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Double line NOTES FROM THE LEAGUE About a year ago, in a talk with the producer Frederick M. Zollo, we learned about a pilot program in Massachusetts to enable schoolchildren to experience live theatre. Zollo, deeply troubled over the loss of the theatregoing habit, was convinced the audience had to be rebuilt from scratch. He saw a change in Massachusetts. With a friend in the Massachusetts Legislature, Nick Paleologos, chairman of the House Committee on Education, he began talking about making theatre attendance from the first grade part of the school curriculum, and last spring funds were appropriated to send some 7,000 Massachusetts schoolchildren to a live performance to see if it would work. That program has come a long way. It acquired a name-PASS, for Performing Arts Student Series. It gained the support of the principal state leaders, including Governor Dukakis and Speaker of the House George Keverian. It became a million-dollar line item in the state budget, making it possible this year for 200,000, or a quarter of the schoolchildren in Massachusetts, to attend a live theatre performance at least once. Best of all, perhaps, the idea seems to be catching the interest of other states. That, of course, was Zollo's hope from the beginning-that government would accept it as a national obligation that fine theatre be made part of the education of schoolchildren. In New York City, the Early Stages Program of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting, begun in 1983 with the cooperation of members of The League of American Theatres and Producers, regularly sends schoolchildren to Broadway theatre with donated tickets. At the Belasco Theatre, some 200,000 high-school students over the next year will be bussed to performances of Shakespeare in a plan begun last fall by Joseph Papp in cooperation with the Board of Education. [[advertisement in a square border]] THE END. 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All subject to prior sale.* Interim markdowns may have been taken. ©The Fur Vault Inc. 1987. [[image - black and white photograph of Fred the Furrier]] [[right side, bottom]] Barbara, when this weekend ends, you'll have a fur coat for next to nothing. - Fred the Furrier [[end advertisement]] [[margin]] WRAPS [[/margin]] [[end page]] [[start page]] Double line How many of these shows have you seen? [[Two columns of advertisements]] [[first column]] THE LONGEST RUNNING SHOW IN B'WAY HISTORY BEST MUSICAL 1976 TONY & PULITZER PRIZE WINNER A CHORUS LINE Mon.-Sat. 8; Mats. Wed. & Sat. 2. All performances $45, 40, 30. Tele-charge: (212) 239-6200. (24 hrs. a day • 7 Days a Week) Mail Orders: P.O. Box 998, N.Y., N.Y. 10108. GROUPS: (212) 398-8383/598-7107. Also at Ticketron. SHUBERT THEATRE, 225 W. 44th St., 239-6200. PERFORMANCES NOW! Call Teletron Now: (212) 947-0033 24 Hours A Day • 7 Days A Week JASON ROBARDS in A MONTH OF SUNDAYS A New Comedy GROUP SALES: (212) 398-8383 RITZ THEATRE, 219 W. 48th St. (212) 582-4022. BARBARA COOK: A CONCERT FOR THE THEATRE Tues.-Sat. at 8; Mats: Sat. 2, Sun. 3. Tues.-Thurs. Eves.: $20-$30, Fri. & Sat. Eves. & Sat. & Sun. Mats.: $25-$30. TELECHARGE: 239-6200 • GROUPS: 239-6262 AMBASSADOR THEATRE, 219 West 49th St. THE WINNER! BEST MUSICAL 1985 7 TONY AWARDS "BIG RIVER IS THE MOST HOPEFUL, HAPPY AND IMPRESSIVE THING TO HAPPEN TO THE AMERICAN MUSICAL FOR MANY A YEAR!" -Clive Barnes, NY Post 12-13-86 BIG RIVER Tues.-Sat. at 8; Mats. Wed. & Sat. at 2, Sun. at 3. TELETRON: (212) 947-0033 - 24 Hrs./7 Days. Also at Ticketron • GROUPS: (212) 398-8383. EUGENE O'NEILL THEATRE, 230 W. 49 St. (212) 246-0220. RICHARD BLYTHE JUDITH CHAMBERLAIN DANNER IVEY and GERALDINE PAGE in NOEL COWARD'S BLITHE SPIRIT TELETRON: (212) 947-5850 • 24 hrs./7 days Tues.-Sat. 8, Mats. Wed. & Sat. 2, Sun. 3. Group Sales: (212) 398-8383 [[star]] NEIL SIMON THEATRE, 250 W. 52nd St. 757-8646. "THE BEST AMERICAN PLAY OF THE 1980's" - William A. Henry II, Time CHARGE TICKETS BY PHONE NOW! CALL TELE-CHARGE: (212) 239-622 NEIL SIMON'S BROADWAY BOUND Directed by GENE SAKS GROUP SALES INFO: (212) 239-6262 BROADHURST THEAT., 44th St. West of B'way. [[/first column]] [[second column]] THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER/T.S. ELIOT INTERNATIONAL AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL CATS NOW AND FOREVER. Mon.-Sat. at 8, Mats. Wed. & Sat. at 2. CALL TELE-CHARGE TODAY (212) 239-6200 24 Hours Day • 7 Days a Week GROUP SALES: (212) 239-6262 • Also at Ticketron [[star]] WINTER GARDEN THEATRE, 50th St. & B'way. "AN ENCHANTING PLAY!" - The New Yorker TINA HOWE'S COASTAL DISTURBANCES Directed by CAROLE ROTHMAN Call TELE-CHARGE Anytime: 212-239-6200 Also at Ticketron • Groups: 212-307-2719 Tues.-Sat. at 8; Mats. Wed. & Sat. 2, Sun. 3. (star) CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEA., 50th St. W. of B'wya. MORE TONY'S AND MORE FUN THAN ANY SHOW THIS YEAR! DROOD TONY WINNER BEST MUSICAL OF 1986! Mon.-Sat. 8 PM. Mats. Wed. & Sat. 2 PM. Call Telecharge: (212) 239-6200 (24 hrs. 7 days) [[star]] IMPERIAL THEATRE, 249 W. 45th St. PERFORMANCES NOW! CALL TELETRON: (212) 947-5850 (24 hrs. day/7 days a week) JAMES EARL JONES in FENCES by AUGUST WILSON Directed by LLOYD RICHARDS Tues.-Sat. 8; Mat. Wed. & Sat. 2; Sun. 3. GROUPS: (212) 944-8210 • Also at Ticketron [[star]] 46TH STREET THEATRE • 226 W. 46th St. 221-1211. "THE MOST LAVISH BROADWAY PRODUCTION ON STAGE IN 40 YEARS!" - Wall Street Journal "THE STUFF THAT BROADWAY IS MADE OF!" - U.P.I. 42ND STREET Tues.-Sat. at 8, Mats. Wed. & Sat. at 2, Sun. at 3. Call Teletron: (212) 947-0033 24 Hours a Day • 7 Days a Week GROUPS: (212) 398-8383 • Also at Ticketron. ST. JAMES THEATRE, 246 W. 44th St. [[star]] Indicates shows equipped with Infrared Listening System. [[right]] 67 [[/right]] [[end page]]
