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Leroy From The North at Pappy and Harriet’s August 15th see page 10.
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July 17, 2019 Vol. 14 No. 55
“Another Roll of the Dice”
Cast: L-R Allison Spratt Pearce, Darrick Penny, Lance Carter, Sarah Errington, Elliot Lazar & Jason Maddy. Photo by Aaron Rumley.
North Coast Rep Theatre of Solana Beach CA Launches World Premiere Musical Comedy By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic Member American Theatre Critics Association Frank Loesser is considered to be the most versatile of composers enshrined in the Pantheon of Broadway composer/lyricists.
Loesser wrote such hits for Broadway as “Most Happy Fella” (1956) and “Greenwillow” (1960). He also wrote music and lyrics for Hollywood movies “Hans Christian Andersen” (1952) “Guys and Dolls” (1955) starring Marlon Brando Frank
By Desert Star Staff Indio, California--Martha’s Village and Kitchen will host their monthly USDA Food Distribution event on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 from 8:00am – 10:00am at their campus at 83791 Date Avenue in Indio. Fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, meats and other essential items will be distributed to community members in need. This important event is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income individuals and families, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost. This
event is open to the public. Each month, Martha’s distributes over 30,000 emergency assistance meals/ units of service in accordance with USDA and FDA published guidelines. It is our goal to help with food security and reduce hunger in the Coachella Valley. There is no single face of food insecurity, hunger, and the need for help. The working poor, the elderly on fixed incomes, college students, the impoverished, the disabled, children, families and individuals benefit from this program. To download image above and for access to more
Sinatra, Jean Simmons, and Vivian Blaine, based on Loesser’s earlier Broadway blockbuster production of the same name, which ran for four years. He then followed that success with the 1967 blockbuster Broadway
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musical “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying”, starring Robert Morse who then went on to star in the movie also penned by Loesser. I hope the preamble on Frank Loesser will help younger audiences appreciate his talent that wowed
audiences 70 plus years ago. Librettist Mark Saltzman explores the colorful mob characters and gambling denizens of NYC after-hour bars and clubs covered by newspaperman Damon Continues on Page 19