Poughkeepsie Journal from Poughkeepsie, New York • Page 16B

PACE SIXTEEN POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1967 Broadway A Giant Step 6 Days Wee By George Palmateer Three Poughkeepsie area i are appearing in a Broadway show the hard way they commute to New York City six days a week. Dancers in the Broadway show, "Henry, Sweet, Henry," are Joe' Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Mazyllo, 19S Mill George NeJame, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward NeJame. 31 Virginia and Craig Wein lein. 12.

son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso WeinJein, 39 Round Hill Road, Town of Poughkeepsie. Cr a 1 a parents are better known as Estelle and Alfonso, formerly a professional dance team whb have operated a dance studio In the city since 1955. They taught Joe, George and Craig to dance.

200 Auditioned And that they did it well is attested to by the fact that about 200 boys were auditioned for seven parts in the show and three of their students were selected. There is a real Poughkeepsie flavor to "Henry, Sweet Henry" because, In addition to the three boys, Chris Bocchino is also in the cast. Chris, 21, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bocchino, 24 Briarwood Drive, Town of Poughkeepsie.

fr She also is a dancer, and a very good one, having a solo in a "hippie" scene which is pure delight. Chris studied with Roya Curie locally and with the Luigi Jazz Center flnd June Taylor in New York City. She was one of the dancers on the Ed Sullivan Show staged at Expo fi7 in Montreal and recently danced on the Leslie Uggams1 television special which was taped for presentation at a later date. This is her second Broadway show. The first, "A Joyful Noise," starring John Raitt, didn't last long.

Chris doesn't face any travel problem because she lives In New York City, but the boys and their parents sure do. Car Pool Used i It Is alleviated by a car pool arrangement with each family taking care of two days a week. Joe attends Our Lady of Lourdes High School while George and Craig attend St. Mary's School. The three boys skip school on Wednesday because there is a matinee performance that day.

George and Craig remain in kly KA iTlktfWL Xjlmm aaaaaaBIMBrMaBJ fl htSSS VM lH Hi' Mttt BBBBBBBBbBKw MEBESlK ffi 'H Ih V. Jh aHHigmV pHBLBBBBHHattaa IN THE DRESSING ROOM AT THE PALACE THEATER, Joe Mazzello watches as George NeJame, seated left, and Craig Weinlein apply their makeup before performing in the show, "Henry, Sweet Henry six days a week. The boys commute from Poughkeepsie 0 for "Henry, Sweet Henry" were conducted in May in New York City. Estelle and Alfonso took seven of their best students "just for the experience." Considering the competition, the selection of three of the seven is almost miraculous. After the seven boys were picked, the process began of picking one of them to portray the captain of the Knickerbocker Greys," cadets' from a military school played by the boys.

George was selected and his name appears in the play's pro gram, right alone with the main actors, while the names of the other dancers are listed in a group. How come he was picked? George, a perky little fellow replied asked us team. Now retired, he resides with Mrs. Pollack in Hollywood Fla. Father of Five Sent to Jail In Abandoning The The three boys were flown with the play's cast by jet to Detroit in Ancnict fnr thp nlflv' frvnlit nin rf cnooi an nour ana a nau eacn They wcre tnere four weekj and aay uu urcir nujuewui uuuer the guidance of a private tutor.

Tiie trip to New York City be MILFORD, Conn. AP father of five children was jailed Friday and mother Drought to a state hospital two days after the children allegedly WCIC aUdllUUIKTU 111 UIC jl Charles Regan, held under $5 000 bond on a charge of cruelty to persons, was found at the home of friends in nearby Bran They lined us up and 'ord, police said. to say Hup! Two! Mrs. Eileen Regan. 35.

ap Three! Four!" and I guess I said peared at Milford Police head it the loudest." quarters Friday in search of the gins at 5 o'clock and the boys arrive at the Palace Theater at about 7. That gives them an hour before thev have to Bet readv for the show. I children. Police said she was voluntarily committed to Connecticut Valley Hospital in Mid dletown after examination by a the play then moved to Phila doctor. delphia for another three week The children, ranging in age from 14 months to 12 years, ap i aaVBtt bbbbVbW." aaLLrJvhi.

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12 and then had its premiere Oct. 23. Looks Like Good Run Most of the reviewers found nice Thl. tim thov Knpnt wthor iW. things to say about the show and studying or playing games ll seems to have settled down for In the dressing room.

good run. Seats are being sold (Dressing rooms apparently are June. passed out on a priority basis; J1 a dellht the one for the boys is on thel the bys are Performing, eighth floor and is reached by aithe Parents whose turn it was that urnall eWalnr Finn Amirh. tho day to bring them to New York star of "Henry. Sweet attcnd other shows' take in has his dressing room near the a.

movle. or do some shopping or Stage.) The show ends at about 11 The schedule is tough on them, o'clock and the boys usually are sure, but it doesn't seem to both home by 1. ler the boys. Sleep En Route Home Craig's reaction: "Every show All three of them usually sleep is something different. I like it a on the way home.

Ilot." Joe' reaction to all this Is: But then he comes by his love It a lot of fun! for show business naturally. This is his seventh year with Actually, his father said, this is Estelle and Alfonso and he has a return engagement for Craig at aireaay naa wide experience in show business, having made many television appearances with the the Palace. He and his wife danced in a vaudeville show there when she; dance troupe, including the Ediwas in the early stages of her Sulhvari Show and Hullabalonlpregnancy. plus appearing at the Steel Pier in Estelle and Alfonso danced pro Atlantic Oity and at the World's fessionally for five years, appear Fair in New York City. jing.at the loading theaters and He hopes to attend college andlsuppcr clubs in the U.S.

and then Dursue a show husinpss Puerto Riro. career. So do George and Craig. He is a native of Albany and Andrew wyeth and wife of Pe The boys, receive $160 a week 'she of Tarrytown. ter Hurd, whose portrait of for their work in the show andl Her father is Syd Pollack, was rejected by the are saving most of it with college'owned the IiOiianapolis President last year as "the ug in mind.

the touring professional baseball llcst thing I ever saw. parently were left alone in the Regan's Milford home sometime Wednesday. A neighbor reported the situation to police Thursday afternoon. A local minister and his wife took the children in Thursday night, and on Friday they were taken to a foster home. Police declined to give further details on the children's whereabouts.

The five children were identified as Cathy, 12, Christine, 8. Edward, 5, Charles, 2, and Sean, 14 months. Police who arrived at the home Thursday reported that the children were barefoot and windows were broken in the house. Johnson Gives Wife a Painting WASHINGTON AP) "To Lady Bird," the gift was inscribed, "who has given me 33 years, of devotion and love." President Johnson's inscription was on a painting depicting a wide eyed boy. He gave it to his wife, at an evening party Friday to mark their 33rd wedding anniversary.

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