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Fact June 8, 2000
For immediate release………A
Most Unusual Reunion!
Hollywood Professional School was the alma mater of [to name a few!]: Lance Kerwin,
Melanie Griffith, Ryan O’Neal and Tatum O’Neal, Peggy Lipton, Connie Stevens,
former SAG president Barry Gordon, Sue Lyon, "The Bad Seed" Patty McCormack,
skater Peggy Fleming, Annette O’Toole, Jill St. John, Donald O’Connor, Yvette
Mimieux, Tuesday Weld, songwriters The Addrisi Brothers, producers Paul Playdon and Dick
Foster, Michael Lloyd of Curb Records, jazz pianist Joanne Grauer, singer Sue Raney,
Emmy-winning makeup artist & ex-Mouseketeer Tommy Cole, Cecelia and Inez Pedroza,
Lauren Chapin of "Father Knows Best", Debra Paget, Carl Wilson of the Beach
Boys, dancers Suzanne Luckey, Juan Talavera, Bo Wagner and Barrie Duffus, JoAnn Castle of
the Lawrence Welk Show, Sherry Jackson, C&W performers Brenda Lee, Mollie Bee, the
Collins Kids and an assortment of original Mousketeers.
"HPS" is having an all-years reunion on June 8th at 6:30 pm at Sportsmen’s
Lodge in Studio City, CA. We would like to locate former students. The school has been
closed for many years and no alumni lists exist.
Please help us get the word out!
On the Web: < http://hpsalumni.com > Email:
< twoheins@aol.com > Phone: Elaind
Ballace 818-771-8391
Factrum:
9/10/199
Maria de Aragon, who played Greedo in the first Star Wars episode, is scheduled for an
appearance in the next production.
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Fact:
8/18/1999
Michele Barton, Deborah Burkman and Candace Younghans have been cast in a new film Bloody
By You. filming starts the last week of August. Michele is in rehearsal for Talking
with Angels and Candace is opening this week end in Story Time with Dead Mrs
Treet.
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Fact: February 1, 2000
Well here we go again... Another opening night... Valentine -- A Sweetheart of a musical
revue opens February 4th and runs through February 13th... Showtimes are Friday and
Saturday at 8:00pm and Sunday at 6:30pm... The February 13th show is at 2:00... although
I'm trying to
get two shows in that day... 2:00pm and 6:30pm... will keep you posted.
Fact: 1/30/2000
Congratulations to Ron Choularton, Gangster #1 - Fritz Theater
(from KPBS OnAir Magazine, by Pat Launer)
...Most promising of all, theater companies have begun to put more than a toe in the
water, venturing further into the deep, bracing depths of developing major new work
(Wonderland at La Jolla Playhouse; Phenomenal Acceleration at Sledgehammer), and there is
every evidence
that this trend will continue in the coming year. La Jolla Playhouse, as part of its
$36 million capital campaign, has made a major commitment to new play development, and
smaller companies like the Fritz, Sledgehammer and Playwrights Project continue to do
their part.
Also invigorating has been the expanding effort to bring younger audiences into the
theater, a necessity which will ensure the continued life of the theater --often referred
to as "the fabulous invalid" --that now seems to be getting stronger, healthier,
less impoverished and less helpless. Glory be; it's been a long time coming. We all need
to do our part in sustaining theater, with our presence as well as our presents. Overall,
1999 was punctuated by brilliant flashes of dramatic and comedic entertainment. It's high
time our magnificent local theater community got its due. Time, once again, for the Patte'
Awards for Theatre Excellence.
This third installment of the awards, selected from the 99 plays I saw
in 1999, is my gift back to the creative community, my personal Pat on the back to artists
from San Diego, who make extraordinary theater in San Diego, for San Diego. It was, as
always, incredibly difficult to narrow down the choices. But here, in no particular order,
is my personal selection of the Best of the Best in San Diego theater, 1999.
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