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A Relatively little-known performer who snatched the Tony Award for best actress in a musical out of the hands of Michele Lee and Carol Channing. Virg(...)
A Relatively little-known performer who snatched the Tony Award for best actress in a musical out of the hands of Michele Lee and Carol Channing. Virg(...)

A Relatively little-known performer who snatched the Tony Award for best actress in a musical out of the hands of Michele Lee and Carol Channing. Virg(...)

Date12/9/1974
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  • A Relatively little-known performer who snatched the Tony Award for best actress in a musical out of the hands of Michele Lee and Carol Channing. Virg(...)
  • A Relatively little-known performer who snatched the Tony Award for best actress in a musical out of the hands of Michele Lee and Carol Channing. Virginia Capers will play for two weeks at O'Keefe Centre Dec. 30 in hit Broadway musical Raisin. She was in Toronto yesterday talking with critic Urjo Kareda.
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Original Toronto Star caption: A Relatively little-known performer who snatched the Tony Award for best actress in a musical out of the hands of Michele Lee and Carol Channing. Virginia Capers will play for two weeks at O'Keefe Centre Dec. 30 in hit Broadway musical Raisin. She was in Toronto yesterday talking with critic Urjo Kareda.
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