{"id":12912,"date":"2021-05-24T12:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/?page_id=12912"},"modified":"2026-02-20T19:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T02:06:16","slug":"opera-house-1970","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/attractions\/lagoon-opera-house\/opera-house-shows\/opera-house-1970\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera House 1970"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12 Jun &#8211; Special show for Theatre Guild Benefit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13 Jun &#8211; 29 Aug 1970<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wed-Sat &#8211; 8:30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>CAST<\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>John B. Buffington<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marcia Childs<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cherry Edwards<\/td><td>Mary Sunshine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joe Hall<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dan Handley<\/td><td>Cpl. Billy Jester<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jane Henriod<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hans Larson<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rand Murray<\/td><td>Fleet Foot<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gene Pack<\/td><td>Gen. Oscar Fairfax<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mary Jane Palm<\/td><td>Ernestine Von Leibedich<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>H.E.D. Redford<\/td><td>Capt. Big Jim Warrington<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jeff Redford<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Deena Roberts<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bruce Robinson<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anne Rowe<\/td><td>Nancy Twinkle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cyd Scott<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>J. Geoffrey Sorenson<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jim Takos<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>CREW<\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Robert Hyde Wilson<\/td><td>Director<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IN THE NEWS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?id=UJJaAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=jEoDAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=7285%2C1291993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mary Sunshine&#8217; Cast Picked.<\/a> <em>Deseret News<\/em>, 5 Jun 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy.png 468w, https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sectionseparator-copy-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GALLERY<\/h5>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-13008 .fg-image { width: 800px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-image-viewer foogallery-link-none foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-center fg-image-viewer fg-ready fg-dark fg-loading-default fg-caption-always fg-hover-instant\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-13008\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:false,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;loop&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fiv-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"fiv-inner-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a data-caption-title=\"&quot;Little Mary Sunshine&quot;, 1970. Photo: Lagoon\" data-caption-desc=\"&quot;Little Mary Sunshine&quot;, 1970. Photo: Lagoon\" data-attachment-id=\"13009\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"&quot;Little Mary Sunshine&quot;, 1970. Photo: Lagoon\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2021\/05\/ohs1970littlemarysunshine\/2129415915.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%22600%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20600%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">\"Little Mary Sunshine\", 1970. 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Special show for Theatre Guild Benefit 13 Jun &#8211; 29 Aug 1970 Wed-Sat &#8211; 8:30pm CAST John B. Buffington Marcia Childs Cherry Edwards Mary Sunshine Joe Hall Dan Handley Cpl. Billy Jester Jane Henriod Hans Larson Rand Murray Fleet Foot Gene Pack Gen. Oscar Fairfax Mary Jane Palm Ernestine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12809,"menu_order":1970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12912","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12912"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19679,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12912\/revisions\/19679"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagoonhistory.com\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}