Variety (Aug 1940)

42 LEGITIMATE Wedncsdai|r9 Aiigiist 7, 1940 Crazy With the Heat : Locust Valley* L. I., Aug. 3. ' 'R«vue ill, two acts (UU fk-enes):- inus.tc and U'l-lm. Kudy. Uevll, Cai'l Kortt, V/altor ■Ni>i)es, Paha..Suefl3Ci " Kiirt Kuszer, JoUn l.MtouLhe; Johh KevJJ, l^uthejL J^lcveUmdi Cliiirlotte '- Kepi; aKetches. I<ut)i6i- Wavis, John tUevelanil. Mlltoii ilcrre, : Jack• Rose, FniilorJok Ney. Gu8.'fc'cl»lrimT, Jr.. John J.at6uoUe4 productlop dealftned ,l>y, Harry Hrtinei'; choi-^ography, KUBene LoilnB; t<i|> couHncs. flenry Xe Tmib; fterieral prortuCr tloii supervjalon,- Production Service; iiiu- Hlc- by- two-, plunosi. Ja'cquea • Dalllnv Oai-l iCent. I'reserited and atneed My KiH't Kaazei; it Red Bam ttientrf. Xiocuat Val- ltfy, I>: 1;, July 2». $2.2it.top.. Cast: Sheila Barrett. i Sarfth Burton, diiilsilna liind, NormapMoyd. Michael. XurliVB; Ray .McDopald, Betty Juhe Smith, .'lame,! iCeogan; Albia Kavan. Bobby. Bust U, Robert .Mai-zano. Hrirrlette. . Hen- nini; Renil: Martel. Vlvlati AlKsn.j >VUlard; Gary, Charles Blake, Tony, Albert., As a Broadway prospect, 'Craiy with the. Heat' is negligible. A fey/ numbers" and several players are about ill it has to offer. Even with drastic revision and elaborate pro- duction it woiild probably only clip - the wings of whoever. might be rash ehoiigh to angel it: It's apparently intended as another 'One .fbtv thC: Money' and it will ineyitably be compared' with that and 'Two for the ShoW,' but its materiial is even slimmer thain either ol those inti- mate revues. However,: it's a .liKely - presentatibn .'for strawhats and,: afr; tier the present secbhd week, at Lo-. cust Valley; and next, week , at Matu^ nuck, VR, X, might be booked at a couple of . other: summer spots to .get back ^thie originaiLnut,^ . . From a Broadway stiindpbiht,'ithe best thing: ih the show is naturally. Sheiia Barrett, . She's in seyerail pointless sketches, but scores solidly in two solo. impersohatdn ipots, the same stuff thiat has.always clicked in revues^, niteries . or vaude. - In- cluded ate the pliasteired southern belle. Beatrice Lillie, Tallulah Bank^ head and Bert Lahr, all. virtuoso. Song number, 'On, a Yacht,' with melody and lyrics by Walter Nones, would make a punchy bit -in a~ Bioadway revue without ialferation. Sarah Burton, who handles it here, is bkay for Broadway with it, but it's the kind of thirig with which Eve Arden could pulverize ah audi- ence. Tune is okay iand the lyrics, around the idea. 'I Can Only Be Got on a Yacht,' is hilariously. ris<iue., Other . likely :thihgs in - th^; show are four songs and a.couple of young playjers. Songs include -Hour for Lunch/ 'How Far Is It to Broadway,' 'I Don't Need the Moonlight' and possibly 'I Guess I'll Haye ta Count Spme Sheei).' ;. AH would .probably need revision, but haVe possibilities .with'.iadequate staging. Christina' Xind. and : .Ray McDoaald are the players - with - bright - .-prospects. Former is beauteous- yotingster with, " an. dppealinig, if small; voice, and, a- glowing, unspoiled stage per- sonality. She's an almost sure: bet for Hoilywobd- . McDonild, who formerly danced 'in: vaude and in legit :reviles' with his sister 'Grace McDonald, is a' skillful.stepper, with at} attractive,dean appearahce aiid an engaging manner^ Normah Xlbyd, Albia Kavan, Hap- riette Herihing and Remi Mattel; have 'bccasipnal moments .when- their material permits, and the othefs are varyingly satisfying. With the ex-; ceptipn of the songs alr eady men- . tionedv the music is' undistinguished.- .Several of. the. numbers^ such 'as : 'Ghosts.for; Ahciient Castles* and 'Air Gphditiohihg,' have 'possibilities if capably riewritten and staged, but most of the other sketches are either . badly adapted steals^ clumsily re- vised smoking car gags, or sojpho- mbric - attempts: at ]. sophistication. Dancing is merely passable.. How.-. BvelTi it all keeps, moving rapidly enough tb create the illiisibn of en- tertainment, at l(Bast by the chari- table standards of strawhat tbeatreis. :. Production is admirable for. barn- yard, budgeting. Uses a few. drapes, screens . with changeable panels, fairly simple costumes, east.of 17 and music by .two pianibs. Whble affair pirbbably cost less than $5,000 to pro- duce and ; likely operates for"; only about $1,500 a ..week.. Top price, for thb^ hbuse . has been reduced from .$2.75: to $2.20, permitting a gross of about $3,200 at the:scale, HobC. BY AN\^ QtHEIt NAME / :- :.': Princeton. July 31... ni.itoi iVni play- Iri ^thi ee ' acts by Warren :p; Mvtibell, Jr.,. presented at MrCliirter the- atre, Priiupton. N'. j,, with Harry KUorbe aiid WlhlCred lienlhah. Directed bj»-.-."\Var- ren .P. -Aluiisell, Sr,: .BettinK.'i by Bradford ■ A.s'hivovni:' . One week, !)tHr.lliiK-:july. liD, .'40;. ■JtL'ii'U tfip. John Tjyly........ i....-. iRobei t H. ..Harrla Hdword Ii)e Vei'ft. '. ....... . .^ .Harry Ellerbe Arthur . Goldl^is .,...... ■'■ •. .. .Perry Ivin? T.onl .Burleliitil . V.. .-Harold Vermllyea I.adv Anhe:;;..;.;.;.;. iMarRalre.t Curtis Hicliard Burbiiiie. .. .': .;... JCaHiary SCtttt 'Couiiie.<ia ^bC..}tpiiisiiil]u'n.'.'..';'.Allcn Ludden 'He'lehn'.......... '. . , •ParoUc'.B':.-;>.i .;.-. :.'Klite:.: of yiiinr' ' AVI lUii rti ■ -Sh:ilje.<)pea re..:. Queen Kiizabeth...;. ; .Winifred I>ehjhan Sir. Chrlfitophpr Hatton'.'.'. i. .Brain Noasen ^sir. Horatio Die Vei-<. . . i .Wn>. A. Williams Ren .T6ns6n..... . .-i ; .Robert H'.' Wnrrl.<» Henry Wriolhesley. . ..Donald'. Buka prostitute after the gal ha* decided to throw everybody out. Lengthy narrations; oh :the 'jpart of all members of the cast tend to cause lags in the productibri. which other- wise moves albhg at a fair rate. Cast is okay, with standout pbrformances by Juliet Forbes and Lloyd Gough, Due .to illness, Jane: Dbnner replaced Rose Poindexter. , Ecfc. Stjjhy Creek, Gohn.j Au^ 5, : Comedy-yrauia In' threa actWi; JVva si:en«"H, by J6hn $aiid; and Fanny J*ci;t.vii. ; Ameri- can adaptation by Ronald T. Hanimoiid. Staged by Haniiriond: seltlnij. Kirancla T; Joannes; Presented liy The . Stony i'revk •Players at: Stony CreeK, Cupn.; IMayhpu^p, :«veek of Aiig, 0, '-li). MrM. Adaiii; >stella A'dain.......... 'Ambrose, A'dant:.\.-.. -Lu,cy Barlow.; ^ yir. Adam...... ii...' Hoy . Adam... ^a.. .... GeKie (the Maid) .. Harry' Smlrehwalte. Dlclc . Adaiii........ ; GilbeH G. Ollberi.. Isol'el .Dawn;.....'.. Torn Jbbsoii.....'..... Philip Baroet..;; >.. .,..., -.^odn .' Cameron ;'. i... Norma. WfntcTN .-.:.. . .'Dlnii S.caiX'la ; •.. .....: Jun* A'onnifs . i...-. .-.Albert V.e«H .... i KevJii O'.^ea. ...: .'.Jane Aldrtcli' .Matt Mat«bn .',. . .Johii C. .'Iiaiie .., . Mdrllrt. Chlnpet la ... V.. .Rutti Bertr'and^ . Roscoe Knrjis,' Jr.. Ronald .T. HanVuiond .Iflrlu. Weston .'.. .Perry .Ivinia ; Morgan. 'James .. .Warren P. Munsell,, Jr., launches at the Princetbn summer theatrie a play' br his. bwh', dusting off for the piir- pbse the aricienV problem ol Shake- spearean authbrship. The'director of this, estimable troupe,, in fathering 'By Any Other Name,': Has - come up with 'a playWritliig tour de force.:; The work is skillful.; As argu- ment- for-; ■proponents of. the Ox- ford surmise it is. powerful. Un- der les.s deft fingers, the web of bib- graphical alliisibn linking Lord dx- ford. to characters of -the - Bard, the always perilous artifice , of present- ing a play within a :pjay and,the use of Elizabethan argot; might , well have become cbbfusibh. worse con- founded;-: ■. ■ . . . '. The prethise, of' coursb, is-that the Stratford Shakespieare, a. man of low degree, lackedthe opportunity to know the- foibles of the'court of 'the Virgin: QUeen. Here Oxford, as one of her pets,' fitted well: ■ He used /Twelfth Night' to defeat rivals for her favor. Later, ait the Queen's own behest and indeed with her : co authorship, he wrote 'Henry V' to popularize her cause ^ with the pit- dwelling publibvin the face of .the : imminent Spanish invasion. In the climax, the Essex conspiracy, tied up with 'Richard II,'.silences; forever his ;clairns to authorship by rbyal decriee, .sb his man Shakespeare gets the credit. ■; • Winifred jLenihah, as Elizabeth, carries off the: lauriels in the cast. She gives a tender, sympathetic por trayal. Somewhat by contrasti Harry Elleibe, as Oxford, finds himself often beybnd his depth, r But his shortcomings, are pardonable. Upon his hero MunseU has imposed -a ter- rific burden, oriie that few men could shoulder.. This, indeed., is the work's one flaw', for the role as written lacks probability. At times iabored eJcplanatibn has to take uj^ the slack • " ' . Rosen. ' In its brigihal English version, this one had a tryout some time ago in. suburban XiOndoh, butit v nev6c. reached the city itself; Althbugh the plajr has been; Arhericahized .v and' broiight'up to datei it still has a long Donald n\iha|Vay to go before, it can rub,.elbows with :BroadWay. ; Rewriting; must come frbih ;the comedy angle, in which':a good start is- made.. Play slips .when it attempts . to rltig in top much heavy philosophy;; ; . , ' , Story covers one eyehtfu.l 'ryekr, in' a large family,: a year: that sees one soil, become .a successful lawyer; an- other son clicks as a playwright; ;bne daughter iharrled to a pilot; another daughter engaged, to marry a pro- ducer after a broken romance with a worthless musiciah; and the. death, of th^ mother of this group- Theme . is generally ■ plausible, . and paints a fairly authentic liicture of life in a comfort^ly fixed family. ., Casting is .hit' arid miss,' with,' the inevitable misplacements: oE a. sum- mer, stock troupe. Albert Vess. as head of the family, registers with .a convincing . performance ..and. Joan Camerbh ably fills the bill a.s his wife.;. Dinb Scarcia'has .most of; the laugh, lines and does okayi Rbscoe Karnsj Jr., is better thaia adeqtiats iii ah unsympathetic role that is be- yond his years. Balance of large cast, made up of regular company and apprentices, is in arid out. •■ ....... Bone. AhferlcA.'a:: Dlstin^tlvet EntertAliiejr ;• CUBRENTLr ■ CAL-NEVA L<>DGE WSHOB CpVinCX. ilBVApA Mgt.: WM. KENT 1778 B^way. New Vork THE ROYAL ROOST , ■ ; Stariiford, Corth., Aug. 2. Social drama. In three acts by - Richard Dwenger., Staged by Jjem Ward.;. settlnRs by Louise 1, Welsh. Presented: by. Monte rroser and Walter Bachelor at the 'Stain ford Com rn^nlly Playhouse, Stamford; <'onn., Aug. '£, '40. peter K;nott'.. ......:.;. ,;■. .:■.;. .. ,Nat Burns Doc,...........,,, . . ............. .Lloyd GouKh :rjuf:ky;....,,-. ,... Jane Donnftr ;:.... .Gene . ICelly .Richard .Courtney ...,... . .John Lorpnz . ..... .Jullet>Forbes .. . (3eorse Sturgeon ;; ;Wore.-noe Duhl.ip ... Bnrbaru Frifchle .. . .Xntchdll - HarrLi Danny...... . .. Sir- Ga1lah»d.;.'...;... Walker.. Frahpes MrTntosh.'.; .sunny Boy Butch;, ; Mr.i; Butch.. .Hoglnu Cots worth... Oliver Che.ster-toh: The Royal Roost,' a first play. Is on a precarious roost.; Mainly cori- cerned with a social theme that is anti-capitalistic,; it .speaks bUt also against the vicibus intolerance against the Negro. .. ;.. Author Richard Dwenger ha.s done a heat job. with the dialbgi'.which at times i& very punchy and humorous. However, he neglected to put more meat into hiis .plot, which.leaves one hanging; in. midair at the final ■cur- tain;, .; ;:-■■ ;'..' '-;■.■;■ :"■;- - ; Actibn is carried; but in Ih^ heri :tage^fliled, 'boarded-Up Fifth avenue CotsWorth rriansibn visited but rarely by \the. gal: who owns ^t, ; She is. the last remairiing; vestigie of a fahiily< . whose blue-blbod ancestry 'ruris; back generations.' .''';.''■'.; :: Caretaker.: -of . -th&:-_mansSbn-: Jiasi hoarded up; a varied ;riiotley'of huf manity hanging around Central Pafjc and given them^. a temporary homci Couple of lOve.'affairs .diey^lop. One is between a youngs, cultured black- sheep: riiember of a midwest Wealthy family. .; His entire life is devoted to working for the iocial amelioration of the. underdog; /The gal^ of course, is .the bwher, hotxie on an Uricxpected ! visit; : "Ends with the blacksheep go- i ing out into the World with a..Negro CROSS YOUR FINGERS Jutland, N; J., Aug. l! ' Comedy 'by'Kddie NuBent . in three. acts (five scenes). .Directed l>y »J'Mw.Trd Cliirlta Lilley; settings by,NivhblHS Yi>llenll. I'rcr sented by Tone Hulaitio at the. Hunleirdon Hills Playhouse; Jutland, N. J.. July ;;;!, •40.,- : . ■'" ■ ■ Junior Norton-.. lOthel Norton;.... Gollector.' ...-.... lirln-Ahne Norton Young: Man;";,,-.;..; Laura Payne....'. Kadie Norton..... AVally Steele Interibr of . the .Lyceum, , N^ Y., h being; completely renovated ho'w that It haa, been .acquired by Sam; H. Harris and associates. House is being repainted from top to bottoni, job; including section above th» stage entrance on; 46th ;street. New plurriliing is; beirig installed arid dressi- ing rootris reflirbished. iseats in the balcony and gallery Tiay^ been ripped■ out and will .be replaced; NeW , carpet is to bejayed in the upstairs^ sectipiisv Marcus Heiinan, who, with Max Gordon intereisted in the Lyceum with Harris, i$ superintending the Work- Qeorge SVv Kaufniari ■ arid Mosa- Hart are also associated, in. the new ^ownershi First attraction . Will be: 'the authors' .'Gieorge. 'WjBShihgton Slept Here,', a; comedy W^ Bucks County, Pa,, as the locale.v . Kaufman and Hart have sumnier hom^s tlve!re. ?lay is listed , amo^ng the Septe . Ohe of the details of Equity's , routine ;is the issuance of sb-called:*excuisj9 cards,' which permits uiiemployeid .members to. reta In menibership paying duei?.:; It is. hot: ai simple task, becaiise' there are ^800^^ having ;:SU(:h cards which must, be re-issiied upon application/every three months''aiiid each must .carry, the signature of Paul Dullzell, treasurer and executive, secretary. Quirk al>out the/asspciatioh's' regu^tiohs:'that metnbers who owe dues .'a.irei out of benefit,' and, managerial, complaints agai theni are"; not; tenable.; Holders of excuse cards receiye all communications sent out and; may . attend meetings, but are n^ . "There is anothiM npn-dues paying' divisipny those haying .honor'abte drawai cards, issued .Only' if-t^ i^ in good standing, iyhen^^s^^ ing the, card. .Holders are virtuaHy divorced from the.association, but m^^ attain .good ;standlng:b i)aying due's again . ' Ruby Keeie^ at $i,500 a week-m 'Hold bn to Your Ha^'. until Eunice Healey replaced:'her, was: payrblled .higher ;than Al JoJspn. who's drawing; pr^ily $1,00.0; a week but gets; the major . share of the :!proflts after the $75,000 productioh cost is amortized. Jolsori controls most'of the show, haying put: :iri some $60,000 . Georgie Hale's interest is said to represent iSG. . Hale .meantim^ js^^^^b^ on\ Broadway talking'; further musical cpmedy: prp.ductioii plans, with Jack VOafcie - and Eddie v Cantor for. tw^ Sbpaj^ti^ shows. Gracie ;McDpnald\is .how slated: to replace :Miss .:Healey.. . Lew Payne.;..;....". Daniel .C. Palmer... Elolse palmer., ,.., Nat Levin,... ^.:.. Deliviery Men',;.:.... Radio Announcer..; Mrs.. Ha'rouktan ,.'.., Horman Haroukian; .'.Jackie, Ayers .... ij^ratiu'ea .I-'uner ,.;..;-';..CJiy'e J>iM . - l-afKiuia, C'^nsliio ■ ■.Bobsrt -Btirry , . ..' .B'etty. Amiard i.. .'Jiiclc .Slieehin ., john Rpffts .toyce ;...Peter :i:'ii3anellt . .'.'. . William .Nunn ii V ire i n ia . (>.> mpbell ,.,.- rti>i;ei' 'Quliilan ; . f .ilien 'DBrrlfck , 1 Jay Seiliel • . ..WlUlani: Corlniirton . ..Vir(;inl.-i.:.Barnelle ,. . :.:Ritliar'i ' Ruber Lightweight. entry in field; of Hol- lyWobd comedy suffers from slipshbd development of :What could be an amusing situatibn. . Hero of 'Cross . Your Fingers' is a filrii actor in his:40'.s. ,with a wife and kids,. whose youthful pan prevents him from playing anything; but juve- nile; rolesi Unfortunately^ prbdUcers are able to get so many greeri young- sters for $50 a week that Eddie Nor- ton, who is put for bigger money, keeps missing all the jobs; Playwright ifugent, better known as ah actor, seems to .have dipped into personal Hollywood .experience to ;TOake his background authentic; and. his leading Character's plight is a fresh one ibr this sort of comedy. But ; inexpert . construction arid' a story Which, borders on ' the silly, passing over this border- for its; clf- :max^ put 'Crpss Your Fingers' in the doubtful class for: Broadway or .pic- 'tures.'.'. ■■ '.' Acting is amiable enough, to sus- tain mild. interest in the .characters throughout, With Jack Sheehan ,^6ok■• ing.the part of Nbrtbn and perforjn- ing dieftlyi Frances .-F'u Her iis her .usual winning self as his. long-sufr. fering Wifei 'Frietids of the family a^-e . capably, delineated by Betty :Amiard. John Regis Jpyce arid Peter 'Cusanielli,. while ; Richard Rober. ..Tackie "Ayers, :William Nunn, Roger Quihlah ; ahd yirgifvia :: CariipbeIl prove especially" helpf uV in . other . roles. ■■ Paul.. . Continued frohi .pa|;e;.l_ Bertph Churchill ; will ;retiirn • to B.rbadway after aii'absence of neiariy. lb years iri, ;rioily wood^; havirig,;beeri. ca^t to ;play; a lead; by Sain H. Harris., in the ! Kaufman-Hart . comedy, 'George Washingtph Slept Here,', dutf. tp; open at . the Lyceum, N. Y., Sept 8.: Other leads Ernest Truex, jeari Dixori and ;Ruth.: Weston. Churchili.' played in a number of meiodramas produced,, by: ; A.\ . iH. Woods, 'Five ' Star, Final' being his last stage play pripr to gpihg tP the Coast,, Another early repatriate is Hugh O'Cohheil. who planed in Sun- day (4) to stairt rehearsals . in 'Barig^ tails,' another ;premiere; slated for next menth. Ticket Suit Contliiued from'paKe41: formances, but both inatiuiae.s were' 1i:le^h~sellbatsTla^t~weel^^ the t^st of . a hit niusical 'cornedy. Biisiness has been ■ exeeptibnaUy light during the early porbipri Pf re- Ceht , weeks, what with ekteuded weekends and. the weather. ■ >Higher and Higher; relighted at the Shubert Monday^ f5) as sched^ uled, 'There Shall Be . iSfo Night,* Alvin, jvill siiispend for one month after Friday night's perfovtnance. . Mitcheil law ais it now jstands Would result -ill . exterrhination Oi ticket brokers. Actor; Anolpgy Hyman's most telling argument to the coUrt was: .'Your honor, I see present cbunsel fbr; the managers and Equity ri^presenting people who have the same obj ective as the. bro- kers. Actprs raise their salaries : at every oppbrtunity and mahagers bppSt, the boxbfflce.; price of tickets at. will.' He then Went on to say that it is "not the agencies that have affected show business, but: the prp- ;ducei:3 themselves because of their inability to put on. popular attrac- tions; , . ' ' ; ■ . / ; Charles Weinstein, of. the.cbrpbra- tion counsel's staff.; whp defended; for the ■ city,; told the court that' thie: ticket, people; having seen the. harid- :writing bn; the Wall, sought the *4:e;r. straining- order' to give them addi- : tiorial time to ;pperate at high-prices. He said that since th^; 1927 ruling, which was a' 57to-4: decision, . the- highest tribunal has since regarded- price/ fixing , as justified.. Weiristeiri ijaid that out; of 138,000 .'tickets sold '■ Weekly on . Broadway, 27,500 wer(B dispbsed. Of.,. ;by agencies.. Milton \yeinberger,; attorney for the League of New York Thbatres, and also of the Shubcrts' :legal staffs cphGoded; that: brpkers; render valuable serv-i ice, ; but 'the vtiltureis who charge . .$10 for' $4.40 seats ruin us with thfe j public.'.;■ ;...:';.■ :■'.';V-.r.^: ■^■' / ; ftebecca ' Brpwnsteih, of Equity's legal staff, said that in 1927- there :wer6, 60 theatres operating, whereas last week there Were only 10 bpen, inmdT-withnnaariy-profiessipnals out-pf joibs, the causie could partly be at^^ tributed; to thje- brpkeris milkihg the pul)l ic. ^ 'The reaisoh ."the brbkers are cbriiplamjng I is that therie arie top many of them trying to make a liv- ing out bfhbthing,' sh6 said. ' Court gave both sides until Aug. 19 to submit further briefs and an- nounced he Would hand down his decision before Sept.; 1. ; KI(m£Rv^im HIGHBB Dwight Deere. Wiixian's spring mu- sical suspend.ed: at. the Shubert June 29 and resilriied Monday. (S) after .a five-week, laypff,/being greeted by a \yell patronized, house... Ih fact, at- tendance was .muchi-better thaii ex- pected, after a sustained heat wave; "Higher and Higher'', wqs darkened after a; humid JUne had sent grosses tumbling. Idea was to evade July, the-dead legit morith of. the 'year, and to re- enter the list in August, when thea- tres; usually see an upturri.-. There was another factor which doubtless; figured; in thft decisipn to ..suspend, it wais the'.question Whe ther Broad- way ebiild or wbuld. support four musicals With a top of $4:40 and most showmen were of the bpinibn that it'. wbuldn't. work out T during . the lieated period. There-are three.jnusi-: cals with that .Same ..top scale nowr with; the relighting of 'Higher,* the others being the ;tbpi)er 'Louisiana Purchase' arid 'DuBarry Was a Lady..' ; Soriie cast , changes: Were-madeMri 'Higher,' principally ^he replaceihent of blonde Marie Nash for.Marta Eg-' gert. Impression'is that Miss Nash .fills . the bill very well both in ap- pearance: and vocal ; ability. Jack Dpnohue is" another new cast mem- ber, teriiporarily; siibbing for. Lee Dixon, wliO : is due back within two weeks.., Donbhiie . is no kin: of the, late Jack Donohue,; bUt claims it is his" right , namie: and declines : to accept the suggestion that he. select a new front handle. On performance the shbw i^ pri Its toes, mbving swiftly and diyertingly. It .y.'as" regarded; as a hit artd may., again attain that.standing. -New ar- rangements have been orchestrated; for sbme; numbers, in particular ^Frbm Another World,' as. sung.: by jVIiss Nash, Jack Haley and Shirley. Rpss. At least one lyric has been slightly revised, a topical line 'vbting jEor Willkie' being inserted in -pis^, gustingly Rich,' the " extended ' and aniriia ted . first act finale nuniber.' "The Cortiely: Miss Ross carrie.^ much of: the book with Haley arid she. fig- ures in song nuriibers iriostly in the ■second act, as before. 'Lovely Day For ; Murder', remains the; novelty . nuittber of the score, and 'I'm Afraid' tjie - zing, song, towards . the .s^how's finale.; The moving strip that takes the players on and off is- another ffiaturel that makes 'Higheir' unusual. Sharkey, the trained seal, still help.s to the second act's best laugh- scene and inspires .press agent Tom 'Wea- therly's release, quips.. - Originallyy .'Higher'^ was ;a three-* star show, but: now with: Miss Eg- geirt .out; only; Haley and Mi.ss Rbss share the; top line. : Miss ^Nash, Liel Erlcksoiv and . Dixori are featured.^ Latter's name appears-las before; but a slip- 'in. th,e prograrii; states ; that DonbhUe: is, -playing the part.; First fihtywih^. of^the; r;girew^d'ehigagentent gqt the break bf a fairly Cbmfbrlable August eyenirig;, IbcCi ; - Rosalind; Ivan currently playirig' the Chrbriicler ;i.n John Drinkwater's .•Abraham Liticoln'/ at. .Skpwhegan; . Me , goes bo liennis, Mass.; ncK^t. week f<>r the season's final bill, Flva Le-; Gallierine in 'Mary, ; Mary, Quit* : 'Contrary.'': ,;.'^~ ' ' ' ■ ■ ' '