Variety (Jan 1949)

272 Forty'Med PlUfilJETY Annhtenmy Wednegday, Janmurj' S, 1949 to who shouts Thank* for wonderful prms notiMt: Yvonne Adair, who is an un- commonly versatile performer, pops quite a few people in the aisles with her hot dancing. Brooks Atkinson, Times. Yvonne Adair is a riotous comedienne of the Charleston and-Black Bottom school in the operetta burlesque. John Chapman, Daily News, As for versatility it would be hard to beat Yvonne Adair. She sings a couple of smooth torch songs, then turns herself into raucous hip slapping hoofer the Charleston era for "The Gladiola Girl" which is the most au'thentic satire yet turned up on the musicals of the '20s. Wm. Hawkins, N.Y. Telegram. The atmosphere is so unaf tectedly high-spirited that there is no resisting its appeal. To see Yvonne Adair burlesque a sou- Wette Of the twenties is worth any playgoer's while. . Richard Watts, Jr., Post 'The Gladiola Girl," road com pany that has been lost in the sticks since 1925, and with its ancient costumes and hammy routines, and with Miss Adair to demonstrate, the "old Yahoo step," the skit is a riotous joy, N. Y. Sun, The whole gaiig o£ them is so good that it seems almost unfair to spotlight any of them with special praise. However, new comediennes like Yvonne Adair have everything to head them for future feature brackets. Billboord, . nice tunes which are in the main excellently realized by Gloria Hamilton and Yvonne Adair; Variety. Thanks for the opportunity: Wm. R. KatwII. Frank Gilbert, Thanks for show stopping ma- terial; Charlti Ggyner. Plans for Prolonging Legit sContlniied from page 251; started folhnext season, and might run very. successfully. Moreover, the idea, that an actor demeans himself by goin.g on the road, should be dispelled by ex- ample. There should be an Emergency Employment Committee connected with Equity and tlie League of N. Y. Theatres, wlvose duties should be to assist in solving prob- lems with Equity members or man- agements whicli are affecting the business of. an attraction, and will ultimately cause its elos|ng; Such an Employment Committee should be empowered to use the influence of these groups on their members- in the interests of general employ- ment. ' Theatre Council and the accomr panying annual conventions of the theatre should be continued for it is useless for individual manage- ments and unions each to attempt to solve the problems of the thea-; tre as a whole by individual action, At a period when good will is in ] the air, it would be a fine moment j for all of those who have power in I the various organizations of the I theatre to look into their hearts i and see whether thoy could not I accomplish more for, their . own good by mutual: cooperation rather than mutual distrust. Thanks : for direction, choreog- aphy, costumes and arrange- ments:: Gowar Champion^ Hal: Gerson^ Rqoul Du Bols, Georg* Bauer. Thanks for placing me: Jalfs Ziogltr Agency. Thanks for press relations: / Art Franklin Asfoe. Thankt to the "itnd an Ear" cast I for. their warmth and friendship. BUT MOST OF ALL ^THANKS 11 TO MOM AND POP WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE. Great Moral Force . I could giVe. many examples where plays have liad to be closed because of actions- on the part of members of. the castj on the one hand,: or of the management, on the other, which ultimately re- sulted in destroying the business of the play and caused its closing. In a number of such cases, there was no actual breach of contract. The moral effect of an Employ- ment Committee calling on the actor or the management, as the case might be, and pointing out that the cast was threatened with being thrown out of work, might have a great moral force and save a -number of .plays which other- wise might close. Some years ago, I assisted in forming an organization known as tlie American Theatre Council, the purpose of which was to bi-ing to- gether all the elements of the the- atre in an effort to solve those problems which affected the eco- nomic structure of the theatre. Two successful conventions were held in New York, but unfortu- nately, the effort was dropped al- though it proved itself well worth- while. Possibly, the American Actors Fund Grosses 20G at Annual Benefit Annual benefit of the Actors Fund of America, held Tuesday I night (28) at the Astor hotel; N.Y„ drew an audience of about COO and grossed an estimated $15,000, in- cluding admissions, sale of pro- grams, program- advertising and proceeds from games. Instead of being a straight show, this year's benefit was in the form of a ballt entertainment and buffet supper. Stars who appeared included Ray Bolger, Anne Jeffreys, Bobby Clark, Ethel Merman, Howard Lindsay, Dorothy Stickney, Robert Morley, Paul Muni, Bill Robinson, Jimmy Savo, tallulah Bankhead, Same Levene, Smith and Dale, Sophie Tucker; Henry Fonda, and Phil Silvers. There were various j other group acts. ■ ; Joe Laurie, Jr^, and Ed Sullivan emceed and - the orchestra wa.s batoned at various times by Meyer Davis, Blue Barron, Benny Good- man, Guy Lombardo and Frankie Carle. . Keane Waters directed the show and James Sauter was in general charge of the entertainment. UNION NIPS CREDITS FOR 2 Bm SHOWS :Unu$ual situation found two of last week's Broadway openings with names of set and costume de- signer omitted from: the Playbill programs. Irony of thev. situation was pointed up by the fact that re'- vicwers singled out sets: and cos- tumes . in both plays for high .praisci. „.| Sets and costumes for "Tlie' Madwoman of Chaillot" were those | of Cliristian Berard, created for the original: Paris-production and .; imported for the' N. Y. run. /"The Rape: • of Lucretia": sets : and : cosr tumes, created by John Piper,' were those of-the original Glyndebourne Festival production in England in 1946. Omission of the -names was due to a regulation of the United Scenic Artists union,, because sets and costumes weren't created here. EDDIE RICH Co>Prodiie*r "O' MISTRESS MINE" Road Tour With SYLVIA SIDNEY and JOHN LODEK Music Hail Summer Theatre ■' Clinton, New Jersey 214 West 42ad Sti«et Shows in Rehearsal "AH for Love"—Sammy Lam- bert & Anthony B. Farrell. "Death of a Salesman"—BlDom- garden-Friedi- "Figurc of a Girl" (formerly "Emperor of China") — Theatre Guild. "Forward the Heart" ^ Jules Leventhal. 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