Variety (May 2, 1951)

f May 2* IfM Ballet Theatre Ends J-Week N.Y. Run With 80G Nick; New Ballets Cost 50G I Scotch Soda's (ha*r' 1111*1 Q I A <1 • | t » A . Set for C ame** Tech WllSOIl jCJUaWKS \JVtT Light llltS, Scotch *»• Tech t muuc cwa. c itiif rd> Mcktjr. will Ballet TTeatre l2f* at the Met Opera House N. Y.. that era* probably the meet —sosl la Its 11-ynor-old history—end that c«*t M M estimated tso 000 Tro op s had • colorful run with a galaxy of up a three- ♦■ ■ ■ ~23 Sothera Mulled as Cissy t»os». “A Merry Cl Schenley High Srhoc Pittsburgh. May d-1*. Penned by Boh Lar at the Gains Play Is Now Nonsensical For Road Co. Brooklyn mr*. -i*. Country Girl’ to Go On > duetto* loot r»or. -A Mem ctu." „ 7 .. .. mil he directed by Mark cr if , /*• i» . /» a | “LHtle Blue Light.** Is reportedly Uolry6ri tUO. I— $£*£i -S—: Sw Uta H»t«. KeAy iTfttS: With Uta Hagen end Paul Kelly | Theatre*. He's said In he Irate at withdrawing from Country Girl. at the expiratien af their run ef- leuts In the aertpt $65,000 Seen Paid £ Back on $110.000 Pan’as Tour Ends £"* sg r m e nt hope* ta recast the parts ] had Ms official premie and keep the ClifVerd Odets play | night <2t> at the A VTA running through the summer at the Lyceum. V. Y. If business doesn't production will he elated far the I Dispute ' summer and sent an tour la the | the start fall, with the new lends Mean while, the Dwight Deere Wtmaa sf- W lading np the legit May 1. Mias Ha tea who will alar la the Theatre Guild revival at Shew s the play was tried ewt last rr at Brattle. Cambridge. amount at newspai publicity, hut only appointing SIS TOO nights and three nu tap in the 1 tag-seat 1 a d in- Ms six at U TO Kelly and hit wife will alae visit Europe, after which the actor la ex- | Theatre Guild's decision In drug the script, after having It ander option earlier thin season. Question af shortening the script weekend that the of Musical Artists. Kudoif Bing from T Attraction built after • tour, that the case was elated Mer- rill was A red by the Met April T on alleged breach af contract far baa since wired the pr the play In this form cal” and threatening a** unless all ruts sre r B’wiy’i Fame Stars Let Dswi Hair, Pass Bsaqaets [<* **- At Dram Desk Lmckesa Dramatists Guild's Inc., of oad tryout the production ed to play either the Mar- N Y . or octe of the tho- ( rated by City Pls> houses, which Louis A. Lotito Is | 00f) by the mg up for the April 7 performance sad the tour Merrill, through his manager. Mae Gale, maintains that the Met failed ta pick np his op- withheld. •I«*n for the tour and sh»t hr — Wish**} >1 take will i layoff. Shirley Nanette Fabray (' Make s and Vivian Blaine CAde- ncal. “Call Me they supplied April 24. I that since “Call Me ' hasn't yet run a year, she wasn't guilty of breach of contract i ‘Detective Story’ to Preen Collective bargaining agreement a . i *. a • r between the Met and AGMA calls UMLSt L££lt jtntS fOF Gres Ntery Op Hsver Hollywood. May 1. Coart premiere of Sidney Kings- ley’s “Detective Story" will he held ef “Tree Grows >o edition of “South Pacil ng next fall at the Dr with Mary Martin stars »uh and to do preliminary for six wee k s. i the limit ef the with Charles Laughton. Sir Cedric Hardwlrke. Charles Boyer and Agnes Moorhead, will he featured in the British presentation. The cracking up" from sin af playing the was going directly > osteopath to have sd and that she us October ta take I May IS over ta sit la on rehearsals and attend the opening Whyte, who is on leave as Theatre Guild mu s i c al was closing, there will be some casting changes, effective Monday 171. Richard Whorf. co-star, is leaving to stage the m u s i c al edi- tion ef ’‘Seventeen.** and he oil! •I iniirr spot *tth King and I ?>ur mg tUServAeid S*n ’** • '■ *4 ^ K :r ' ; J: When Miss Martin withdraws Luis Obispo Cal . Stillwater. Okla. Nancy Kelly will remain m aole from the Broadway edition of Victoria. B C. and Seattle South Pact Ac." effective Juoe 2. she will be followed by Martha Wright No one Is set to succeed Ray Middleton as male lead, but Roger Rico Is a possibility, pro this aL