"M. Butterfly," at the Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, just off the Post Road East (Route 1).

It had its first exposure at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam before a brief 1976 Broadway run, and in later years, reappeared at the Westport Country Playhouse.

He left that station for rival WROL where he helped start Knoxville's first country music television show (on WROL-TV), Country Playhouse, that premiered in 1952 and ran until 1958.

Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court.

To Janice Muirhead, the artistic manager of the newly reorganized Westport Country Playhouse, all those questions about the role of the critic, are ponderable.

July 9-31 "DIAL M FOR MURDER," Friday, Saturday, 8:30 P.M.; Sunday, 2:30 P.M., Country Playhouse, Route 25, Brookfield.

"Journey's End" is at the Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, through Sept. 4.