miss Raye, who was h on ored with a McGuire on the spooky soap opera Dark special Oscar at the Academy Awards Shadows and many other performances this year, has starred in every phase of on It Takes a Thief, Big Valley, Judd for show business. Her most recent Broadway the Defense and other t op shows. S howtimes: Monday thru Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday 2 shows at 7 & 10:30 Prices: Mon. & Tues. $2.95, Wed. & Thurs. $3.65, Fri. & both shows S at. $4.25

- schedule continued inside - -pull out & save this center section - it1s a handy ···············································$············ SPECIAL EVENTS • POP! ROCK! FOLK! MOTHERS OF INVENTION Sunday, Aug. 10 • 7 p.m.

all seats $5

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Pacific Gas & Electric special added aJtr acfion Tim Ha rd in Sund ay WAYNE NEWTON Aug. 24 • -7 p.m. Tues 8/ 26 ( !'pm ) $3 .75 Fri 8/ 29 (8pm ) $4.75 Wed 8/ 27 (8pm ) $4.75 Sat 8/ 30 (7 & 10 :30) $5 .50 all se,a ts $5 Thurs 8/ 28 (8pm ) $4.75 Sun 8/ 31 (7pm) $5.50

SHOWTIMES Monday tluu Friday performances Arlo start at 8 p.m., an early showtime designed for the convenience of busy Guthrie people who have to get up early in Monday the morning. Saturday there are two Aug. 25 • 8 p.m. shows - your choice of 7 p.m. or 1U:30 p.m. (Wayne Newton & John­ all seats $5 ny Mathis will skip Monday and play Sunday at 7 instead.)

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··························~········································ Smash Hit Comedy Play! Week Only- Aug. 18 thru 23 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• asy, breezy, amiably idiotic and irresistibly funny"- Walter Kerr ] VIRGINIA GRAHAM in "BAREFOOT IN THE PARK" an a level-headed mature lady (who is trying to learn to like living lone now that her daughter is married) survive a blind date with bohemian ladies m an that her daughter fixes her up with? It turns ut to be one of the funniest parties you ever saw! One of TV's favorite talkers, Virginia Graham, plays the humor­ ur m other in this hilarious comedy romp by Neil Simon, whose other reat hit comedies include Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Sweet Charity, 1d Come Blow Your HoTn . The fun takes place in the newly married daughter's walkup apartment (five ights up!) You'll laugh a lot at this light-hearted evening of pure entertainment. Mon 8/ 18 (8pm ) $2.95 Wed 8/ 20 (8pm) $3.65 Fri 8/ 22 (8pm ) $4.25 Tues 8/ 19 (8pm) $2 .95 Thurs 8/ 21 (8pm ) $3.65 Sat 8/ 23 (7 & 10 :30) $4.25 ••••••••••••••• Treat your kids to musical children1 s shows! Sept. 2-7 Your youngsters will en­ THING on Sunday, Aug. 31. ••••••••••••••• j Oo/' these special aftemoon Showtime is 1:30 p.m . matinees of musical plays Tickets are $1 for children, The JOHNNY for children- HANSEL & $2 for adults, and for groups GRETEL on Thursday, Aug. of 50 or more children 7 5¢ MATHIS Show 7, ROBIN HOOD on Thurs­ each. All seats for these per­ starring day, Aug. 21, and MRS. Me- formances are reserved. JOHNNY MATHIS ··········~··········· and Return Engagement THE BOSSA RIO one week only! Sept. 8-13 Tues 9/ 2 (8pm ) $3.75 Wed 9/ 3 (8pm ) $4.75 •••••••••••••••••••••• Thurs 9/ 4 (8pm ) $4.75 for all the people who Fri 9/ 5 (8pm ) $4. 75 couldn't get seats in July Sat 9/ 6 (7 & 10 :30 ) $5.50 Sun 9/1 (7 pm l $5 .50 ANN CORIO This Was BURLESQUE also starring STEVE MILLS Mon 9/ 8 (8pm ) $3.50 Tues 9/ 9 (8pm ) $3.50 Wed 9/ 10 (8pm ) $4.25 Thurs 9/ 11 (8pm ) $4.25 Fri 9/ 12 (8pm ) $4.95 Sat9/ l3 (7 & 10 :30 ) $4.95 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• AT BOX OFFICE & 56 OTHER HANDY LOCATIONS (see next page) ••••••••••••o••~••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••o••••••••••••G• TICKET SERVICE IS PLANNED FOIR YOUR CONVENIE'NCE •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The box office is as close as your phone, the nearest mailbox, and almost all your favorite shopping centers HERE ARE ALL THE EASY WAYS TO BUY YOUR SEATS

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Impatiently now at ... 3582 LEE ROAD • SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO • 991-1500 of Musicarnival's various departments and lege; Margaret Jobe, De Pauw University; on the interrelationships between depart- Elsie Pergl, Bedford High School; Sharon ments. . Goldberg, Northwestern University; Mary Apprentices and fellowship students Miller, Lumen Cordium High School; and study practical problems ansmg from Su Lesnick, Columbia College of Art and conflicts in time, manpower utilization, Design. budget and interests. Hopefully, this type During last few weeks the Musicarnival of study will make them more effective School has been busy rehearsing their in solving departmental problems at their own production of "Mrs. McThing," writ­ own college or university. ten by Mary Chase (author of "Harvey"). The Cleveland State University Fellow­ The musical fantasy will be presented ship students are: Pete Shokalook, Cleve­ Sunday, August 31, at 1:30 p.m. land State University; Carrie Bodenger, The Musicarnival School is small by Kent State University; Marlene Rough­ necessity, so the curriculum is geared to ton, Florida Atlantic University; Virginia the need and interests of students. Lim, Oberlin College; Mike Mazur, Cleve­ For information or applications for next land State University; Marie Suchy, Wit­ summer write: Miss Judy Daykin, ci o tenberg University. Musicarnival, Box 802, Cleveland, Ohio Apprentices are: Cheryl Lynn Laser, 44122. Bowling Green State University; Julee Ann Hottois, Cuyahoga Community Col- - Maria nne Balotta ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••e••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• tune in for star interviews & show reviews on these TV & radio programs

WERE (1300) HOWARD WERTHEIMER chats WKBF-TV (Ch. 61) LINN SHELDON inter­ with cast members and reviews the shows on views our stars, usually on vVednesdays, on his his Theatre Talk program Tuesdays at 6:20 p.m. program following the afternoon movie, between or on Saturdays at 7:35 p.m. 2:30 and 3 p.m.

WCUE (Akron 1150) CHICI\: WATIUNS AT W'KYC (1100) the stars visit for an hour usually MUSICARNIVAL, star interview series broadcast late afternoon with ERIC ST. JOHN on Tuesdays. daily Monday thru Friday at 10:25 a.m. WBKC (1560) AL KJPP tapes star interviews \VHI\: (1420) TED HALLAI\IAN plays host to opening night for broadcast Tuesdays at 2:03 the stars usually on Tuesday night, starting at p .m. and Sundays at 1:15 p .m. midnight, and you can talk to them by phone. WXEN-:Fl\1 (106.5) LAUREN JAY tapes opening WJ\:YC-TV (Ch. 3) distinguished novelist and night interviews for his 8 to 9 a.m. broadcast. Press columnist DON ROBERTSON sometimes re­ views the shows Tuesdays on NBC Newsday 90, WZAK- BEA 1\:RALIK tapes interviews for her between 7 and 7:30 p.m. 1:55 to 2 p.m. broadcast. WEWS-TV (Ch. 5) EARL ){EYES reviews the WJW-TV (Ch. 9) IiEN HARRELSON, "The shows and chats with some of the stars, I-lawl;:," often chats with the stars Saturday usually on Tuesdays, during the midday news afternoon following the Indians' game, usually between 12 :30 and 1 p.m . about 5:30 p.m., on his Hawk's Nest show. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• next week. .. go out for the evening at home

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