Variety (May 2, 1951)

7* IMITIMtn VXnim We*»n~d«y, May *. 1*->1 Plays Out of Town mi the Uvatrc. frtUrt lh# «UU H n| tirmral TIm outstanAag ! Jane Mallett and M mably Miss Mallett will later curtail her self-confident No« that her friend* la the flnl Bight audience will he by the general tvatoam. dee* an fllfiag >eh Hurok ‘nedemuius’ Srt» Nine-Week Autumn Tour , Hartford. Bley 1. Nine • weed tour el Inside Stuff-Legit Hurwk-National Cencert^ A Alhdi IjT^Tnsupe will «• wlB •«* and wind up in Boaten on Dee 1C. Com pant el 09 will have lrra bb Koaalinda. Adelaide aa A dele Michael Bartlett, at Kiaenatetn. and Lloyd Pitta M| I part lei pat of the *kct acta as me. he- Leech aa Alfred Although the ward "pan sy " It uaed In the dining el "Utile Biua ,,k " I Light.** at the ANT A Playhouse. N. Y. meet el the Breedway critic* — I or — te rf Mr n; u mM KklMr ^ ^ drat-atringer* who did were Jeha Chapman. N Complin Other* aaing euphemism* or cirtt Watt*. Jr., el the Fuel <" peculiar fellow**!; William Hawkins w„ r id! Telegram A Bun (* effeminate anther* •; Robert Coleman. Mirror ehopathie aiaey** and "unsavory •wish"). Brooks Atkinaon. Time* (“over* cuilirrd dilettante”* and Otle Gucmacy. Jr.. Herald Tribune f**tgei« writer” and ”eothete . . . who throw* up hi* hands In a feminine fea- ture” . . . and uses lace-fringed manner urn*"I. of the will Journal American, didn't refer ta that eral lag valiantly In see- rs Borne of these are attenuated and lacking In pen- ultimate animation with some of la It the I *m I delivery on writing than and seta hy reetion hy J< at all. Kacept far mn rm at Gene Lockhart's sketch an the tardiness of teevee development in Canada i* a highlight mi the rrv hut the heat topical takeoff, course, is the burlesque of Cog.'* the all-Canadian play Brood way bruahoff earlier this I season caused *uch nationalist in- ■f BM difnation north tfJlu play Fruarh by Michael Kuttner M Km a>fave to Burgeaa Meredith's perf Martin, with costume* Hawkins <who called the actor "arch** In the part) Nagy, and di- # a*e’*i. the ethers gave him the top notices of the * Wester Ac Id. pro-1 incident recalls the 1H4-SS Brandway pcudnctlan mi Bean O'Casey** mi the Danbury | -within the Gates.** In which one mi the characters was Identified la In that ceee. the dailies substituted the tighten-1 Melody Fair. WesterAeld will aim th# cam-Iht as “A new Playroom Theatre, upstair* York critics didn't like the over hM PMpacs nM mm rmM an the | end.n* m Moare has given the Bunset strip, la a little use mcaie* u*t ad three satirical •ad ice cream, comprising as H dees lhal mM0i otherwise Chekhov Saroyan dance music b> fied the death Red Nichols and His Five Pennies Dramatists Wade Into Efrity-AGMA Dispute On Operetta Jsnsdii p rust Hate,” or 'street-walker, or In one reviews of "Little Rlue Light** None of the dally play's seemingly peeled to draw criticism Garland used the a res si an for eauatlr National Theatre A Academy, which Is In the M ea- However. Coleman and Aewt the American the the style of Ga Kanins It s a trick if St urge* does H Edibles and drinkables are op- ' "Romeo and Juliet** and a Lons I in this wedding mi legit and Pacific** finale bistre Tab for the trio of one- grasa-akirted actors la UN far any pew la the other staadanto mu a _ attractive SBRuaater whfeh the pro- vicions press interview with 4hm af Romimds snd aakad the has hewn out af the Strip a Alin in n * m With Jurisdictional dispute Actors Equity and the American Guild of Musical Artists uaa fur- ther complicated yesterday iTue* I hy the entry af the Dramatists Guild wHh a protest and threat- ened daripge mit In behalf of one of Hs member* Through Ha at- torney Edward E Colton, the play- wrights' outSt called on AGMA to Interfering with legH granite Dancing $1 estra. and dinners all a la carte, range upwards from about N _ The show Is line Thr ^ur^ion Is whether Las Angeles legit goers will stand still Scott. Olympics fig skating champion, plaved hy Peg! Brown, and Mias MaJLett's biting satire on the Polly anna type of women radio commentators The burlesque on the "Dream Waltz from "Oklahoma* la after the hmftuL'tW b?*t P r T rrfu ^ ffaw hnnger Andrew MacMil- ten. 2 ISk *~» P "*> °W» spots aa the M or am bo and C Ire's, will ait still for two hours of dra- Latter go for the Nichols turns In their romantic duels and Lou Jacoby la excellent in all hla the Associated Actors A Art des mi Am e r i ca, parent performer group to clarify the jurisdiction mixup Colton’s wire reportedly asserted that, as a result of AGMA Inter- ference tentative plans for a pro- of "Rosalinda” this sun- hen dropped hy the Cape Cod Music Cirrus, at Hyanois am The singers* union la said to ion with the George Mail lard Keaslcre collection af 4. Mg biz notables which the artist-photographer is contributing ta the at Theatre Coll ec t I an af the N. Y Public Library, curator Freed ley Inveighs against the practice hy some of the subjen« to write their biographical material on tho hack af tho photographic prints. Some 4.00# post and present personalities from the Ansrifui theatre—players, authors, directors, et al —arc going Into ti When KeMmjidgAMi ■matter! af the a Arc wrr a year ago i negatives were in vaults, aa spared, hut both the photographer and Freedley are anxious for all the subject* to make sure their biographical material Is safely with Kew- lere. otherwise ta update M. not only Is i but between the acta Afterwards, the orch moves , N"* *P°*» thot me top teevee m out of tho pit Into an aperture tin- mvw reputedly hae a th dec the small balcony, and the or- week advance sellout Me Sim aDD»inikr#« ruu .hi* ku u«L have notified the Hyannls man- “■ th.. - tuor i i ^ _ . _ Strauss’ t > ■ ^ f* 1 ’ the original from which H was Chest ra sect ion of the theatre come s a nitery There's a bar. too Curtain-raiser is "The Monkey's Paw." Grand Guigaollsh horror laterfere with fate do so to their own sorrow " Participant* In this ghoulish piece are Keith Mc- Connell. Ironsrd Mudte Fdmard Equity AGMA ;| mi m eed from me* « anJ Frank Marlowe, as the aon who gets killed, the uncle who brings the on tho house, the father and Bliti in AGMA jurisdiction, with Equity also claiming jurisdiction, on the ground that either version la aa operetta. Hyannls la believed to hove dropped plans for the show. Gottfried Reinhardt, aon of the late Max Reinhardt and adapter of the version of ' Rosalinda * pre- ted on Broadway some years Ferrer's next Tuesday afternoon (A> premiere of his "Stslag 17." at the 40th St Theatre. N. Yrev i ves a proposal largely a s cribed to Brooks Atkinson. "What t wrong with opening plays la the afternoon?" The point was that this would eliminate the hectirtsm af I pm curtains, a recent Innovation In deference to the am. critics* deadlines, and automatically K.O. that segment of exhibitionistIr Aral* aighters who come late, clamber over people, make with the yeohas deportment, alt on their hands, think mostly af the dinner they bolted or the nitery they're going to. etc. This might he conceded to ha even more Important an Influence than the morning papers' crix In Ferrer's Instance., of courm, this la caused hy hla own nightly work In (he '20th Century" revival (with Gloria Swan soot and hit per* tonal desire to attend the premiere of hit own indie legit Film publicist Dick Condon Is associated with him in both play cal dr man's "The Little Foxes." Matter was disputed hy AGMA, with the hoard, the A Artistes af America, deciding against the ms- sieal group. * la the ease of "Medium * "Com sul" and "Lurretia." Equity claims H, ... out r hr re iummmuirh I .^ll! eta's 'Regina on Lillian Hell-1 •«• hy the New Opera Co . there- plained to the Dra wp* < t o . \ ( athy O'Donnell and Harold Gor- don aa tho tragic protagonists of William Saroyan's look-in on a rape In a Texas milk-stop, make of t the playwright Intended It to ~ . 1* ** Gordon s stumblebum portrayal . 1™. ****** mart full .ilk th* film Ktim' * -•‘T *•>*“ *F **•> *rpU>rd mmalMowu Imuffr «*•*»“ te* and »*r» lie Firestone la Ane as the out- * AGMA » province wife and Joseph had jurisdiction peer opecetu or lists Guild that tho AGMA action had deprived him of a production With a somewhat similar situation com- ing to a head with tho Starlight Operetta, at Dallas, snd other sum- mer musical spots, the Dramatists Guild moved to pcotejl Its hers hy forcing a solution. UDDERS’NAPPED FOR "Utile Blue Light." Edmund Wilson drama which had ha official opening Sunday night <2t» al the A.VTA Playhouse. N Y. played a series of previews last week before Its regular subscription audiences. On hr audience shift was that the regular Arvt-ntghter* were switched to last Sunday's <291 performance., while the regular second Sunday bight ticket-holders were moved up to tho initial preview the p r evious Sunday i22>, This week's engagement Is for the general public with a $4 00 top m effect. In comparison to tho $3 top for subscriber* of the shuffled schedule was that because of Surge** Meredith • appendectomy, the rehearsal schedule was disrupted and tho needed additional playing before It would be ready for the critics Although the latter havo paid for the Aral-night season tickets and could presumably havo Insisted mm covering the Initial perfc April 72 none as Firestone's pal are okay H<ht along with It cites the •cal Stewart raged the R walk Ran Astir, a hatting ttttB with I June 12. _ _ a voter like a clarion-call, provide* ACM %. Equity snd Chorus lUa.nlv Br * ctw Theatre, Cambridge. M the surprise of tho evening oa the in which jurisdiction was divided presented hy Robert White bill collector of Chekhov's come d y mom varioc* ORA* af productions ***** for several weeks la straw bats Backers of "Courtin' Time." mu seal comedy produced hy Ji Rusao and Michael Ellis, currently trying out in Philly. include Goldberg representing Harms-Remit k V* it mark music 223 000. scenic builder William P. Nolan, $13 000 Rusao sod Ellis. 812.000 each. Andrew Geoly of Eaves Costume Co. $4,300. borscht circuit and Broadway producer Leon J. Broaesky. $3 000: souvenir pew- DDC D’UfAV DADhl DIYhiI cram Mmt Kai Efron $3 000 producer-manager-pressagrnt Alexander iKl'D WAT DAIUi RUn H Cohen, $3 000. coattimer Jocelyn (Mrs. Alexander H 1 C oh en $300; k Lfjjijr* - rVkMsiH rtea#n bandleader Meyer Davis. $1,000. Miriam Hopkins. $1,000. and Mol lie 1 Regan, the producer*' secretary, r e presenting undisclosed Individual*. which closed a try n 500 The venture was capitalized at $130 000 and there has brtnern M( n>a ^^^urday night <2$> at the RFi overcall. with Eagliah text by deAned It point* particularly Varese as the ^ |Ka| - Koehn as «h# Mceemem as e rant wangle Ml the^Itil^bTe W •*~ r *' i * ^legacy, which of ’ th/ pompout VtL rire M^ty i jurisdiction and Nicholas Pspodoponlaa U J? exp tana tloo of the 1842 click la bits HnAm production having fltnrffM* thpmRh prwfaaMmsal! AGMA'a wing. Equity says [ ■ l $ ,nr 5*f, r snd brought directly Marred Glenda Farrell and Alan Dinehart a decade ago on Bmadway. ly next fall. No cast Le Droit the Canadian capital s French-language dally, panned M eu r M-rtaa- snee-t ■■■■ ■■ B^* ^ *<»d said "no gaud Cs**>•*<>< *-u*hi la see H"—and far staging Is s tint* by Cf rtino* ■I l f Charles ph no lean. Set- ***** AGMA was fairly new then Bell and Maxine When AGMA went after "Rosa I Whitehead s production of "Mem house decoration* Hods'* and got it. Equity protested her of the Wedding” Is currently on contemplated Harold Hist matter. It added, "no good Protestant ought to either. C lurman who staged the play at although the play, mildly heralded as "a bright gay stage Brattle, will return from a forth • young couple with one chaperone too many ." opened to a coming visit lo England In time to h the Roman Catholic school auditorium which Is CRT's thoolre. mod Broadway Every following performance except the nearly-Ailed matinee was SRO. mainly of pohtan Opera snd N Y. Phil with wl ^ would burl AGMA with these long hwiH Tte hair* Equity says It concurred sod ** h®"** •* •* *he asarter. on the mi*, c&w Mrict understanding that such sa Instance wouldn't happen again V. *4 “* 1 Equity has now asked AGMA ot. as i«e I to reconsider and withdraw Hs bid - . ^ ,oa the new "FWdennans" AGMA ^ sr-" - Scout For Ballet Co. in Europe the national' organizat ton of f Walter Alford, associate rr V .ilk WUIum Field* for the |ou 7’-; Playwrights Co.. Aiea to Paris Fri- day <4* on a six-month leave of ab- ^ AGMA was trying to solidify H- _ 1 four-year 2SSI krt». A JuntdlctiaMlSLto 1 C*. «*. ta Pkrte FrV | Jr, la Ave aa Airlines publicity director Rex Smith "ponc ed ” for her-m-law. Izetta Jewel, veteran legit actress, hy having some af I the legit crix up to the Smiths* Park Ave. tN.Y.i apartment. Which discloses that the vet legit actress, now remarried la Col. Miller, re- tired, and residing at La Jolla. Cal., at AA la still active with her Ave-a- week. 13-minute radio procram “The Jewel Bos.’* over a San Diego She la also the west coast regional veepee of Women la Radio. broadcasters. While Mias Jewel n east, on her Arst visit In years, her sh ow s nave been taped m advance Smith's wife is lartta Jewel, Jr., ex-Broadwra) actress and their Izetta Jewel. Their He’ll V Revises of "Taming of the Shrew." which agent for Ballet Theatre might <23* aa the Aral bUI in the N. Y. City Center s spring press work he has handled better plugs for "Kim Me. Kate" than for the revival Hi n w Yack. rt’Sffa? .*25 _»• *VV’» ^ ter**Hrtk£. *SS • r .u. p«~,k«i«£ j r££cJEte ^ “a * ,ti tour that should make It a bo will he called natural Much af th* —-—« » k. 1 •" t4H,n *• decide. Much af the material is bctirr written than enacted, as caught an opening night hut the troupe should Immediately vet tie luto the groove There are pient* af guffaws la this one taeludinc jibes at politicians, radio | Fayetteville. N Y.. May 1 drama Fancy. Sylvia Sidney will open Conatry PUyhouae's third m here July 3 la "Goodbye. Panes •• the M> * • *( Ballet Theatre. South America for a tour the end mi May. returns to Europe In the spring of 1032. at the conclusion of Hs 1 $31-32 tour of U. S. and Canada. Ballet Theatre already has an opening date In Eu rope. April 24. 1A32. at the Teatro Saa Carlo ia Naples, ta he followed hy dates at the Florence Festival of Music. Venice Festival. Edin- burgh Festival. a*.d engagements In London. Paris. Berlin, the Neth- erlands and Switzerland, similar to those Ballet Theatre played In Hs I A\e-month tour la 1A3QL itself "Kate. of the critics noted, la Cole Porter's musical a d aptation af the Shakespearean farce, now at the Shubert. N. Y; Six of the eight Ar* stringers mentioned "Kate." only Brooks Atkinson, of the Times and Coleman of the Mirror failing to do so. Robert Garland, mi the Journal-America, uaed the presence In the cast of Mary Mart m s soo. Larry Hageman. to give a rave to some of their Rufus Jarman, hi "The Heck With Broadway?." In the April 2t Sal- evepost. says that "Not more than 2.000.000 Americans see profession*! plays of Broadway calibre regularly, and only about 3 000 000 see them occasionally. Where Broadway numbers Ha actors hy the hundred^ the huge amateur theatre counts Hs performers hy the hundred* « thousands. Its playwrights, unknown to the Great White Way. ttnma turn out a play that ban I0JO0 nr m a re performannan. which m more than Rodgers A Hamaaersteia ever did. La* 100 000.000 Americana, counting repealers, attended and 300.000 plays by amateur groups."