EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, June
21, 1955 Vol. C573
LOCAL
NEWS
GUYS AND DOLLS PLAYS TO SOLD
OUT CROWDS
East Farewell – The East Farewell Playhouse is currently
presenting the extremely popular play “Guys & Dolls” This is a local
production of the Broadway smash with an assortment of both local and national celebrities.
This show was the most popular next to “A Christmas Carol” in last year’s
schedule and its overwhelming success made for an easy decision for producer,
Jeb Bernstein, to redo the musical. “We very briefly discussed whether to bring
it back and it was an undisputed yes to bring it back,” said Bernstein during in
an after show interview.
This year’s
version stars Ray Shaw reprising his Broadway role as Sky Masterson along with
local hero Phil O’Rourke as Nathan Detroit. The cast also includes local
favorites, Natalie
Mallard as Miss Adelaide and Sue
Logan as Sister Sarah Brown. The music was supplied by the Playhouse’s
guest band for this show, Gus Templeton’s Small Band. The scenery was on the
minimal side but well placed pews for the Save-A-Soul Mission and interesting
Cuban scenes along with simple street backdrops did not take away from the
action.
The show has
sold out every show and is expected to continue to sell out for the rest of the
run which last until July 31st. It is not unusual to hear people
humming “Luck be a Lady” on the streets of East Farewell. The Playhouse has
become the new place to be seen in town and there always a line before show
times and it is not unusual to see kids hanging by the stage doors waiting for
the actors to come to get autographs.
“We are having
a great time with this play and the turnout has been tremendous,” said O’Rourke
after a show, “I’m just love my part as Nathan, he is really the heart of the
show, I think, but Ray does a great job and the whole gang really makes this
baby go. It is just a great time. I love it.”
Natalie
Mallard and the Cast of Guys & Dolls
SPORTS
TRAVELERS HOOKED BY ANGLERS
Riverview – The Travelers got netted on Saturday by a team that
was surprising polished with a strong defense and a smooth offense. The Riverview
Anglers hooked the Travelers 6-1 in a one sided victory that made the Travelers
look a bit road weary. The Anglers tagged Travelers starter, the usually
reliable, Joe Nagy, for three runs in the first and then in the third the rock
solid Travelers defense crumbled when shortstop, Dale Dunham and catcher, Joey
Brown committed costly errors allowing two more runs. The Anglers, Jerry Mack, added
insult to injury by blasting Nagy for a solo homerun in the eighth.
The Travelers
have been on the road for the last three weeks but that is no excuse so said
team leader Johnny Cloos. “We looked slow and half asleep out there today, it
was a disgrace. I apologize to all our fans, we are much better than that. I
have to give the Anglers their due. They played a very strong game and did not
make any mistakes, unlike us. ”
The Travelers did get on the board with a solo
homerun in the seventh by Tony Dimero but that was too little too late. The
game ended with a lopsided 6-1 score and the Travelers limped into the locker
room. They finally come home next week when they take on the Cedar Creek Bulls
in the Ball Park at 1:30 on Saturday.
NATIONAL NEWS
HIGHWAY
BILL PASSED – SAFETY DEVICES FOR KIDS IN FRIDGES – POLES RIOT IN POZNAN –
MARILYN & MILLER MARRY - MARTIN & LEWIS LAST SHOW TOGETHER
The $33 billion highway bill - the
biggest non-defense spending program in history, is passed by Congress and is
sent to President Eisenhower. The bill provides for a $14.8 billion hike in
taxes to be levied on highway users in the next 16 years. Its major feature
calls for a 41,000-mile network of interstate superhighways to cost about $27
billion.
The House Commerce Committee approves
legislation to require manufacturers to add a safety device to free children if
they become trapped inside refrigerators. The committee left it up to the
Bureau of Standards to decide what the device should be.
Thousands of rioting Poles tear down Communist flags and shout for the Russians
to get out of Poland in a flash rebellion in the industrial Poland city of
Poznan. The Communists repelled with tank and machine gun fire, killing dozens.
The city was placed under martial law and communications have been shut off.
Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur
Miller are married in the White Plains (NY) city hall. The decision to have the
marriage performed in White Plains was a spur-of-the-moment as they were
motoring back from Connecticut to New York.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are
scheduled to appear on the “Today” show this week. The deal was made before the
boys decided to break-up. In the meantime, they are fulfilling a promise to
appear at the 500 Club in Atlantic City - the place where it all started for
the comedy duo.
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