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Photograph was edited for publication purposes; Photograph was also used in article dated July 6, 1965. Photograph caption dated May 30, 1963 partially reads, "That's the Valley Symphony orchestra sedately assembled in the weeds back there with a formally attired Johnny Green wielding the baton. At center stage is the musical comedy star Janet Blair, thesping away in costume with two dancers just like they really are 'at center stage.' And there's a couple leaving their car in the 'parking lot' to join the audience assembled in the foreground. And off to the right? Two couples enjoying a leisurely dinner in the 'restaurant' before an evening of theater. A bunch of nuts, you say? Wading out into the tules for a quick game of 'Let's Pretend?' A group of dedicated theater-lovers would be more accurate, people sincerely interested in the future of the San Fernando Valley, people wanting so much to see the proposed Valley Music Theater become a reality. Here, on the south side of Ventura Blvd. between Winnetka and Canoga Aves., in Woodland Hills, is where the $1,000,000 theater-in-the-round will be built -- in time, it's hoped, for a 1964 start for the 20-week summer season of musical comedies with such already-committed stars as Miss Blair, Gordon and Sheila MacRae and John Raitt."; Photograph was also used as part of a series including images #00122955 and #00122956 for article dated July 6, 1965.
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Blair, Janet Green, Johnny,--1908-1989 Valley Music Theater (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Symphony Orchestra (San Fernando Valley, Calif.) Actresses--United States Conductors (Music)--United States Composers--United States Orchestras--California--Los Angeles Audiences--California--Los Angeles Waiters--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Station wagons--California--Los Angeles Meadows--California--Los Angeles Weeds--California--Los Angeles Mountains--California, Southern Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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