Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-12

stage installed at Washington
sent q number of dance attract
season and in seasons to follow
With Loew's Capitol Theate
let companies and the Cultural
Center obviously some distance
in the future, Mr.. Hayes de-
cided something had to be
done. 1t not only pains him to
see Washingtonians deprived
Of their rightful share Of cul-
tlre, it also pains him to think
Of all those tickets he could be
selling.
The blow that spurred him
to action was the failure of
England's Royal Ballet to play
here last May when 1t was tour
ing this country. It did not ap-
pear here simply because the
Capitol Theater management
could give no assurance, when
the tour was being arranged,
that it still would be in business
when the May play-date ar
rived.
Mr.. Hayes Immediately got
together with Sol Hurok, the
culture importer, and Harry
Lynn, the Washington Coli
seum's owner. The result was
the decision to build the new
stage at the Coliseum. Three
dance events already have been
booked for 1.-THE Stars of
the Bolshoi" on Monday and
Tuesday, October z and 8; !
Ballet Folklorio Of Mexico"
Sunday afternoon, December
IS, and ''MazowZse," the Polish |
dance company, on Saturday,
March IA.
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The new stage has been de-
signed by George Bardyquine,
Mr.. Hurok's leading technician
for dance events, who has
staged all of his ballet and
other dance attractions at New
York's Madison Square Garden.
1t will, in fact, be pretty much
q duplicate of the stage used
at the Garden.
Raised five feet from the
main floor, it will be go feet
wide and 40 feet deep. It will
be raked slightly, Is inches
higher at the back than in the
front. Apparently dancers
don't mind dancing downhill or
uphill and the slant will give
the customers q better view.
This better view will not be
obscured by footlights, either.
Their place will be taken by
special lights installed at the
front and sides and hung from
a grid over the stage. Seats
on the main floor will be stag
gered, too, to improve lines Of
sight.
Having designed the stage,
Mr.. Bardyguine will be here
in the fall to inaugurate its
use by staging the perform
ances Of 1.-THE Stars of the
Bolshoi." This is a company of
80 of the troupe's leading dan
GERS some Of whom have ap-
peared here on previous tours.
They win perform highlights
from new ballet productions
and selected items from the
Bolshoi's classical repertoire.
Seats went on sale today at the
Hayes Concert Bureau.
OPENNG-Tonight Victor
Borge and his one-man Com
edy in Music" show at the Car
ter Barron Amphitheater,
through next Sunday night.
Tomorrow: Trina La Douce"
(not to be confused with the
movie version, starring Juliet
Prowse, the long stemmed
movie dancer. at Shady Grove
Music Fair, also through next
Sunday night.
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MONDAY MEMOS-Carol
Charming is q welcome added
starter in the upcoming theater
season at the National Theater.
She has the stellar role in
Dolly, a Damned Exasperating
Woman" musical adapted from
Thornton Wilder's THE Match
maker" It will be the fourth
offering In the nine-play Thea
ter Guild series, opening here
on December 16. Cover Cham
pion is directing. The sub
scription series will start with
"A Thousands Clowns" arriv-
ing September Is with Margaret
O'Brien and Dane Clark in
leading roles. The variety
bin accompanying Alan King,
at Shady Grove Music Fair
tonight for one performance
only viii include q pair Of local
acts. One Is Michael Ryan,
who is described as a sophisti-
Gated folk singer (wears a