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Tammy Grimes, center of hilarious scene in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"

"The Unsinkable Molly Brown" . • Program • • Boston Symphony Orchestra • • • Program • BUSHNELL MEMORIAL Hartt Opera Production "Boris Godunoff" • • • Program 166 Capitol Avenue "The Collegiate Sound" . • • • • • • Program HARTFORD 14 Jack Benny and Hartt Symphony Orchestra Program CONNECTICUT ▪

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Page Entertainment Guide. . 3 Programs "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" 9 Boston Symphony Orchestra . 13 "Boris Godunoff" by Hartt Opera Guild 17 "The Collegiate Sound" . . 20 Jack Benny and Hartt Symphony 23 Articles and Features Vienna's Top Musical Talent Coming 7 New Swedish Film Soon . . 7 Who's Who in "Molly Brown" 11 Opera Association's Birthday . 15 Synopsis of "Boris Godunoff" • 18 Curtain Talk 19

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Dates in bold type indicate days on which events are scheduled at the Bushnell. FEBRUARY S M T W F S 13 14 1.5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Correct clothes 25 26 27 28 MARCH I 2 3 for your Cruise 4 5 6 7 K 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 or "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", smash musical hit by Meredith Willson, TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, FEBRU- Southern Trip VARY 13-17. The Bushnell will present the New York production, starring Tammy Grimes and Harve Presnell, with a 75-member cast, which has run 66 weeks in the Winter Garden Theatre. India Madras Sport Jackets Tammy Grimes has been acclaimed as Tussah Silk Dinner Jackets Broadway's greatest recent discovery. Tropical Tuxedo Trousers Bushnell performances are scheduled for Raw Silk India Sport Jackets India Madras Cummerbund Sets 8:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Italian Pure Silk Shantung Sport 3 p.m. on Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. Jackets Dacron and Tropical Saturday. Tickets are now available in Gabardine Suits the box office at: Tuesday, Wednesday, Italian Silk Shantung Trousers Thursday evenings: Orch. or 1st Bal. Dacron and Tropical $6.00, $5.50, $4.50; 2nd Bal. $3.50, British Tropical Worsted Trousers Worsted Suits $3.00, $2.50; Friday, Saturday evenings: Bermuda Shorts — Knee-Hi Hose Orch. or 1st Bal $6.50, $6.00, $5.00; 2nd Featherweight Scotch Hopsacking Bal. $4.00, $3.50, $3.00; Wednesday India Madras Swim Trunks Jackets matinee: Orch. or 1st Bal. $4.00, $3.50, $3.00; 2nd Bal. all $2.00; Saturday D & J Anderson Swim Trunks Featherweight Odd Trousers matinee: Orch. or 1st Bal. $5.00, $4.50, $4.00; 2nd Bal. $3.00, $2.50, $2.00. Exclusive agents of Phelps Deep Country Clothes for Women Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch conducting his final Hartford Including our exclusive shirts & Bermuda Shorts concert, at 8:15 p.m. MONDAY, FEBRU- One hour free parking ARY 19. As guest soloist, France's noted next to store — while 'cellist Andre Navarra will be presented shopping with us. with the orchestra in his first Hartford appearance. Since Dr. Munch has in- dicated that he plans to retire at the end of this season, there will be no further opportunity to attend Bushnell pro- grams under the baton of this beloved conductor. For his upcoming concert he 24 Trumbull has selected Handel's Water Music Street Suite, and works by Martinu and HARTFORD • JA 5-2139 February 15 Dvorak. A limited number of tickets for Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Fritz RCA VICTOR this fourth concert in the Bushnell Sym- Mahler conducting, in the fifth sub- phony Series will be available at $5.25, scription concert of this season at 8:15 presents $4.75 and $4.00. p.m. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. The VARIETY GALORE "Boris Godunoff", Mussorgsky's mighty internationally noted dancer, Pauline opera, to be presented at 8:15 p.m. Koner, and her company will be guest with the WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 on the Bush- artists; the program will include Per- nell stage by the Hartt Opera-Theater of golesi's Concertino and Prokofieff's LIMELITERS the University of Hartford. Under the Classical Symphony. Tickets will be musical direction of Dr. Moshe Paranov available at the Bushnell box office at and the stage direction of Dr. Elemer $3.75, $2.75, $2.00 and $.175. Nagy, this masterpiece will be sung in Modern Jazz Quartet presenting a Civic English by the Opera Department of the Music Association concert at 8:15 p.m. Hartt College of Music. There will be a THURSDAY, MARCH 1 exclusively for complete cast, large chorus and orches- those holding CMA tickets. The four tra and authentic scenery. For ticket instrumentalists in this ensemble (piano, information please call AD 6-5411. vibraharp, drums and bass) make up the Aetna Life Girls Club presenting for foremost living jazz unit able to meet members a fashion show and movie "classical" concert hall conditions. The program the evening of THURSDAY, Quartet has played to packed houses FEBRUARY 22. not only in this country but in such note- "Misty", beloved motion picture in color worthy foreign spots as London's Royal featuring David Ladd, Arthur O'Connell Festival Hall. the Florence Festival and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. and Pam Smith, at 8 p.m. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23. Third event in the popu- George Goodman, bass-baritone in a A new unique album lar Favorite Motion Picture Series, Colonial Room concert at 10:30 a.m. benefiting the Children's Museum. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, sponsored by the Monaural or stereo at With selected short subjects. Tickets at Musical Club of Hartford. Tickets will be on sale at the door. RCA VICTOR Dealers the box office at 75¢ each. "The Collegiate Sound", bringing "Life in Sweden", new full color, fea- specialized singing groups from 10 lead- ture-length motion picture personally ing eastern colleges for a concert at narrated by Mrs. Hjordis Kittel Parker, BEFORE THE BUSHNELL, WE ALWAYS 8-30 p.m. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24. The FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 2-3, at 8:15 HAVE DINNER AND COCKTAILS IN THE following units will sing: Wesleyan p.m and SUNDAY, MARCH 4, at 3:30 p.m. LUXURIOUS CHRISTOPHER RYDER Highwaymen; Yale Spizzwinks; Welles- Sixth event in this season's record- ROOM AT THE SHOREHAM! ley Widows; Vassar G-Stringers; Dart- smashing Bushnell Lecture Course. Al- mouth Injunaires; Harvard Dunster though new to the Bushnell series, Mrs. WE ALWAYS STOP AT THE Dunces; Mount Holyoke V8s; Pem- Parker comes highly recommended by 1 SHOREHAM AFTER... AND broke PDQs; Amherst Zymbyes; Trinity all of the veteran film-lecturers known MEET IN THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE Pipes. The MC for the concert will be to Hartford; she appears on most of the OR THE PANCAKE PARLOR TO Brad Davis of WTIC. Tickets are avail- foremost American film-lecture courses. RELAX AND TALK! able at the Bushnell box office at $3.00 A native of Norway, she has made SHHHHH... Scandinavian countries her specialty. LISTEN TO for reserved section, $2.00 general ad- THE MUSIC! mission. Sharing in the proceeds will be She depicts life in Stockholm, Smaland, the Scholarship Fund of the Trinity Gotland, Skane, Dalarna, Kiruna, Lap- Club of Hartford. land and other areas, and has a re- Jack Benny and Hartt Symphony markable sequence on reclamation of the Orchestra in a benefit concert at 8:15 warship "Wasa." Tickets, all for reserved seats, on sale at 750, $1.00 and $1.25, p.m. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, Dr. Moshe Paranov conducting. This is one of four with the best choice for the Sunday IT'S THE THING TO DO ! concerts which the celebrated comedian afternoon show. and sometime violinist will perform this Young People's Concerts by the Hart- season in the United States for special ford Symphony, Fritz Mahler conduct- You too, should join the swing to benefits; proceeds will be used to help ing, hour-long performances at 1 and 3 Hartford's newest and brightest erect a music and arts building at the p.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 3. Final con- gathering spot. Naturally ... at the University of Hartford. The University certs in this season's series. Tickets will has announced that each donor of $500, be on sale in the Bushnell Box Office at or anyone who raises that sum, will re- concert time: children $1.00; adults ceive two choice seats. Other seats will $1.25. be available for sale through the Uni- Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Or- SHOREHAM versity and the Bushnell box office at TUES- mandy conducting, at 8:15 p.m. 440 ASYLUM STREET, HARTFORD $10, $8.00 and $5.00. DAY, MARCH 6, final concert in this sea- 4 Bushnell Prompter son's Bushnell Symphony Series. This world-famous 110-member orchestra has performed annually in the Bushnell since ON BUSHNELL STAGE the opening of the Memorial in 1930; Maestro Ormandy has conducted all of its Hartford concerts since 1936. A limited number of tickets for the March 6 concert will be available at $4.00, $4.75 and $5.25. For his Bushnell per- formance Dr. Ormandy has selected: JACK Beethoven's "Egmont" Overture; Berg's Three Orchestra Pieces from "Lulu;" Hindemith's "Mathis Der Maler" Sym- phony; the Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major. "The Sundowners", one of the hit mo- tion pictures of a season ago, to be pre- BENNY sented with selected short subjects at 8 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 9. The Favorite and Motion Picture Series, benefiting the Children's Museum. Tickets at the box office, 750. HARTT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Junior League Follies, a 40th anniver- sary gala event at 8:30 p.m. SATURDAY, MOSHE PARANOV, Conducting • MARCH 10 sponsored by the Junior League of Hartford. All proceeds will go into the League's Community Trust Fund, which in four decades has raised $225,468 for a better community. The Presented by the UNIVERSITY of HARTFORD Follies will feature local people, profes- sionally directed and costumed, in a in celebration of the "CREATIVE GIVING light, gay musical-dramatic attraction. Reserved seat tickets will be available in the Bushnell box office at: orchestra CAMPAIGN" for MUSIC & ART buildings. or first balcony, $4.50, $3.00, $2.00; second balcony, $1.25. ELSEWHERE-MUSIC ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY, MON., FEB. 26, 8:30 p.m. Television Concert by Hartford Sym- phony, Fritz Mahler conducting, at TICKETS NOW AT BOX OFFICE OR BY MAIL 7 p.m. FEBRUARY 18. Broadcast through Prices: Orch. or 1st Bal. $10.00, $8.00, $5.00 (Limited number $8.00 & $5..00; WTIC, Channel 3, from the Aetna 2nd Bal. $5.00 Auditorium under the sponsorship of the Aetna Life Affiliated Companies. When ordering tickets by mail please enclose stamped return envelope. Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, direct from the Met stage, through the facilities of WTIC FM and AM at 2 Please send me tickets (a) $ each for JACK BENNY as checked. p.m. each Saturday: FEBRUARY 17, "Salome;" FEBRUARY 24, "Turandot;" Ti Orch. ❑ 1st Bal. 0 2nd Bal. MARCH 3, "Aida;" MARCH 10, "Orfeo ed Eurydice." I enclosed full payment of $ and stamped envelope. Springfield Symphony Program at 8:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 20 in the Springfield Name Municipal Auditorium, featuring the Springfield Symphony Chorus, Western Street Mass. Young People's Symphony and N. E. Woodwind Quintet. City Zone State Mount Holyoke - Trinity College com- bined glee clubs concert at 4 p.m. Make checks payable to and mail to FEBRUARY 25 in the Trinity Chapel. Bach's "St. John's Passion" will be BUSHNELL MEMORIAL, HARTFORD 14, CONN. sung. Public invited free.

February 15 5 ELSEWHERE-MISCELLANEOUS "Our Heritage of Caring about Peo- ONE WEEK STARTING MARCH 26 OW", series of four all-day meetings I, FEBRUARY MARCH 1, 15, 29) in EVENINGS AT 8:30 WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEES 15, Centinel Hill Hall, G. Fox & Company, sponsored by the Service Bureau for Women's Organizations. February 15th subject: "College — Who Should Go?" Trinity College Lectures, open free to RONALD CAROLINE the public: FEBRUARY 16 at 8:15 p.m., John Mason Brown on "Seeing Things;" FEBRUARY 22 at 8:15 p.m., Prof. James DRAKE DIXON C. Bonbright of Columbia on "Public Utility Rate Making and Investment Values." Atheneum High School Debate Tour- nament at Trinity College (Mather Ro Hall), all day FEBRUARY 17. Public in- lR vited free.

Adopted kern Bernard Show's "Pygmalion" Poetry Series, No. I, a program at 8 ALSO STARRING p.m. FEBRUARY 18 sponsored by Trinity College and Hartford Jewish Com- CHARLES HUGH munity Center. in Mather Hall at Trinity. Speakers will be William Jay Smith of Williams College and Barbara VICTOR DEMPSTER Howes of Brandeis University. Public Book and Lyrocs by Mus ■ c by invited free. -- ALAN JAY LERNER FREDERICK LOEWE Prodv

"MY FAIR LADY" Trinity College Art Exhibits, open free to the public. Works of Hunter Mallory, Please send me tickets $ each as checked: now to FEBRUARY 28, Mather Hall;

Orch. 1st Bal. ❑ 2nd Bal. ji Mat. 17 Eve. Robert Osborn cartoons and paintings, to MARCH 15, in college library. performance on (date) Hartford Society of Women Painters, Name: display of works in New Britain Museum of American Art now through FEBRUARY Street 25. Open daily, free, 2 to 5:30 p.m. (closed Mondays.) City Zone State Water Color Society Competitive Ex- Please make checks payable to and mail to hibition now through MARCH 18 at BUSHNELL MEMORIAL Hartford 14, Conn. Children's Museum, 950 Trout Brook Drive, West Hartford. Public invited free. 6 Bushnell Prompter VIENNA SENDS TOP MUSICAL ARTISTS THIS SPRING

A festive evening of song, dance, Vienna State Opera, and Tony Niessner, band music and assorted surprises will buffo-tenor of the same company; STOP await patrons on April 6, when an all- Dolores Ming, dancing soubrette of the new "Vienna on Parade" program Vienna State Opera. THAT comes to the Bushnell Memorial stage. Returning with the company will be The thousands who have enjoyed Daisy Rhee, pert mistress of cere- "Vienna on Parade" in Hartford in re- monies; dancing stars Lidia Coronica NOISE cent years will be happy to learn that and Fred Meister; Rudolf Bibl and his Capt. Julius Hermann and his world- strings; violinist Edi von Csoka. famous Deutschmeister Band will again The program will feature music headline the show, direct from Austria. typical of "the world's most musical Departures from the martial vein city:" the works of Johann Strauss, will be presented by solo artists, many Josef Strauss, Franz von Suppe, Robert of them making their first visit to the Stolz, Ralph Benatsky and other com- United States. Among them will be: posers. Drinking songs, love songs, Ruthilde Boesch of the Vienna State comic numbers, ballets, and of course Opera; Eta Kohrer of the Dusseldorf the best of Viennese waltzes will be Rhine Opera; Spiro Makri, tenor of the interpreted.

Get the world's finest Midas Muffler installed while you wait. SALVAGE OF WARSHIP IN SWEDISH COLOR FILM Midas Mufflers are guaranteed for as long as you own your car. On April 24th of last year, one of the This means that if your Midas most difficult underwater jobs of recent Muffler ever needs to be replaced, decades was completed. After five you pay nothing for the replace- years of salvage operation the Swedish ment muffler ... only for the in- warship "Wasa" was raised from the stallation. It says so right in the bottom of the Stockholm harbor, where written Midas guarantee. it had rested since its ignominious maiden voyage 333 years ago. Patrons of the Bushnell course of film-lectures this season, and those who buy individual tickets, will have the privilege of viewing a full-color film sequence depicting the actual raising of the huge vessel. Mrs. Hjordis Kittel Parker includes film coverage of this historic event in her new feature-length movie, "Life in Sweden," which will be Hjordis Kittel Parker (right) and shown on the Bushnell screen Friday Lapp woman WEST HARTFORD and Saturday evenings, March 2 and 3, 977 New Britain Avenue and Sunday, March 4, at 3:30 p. m. identified ship in the world, 200 years (East of Elmwood underpass) The "Wasa," fabulously ornate with older than Lord Nelson's flagship in EAST HARTFORD wood carvings and bronze cannons, Portsmouth, England. Its resurrection 255 Pitkin Street was the pride of the Swedish navy in has been the subject of many articles (just over the Founders Bridge)

1628. Today it is the oldest fully - in newspapers and magazines.

February 15 7 Capitol Records presents the original Broadway cast album The Unsinkable Molly Brown

STAFF FOR "THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN" "THE UNSINKABLE awd General Manager Peter Davis Gen. Press Rep. Sam Stratton Company Manager . . John Larson Production Stage Manager. Edmund Baylies MOLLY \BROWN" Stage Manager Tom Larson Asst Stage Mgr. . . . . Vito Durante Prod. Sec'y . . . Mary Louise Albright Master Carpenter . . . James 0. Wilson Asst. Carpenters . . Wm. McGin, Emmett O'Connell, Neil McDonald Master Electrician . . Robert Schwaegerle Asst. Electricians . . . John D'Antuono, Alfred Klein, Michael O'Keefe Master Property Mgr. . . . Paul Biega Asst. Property Mgr. . . . Albert Tins Wardrobe Mistress Hallye Clogg Asst. Wardrobe . . . . James Boyce Tech. Asst. to Mr. White . . John Birchenall Wardrobe Sec'y to Mr. White Marilyn Putnam Asst. to Mr. Gennaro . . Wally Sibert Asst. Conductor Joseph Celli Asst. to Mr. Adler . . . Lee Trent Staff pianist . . . . Thomas Goodman Asst. to Mr. Wilson . . Rosemary Sullivan

CREDITS Scenery built and painted by Imperial Scenic Studios. Costumes executed by Brooks Costume Co. Jewelry by Schiapparelli. Electrical equipment by Monophonic & Stereo (S) WA0-1509 Century Lighting, Inc. Drapery and Upholstery by Allied Studios. Funiture and fixtures by Newell »'11b Art Galleries. Electrical fixtures by Knickerbocker. Sound by Sound Associates. Frabics by Dazian's, TAMMY GRIMES Inc. Boots and shoes by LaRay Boot Shop. Dancer's shoes by Capezio. Wigs and hair pieces by Ira Senz. HARVE PRESNELL Stockings and gloves by Jessie Zimmer. Furs by Mancher & Koskowitz. Miss Grimes' shoes by Fiorentina. Scenery Fabrics by Frankel Associates, Souvenir Program enclosed Maharam and Gladstone Fabrics. Costumes dry cleaned exclusively by Ernest Winzer, Inc. Floral in each Album decorations and champagne cart by Decorative Plant Corp.

THE THEATRE GUILD FINAL CONCERT IN THE BUSHNELL SYMPHONY SERIES Lawrence Langner Armina Marshall Counsel H. William Fitelson PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA General Manager Peter Davis Assoc. Business Manager . . Sara Greenspan EUGENE ORMANDY, Conducting Subscription Sec' . Addie Williams Gen. Press Rep. Nat Dorfman Program: Beethoven ... "Egmont" Overture, Berg ... Three Orchestra Pieces Production Associates . . Warren Caro, from "Lulu", Hindemith ... Symphony "Mathis der Maier", Brahms Philip Langner, Frank Perry Symphony No. 2 in D major. Play Department . . William Herman Casting Director . . Ruth Kramer Scenic Department William McGirr Tuesday, March 6 at 8:15 p. m. Accounting Dept. . . Margaret Becher Remaining tickets at Box Office: 55.25, 54.75, 54.00. Costume Department . . . Hallye Clogg Orchestra Personnel Manager . Sol Gusikoff 8 Bushnell Prompter PROGRAM I Fekruary 13-17, 1962

THE THEATRE GUILD and DORE SCHARY

preset, TAMMY GRIMES Fine clothes like In a New Musical Corned,' fine performances leave a lasting THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN impression. _Exclusive with Music and Lyrics by MEREDITH WILLSON THE WARNER-BAILEY CO. SINCE 18S2 Book by 140 TRUMBULL STREET RICHARD MORRIS

Directed by IN GORGEOUS COLOR FILM ON DORE SCHARY THE BUSHNELL SCREEN with "LIFE IN HARVE PRESNELL

ROBERT EDITH ARTHUR JACK SWEDEN" DONLEY GRESHAM TOOKOYAN HARROLD Feature length travel motion picture JORDON SUZANNE VERNON DON Personally narrated by HOWARD BERNARD KIDD CRABTREE HJORDIS KITTEL PARKER .11usical Numbers Staged by Sets Designed by FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 2-3, at Peter Gennaro Oliver Smith 8:15 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 4, at Costumes Designed by Lighting by 3:30 P.M. Miles White Peggy Clark Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theater * Orchestrations by Smaland and its glass-blowers * Gotland * Don Walker Provinces of Skane and Dalarna Kiruna Musical Direction by ;local Arrangements by iron mines * Lapland Max Meth Herbert Greene Reserved seat tickets now on sale in the Ballet Music Arranged by Hair Styles by Tammy Grimes' Hair Styles by Bushnell Box Office at: $1.25, $1.00, 750. Sol Berkowitz Ernest Adler Robert Verdi Best choice for Sunday showing. Production Manager Associate Producer Sixth event: Bushnell Lecture Course Jean Herrero Walter Reilly

February 15 9 CAST BATHROOM REMODELING HEATING • PLUMBING (In Order of Appearance) FUEL OIL EMERGENCY SERVICE Molly Tobin TAMMY GRIMES 4■V • 04 Michael Tobin KENT THOMAS Aloysius Tobin GENE FOOTE LS; Patrick Tobin RON SNOOK Father Flynn DON CRABTREE Shamus Tobin ROBERT DONLEY Charlie ROBERT DURAND Christmas Morgan JORDAN HOWARD Burt HARRY JACOBY Saloon Girls EILEEN CASEY, BETSY ANN DICKERSON ESTHER QUARNSTROM Johnny "Leadville" Brown ...... HARVE PRESNELL Denver Policemen DICK CORRIGAN, BONN FORELLA, RON SNOOK Mrs. McGlone EDITH GRESHAM Monsignor Ryan JACK HARROLD Roberts VERNON KIDD Professor Gardella SIG JASINSKI Tbe Collegiate Germaine MARY ANN BRUNING Princess DeLong SUZANNE BERNARD Prince DeLong ARTHUR TOOKOYAN isoomib Countess Ethanotous DOROTHY HANNING Featuring America's Top 10 Collegiate Jenab-ashors KEN HAMILTON Singing Groups on the Bushnell Stage The Grand Duchess Marie Nicholaiovna LOIS LaBONTE

Co Sponsored by the Scholarship Fund of the Count Feranti KEN RICHARDS Trinity Club of Hartford Duchess of Burlingame RENATA VASELLA The Highwaymen (Wesleyan) Duke of Burlingame ROD HAMON Singing their Hits: The Baron of Auld RON SNOOK Malcom Broderick Michael Gypsy . Rover — Couonfields HARRY JACOBY Mrs. Wadlington GINGER McFADDEN The Yale Spizzwinks Mr. Wadlington J B. DAVIS The Wellesley Widows Young Waiter ROBERT DURAND The Vassar G-Stringers Maitre D' KEN RICHARDS The Dartmouth Injunaires Male Passenger KEN HAMILTON The Mount Holyoke V8's Mother MARY O'KELLEY Wounded Sailor ROD HARMON The Pembroke PDQ's The Amherst Zumbyes Singers: Marie O'Kelley, Barbara Allentuck, Dorothy Hanning, Eleanor Shaw, The Trinity Pipes Lois LaBonte, Ginger McFadden, Maria Candida, Carole Casselli. The Harvard Dunster Dunces Ken Richards, Ken Hamilton, Robert Duran, Sig Jasinski, Robert Edwards, Emcee Brad Davis of WTIC J. B. Davis, Harry Jacoby. Radio and TV SAT., FEB. 24, 8:30 P.M. Dancers: Eileen Casey, Betsy Anne Dickerson, Esther Quarnstrom, Betty Hader, Mary Ann Bruning, Lilly Felcher, Carol Carlin, Renta Vasselle, Ronn Tickets at Bushnell Box Office Forella, Dick Corrigan, Ron Snook, Gene Foote, Kent Thomas, Rodd Har- Res. Sect. 53.00; General $2.00 man, John Widmer, Vito Durante. () Bushnell Prompter

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES Who's Who in the Cast ACT I. Scene 1. Exterior of the Tobin shack, Hannibal, Missouri. The turn of the TAMMY GRIMES (Molly) century. Miss Grimes, who studied at the Neigh- Scene 2. The road by the Tobin shack. Sun-up the next morning. borhood Playhouse, was first discovered by Scene 3. The Saddle Rock Saloon. Leadville, Colorado. Weeks later. television. Appearances on top dramatic Scene 4. The street in front of the Saddle Rock. Sunday night, three weeks shows were followed by off-Broadway's later. Littlest Revue, a stint.as standby for Kim Scene 5. Johnny's log cabin. A month later. Stanley in William Inge's Bus Stop, and a Scene 6. The same, three weeks later. cross-country tour in The Lark. This was Scene 7. Pennsylvania Avenue, Colorado. Six months later. followed by off-Broadway's production of Scene 8. The terrace of Mrs. McGlone's Denver Mansion. Later that evening. Clerambard, in which she was spotted by Scene 9. Pennsylvania Avenue. Immediately following. Julius Monk who immediately hired her as Scene 10. The Red Parlor of the Brown's Denver Mansion. The eve • g of their a singer for his Downstairs at the Upstairs house-warming. nightclub. It was there that Noel Coward saw her, was delighted by her and cast her ACT II. in the title role of Broadway production Scene 1. The Brown's Paris Salon. A spring afternoon, years later. of Look After Lulu in 1959. She was guest Scene 2. Upper hallway of the Brown's Denver Mansion. An evening months star at the New York City Opera in a re- later. vival of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Scene 3. The Red Parlor, 8 P.M. that evening. Rock, re-creating the role of Moll. She has Scene 4. The Red Parlor. Next mo • g. appeared with the Shakespeare Festival at Scene 5. The street in front of the Saddle Rock. Months later. Stratford, Ontario, as Mistress Quickly in Scene 6. Monte Carlo. A club off the Casino. Early spring, 1912. Henry IV, Part 1, and as Mopsa in The Scene 7. Outside the club. A moment later. Winter's Tale. Television audiences will Scene 8. The mid-Atlantic. Shortly after 2:30 A.M. April 15, 1912. remember her from Four for Tonight with Scene 9. Upper hallway, Brown home. Two weeks later. Cyril Ritchard, Beatrice Lillie and Tony Scene 10. The Rockies. Randall; Hollywood Sings with Eddie Al- bert; The Datchet Diamonds with Rex MUSICAL NUMBERS Harrison; and archy and mehitable with ACT I. Eddie Bracken. 1. "I Ain't Down Yet" Molly and her Brothers 2. "Belly Up to the Bar, Boys" . . . . Molly, Christmas and the miners HARVE PRESNELL (Johnny) 3. "I've A'ready Started In" . Johnny, Christmas, Charlie, Burt and Gitter 4. "I'll Never Say No" Johnny Mr. Presnell a twenty-six-year-old Cali- 5. "My Own Brass Bed" Molly fornian, has already made a mark for him- 6. "The Denver Police" Three Policemen self in opera and concerts both in this coun- 7. "Beautiful People of Denver" Molly try and abroad, notably in Germany where 8. "Are You Sure?" Molly, Monsignor and guests he was heard in La Form del Destino, Un 9. Re prise: "I Ain't Down Yet" Molly and Johnny Ballo in Maschera, The Marriage of Figaro and Tosca. He has shared the musical stage ACT II. with Dorothy Kirsten and Leontyne Price 1. "Happy Birthday, Mrs. J. J. Brown" Princess DeLong, Prince DeLong and, most recently, was heard in Philadel- and the International set phia and New York's Carnegie Hall under 2. "Bon Jour" (The Language Song) Molly, Prince DeLong and the Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia International Set Orchestra in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. 3. "If I Knew" Johnny He spent his youth on the family ranch 4. "Chick-a-pen" Molly and Johnny near Yosemite Valley where he herded 5. "Keep-A-Hoppin' " Johnny and his Leadville friends cattle, worked horses, labored in the field, 6. Leadville Johnny Brown (Soliloquy) Johnny drove a tractor. The family discovered he 7. "Up Where the People Are" Monte Carlo Guests had a voice at seven, and he became a 8. "Doke Far Niente" Prince DeLong and Molly soloist at the local church. He was schooled 9. Reprise: "I Ain't Down Yet" Johnny, Molly and Leadville friends at Modesta Junior College, but soon trans- ferred to Lotte Lehmann's Academy of the Standbys: Molly Tobin - Karen Morrow; Johnny Brown - Don Crabtree West (he won a scholarship there) to further his musical education. He made UNDERSTUDIES FOR "THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN" his professional bow in the male lead of the Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific an- annual Santa Barbara Festival. He was nouncement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. next heard at the Hollywood Bowl's Shamus Tobin - Don Crabtree. Christmas Morgan - Don Crabtree; Prince "Gershwin Night." At twenty-one he had DeLong - Vernon Kidd; Princess ' DeLong - Maria Candida; Roberts - Tom the title role in the American premiere of Larson; Monsignor - Vernon Kidd. Milhaud's David.

February 15 11 Notes on the Program by JOHN N. BURK SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA (From the WATER MUSIC) Newcomer to By George Frideric Handel

GE Born in Halle, February 25. 1685; Connecticut? died in London, April 14, 1759 Arranged by Sir Hamilton Harty

EXCHAN If your job has recently brought you to In Handel's time, parties on the

K Connecticut, please consider this your Thames were a favorite recreation of invitation to drop in and see us at any Londoners in the summer season.

STOC time. We would like to meet you and Handel's "Water Music" was composed help you re-establish your investment for just such a party, staged for King account or work with you on any in- George I and his party. vestment problems you may have. There are several conflicting stories about circumstances surrounding this Our welcome mat is always out for

K particular event, but the following ex- newcomers to the state. So don't hesi- cerpt from London's Daily Courant of tate to come in and make yourself July 19, 1717, apparently provides an known to us. accurate description of the occasion: EW YOR "This concert took place the day be- N

S fore yesterday. The king entered his

ER Hartford office open until 9 P.M. Wed. barge about eight o'clock with the Duchess of Bolton, the Countess of and Thurs., noon Sat. — Free parking EMB Godolphin, Mad. de Kilmanseck, Mad. M at Prospect St. and Atheneum Sq. No. Were and the Earl of Orkney, gentle- man of the king's bedchamber, who C was on guard. By the side of the royal & O.. barge was that of the musicians to the 6 CENTRAL ROW • HARTFORD • JA 5-1421 number of 50, who played all kinds of 1000 FARMINGTON AVE. • WEST HARTFORD • AD 6-5671 instruments, viz., trumpets, hunting New Britain Middletown New London horns, oboes, bassoons, German flutes, Waterbury Torrington Manchester French flutes a bee, violins and basses, but without voices. The concert was composed expressly for the occasion by the famous Handel, native of Halle and first composer of the king's music. It was so strongly approved by H. M. CIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCEMENT that he commanded it to be repeated, Membership renewal statements will be mailed to all current members once before and once after supper, al- about February 20th. To assure continued enjoyment of the mighty CMA bargain though it took an hour for each in fine entertainment -- six major events for $6.00 members should renew as performance." soon as possible. There is no precise information about Prospective new members may leave dues payment of $6.00 a person (the sole expense of next season's series) at the Bushnell Box Office at any time during the original score, for the autograph the next month. New members will be accepted, in the order of their application and parts are lost, but 20 movements date, as vacancies occur. were published by Arnold in the first Final CMA Concerts This Season collected edition, and by Chrysander MODERN JAZZ QUARTET, March I ... LORIN HOLLANDER, Pianist, in 1886 -- probably enough to have March 22 provided more than one royal Thames 12 Bushnell Prompter PROGRAM February 19, 1962 A rzberg China FOURTH deiNCERT — BUSHNELL SYMPHONY SERIES OF 1961-1962 Plain White BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Accent Gossamer CHARLES MUNCH, Music Director Granada Symphony Hall, Boston All in Open Stock St/foist, ANDRE NAVARRA, 'Cellist Open Mondays Presented by the Bushnell Community Concert Association PROGRAM he ascos HANDEL . t Suite for Orchestra, from "The Water Music" Q (Arranged by Sir Hamilton Harty) 17 SOUTH MAIN STREET I. Allegro West Hartford Center . AD2-9008 II. Air III. Bourree IV. Hornpipe V. Andante espressivo VI. Allegro deciso Connecticut's oldest school of MARTINU "Fantaisies Symphoniques" (Symphony No. 6) music (founded 1890) continues I. Lento; Allegro; Lento its role of increasing the II. Allegro understanding of all music, both III. Lento; Allegro for the performer and listener, through quality instruction by INTERMISSION an outstanding faculty.

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DVORAK . . . . *Concerto for Cello, in B Minor, Op. 104 I. Allegro II. Adagio ma non troppo Hartford III. Finale: Allegro moderato I ANDRE NAVARRA, 'Cellist Baldwin Piano *RCA Victor Records Conservatory

The final concert in the Bushnell Symphony Series ROBERT BRAWLEY, Director TUESDAY, MARCH 6, AT 8:15 P. M. PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA — EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor February 15 13 party, even though in each case the and with it many difficulties which music went well into the evening. must be solved before the end is Since the Water Music was intended reached. for out-of-doors uses, . it naturally "So when you ask the composer to afforded Handel the opportunity first talk about this work for a program, he to introduce the French horn into a is often reluctant and even embar- score of his own. The horn was then re- rassed, and he usually tries to avoid do- garded as an instrument for fanfares, ing so. Often the first impulse is already and far too coarse for symphonic pur- far away, or there are too many of them poses. The length of this accumulation to enumerate. of short movements (for it is nothing "To come to my `Fantaisies', there else) and the uncertainty as to its is one reason for this work which is clear original instrumentation has afforded and certain for me: I wished to write Sir Hamilton Harty an unquestionable something for Charles Munch. I am right to choose his own suite and order impressed and I like his spontaneous it to present needs as he has likewise approach to the music where music takes shape in a free way, flowing and JOHN MCGANN SAYS: done with the Fire Music. freely following its movements. An al- FANTAISIES SYMPHONIQUES (SYMPHONY NO. 6) most imperceptible slowing down or "Take the guesswork out of rushing up gives the melody a sudden By Bohuslav Martinu life. So I had the intention to write for planning your cruise or resort Born in Policka, Czechoslovakia, him a symphony which I would call vacation" December 8, 1890. `Fantastic% and I started my idea in a The score is dedicated to Charles big way, putting three pianos in a very Munch, and to the Boston Symphony big orchestra. This was already fan- Benefit by our travel Orchestra on the occasion of its 75th tastic enough, and during work I came experience, see — anniversary. It was first performed down to earth. I saw it was not a sym- January 7-8, 1955, by this orchestra in phony but something which I men- Boston. tioned before, connected with Munch's Bohuslav Martinu, who now resides conception and conducting. I aban- D AVIS-JACOBS in New York, composed this work at doned also my three pianos, being sud- the request of Charles Munch. The denly frightened by these three big score is in three movements, the first instruments on the stage. TRAVEL SERVICE episodic, with frequent changes of 242 TRUMBULL ST.. CH 6-7221 "I called the three movements Tan- tempo. taisies,' which they really are. One little CRUISES . TOURS . RESORTS Mr. Martinu, in answer to an in- fantasy of mine is that I use a few bars quiry, has been kind enough to provide quotation from another piece, from my an explanation of his fanciful title: opera Juliet, which, to my mind, fitted "The creation of a piece of music in perfectly well. That is of the nature goes through many metamorphoses. WEST OF HARTFORD of fantasy. I did it somehow for myself Sometimes it is a long way from the because I like the special orchestral composer's first idea to the composer's color in it, and thinking that I shall ASSCCI4Iff realization. The idea remains germinat- never hear my opera again, I could ing for years, and suddenly one day it listen once more to these few bars, Complete & Convenient pushes itself into the mind of the com- which I rewrote by memory." TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS poser, almost ready to be written. All the changes of the first impulse and all CONCERTO IN B MINOR FOR AD 3-1258 the other elements suddenly take their VIOLONCELLO, OP. 104 F. L. Andrews Harriette H. Kilby place in the integrated formation of the By Anton Dvorak 994 Farmington Avenue idea. But still the creative problem is Born September 8, 1841, Muhlhausen WEST HARTFORD CENTER not finished: then comes the daily work (Bohemia); died May 1, 1904, Prague. Bushnell Prompter The works which Dvorak composed Opera Association Fete during his stay in America (1892-95) "HOW TO PLAN YOUR added to his already considerable On 20th Anniversary FAMILY'S FINANCIAL popularity. They included the Sym- The Connecticut Opera Association, phony in E minor "From the New which for years has been responsible for World," of 1893; the Ten Biblical Songs most of the grand opera performances (1894), and the Violoncello Concerto enjoyed on the Bushnell stage, will have (1895) — also some lesser works (such a gala 20th birthday party on March as the Festival Cantata, "The Ameri- 19th in the Statler Hilton Hotel. Special can Flag"). Dr. Ottokar Sourek (in tribute will be paid during the evening Grove's Dictionary) states that "his to Frank Pandolfi, founder and execu- great yearning for his native land" in- tive director of the Association. spired several of these works. Former-Mayor William H. Morten- ROTECTION" Cellists of the time seem to have son, Bushnell managing director, will is the title of a recent publi- taken a lively interest in the news that ... be toastmaster. cation of our Trust Department a notable addition was to be made to President Samuel N. Rosenstein of in which we show how several in- the very scant literature of concertos the Association has announced that in- dividuals, in different types of for their instrument. At least two of vitations to attend the party have been family situations, provided last- them felt an almost parental concern sent to many of the great singers and ing financial protection for their in the safe arrival of the new work. other professional people who have con- One of these was Alwin Schroeder, first families . . . and at the same tributed to the sucess of opera in Hart- time saved significant amounts violoncellist of the Boston Symphony ford, as well as to those in the corn- Orchestra. Mr. Schroeder assisted the of estate and inheritance taxes. composer in writing in the passage work We think you would find this for the solo instrument. When Dvorak booklet both interesting and in- left New York and returned to Prague formative in connection with with his uncompleted score, he found your own family estate planning. an even more industrious helper in the If you would like a copy, call Mr. Bohemian 'cellist, Hans Wihan. Dickinson at our Head Office, The first movement, allegro, in B CH 9-6481, or Mr. Greene at our minor, 4-4, follows in most respects the West Hartford Office, AD 6-3585. prescription of the sonata form. The second movement, adagio ma non Hartford troppo, is in G major, 3-4. The finale, National Bank allegro moderato, in B minor, 2-4, is a and Trust Company FRANK PANDOLFI fully developed rondo on three themes Member F .D.I.0 ANI)RE NAVARRA munity who have supported Mr. Andre Navarra was born in Biarritz in Pandolfi in his work. William H. 1911, the son of a bass player, and he spent Bulkeley, former president of the As- his early childhood and first studied in Toulouse. He was taken to Paris at the age sociation, is honorary chairman of the of 13 to study at the National Conserva- celebration, while active chairmen of AUSTIN tory of Music. For a considerable period the anniversary program are Mr. and he was the first 'cellist at the Opera Mrs. Malcolm Pitt, assisted by Mr. and ORGANS Comique. Taking the first prize of the Mrs. William H. Newburger. International Competition for 'Cellists in INC. Among notables who quickly ac- Vienna in 1937, he began his career as a Combining fine craftsmanship virtuoso which was interrupted by the cepted invitations to be at the March with modern techniques and years of the.. French occupation. Mr. 19th party are Giovanni Martinelli, engineering. Navarra is Professof at the Paris Con- servatoire and the Accademia Chigiana in Salvatore Baccaloni, Winifred Heidt ON WOODLAND ST., HARTFORD Siena. He is now making his first tour of and John Brownlee, all singers in pro- Member: Associated Pipe Organ Builders this country. ductions here in past years. of America

February 15 15 "Boris Godunoff" Chorus

Single voices of the People (Peasants and Women) Bass (Mitjucha) Tenor, Mezzo Soprano, Boyards, Children, Guards, Captains, Girls from Sandomir, Pilgrims, People, (Chorus, etc.) Opera Ensemble: Sopranos: Carol Katham, Rita Brett, Claire ...... Bretempe, Esther Hines, Merri Dee Schneider, Shirley McKie, Elinor Aronson, Omega Mil- bourne, Josette Massamino, Sheila Edwards, Ursula Perreault, Claudette Mower, Mabel Klein, Jeannette Blumer, Virginia Carter, Josephine Graziano, Michelle Heggie, Sabina Krumpe, Jo Ann Meyer, Barbara Chilton, Carolyn Sammie, Joan Wunder, Virginia Brom- berg, Bonnie Davis, Virginia Datanzaro. Altos: Marybeth Zimmerman, Beth McCallip, Charlotte Washburn, Carol Carcieri, Pat Murray, Hilda Grant, Helen Pribram, Pat Crowley, Jennie Civitello, Marilyn Brown. Tenors: Richard Garafolo, Sidney Johnson, David Riel, Arthur Bffield, Dominick Galati, Lance Bagley, Fred Preston, Arthur Cohn. Bass: Frank Burke, George Mulligan, Francis Robinson, Bohdan Hluszewskyj, Thomas Bat- tista, James Symolon, George Munson, Earl Brown, Arthur Thompson, Robert Zysk, John Hamilton, Paul Vanek, Matthew Vanek, Edward Longo, Alfred Anderson, Dayle Grant, Robert Brouillard, John Laudate. Children: Nancy Bridges, Donald Downes, Michael Gottschalk, Anita Griswold, Debbie-Jo Klubek, Paul Kroll, Ronnie Kroll, Louis Leavitt, Patty Leavitt, Deborah Jean Meyer. Ann Rhilinger, Candy Tomkiel, Elliot Vogel, Harriett Vogel. Follow that car! The Travelers umbrella follows you wherever you go. If you run into trouble on the road, you don't call home—just call the nearest Travelers representative. There are thousands of friendly, helpful Travelers Agents located throughout the United States and Canada ready to act promptly any time, anywhere you need help. And they offer all kinds of insurance protection—not only for your car, but for your home, your medical bills, your family's future. Call The Travelers man near you. Start enjoying the convenience of one plan, one man, one monthly check to pay under The Travelers umbrella of insurance protection.

THE TRAVELERS Insurance Companies EltrITESTeAri Musical Director . . Dr. Moshe Paranov Stage Director . . . . Dr. Elemer Nagy Scenery and set Designer . Dr. Elemer Nagy Production Manager and Coach Irene Hahn Assistant Coach Laura Gaudet Chorus Directors Louis Pellettieri Philip Tregfor Technical Directors . David Goodine George Graves John Kelsey Technical Assistants . John Barker, Elizabeth Someone you know might like to re- Barret, Tere Palardi, Benjamin ceive the Prompter regularly by mail. Thomas, Rita Brett, Joan Wunder Wardrobe Mistress . . . Nina Paranov By subscription it is only $1 a year for Wardrobe Assistants . . Elizabeth Boock Rosalie Benny 24 issues. Send your check or money Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Russell order (made out to Bushnell Memorial) Draperies . . . . Charlotte Washburn Lighting . . . . . Daniel Champ with the name, address and postal zone Make-up and Properties . Tanya Paranov number to: Bushnell Prompter, Hart- Wigs. . . . . Ella Bouchard Projection Slides painted by George Graves, ford 14, Connecticut. Philip Stone, Ilona Teleki, Virginia Brom- berg, Carolyn Sammis Multiscreen Scenery Projection System by Dr. Elemer Nagy I (i Bushnell Prompter PROGRAM I February 21, 1962 SPRING VACATION HARTT OPERA-THEATER GUILD REQUIREMENTS of the University of Hartford

presents OUR UNIVERSITY DEPT. MUSSORGSKY'S AND VACATION ROOM HAS A NEW SELECTION "BORIS GODUNOFF" INCLUDING Produced by the Opera Dept. of the Hartt College of Music Book and Music by Modest Mussorgsky, after Alexander Pushkin's Drama Opera in nine scenes English text by John Gutman INDIA MADRAS BEACHWE.IR Musical Director The Production Designed and Staged by KNIT GOLF SHIRTS Dr. Moshe Paranov Dr. Elemer Nagy BERMUDA SHORTS Characters in Order of Appearance INDIA MADRAS d SILK NIKITICH, a guard John Hamilton MITYUKH Frank Burke JACKETS A WOMAN . • • • • • . . . Carolyn Sammis TROPICAL SUITS and SHCHELKALOV, Secretary of the Munn • Richard Christopher PRINCE SHUISKI William Gibbons TROUSERS BORIS GODUNOFF, Tsar of R14 ,Sitl Benjamin Thomas BROTHER PIMEN l'a•thek Pazdera GRIGORI, later Dimitri Frank del Camp INNKEEPRESS Jane Halderman MISSAIL . . . • Richard Garafola VARLAAM . . . Walter Jennings BORDER GUARD . • Richard Wolberg XENIA, BORIS' daughter . Barbara Chilton FYODOR, BORIS' son . . . . Frank Kubik XENIA'S NURSE . . . . Constance Crosby A BOYAR GUARD . . . • • . Dohdatt Hluszewsky MARINA MNISHEK, a Polish noblewoman . . Elizabeth Barrett 46 LaSalle Road, West Hartford RANGONI, a Jesuit . . • • John Barker SIMPLETON . . . Sidney Johnson KHRUSHCHOV . . . . Bruno Utlee 2 JESUITS .. . . Arthur Thomson Richard Christopher (SYNOPSIS OF SCENES) Scene 1: The Courtyard of a Monastery of Novodievich near Moscow. ... from home Scene 2: A Square in the Kremlin. Scene 3: A Cell in the Monastery of Tehudov. JA 2-0234 Scene 4: An Inn near the Lithuanian Border. ... from Bushnell at Scene 5: A Room in the Tsar's Palace in the Kremlin. INTERMISSION EAST ENTRANCE Scene 6: Marina's Apartment in a Castle of Sandoinir in Poland. Scene 7: Night, in the Garden. Scene 8: A Forest near Kromy. Scene 9: The Hall of the Duma in the Kremlin. (YELLOW CAB)

Time of the Action 1598-1605 - — February 15 17 Synopsis of "Boris Godunoff" THE COURTYARD OF A MONASTERY wi th his son, reminding the boy that the Scene 1: land will some day be his to govern. Left Goaded by police officials, a crowd of alone, he ponders his problems as monarch Russian peasants assembled in the court- and the fears that haunt him. Shouts are yard of a monastery near Moscow is pray- heard offstage. While Fyodor goes to in- ing for a successor to the dead Tsar. vestigate, a boyar announces Prince Shchelkalov, clerk of the Duma announces Shuiski and whispers to Boris of a con- We have many most attractive properties that Boris declines the throne but suggests spiracy. Shuiski describes the insurrection for sale — both large and small. We are that the people petition him anew. A pro- of Grigori, the pretender, but assures Boris active in Northern Connecticut, with cession of pilgrims arrives, praying for that the real Dimitri is long since dead and specialists in all types of real estate in- Russia's deliverance. Ordered to gather at r details to prove it. Stifled with the Kremlin the next morning, the crowd horrorhorro and guilt, the Tsar dismisses the cluding mortgages, appraisals, estates, wily prince and is unsettled by the striking farms, industrial, and business properties. wearily disperses. A SQUARE IN THE KREMLIN of a nearby clock. Scene 2 INTERMISSION J. WATSON BEACH & CO. MARINA'S APARTMENT IN POLAND 21 Central Row . HARTFORD . JA 2-2114 In the square of the Kremlin, the bells of the cathedral herald the coronation of Scene 6: W. A. HAVILAND HENRI M. DAVID Boris Godunoff. Prince Shuiski hails the In the Polish castle of Sandomir, her President Vice President new Tsar to the acclamations of the people. maidens entertain the proud noblewoman Boris appears in triumph, followed by his Marina Mnishek with songs of praise. But children, but feels a strange foreboding. her thoughts are elsewhere — with the A CELL IN THE MONASTERY OF TCHUDOV young pretender. The Jesuit Rangoni urges her to influence "Dimitri" to bring Russia Take a pleasant drive. From Scene 3 under the dominion of the Roman Church. Hartford follow Route 44 to The aged monk Pimen is recording the history of Russia in his dim monastery cell. NIGHT, IN THE GARDEN New Hartford, then Route Grigori, a young novice, awakes from a Scene 7: 219 to Route 4 to nightmare and questions Pimen on the While in the castle, the guests are enter- rightful heir to the throne, Dimitri, whom tained with a Polonaise, and Dimitri is in Boris is thought to have murdered. The the garden awaiting Marina. Upon her Torrington monk describes having seen the slain child, arrival, he is fired by her ambition, and he who, had he lived, would now be the same agrees to pursue his aspirations for the and the age as Grigori. Pondering what he has throne and make her Empress of Russia. heard, the novice cries that Boris will be A FOREST NEAR KROMY punished by God. Scene 8: p. TAME Mal Conley AN INN NEAR THE LITHUANIAN BORDER A crowd of revolutionary peasants drags Scene 4: Khrushchov, a boyar, through the Forest Yankee Pedlar Inn The innkeeper of a tavern near the of Kromy, jeering at his rank and pretend. Recommended by AAA, Duncan Lithuanian border sings a ballad to her- ing that he is Boris. Varlaam and Missail Hines and Gourmet Magazine self and then welcomes Grigori, who is ac- stagger in to rouse the populace to the companied on his way to liberty across the cause of "Dimitri"; Grigori, passing by in Fine Food HU 9-9226 border by two drunken friars, Varlaam and a triumphant torchlight procession, claims & Drinks Missail. Varlaam entertains them with a the throne. The Simpleton is left alone to song about the siege of Kazan by Ivan the bewail the woes of Russia. Terrible, and then falls asleep. A frontier THE HALL OF THE DUMA IN THE KREMLIN guard enters with a warrant for the arrest Scene 9: Do you know that there is a of the renegade Grigori, which he cannot Assembled in the hall of the Duma, the special, all-risk policy for your read. The novice first pretends that it de- boyars discuss the fate of the country. scribes Varlaam but then, when the old Shuiski tells of the hysteria of Boris, who monk reads the true description, makes his interrupts the account, protesting his Musical Instruments? escape through a window. innocence. The ancient Pimen is intro- A Room IN THE TSAR'S PALACE duced and announces a miracle: a blind GOODWIN Scene 5: shepherd has been healed at the grave of LOOMIS & In the apartments of the Tsar in the the murdered Dimitri. Crushed by this Kremlin, the princess Xenia bewails the omen, Boris dismisses the company, sends BRITTON death of her betrothed. To cheer her the for his son and bids him farewell. To the 7A 7-5 114 Nurse sings a folk song; since it has no tolling of bells and the chant of the return- 15 Lewis St. Hartford 3, Conn. effect, the Tsarevich joins her in another. ing boyars, the Tsar dies naming Fyodor Boris enters and studies a map of Russia his heir. 18 Bushnell Prompter eaoteettiat 7414

Few people in this country have ever heard of a French entertainer named Ginette Marguerite Auger -- at Music's Regal Splendor least, few know her by that name. But mention Genevieve, and all recognize the exhuberant Parisienne who has captured the heart of America. A Empty, indeed, is the soul that remains dozen years ago she opened her own unmoved before the power and the majes- night club in Paris. Composer-guitarist- tic rendition of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus singer Luc Poret was one of the top- on the organ. Perhaps no other instru- flight performers who entertained there; ment frames the spirit of the composer's he's one of the mainstays in her current work in such regal splendor. touring show, "From Paris With Love," (coming to the Bushnell April 14.) Bringing music's most glorious voice to life is the work, nay, reward of craftsmen Is the country's heretofore avid in- terest in massive ice shows slipping? at Austin Organs here in Hartford. The Variety magazine noted, after a recent sense of achievement that their skilled survey, that attendance at the three hands bring into the creation of each major ice shows touring America this instrument is matched only by the pleas- season has slipped as much as 30% be- ure, solace or comfort that fills the heart low last year's figures. of an enraptured listener. Carol Channing, comedienne, singing The blending of art and science in the de- and dancing star, has just completed velopment of organs that grace such a four-weeks personal appearance en- houses of worship as the Fifth Avenue gagement at New York's Waldorf- Presbyterian Church in New York and Astoria where she set an attendance record for this season. She and her com- St. Joseph Cathedral in Hartford, as well pany, "Twelve Gentlemen Who Prefer as the organ in Bushnell Memorial Hall, Blondes," are set for three evening per- attest the reputation that Austin Organs formances on the Bushnell stage on has established since 1893. April 9-10-11, doing the hit numbers from Miss Channing's various stage and movie shows. Finlay Brothers, printers, For the many who recall the late Walter Damrosch's great work for the is proud to number Austin Organs Inc. promotion of good music on early radio, among its many customers. it is interesting to note that he was born 100 years ago last month. At the age of 23 he took over, upon his father's FINLAY BROTHERS, printers death, the conductorship of the Metro- politan Opera's touring company. 390 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut

As -a means of promoting tourism, Japan on April 1 will exempt visitors from the usual 10% tax on hotel, food, drink and certain amusements spending. February 15 I9 Original Broadway cast album PROGRAM February 24, 1962 "THE COLLEGIATE SOUND"

Produced by DYKE SPEAR Directed by JACK BARTER

Master of Ceremonies: BRAD DAVIS

PROGRAM Featuring in order of appearance.

Monophonic & Stereo (S) W 40-1560 THE YALE SPIZZWINKS (Walter Chiari Returning to the Collegiate Sound after the most successful year in their his- tory the Spizzwinks are once again rated as the number one group on the Yale "The Gay Life" 0Barbara Cook campus. For forty-nine years their close harmony and expert showmanship have Jules Munshin thrilled audiences from the Bahamas to Central City, Colorado. What a charming couple; Why go any- where at all; Bring your darling daughter; Now I'm ready for a frau; Magic THE PEMBROKE P D Q'S moment; Who can? You Can; Oh, mein Nicknamed by knowledgeable Ivy League undergraduates as "the gorgeous liebchen; The label on the bottle; This kind of a girl; The bloom is off the rose; ones", the PDQ's have a reputation for beauty that is exceeded only by their I'm glad I'm single; Something you never talent for singing. They are in great demand throughout New England and have had before; You will never be lonely; recently released an album entitled "You've Got To Have Everything". Youre not the type; Come a-wandering with me; I never had a chance; I wouldn't marry you; For the first time. THE AMHERST ZUMBYES The Amherst Zumbyes feature the eight part harmony of the modern chord, so difficult to attain, but when properly executed, a rare thrill and delight for the audience. Such sophisticated performances have entertained thousands in places as far flung as Miami Beach and Winter Haven.

THE VASSAR G-STRINGERS Led by irrepressible Hope Austin, the Tammy Grimes of the Ivy League, the TONIGHT . . . forget your in- Vassar G-Stringers are one of the most exciting acts in show business — either surance questions and problems collegiate or professional. The smash hit of the 1961 Collegiate Sound, the G- Stringers return with their show-stopping enthusiasm and a word of warning --- . . . sit back . . . relax . . . and never never shorten their name. enjoy THE HARVARD DUNSTER DUNCES . THE COLLEGIATE SOUND It was thought beit not to let Yale and Harvard get too close on the program, JACK BARTER for they take great pride in their performances and none more so than the Dun- ster Dunces. A first for the Collegiate Sound the Dunster Dunces are considered Harvard's finest.

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THE DARTMOUTH INJUNAIRES It is said that Dartmouth men are instilled with a love and loyalty for Alma Mater that would make Krushchev envious. The Injunaires area product of such discipline. And the rewards are great for they have an adoring and enthusiastic following at every girl's college on the Eastern seaboard. Deservedly so, for t here Noel Coward NOV WW1. r is none so polished as or more exciting than the Dartmouth Injunaires. sail A I' M.1' ,

inAME STRITCH THE WELLESLEY WIDOWS - .-.,:oliirtifx ...... ,,.. wan OlPtill SMIX : I'f fla% The Widows are so named because they usually wear black. But there is noth- Aim ing dark about their singing for it is light of spirit and full of fun. The Widows Monophonic & Stereo (S) WAO-1643 are in constant demand and have sung all over New England and New York. Noel Coward's "SAIL AWAY" starring THE TRINITY PIPES ELAINE STRITCH The pipes need little introduction to Hartford audiences. Their performances for local civic and social organizations number in the hundreds. Their album Come to me; Sail away; Where shall I find him; Beatnik love affair; Later than "The Pipes of Trinity College" released by Carlton Records in full sound stereo Spring; The passenger's always right; won them thousands of new friends and admirers. Useful phrases; Youre a long, long way from America; The customer's always right; Something very strange; Go slow, Johnny; The little ones' ABC; Don't turn THE MOUNT HOLYOKE V-8's away from love; When you want me; Why do the wrong people travel? Female singing groups will often privately admit that they cannot compete with their male counterparts. The weakness is usually in the unsophistication of the arrangements and the inherent difference in strength between male and female voices. The v-8's are a notable exception and have been rated by critics this year as one of the finest collegiate female singing groups ever assembled.

THE HIGHWAYMEN The return of the Highwaymen is a matter of great pride for the Collegiate TOMORROW . . . Consider Sound. Since their appearance last March 11th they have had two million-seller your financial security . . . Call records (Michael and "Gypsy Rover") an Australian tour, television appearances, us for a review. a successful album and a full page story in Time Magazine. The audience re- action to "Gypsy Rover" at the Collegiate Sound last year was a determining JOHN H. BARTER factor in their decision to make it their next big release after Michael. All five are seniors at Wesleyan and are fine scholars, performers, and most important— Associates gentlemen. All forms insurance . . . Con- sultants. Main Office . . . West The Collegiate Sound wishes to thank the Savitt Stations, WCCC AM and FM, for their generosity in Hartford JA 3-0021 presenting each of our usherettes with gifts of Sterling Silver.

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"WHO CARES?" "Hello, folks. This is Jack Benny. There HEUBLEIN of HARTFORD will now be a slight pause for everyone to say 'Who cares?' " Manufacturers and Importers of These were the first words Mr. Benny spoke as a guest on Ed Sullivan's radio show in 1932. It was also his first appear- FINE FOODS AND LIQUORS ance on radio. (That was 30 years ago when, according to frequent announce- SINCE 1875 ments, Jack was only nine). Since then, he has starred in more than 1000 combined radio and TV broadcasts. His present audiences now prove beyond doubt that there are millions "who care". lie began the study of the violin at an early age and was considered something of a child prodigy. When World War I came A.1. STEAK SAUCE along, he joined the Navy — his prime duty being that of raising funds for Navy MAYPO and MALTEX CEREALS relief. One night during the Great Lakes Revue, while Jack was performing, the GREY-POUPON DIJON MUSTARD electricity failed and the lights went out in the auditorium. To keep the crowd from HEUBLEIN Ready-to-Serve COCKTAILS getting restless, Jack and his pianist started to talk. The audience roared with SMIRNOFF VODKA laughter. It was this ad fibbing in an emergency BELL'S SCOTCH WHISKY which first indicated to Jack that he could be funny. Although an ad lib started him HARVEY'S SHERRIES & PORTS on his phenomenal career as a comedian, once he entered broadcasting, where he won his greatest fame, lie boycotted the HUNTLEY & PALMERS BISCUITS MILSHIRE GIN ad lib in favor of carefully prepared mate- ROSE'S LIME MARMALADE HEUBLEIN VERMOUTH rial. For every 30-minute program he airs, EDOUARD ARTZNER FOI GRAS HEUBLEIN CORDIALS he and his crew work a full five days. There are no cue cards, no teleprompters on a ROBERTSON'S PRESERVES GILBEY'S CANADIAN VELVET Benny show. All dialogue is fully MING TEAS GILBEY'S CROCK O'GOLD memorized. ESCOFFIER SAUCES GUINNESS STOUT BASS ALE CAKE-MATE DECORATING On behalf of the Board of Re- GELS AND ICINGS PERRIER CARBONATED gents, and the entire University TRAPPIST CANDIES WATER of Hartford Family, I wish to ex- AND PRESERVES ROSE'S LIME JUICE press our sincere appreciation to Jack Benny, one of America's great entertainers, for his ap- SMIRNOFF VODKA - 80 AND 100 PROOF. DISTILLED FROM GRAIN. MILSHIRE pearance t his eve • g. Ile is per- DISTILLED LONDON DRY GIN - 80 PROOF. DISTILLED FROM 100% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. GILBEY'S CROCK 0' GOLD IRISH WHISKEY - 86.8 PROOF. forming without fee, a fact BLENDED AND BOTTLED BY GILBEY OF IRELAND, LTD., DUBLIN. CANADIAN which makes him one of our VELVET CANADIAN WHISKY 86.8 PROOF. BLENDED AND BOTTLED BY major contributors. W. & A. GILBEY, (CANADA) LTD., TORONTO, CANADA. BELL'S BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY - 86 PROOF. ARTHUR BELL & SONS, LTD. DISTILLERS, PERTH, SCOTLAND. Vincent 13. Coffin, Chancellor University of llar ■ford HEUBLEIN, INC., HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 22 Bushnell Prompter ▪•

PROGRAM February 26, 1962

THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD

presents JACK BEN NY Violin Soloist

arid!

HARTT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BRIDES - TO - BE mostiE pARANoN, Conducting Reflect your good taste with quality invitations and Bridal stationery from Stevens. OVERTURE TO "EURYANTHE" • • von Weber

SYMPHONY IN E MINOR, Op 95. (From the New World) Dvorak Adagio Largo Allegro con fuoco

OVERTURE TO "LA VIE PARISIENNE" . Offenbach

INTERMISSION

A warning bell will be sounded three minutes before the end of intermission.

ZIGEUNERWEISEN (Gypsy Airs) . . Sarasate Mr. Benny

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