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_ Nine year old wins major role

The most important
motion picture role for a
child in years has been
given to 9-year-old Quinn
Cummings, who will play
Marsha Mason’s wise-
cracking daughter in Neil
‘Simon's ‘The Goodbye
Girl’, it was announced
recently. Richard Dreyfuss

Andre
Previn
toconduct

-World-renowned con-
ductor. Andre Previn will
bring Pittsburgh into a

national spotlight this -
season by. staging eight :)

dynamic music specials.
over PBS. The entire nation |

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-Previn,: the new music
director, leads the Pitt-
sburgh . Symphony Or-

chestra in celebrating its |

golden anniversary season
on Previn and the Pitt.
sburgh, Sundays at 8 p.m.
beginning February 27 on
Public TV 9.

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series will originate from
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also stars in the romantic
comedy, which Ray Stark
will produce at the MGM
Studios. and on location. in
New York City. Herbert
Ross will direct ‘The
‘Goodbye Girl’ from
Simon’s original screen-
play. oo
The part represents: the
first major role Simon has
ever written for a child, and
Ms. Curimings, who has
never had an acting lesson
in- her life, won the

assignment over stiff, if:

pint-sized, competition. It.
will mark her motion pic-
ture debut.

The youngster began
-performing in television and
radio commercials two
years ago and soon ex-
panded into acting. She has

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home of the Pittsburgh

Symphony and will include °

guest artists of the or-
chestra, The new series will
be tailored expressly for
American audiences, since
Andre Previn is anxious to
produce a custom-made
series for PBS viewers.

This will be Previn's first |F

series on U.S. television. In
addition to conducting the
Pittsburgh Symphony in
concerts of classical works,
he intends to create shows
with the orchestra,
highlighting the life and
times of the various com-
posers (well-known as weil
as obscure), and featuring
people from the world of
‘music to illustrate current
musical trends,

Andre Previn, 47, has
earned world acclaim over
the past six years as prin-
cipal conductor of the
London Symphony Or-
chesira on a number of

‘international tours. A
galvanic personality, he has

_ guest conducted most of the ©

major symphony orchestras
in the world including those
of Berlin, Chicago,
Cleveland, Los Angeles,
New York, Paris,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Prague and Rome, also at
the Edinburgh Festival. He
_ has a vast British followin
from his association wi
the London Symphony
Orchestra and has woh the
British Critic Award for TV
Music Programs, four
Academy, Awards and ac-
claim for the Broadway hit
he composed, “Coco”.
-: This unique presentation
from the home of Previn and
the Pittsburgh’ is .under-
written by a grant-from the
Aleoa Foundation and is

produced ‘ by - WQED-

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the TV movie “Night
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Neil Simon’s happy love
story “The Goodbye Girl”
focuses on an unlucky-in-
love stage dancer, a fast-
talking but tender-hearted
struggling actor and the
dancer’s bright ‘and - out-
spoken young daughter.

Picture went before the
cameras February 22 at
MGM Studios.

Neil Simon's “The
Goodbye Girl’ will be a
Warner Bros. Presentation
for release by Warner Bros.
throughout the world.

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