Grand Theatre--Sullivan, Illinois

" K I S M E T " June 30 through July 5

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RONALD ROGERS ( H a ~ j ~ & % % 6m-& ~ ? ~ O D A LEVINE (&r%ea:*%amc;f':1 for his performance in Show BOW here last here in Kismet after an engagemen* * I season. A young baritone whose dnging career Louis Municipal Opera in The King ad);& has kept him busy in virtually every phase of lowing her appearances a t the Grand, '- '

'" music, he has been seen by audiences in this do The K i w and I in Dayton, Obio. and%tL? country as well as Europe in such shows as Kim sett. Maas. Such a crowded schedule i s notk$"*r. Me Kate. Brigadwq Wonderful Town and new to Miss Levine. Recently, she c h ~ r e o g r a p ~ ' ~ many many more. At twenty-two he appeared a t the successful off-Broadway production, ~ a d t y s Radio City Mudc Hall and became the youngest which opened on a Wednesday, while aha d * ~ soloist ever to be featured in the nation's larg- hearled She Shall Have m i c , which openedbpl . est theatre. While in England Mr. Rogen mde Thursday of the same week. In previous searons, I a number of recordings and won the "Voice of she has appeared throughout the East coast in ,'. , the Year" award for the best new voice on The King and I , the show for which she i s so I records. In America he has recorded on the much in demand this season. In addition to her Paris label. From Sullivan, Mr. Rogers goer to work in Sullivan last summer, M i u Levine was Pittsburgh. where he will play leading roles in a featured dancer at New York's City Center Mast Happy Fslla and Naughty Marietta. and has choreographed shows a t Dayton and

Wellesley, Mass. A talented actress as well, she GRETA WOLFF (Marsinah) will appear this was applauded by Grand Theatre patrons for her summer as Sarah Brown in Guys a d Dolls and portrayals of Gladys in Pajama Game and as Kathy in The Student Prince. She has re- Claudine in Can Can cently been featured with the New York City Center Opera Company in Street Scene and The NORMAN BACON, (Waair) who appeared as Ballard of Baby Doe. Mima Wolff i s not the Dr. Kitchell, the musical dentist .f Bells Are first member of her family to achieve succesa Ringing, ha8 played leading roles as well am in the arts. Her grandmother sang in opera, and comedy with such outstanding theatres as the her uncle, Walther Wolff, is famous a s a Gateway Musical Playhouse in New Jeraey and sculptor in Austria. Chosen for the Metropoli- the Summer Theatre Guild i n Indiana. Pa. A tan Opera Auditions of the Air, Miss Wolff has graduate of the Pittsburgh P1ayhouse School. appeared with the Met company as Ninetta in Mr. Bacon alao holds degree8 in theatre from La Periehde. In the muaical comedy field, she Carnegie Tech. and the Yale School of Drama. haa toured with Brigadwn and with Harry Bela- This versatile young perofnner has been seen fonte in Sing Man Sing. In addition, she has in a wide variety of roles, from the gangling Bo appeared in operetta off-Broadway and a s Meg in Bus Stop to those roles actors dream of, in Damn Yankees at the Lambertville ~ u s i c Hamlet and Oedlpur Rex. A triple threat man in Circus. Her television credits include NBC'S To- the field of televirion. Mr. Bacon has written, night Show. acted and directed shows for KDKA-TV

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Book by Choreography and Musical Numbem CHARLES LEDERER & LUTHER DAVIS Staged by JOEL SCHNEE

Designed arrd Lighted by Production Directed by Musical Direction by ANDREW GREENHUT SIDNEY EDEN EDDIE McCARTY

Music aqd Lyrics by Costumes by ROBERT WRIGHT 81 GEORGE FORREST JESS! E

C A S T IMAM OF THE MOSQUE --------------------------------Dick Lamb MUEZZIN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J a n Munch FIRST BEGGAR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J i m Shea SECOND BEGGAR --------------------------------------John Kelso THIRD BEGGAR --------------------------------------Jon Frosher DERVISH ----------------------------------------George Spelvin OMAR -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Rober t Gwaltney A PUBLIC POET, LATER CALLED HAJJ --------------Ronald Rogers MARSINAH, HIS DAUGHTER --------------------------Greta Wolff HASSAN-BEN ----------------------------------------Bob Fahey JAWAN ----------------------------------------Andrew Greenhut THE BANGLE MAN --------------------------------------Jim Shea CHIEF POLICEMAN ------------------------------------Dick Lamb THE WAZlR OF POLICE ----------------------------Norman Bacon WAZIR'S GUARDS ----------Dick Stephens, Bob Kimble, Jerry Taflinger LALUME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J e r i Little THE PRINCESSES OF ABABU --------Betty Chambers, Judy Runyon,

Judy Bartlett THE CALIPH ...................................... Gu S. Little, Jr. FIRST YOUNG WOMAN .............................. 8 onna Shields SECOND YOUNG WOMAN ------------------------------Delores Lilly PRINCESS ZUBBEDIYA OF DAMASCUS --------------Jeannie Hotard AYAH TO ZUBBEDIYA ------------------------------Clare Johnson PRINCESS SAMARIS OF BANGALORE ----------------Rhoda Levine AYAH TO SAMARIS ------------------------------Suzanne Watkins THE WIDOW YUSSEF ----------------------------------Myrna Ems OTHER TOWNSPEOPLE ------------------Helen Hoblet, Louis Conte,

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Musical Numbers ACT ONE

Scene 1: Sands of Time - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T h e . . Imam Rhymes Have I ----------------------------------------Ha and Marsin& Fate .................................................................. Ha j j

Scene 2: Reprioe: Fate ........................................................ Ha j j Scene 3: Bazaar of the Caravans --------------------------------------------C~O~US

Not Since Ninevah ------Lalume, Waair, Three Princesses of Ababu, Chorus B,aubles, Bangles and Beads .......................... Marsinah and Chorus

Scene 5: Stranger I n Paradise ----------------------------------Caliph and Marsinah Scene 6: He's In Love ----.----------Poli.cemen, Princessee, Caliph, Omar and Ch~orus Scene 7: Gesticulate --------------------------------------Hajj and Wazir's Council

Fate -----------------------Hajj, Lalume and Ladies of the Wazir's Harem ACT TWO

Scene 1: Night of My M i ~ h t s ------------------------------------Caliph and Chorus Scene 2: Reprise: Stranger In Parad,ise .................... - --------------- Mwrsinah

Baubles, Bangles and Beads ------------------------------------------Caliph He's In Love ------------------------------------------------------Chorus

Scene 3: Was I Wazir? ................................ Wazir, Po.li~emen and Guards Scelne 4: Rahadlakum ----Hajj, Lalume, Princess Samaris, Princess Zubbediya, Three

Princesses of Ababu and the Ladies o f the Harem And This Is My Beloved .................... Marsinah, Caliph,' Hajj, Wazir

Scene 5: The Olive Tree ------------------------------------------------------Hajj Gcerte 7: Presentation of Princesses

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