Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-29

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However, when she is not pl
Miss Charming Is sleeping toI
prepare herself for another round
Of rehearsing and playing.
But we did catch up with
Christine White Of "A Hatful of
RAIN long enough for q slice
Of honeydew melon and two cups
Of coffee s.. Two slices Of honey
dew. too. II that last sentence
sounds ambiguous She had
80 minutes on her way to . II
o'clock rehearsal.
As intervals 60. this one was
long enough to learn that Miss
White. after d rather quick and
vivid success in New York tele-
vision. Is dedicated now TO the
theater $. "Since this part came
along last March" she says, II
have taken no television jobs.
Instead. ! rushed into summer
stock lat Myrtle Beach-to learn
as much as 1 could about this
business" In two and one-|
half years with Actors Studio,
the modest Miss White already
had learned a lot about this
business.
Then there is Bib Osterwald, |
also of The Vamp. company. /
il. Like Miss White, she also ISL
. Washington girl. an olderl
Washington girl on the drama
departments list of friends. i
But Bib not only has q newi
musical. she also has q newl
baby. Between marriage, i
motherhood and q career, sfeI
has been almost buster than any
other visiting actress. Bothl
productions have another week.
to go. however, and both may |
simmer down enough for d social
session or two.
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LAST WORD ON aJJJNKEYn:
No man to accept the police de-
partment's spelling Of the dope
addict's word for himself, a1un-l
key. Is The News Tom Dom
nelly.
In the Dictionary Of Amer
lean Underworld Slang, 2 he in
forms this colleague, 1T ISL
spelled turnkey. That's the
one we first used and I'm stick
ing to it.
As for this department, an I
aliict henceforth Is an addict
and to with these pet
names.
STEVE WINS: Local show
men. Variety Club members. who
choose show business personal
ity Of the year. keep on absolv-
ing themselves from any charge
a. parochialism, pronunciation, /
or any smaller word meaning
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
They have just chosen tele-I
visions Steve Allen for the plaque
which win be awarded at thel
clubs annual dinner to be held
November 10 at the Statler Ho-
tel. -. Orville Crouch is chair
man of the dinner this year. 7. i
Among the previous winners Of
the clubs outstanding award hasi
been Arthur Godfrey, q one-timeI
local boy, and another televisionI
type.
DRAMA EVERYWHERE: AM
ateur drama groups around town
could not be buster. -. At least
there never was time when the
drama desk creaked under such
. load Of projects.
Among these are the current
A Sleep Of Prisoners destined
TO run through November s asE
the first play production eyert
offered in Washington Cathedral |
u. Geraldine Lust directs thel
Christopher Fry play In It's per-
feet festival setting. Mont
gomery Players. In their 27thI
year. win open their new season
on November S. with stage
Door. to be presented ia Leland
junior high school auditorium. /
Garcia Lorca's Blood We'd
ding" is in the last phases Of |
rehearsal at Theater Lobby, viz
tually set to open November 4. |
Tor the months four week ends. |
80. Performances win be given
each week on Friday and Satur-
DAY nights. and at 5 pm. on |
sundays. Also on November /
5 the !. Children's Theater OIL
Washington will offer its firstI
production OF the season. ssThe /
Magic Story Book" a dance,
omnibus Of fayorite tales under
the direction of Erica Ttimey.
7. There viii be two perform
aIlces that day at Roosevelt High 1