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SECTION iiir I I Df morrat ana (Chnmiflf TV, 5, 6E Drama 2E Music TV Schedules Movies 3E Books 4E 7E mm Rochester. N. Feb. 2. 1 354 Our girl had a bit of competition there were 30 or 40 others there, too but still it was "a big moment" as you can see here in her report on A Date with Four New Shows For Broadway Two for Us Peck Gregory NEW YORK Four new shows in as many nights will arrive on Broadway this week.

Eight others will ar rive later this month. By JEAN WALRATH Democrat and Chronicle Entertainment Editor It can take a lot out of a gal to keep a date for lunch with Gregory Peck. If she's a reporter, we Who are the four actors in road version of "Beyond the Fringe," opening here tomorrow night? What is the story of "A Thousand Clowns," which takes over Auditorium stage Thursday night to complete the week? mean. He's just no ordinary date. In the first place, it's a matter of go-i to see him, 250 airline miles Stories on Page 2E ft '-vSEw 1 mixture of Puerto Rican blood.

We were standing around, chatting out the preliminaries with old acquaintances, when suddenly, there he was. He had melted into the room and into the middle of a group of Bostonians without anyone noticing. Imagine! Mr. Peck, the utterly impeccable, was suited in Oxford grey with white shirt, dark blue tie and brown shoes I no sissy matching of accessories for this man) and standing with head graciously inclined to catch the words of a tiny lady next to him. Last time we had seen him, it was in a Hollywood studio restaurant, wearing dark glasses and clothes that had the look of a busy day.

Now he was elegantly, immaculately a man of sociable leisure (if a meeting with the press is leisure) and exactly as good-looking as Mr. Peck on screen in one of his more dashing roles. Continued on Page 3E Jean away, and not Walrath of his coming to see us for a leisurely tete a tete. Nothing like that. But all the same, it's an invitation you don't turn down.

It's a crazy world, but who's all that crazy? The scramble through a snow stcrm to a plane, the plunge into New York sunshine, a roundabout course in which you shed your boots and repair the ravages of sterm, and you have arrived at the appointed rendezvous with Mr. Peck So have 30 or 40 other toilers of the daily press from several Eastern seaboard cities. FTIE PLACE was quiet, carpeted, kind of restaurant where they serve Habimah Players rrom Israel begin a limited engagement tomorrow night at the Little Theater, with "The Dybbuk," to be followed by "Children of the Shadows" on Feb. 26 and "Each Had Six Wings" on March 11. Earphone translations of the Hebrew dialogue will be available.

"An Evening with Josp-phine Baker" opens for two weeks Tuesday night at the Atkinson Theater. "Abraham Cochrane," a romantic comedy, comes to the Belasco on Wednesday night. "Rugantino," a musical comedy from Italy with English subtitles will open Thursday night at the Hel-linger. Jfr -M- OTHER NEW shows for February will be: "Fair Game for Lovers." a father-daughter comedy, Feb. 10 at the Cort.

"The Passion of Josef Paddy Chayefsky's drama about Stalin, on Feb. 11 at the Barrymore. "Any Wednesday," a comedy appropriately opening on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the Music Box. "Foxy," the long awaited Bert Lahr musical first given in the Yukon a couple of years ago, also Feb.

12, at the Ziegfeld. "What Makes Sammy Run?" musical comedy Feb. 15 at the 54th Street. "Marco Millions." O'Neill revival by Lincoln Center Repertory Company, Feb. 20 at the Anta-Washington Square.

"The Deputy," drama, Feb. 26 at the Atkinson. "Funny Girl," musical comedy based on Fanny Price story with Barbra Streisand starring, Feb. 27 at Winter Garden. GREGORY PECK utterly impeccable beouf instead of beef, and waiters look like Napoleonic corporals, maybe with a FAN WHILE, of the 23 shows already running, only two actually have the SRO signs up.

They are "Hello Dolly!" at the St. James, the Carol Channing musical comedy of romantic antics in 1890 New York, which has just opened, and the "surprise" "Barefoot in the Park" at the Biltmore, a comedy with Elizabeth Ashley and Robert Redford as a couple of newlyweds adjusting to walk-up domesticity. "Chips with Everything." Arnold Wesker's comedy allegory of R.A.F. camp life, will close next Saturday at the Booth. "Marathon '33" at the Anta.

June Havoc's play which stars Julie Harris in a recreation of the nation's dance mania of 30 years ago, has posted "last weeks" notice. "Luther," John Osborne's drama of the great religious reformer, now has John Hcffernan in the title role, replacing Albert Finney. And in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," which has been at the Alvin since last season, Dick Shawn will replace Zero Mostel on Feb. 10 as the wily slave on a musical romp through ancient Rome. Shrine Circus 'Worries' Slot the Bears, Ejephants, SINKING SENSATIONS: The Beatles from "Beatlemania." The Beatles Are Coming Vienna Symphony Due March 2 Wolfgany Sawallisch, young conductor who has been coming rapidly to the fore in Europe, will lead the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at its Eastman Theater concert on March 2.

The orchestra under Sawallisch will play in Carnegie Hall, New York, next Sunday at the opening of its International Festival of Visiting Orchestra. The program for both the Rochester and New York concerts will include the Mozart Symphony No. 14 in Major (Jupiter) and Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 in Minor. 23; Paul McCartney, 21; George Harrison, 20 and Ringo Starr, 23.

an What's Doing This Week in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 12. And, even before they arrive, their songs are on the most popular tune lists. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is in No. 1 position this week (See Page 8El.

And they have three others all bidding for Top Ten listing. The Beatles group consists of four young energetic men, John Lennon, The Beatles will invade America this week for two "in person" television appearances plus a limited concert tour. You'll see and hear them next Sunday on the Ed Sullivan show 8 p.m. Channel 10) and again on the same program the following Sunday. And the high point of their concert tour will be a Carnegie Hall program sparks and flame and noise in all directions to wind up the show in an ear-splitting finale.

This one even had the bandsmen ducking on the previous occasion, says White. X- "ft -ft THE CIRCUS BAND, will be directed this year by Izzy Cervonne, who took over the band productions for the Ringling Bros, and Barnum Bailey shows in New York's Madison Square Garden during the interim when Merle Evans left the Circus. As usual the Wednesday night performance has been sold out to Bausch Lomb, with the general public getting its first look at the circus at Thursday's 2:15 matinee. There will be matinees for the remainder of the week as well as 8:15 evening performances. Liberace On Mend HOLLYWOOD tfl It got little publicity at the time for an understandable reason but Liberace almost departed this vale of tears.

"I got the last rites of the Catholic Church, my lawyer flew from Hollywood for me to sign a new will and my hospital room overlooked a cemetery," says the smil- pi 1 "f't The Shrine Circus people aren't too worried about the lions that Prince El Kigordo will chase around the center ring for the opening of the annual show at the Community War Memorial Wednesday night Nor the two bear acts and the chimps that will be presenting their specialty antics in all three rings a little later Nor the dogs and monkeys and the dogs and ponies and the performing Boxers that will take up all three rings a little before intermission Nor the two widely-spaced acts that will have horses building pyramids and horses racing around the rings while athletic men and girls bounce on and off their bare backs Nor even the elephants that will take up all three rings and shake the floor just before the end of the show Nor the various high wire and trapeze performers swinging back and forth by their toes or their teeth far above the crowd Nor even "Bonanza's" Little Joe Cartwright (real name: Michael Landon) with his six-shooters Nor the clowns with, among others, Emmet Kelly taking the place of his sad-faced dad who was a fixture at Shrine Circuses at Main Street East Armory for years JUT THERE are two acts on the program that definitely have members of the Damascus Temple Circus Committee a little nervous, Gordon II. White, general chairman, admits. One of the says White, is the Ferry Forst act coming between the bears-chimps and the riding Cossacks. Forst is advertised as being able to make his beautiful assistant i vanish in mid-air. White says even Forst.

after looking over the War Memorial, expressed some doubts. The other act in question is one that was here a couple of years ago. It's the Les Kimris duo who whirl over the auditorium in a Jet Age "airplane" shooting The Regent decided to hold over Doris Day's "Move Over, Darling" for a fifth week The Paramount is showing Bctte Davis-Bette Davis in "Dead Ringer" It's now the third week for "The Devil and the 10 Commandments" at the Little "The Cardinal" is in its sixth week at the Monroe "Cleopatra," with another week or so to go, is in the 26th week at the Riviera "Irma La Douce" shows no signs of leaving the Cinema, where it's now in its 31st week "The Sword in the Stone" is in its sixth week at the Lyell The Fine Arts now has Jean Seberg and Stanley Baker in "In the French Style" And the Coronet finally has the first-run "All the Way Home" with Jean Simmons and Robert Preston. TO OPEN The Palace will get "Take Her, She Mine" with Jimmy Stewart, on Wednesday, and the Regent will open "Any Number Can Win" the same day, both delayed from last week's advertised openings The Paramount will introduce "Man's Favorite Sport" on Wednesday The Lyell and Waring will bring back "The Prize" the same day Loew's will get "Sunday in New York" with Cliff Robertson and Jane Fonda on Next Saturday shall see "The Householder" arriving at the Little. In the Galleries Memorial Art Gallery unveils three new shows next Saturday after a Friday night preview for members.

There will be an architectural display sponsored by the Rochester Society of Architects; paintings by Seattle's Kenneth Callahan, visiting artist-in-residence at the Gallery during February; and "Renaissance Vignettes," a collection of art of Shakespeare's period, including 50 prints by Albrecht Durer Rundel Gallery of Rochester Public Library is exhibiting paintings of Lawrence A. Williams and furniture bv William A. Kevser, both of the R.I.f. faculty On view at. the Mall in Midtown Plaza is an exhibit on the John F.

Kennedy Cultural Arts Center in Washington, including renderings by John Wenrich Schuman Gallery will open its Gallery Group show, part one, Tuesday "Leonardo Da Vinci," designs from drawings, is listed to open at Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences Thursday. I On the Stage "Beyond the Fringe" road com- pany of the Broadway hit opens a three-day stand at the Auditorium i Theater tomorrow night at 9. There will be a 2 m. matinee Wednesday On Thursday night at 8:30 the 1 road company of "A Thousand Clowns," winding up a five-month tour, will take over the Auditorium stage for the rest of the week, includ- ing a Saturday 2:30 matinee. Special Event The annual Shrine Circus will 1 open at the Community War Memo- rial Wednesday night (sold out to I Bausch Lomb) but the general pub- I lie won't see it until next day.

There will be matinees at 2:15 and evening shows at 8:15 the rest of the week with an extra 10 a.m. performance Saturday. Doors will open an hour and a quarter before showtime. In Music A chamber music concert will be presented at 8 tonight in Todd Union by Eastman School of Music students directed by John Celentano, faculty member Tosca Berger Kramer, Tulsa Philharmonic violist, will plav a recital Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. in Kil- bourn Hall A concert of sacred mull sic will be given Wednesday night at 8:30 at Temple Beth El by the'East- man Polyphonic Choir and symphonic ensemble directed by Dr.

M. Alfred Bichsel. Featured will be an oratorio, "The Redemption," by the late Abra- ham Ellstein and Hazzan Samuel Rosenbaum Rochester Philhar- monic concert Thursday night at 8:15 at the Eastman under Laszlo Somogyi will feature Johann Strauss music Ballet music will be spotlighted in a Civic Orchestra concert at 8: 15 next Saturday night at the Eastman and again next Sunday afternoon at 4, with Dr. Paul White conducting Ars Antiqua will present a Shakes- peare "Muse and Musique" program at Memorial Art Gallery next Sunday 1 night. At the Movies NOW SHOWING "Children of 1 the Damned" is the Loew's shocker 1 this week Its run extended a sixth week, "Charade" still is at the Palace flllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII inS Pianist.

I Liberace al- way was noted for his xcellent Li AyL health- 1 "I never 1 1 even took as-Li ill pirin," he Liberace sa "Then on Friday, Nov. 22 the day President Kennedy was assassinated I felt ill. But I tho'ught it was just the tragedy of the day that made me feel ill. "The next thing I knew I was in an ambulance en route to a hospital in Pittsburgh where I was performing at the time." His illness was diagnosed as uremic poisoning and doctors despaired of his life for several days. For the First Time Bing Crosby and his wife sing together for the first time on television Feb.

15, when Bing hosts his first musical variety show of new year. Raven haired actress Kathy Grant will sing a medley of songs with her husband she has six gown changes during the special. nii.