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Cyrano De Bergerac Studio Arena State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College Digital Commons at Buffalo State Studio Arena Programs Studio Arena 10-23-1966 Cyrano De Bergerac Studio Arena Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/saprograms Recommended Citation Studio Arena, "Cyrano De Bergerac" (1966). Studio Arena Programs. 46. http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/saprograms/46 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Studio Arena at Digital Commons at Buffalo tS ate. It has been accepted for inclusion in Studio Arena Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at Buffalo tS ate. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GEORGE GRIZZARD stars in ‘CYRANO de BERGERAC 260 KINO ST. W. ® TORONTO. ONL « 363«42lt 3 WEEKS BEGINNING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 Evs. Tues. thru Sat. 8.30; Mats. Wed., Sat. & Sun. 2 p.m. By arrangement APA~PHOENIX Theatre Inc.) ------ ™---------------- ------- Proudly Presents .............. .......... .......................... THE APA REPERTORY COMPANY The Nation's Best Repertory Company WE COMRADES THREE by Richard Baldridge from the' works of W alt Whitman TUES. EVE., O CT. 25 thru SUN. MAT. O CT. 30 THE WILD DUCK by Henrik Ibsen translated by Eva Le Gallienne TU.ES. EVE., NO V. I thru SUN. MAT. NOV. 6 THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL by Richard Brinsley Sheridan TUES. EVE., NOV. 8 thru SUN. MAT. NOV. 13 NOTE! There are no M O N . EVE. or SUN. EVE. Performances SEATS on SALE If ordering by Mail please enclose self-addressed envelope for return of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. tickets. (Please give alternatives..) Tues. to Thurs. Eves. Orchestra $5.50; 1st Bale. $4.50; 2nd Bale. $2.50 Fri. & Sat. Eves. Orchestra $6.00; 1st Bale. $5.00; 2nd Bale. $3.00 Mats. Wed., Sat. & Sun. Orch. $4.50; 1st Bale. $4.00; 2nd Bale. $2.00 SPECIAL DISCOUNT PRICES FOR STUDENTS BEFORE the SHOW DINE at ED'S WAREHOUSE RESTAURANT (Next door to Theatre) Phone 366-6676 — Open 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. around BUFFALO npni:; VOODOO of Sheridan Man at the Hamlin Park Pavilion. JL Whiteside? Could he. An vwa-y, lOast Aurora . The Buffalo Phil­ Robert Eckles, star of the Studio harmonic’s season premiered Satur­ Arena Theater's next production day at K-leinhans and was to repeat The Xian Who Came lo Dinner. the program this Tuesda\ with Stra­ became a legitimate type-cast wheel­ vinsky’s Oedipus Ilex, narrated by chair ease during rehearsals by fall­ Leslie Fiedler . The Nick N an ing and spraining an ankle. In the I’rio provides some pleasant listen­ play, t'lie central figure. Whiteside, ing in Panaro’s Lounge . Melod\ suflers a broken hip falling down I’air’s Lou Fisher preparing for a his host's stairs. l'l memory accu­ downtown eii'gagement fat Klein- rately serves, didn't the late Alex­ hans) of the American Classical ander Wool cot t bust an arm dining Theatre production of The 'I'empesl. his road tour as Whiteside? . opening Dec. 1 . A visitor to Buf­ George Grizzard. excelling eurrenth falo has no trouble finding reward­ at' the Studio A-rena as Cyrano de ing restaurants, elegant continental licr^erae, pulls no punches in inter­ types like Mr. A-gro’s, or modern, views (like1 who’s afraid ot Mara! sophisticated .-Vim-M'iean-style places Sad'e?). On a recent Sunday alter- like The Roundtable . The va-riet\ noon interview show over Civ. 7 he ot atmosphere and cuisine is ex­ registered the same intelligence and tended by appealing spots like The commendable frankness that Roy Downtowner, Chin’s- Islander (you Newquist reflected in his new hook won't be hungry an hour later) the called Showcase, a collection of in- Swiss Chalet (for the chieken- depth interviews with leading fhea- pickers), The Cloister (of particular tri'ca'I personalities, Grizzard among interest for antique collectors). Ca- them . The Royal Arms appears mino Bianca’s, The Sheik (a Leba­ to be the last local stand for modern nese specialty house) an'd the Cedars jazz bulls, where progressive singers like Mark Murphy, now June Christy of Lebanon (another spot where can be heard . Dick Starke and t'he cuisine is Near Eastern and the Joey Bean starring with the Aurora music is productive of some navel Players in a production of The Music effects). ■ Scene Thi;litre Maiur/ine Vol. 4. No. S — Oct. 23-29. 1 Publisher Editor and Art Director David B. Crombic Stun Helleur Scent: Theatre Magazine is published weekly by Scene Publications I.imitcd. Ruffalo Addresv 681 Main St, Toronto Address: 2 Carlton St. Printed in Canada. Subscription Kate: S5.00 per year. CYRANO’ OPENS ARENA SEASON George Grizzard stars in Rostand classic r |"1H-K bravura of Rostand's classic such as the Studio’s. J. plus il'it* skill and vitality of In this setting, (uizzard is no actor George (uizzard promise to stranger. make ('t/rano d r Bcrgi-'iac, opening The style of Edmond Rostand’s production in the Studio Arena p’lay, written in I-&97. reflects the Theatres second season, an event to baroque. 17th century style of the remember for playgoers from Hnllalii real (.‘yrano (le Mergerac. who stood and neighboring communities. tall as a French playwright-novelist As a title role. Ci/ir/7 1 0 . a tragi­ in the generations immediately fol­ comic character, soldier, philosopher lowing Shakespeare's span. Ros­ and a romantic uho.se love-life w ..s tand's play, particularly in l'lnglish complicated b\ an unusually long translation, has some of the flavor of and curiously shaped nose, repre Shakespeare's verse and form-; all sents an actor’s lour (Ip force, par­ o| which is the long way around to ticularly within the framework ol identifying (irizzard as one ol a near-to-rouud. open thrust stage. America’s leading Shakespearian ac- Tyrone Guthrie's theater in \limu-- l-rv iug Lcvick. its also assisted by a Women’s Gommittce presided o\er As to p f ii<>ri11 i11 <_£ "nearly in the by Mrs. Gerald I). Albertson, with round. ’ Gri/./.ard can t-1 r;i\\ on ex- additional help from volunteer oi pfrit-iift* accumulated in Iwn stMsmis ganizatious like the I'mii-n1 League with a similar. arena-style company in Washington. D.G. in the early To quote the Buffalo Evening 50's }x-*i(>r(' his Broadw ay successes, News: " I’here are obvious reasons countless leading TV r-oles ami w in any city is fortunate to have starring parts in movies-. particularly a theatre. There is nothing quite Advise and Consent. like a theatre performance. It has In this opening production. first its own kind of excitement — a live ol eight presentations running coii- performance creates an effect which secutivel-y. Gri/zard is supported In is very difficult, if not impossible, a resident' company of 22 actors, to achieve by merely reading a play. five from the Buffalo area. Guided "There are also clear practical lay Nea'l Du Brock as executive benefits. The Studio AHENA is one director, the year-old Buffalo group of several businesses to relocate represents the olst resident profes­ downtown in the past year. Its pay - sional company in the revival ol roll is roughly $200,000, its sales regional playhouses by the newly- about $250,000 . The Studio form'ed National Theater League. ARENA now is one of the city's non­ A year-round operation-, the city- profit institutions. As such, it has the supported. non-profit' Studio .Vrena opportunity to help the community Theatre is not only offering a full in many surprising ways.” H la-11 and winter season of professional drama, it also is operating a Studio Theatre School which trains young actors, conducts a w riters’ w-orkshop and coalesces t-hc; two wit-h Actors Workshop produet ions. An extension of this grassroots training is a program of plays of­ fered to the MO,000 elementary school students in Greater Buffalo. The school plan is being undertaken with the Buffalo Board of Educa­ tion, through its Office of Education and applies to more than 50 paro­ chial and public schools. Du Brock's full-time staff ol around 50 is not without help behind the scenes. The Studio A R E N A Theatre has a foundations commit­ tee under Gharlcs J. Hahn and a 30- doomed. Latest news is lli.it Miss Booth will star instead m-wt season in a musical remake oi the Howard Teiclunann - George S. Kaufman eoniedv, .A Solid Cold Cadillac . Robert Sinclair is out and Woody Allen lias taken over himself as director ol his new show, Don I Drink flip Walcr, now trying out in Philadelphia . One ol' the big dis­ appointments ol the new season was postponement ol Noel Coward’s trilogy, Suite in Three Keys, until next year. Coward's health was given as the reason . H ow ’s this lor a title: You K-noiu I Can't Ik'ar You W hen the W ater is l{unnin< It’s a new play by Robert Anderson starring his wile, Teresa W right along wit'll Martin Balsam and F.ileen Heckart . Anthony Quayle, who staged Lad f/ Windermere's fain, now at the Phoenix, is producer Hal Prince's choice for the role ni Te\ ya Nearest thing to a in the British production of Tiddler front row seat on the Roof. Quayle auditioned lor FOR YOUR CAR the par-t returning to London . That’s showbiz.
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