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“The Sounds of Summer,” a Beach Boys Tribute Band (April 28-30, 2017)įor the latest in local arts news and reviews, follow Paul Hyde on Facebook and Twitter: CAN GO “Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay,” a rock revue. “We’ve got some great blockbusters,” McCalla said. Greenville Little Theatre recently announced its 91st season, bookended by two big musicals, “Footloose” and “Hairspray.” Hecht’s actual 1932 film “Scarface,” not to be confused with the 1983 remake starring Al Pacino, was famously produced by Howard Hughes and directed by Howard Hawks. “A Visit From Scarface” will be performed 10 times through April 23. The local cast, in addition to Harris, includes Brian Coker, Cory Granner, Todd Janssen, Sam McCalla, Beth Munson, Laura Sykes and Jason Underwood. The two other Cate and Ernsberger comedies Little Theatre has produced are “Dracula Bites” and “Elvis Has Left the Building.” Cate passed away in 2014. Greenville actor Evan Harris, who played Ben Hecht in last season’s “Don’t Cry For Me, Margaret Mitchell,” will take on the same role in “A Visit From Scarface.” “If you’re looking for a wacky, funny good time, this is it,” he said. “It’s the stuff of good farce,” said McCalla, who’s staging the play.Ĭate and Ernsberger are particularly adept at one-liners and physical comedy, McCalla said. That’s the setup for “A Visit From Scarface,” which has Hecht battling hit men, Hollywood censors and a drunk neighbor on his way to creating a film classic. Around 1930, the famed screenwriter Ben Hecht was working on a film, “Scarface,” inspired by Al Capone.Īpparently, the infamous gangster was not amused and sent a couple of his thugs to discourage Hecht’s ambitions. Like last season’s “Don’t Cry for Me, Margaret Mitchell,” “A Visit from Scarface” is based on a colorful tidbit of film lore.

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“They really know how to write a comedy,” said Allen McCalla, the theater’s executive artistic director. Now, the theater is producing its fourth play by the mother-son team, “A Visit From Scarface,” opening Friday, April 8. Greenville Little Theatre has staged three comedies by Cate and Ernsberger in recent years, drawing big audiences and unleashing gales of laughter.

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Their plays have touched on such topics as the hijinks of Elvis and the outlandish creation of the movie “Gone With the Wind.” Cate and Duke Ernsberger loved to take an incident from history and run wild with it. In January 2005, the paper moved its offices to Market Square on King Street east in Kitchener's downtown core, and on March 11, 2008, the name was changed to the Waterloo Region Record.Playwrights V. In 1998, The Record was sold to Sun Media Corporation, and then in March 1999, to Torstar Corporation. Motz died in 1975 and the Motz Family continued to own a controlling interest in the paper until 1990, when it was sold to Southam.

The by-then Senator Euler sold his interest to Southam Press in 1953. In 1928 the paper moved from its home at 49 King Street west to a new building at 30 Queen Street north where it was to stay for 44 years until moving in May 1973 to 225 Fairway Road. In 1948 the Kitchener Daily Record was re-named the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, which name it retained until 1994, when it became simply The Record. The Record’s first staff photographer was Harry Huehnergard, who worked for the paper for 49 years before retiring in 1986 as Manager of the Photographic Department. The weekly Journal ended on May 10, 1924. When Rittinger died in 1915 his share was acquired by William D. Motz remained editor until his death in 1899, at which time his son William acquired his father's interest. The Berliner Journal began in Decemby Frederick Rittinger and John Motz, and was located on Queen Street south, Kitchener. With that event, the original three daily papers (the News Record, the Berlin Daily Record, and the Daily Telegraph) became one. On Jthe Record absorbed the other daily, the Daily Telegraph.

Motz, purchased the News Record and changed the name to the Kitchener Daily Record. Euler (later Senator for North Waterloo) and William J. In 1918 the publishers of the German-language paper the Berliner Journal, William D. Over the years it had several names and publishers: in January of 1897 it was purchased by the German Printing and Publishing Company and was amalgamated with that company's Berlin Daily Record to become the Berlin News Record, and later still the News Record, all published by William (Ben) V. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record began with the publication of the Daily News of Berlin on Februand was the first daily paper in the area.

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