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Wednesday, June S, 1959 ‘Abner’$34,400,‘Feefing’$20,800, LA. Business ranged from passable-f— .. ■ — -■—■ . —— to strong for all but one of the p . _ seven shows on the road last week. StAPlf IfamC •' The weak entry was “Garden. UCU» District,” which ended .an eight- Bill Tierney will appear in “F.i- week Chicago run Saturday (30) hian-s Rainbow” at the Finger and is currently playing.' a fork Lakes Music Circus, Skaneateles, night’s run at the Cocoanut Grove N.Y., next July 21-26, and Aug. 3-8 (Fla.) Playhouse. ... in' “Drink to Me Only” at the The Broadway company of “Sim-: Guthsyille Playhouse, : .Ailehtown, rise at Campobeilo” joined the Pe.. . . V touring lineup .this week, thus Paul Leaf, stage manager of 'keeping the road show count for “Once More With Feeling,” will the, stanza at seven. The bus-and- direct the Harry Kurnite comedy truck company of . “Li'l Abner,”, for" its Bucks County. Playhouse, • currently in Los Angeles, ends its. New Hope, Pa.,; presentation, be- tour June 20 in Seattle. ginhing July 13, with Julia Meade • •-. Estimates for. Last Week : and Scott McKay costarred. Parenthetic designations for out , “Voice of the Whirlwind,” a new of-iown shows are the same as for play by Pat Hale, will be presented Broadway, , except that hyphenated June 29-July 4 at the Barter Thea- . T with show classification indicates tre, Abingdon, Va. . tryout and RS indicates road show.. An 11-week season gets undei> Also, prices , on touring shows in- way June at the Green Hills Thear elude 10% Federal Tax and local tre, Reading, Pa, Mesrop Kese- tax, if any, but as oh Broadway kian is director, Rosemary Rich- grosses are net; i.e. exclusive of ards . is producer and Ted Moore taxes. Engagements are for single is set designer. week unless otherwise rioted. : Carl Low and Clay Flagg will r»mr<Ar , ri launch a 14-week.season next Sat- _ ■ urday ( 6 ) at their White Barn; Garden District# .Civic . ThGfltrc • Irwin- ps, - witli Hslc ( 8 th wk) <$4:50-$5.50; - 910; $26,000) McKeen returning as. director and (Cathieen Nesbitt, ^Diana _ Barry- Low again playing leading, roles. LEGITIMATE | c*Dc«rt Renew | fflostitway snows Belted at 8.0, But the Merm Gets Record $82,785; Florence, May 28, • ... • ^ ■■ ‘M an ffiC ‘W 23VX ‘ 16 ’ S22 7IKI runs Into July)—started more Or lllOlI UO\J 9 iJIUiIU LO //U^ JiUi yLL, I IAJ less with the slogan “All is well •.'■>.• * “ that begins well.” For the past Broadway, had It rought lastroff). Over $18,100. Previous week, months pessimism has.been voiced, week. Business dropped substan- $18,600. Closes June 13. predicting the flop of the Festival tially for a number of shows, with Redhead, 46th St. (MD) (17th wk; —one of the first European ven- the frame starting off slowly, pick- 132 p) ($9.20; 1,297; $62,410) (Gwen tures of its (mostly over-exploited) ing up in mid-week and sagging Verdon). Nearly $59,100 with kind. The fight for subsidy . com- Saturday night (30), Attendance parties and refunds for one per- mon to all Italian cultural enter- for the early part of the current fottnance missed by Miss Verdon prises (subsidy which invariably session was also weak, but is ex- because of illness. Previous week, arrives but too late to allow for pected to pick up a bit at the tail $62,300 with parties. Lays off July careful planning) was hampering end of the stanza. 6 - 11 . this.time to the engagement of in- There were three closings last Sweet Bird of Youth, Beck (D) ternationally famous stars ahd lav- Saturday and; several more are <l2th wk; 95 p) t$6.S0* 1280- $47- isb staging. of the productions, scheduled for - this month. The 963) (Paul Newman’ Geraldine Moreover the temporary- inactivity sellouts and virtual capacity entries Page, Sidney Blackmer). Over $42 - , of the “Teatro Comunale” itself^- last week included “Destry Rides 900. Previous week $45 900 j site of all important musical events Again,” “Flower Drum Song,” Touch of the Poet Haves (DV site of all important musical events Again,” “Flower Drum Song,” Touch of the Poet Hayes (D) in this city for the past 30 years— “La Plume de Ma Tante,” “Majori- (34th wk; 268 p) ($7.50; 1,139* $43- had to be faced. The building, ty pf One,”“Marriage-Go-Round,” 887) (Helen Hayes, Eric Portman, crumbling, is being rebuilt, mod- “My Fair La'dy,” “Raisin in the Bettv Field) Almost $16 200 with ernized, air-conditioned and should Sun” and “Gypsy,” which is be- fetors^ Previous^leek$17 MO be ready. (God and the authorities lieved to have established a record w ;th twofers Closes June *13 ’ of the building code, willing) for gross for a regular Broadway run. Two for the seesaw Booth (CD) the: 1960 season. ■- <■■■ . _ ; “Redhead”fell off from its steady ( 7 2d wk:^ ; reaay. ivroa .aim ine au-iiuritica nevea io nave esiaDilsnea a recora w jth twofers Closes Tune 13 the building code, willing) for gross for a regular Broadway run. Two for the seesaw Booth (CD) the 1960 season. “Redhead” fell off from its steady ( 7 2d wk 572 n) (Ifi qn 7 Rn «32 3 rS But in spite of an those pminous sellout pace because of refunds at Da^ •eirliotinhs the nnpnin? . meht nno noWnrnunPo Tniccorf Andrews, Anne Bancroft). opening night one performance missed proved a success. True to its tradi- Gwen Verdon. more). Almost $9,000. Previous . week, $81500: Ended -rim here Saturday (30) and plays this week and next at the . Cocoanut Grove (Fla.) Playhouse, with Miss Nes¬ bitt out of the cast and Diana Bar¬ rymore as sole star. ' Music Man, . Shubert (MC-RS) (16th wk) ($5.50-$6.60; 2,100; $71,- 458). Over $63,500. Previous week, $65,200. LOS ANGELES ‘ here Sylvia Sidney is slated to tour week the strawhat circuit, in a Stage and Arena Guild of America package SS-f of “Once More With Feeling”’.. . Ba _ The Lakewood Theatre, Skow- ' hegan.Me., gets its season iunder- . R C)' way June 13. $71 Norman Bliunenfeld will design, miis and direct the lighting for the up- ' coming season at the Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, Mo. A package of “Biography, 1 ’ -pro-. . V duced by Elliot Martin and star- tioh: the Festival opened with ah “exhumation” of an early, little- known Italian opera (it was here tliat in 1953 Cherubini’s “Medea” had its ; comeback to ever since ICad a:. triumphant existence in in- Estimates for Last Week Keys : C (Comedy ), D (Drama), Over $20,400. Previous week, $21,- 200. Hal March and Lee Grant take over the costarring roles June 29. West Side Story, Winter Garden CD (Comedy-Drama), R (Revue), \ <MD) ( 88 th wk; 700 p) ($ 8 ; 1,404; MC (Musical-Comedy), MD (Must- $64,200). <Dver $42,500 with two- Bells Are Ringing, Philharmonic ( ring Faye Emerson, will tour J -.i y>o v /Pit t tee nc en. .1. . ° - ^ ^ ^ • .• * : Aud. (MC-RS) ( 6 th wk! ($5.75-$6.50; 2,670;' $78,300) • (Judy Holliday). mer theatres for 10 weeks, begin¬ ning June 22 at the;; Pocono Play- ICad a:triumphant existence in in- cal-Drama), O (Opera), OP (Op- f ers : Previous week,^$41,800 with ternatiohal opera houses from Na- eretta). Rep (Repertory),, DR (Dra- twcuers. Exits June 2 < to tour, pies to Dallas, with Callas and Far^ matic Reading). •. P Other parenthetic designations ^4- *47«0) Wl \eM!v P> S2| 6 5M refoluuSnS^^ and^WiMic: mejo- ZZre „ . drama and by foresight or mere last Saturday, top prices (where Once Upon a Mattress, Phoenix chance its spirit seemed particular- iwo Prices are given, the higher is (MC) (3d wk; 24 p) ($4.60; 1,150; ly well suited for the present time, for Friday-Saturday nights and the $29,382). Almost $17,200. Previous The music of the middle-aged loioer for weeknights), number of w^eek, $16,500. Verdi already anticipates much of seats r capacity • gross and stars . ^ Closed Last Week his late mastership.. Exiting .ehseiii- Price includes 10% Federal and First Impressions, Alvin (MC) bles and more than ever partic- 5% City tax, but grosses are net; GHh wk; 84 p) «$8.35-$9.20; 1,453; ularly vvohderful chorus pages com- i;e,i exclusive of taxes. $61,568) (Hermione Gingold, Far- Almost $78,800 with Civic Light house, MOuntainhonie, Pa. Opera subscription. Previous week, jan : Chaney Will appear as Daisy $77,500 with subscription, ; Mae in the Rye (N Y.) Music Thea- . • . . • . . . tre production of “Li’l Abner,” for Lil Abner, Biltmore (MC-RS) two weeks, starting July 28. (list wk) ($5-$5.50; L636; $49,300). Tcmi Avert has been set for the Nearly $34,400 with Theatre Guild lead role in . the Stanley. Prager subscription. Previoire week, $17,- package of “Bells Are Ringing”’ 500 for seven-performance split. The cast will also include - Rusty Once More With Feeling, Hart-. Doire. ford (C-RS) (3d wk) ($4.85-$5.40; Barbara Baroe will be femme 1,024; $27,600) (Fernando Lariias, lead , at the Guthsville Playhouse, Marjorie Lord).- Almost $20;800. Allentown, Pa. Previous week, $21,500 with Guild .The Sharon .(Conn.) Playhouse subscription. begins a 10-week season June 29. ■-——— : The production staff includes SAN DIEGO Maurice Geoffrey, business man- My Fair Lady, Russ Aud. (MC- ager aiid jressagent; Thomas Bur- RS) (Michael Evans, Diane Todd). production manager; Atwojjd Almost $56,300. Previous week, Lvensaler, director, and Philip atth * Mus >c • • • -V. Summer Playhouse, with Morry pRavCKsra Efron as . general . manager, rrn launched its second 14-week sea- *? T S ,Z^n’*?*?*, SS‘ son last Monday (D. ($4.30-$4.85, t 1^550,. The St. Louis (Mb,) Municipal posed to bolster the enthusiasm of his fellow-fighters, are still capable teats, capacity gross and stars. Closed Last W'eek ’rice includes 10% Federal and First Impressions, Alvin (MC) i% City tax, but grosses are net; (11th w r k; 84 p) »$8.35-$9.2G; 1,453; e.i exclusive of taxes. $61,568) (Hermione Gingold, Far- t! Tynnorioi ley Granger, Ellen Harjley). Over 44 nHkMlfinll*? 4 ’ 0 ®*-. »««•»* 532,200. i ienow-ugniers, are suu eapauie dn- uv. evoking much enthusiasm today. , fln n) (Andv Ciiffith* closed last Saturday (30) at a loss Florence’s veteran conductor ' of approximately its entire $300,- (Vittorio Gui lea the performance i 000 tamtmert. with much skill and apparent af- ® ’ $66,082 Nervous Set, Miller (MC) (3d fection^-rassisted by a cast of sing- W1 ^| p . ^ wk; 23 p) ($6.90; 946; $33,056). ers among whom two young •^b^oj-Druiir, song, St. James Almost $7,000. Previous week, Italians the tenor Gastone lima- :^^„U26t.h..wk; 208 p) ($8.05; 1,615; $7,400, Closed last Saturday (30) rilli and the bass Paolo Washing- $63,166). Almost $63,200. Previous at a loss of approximately its en- ton (evidenUy a name given to him week, $63,166. tire $50,000 investment, by a pro-American, manager, as he Gazebo, Lyceum (C) (25th wk; Sunrise at Campobeilo, Cort (D) with much skill and. apparent ai- fection—rassisted by a cast of sing¬ ers among whom two young of approximately its entire $300,- 000 investment. Nervous Set, Miller (MC) (3d wk; 23 p) ($6.90; 946; $33,056). Almost $7,000. Previous week, tire $50,000 investment. Sunrise at Campobeilo, Cort (D) is a Florentine bor^-and-bred art- 194 p> {$6.90; 995; $29,600) (Walter { (70th wk; 556 p) ($6.90; 1,155; $38,- ist) distinguished themselves par- Slezak). Almost $10,900. Previous 1 300) (Ralph Bellamy).: Nearly $33,- week, $12,800. Closes June 27. 600. Previous week, $28,900. Exited rrn launched its second 14-week sea- S ,Z^n’*?*?*, SS‘ son last Monday (D. wk) ($A30-$4.85, t 1^550,. The St. Louis (MoJ Municipal $39,000) (Ruth Roman, Jeffrey Opera opens its 41st annual sea- Lynnn. Opeued May 25. to Pne S() n June 11 with Patricia Morison Off-Broadway Shows (Figures denote Opening dates) NEW YORK Boy Friontf, Cherry Lane <1-25-58). Crucible; Martinique (3-11-58);' closing June 14. • ' Enemy of the People. Actors . Fallout. Renata (5-20-59). Gypsy, Broadway <MC) ( 2 d wk; last Saturday (30) with an approxi- 12 p) ($8.60-$9.40; 1,900; $80,500) ?»te $65,000 profit on a $110,000 (Ethel Merman). Believed to have investment. set all-time record for regular run -- - -— Broadway show at $82,785. Previ- w j p.. ous week $51,100 for first four LOQuOD lutS performances and one preview^ m ANTA jD)^25th_wfc 196 p) The Leave it tp jane, Sheridan So/(5-25-59). Plummer, Raymond Massey, James teen building at the Uan« Iavm, Hvintf Th»t ra 7l.11.SQl rtolir) Oitqt- *99*700 Brouinne al 111,2 Many Loves; Living Theatre (1-13-59). : Daly).- Over Mark Twain Tonight, 41st St.. (4-6-59). ujpair *9q oon Our Town, Circle in Square (3-23-59), wees, rave (Morten, Examiner) and three favorable reviews (Knickerbocker^ Chronicle; Hodel, News; HaU, Call Our Town, Circle in Square (3-23-59).: Shaw Repertory, Provincetown (5-26-59). Threepenny Opera,'de Lys (9-20-55):- .. I and Tony Dexter in “The King and I.” '' '• The; Mountain Park Casino, ^W. Over $22,700. Previous aSJite critotl panrhovo beeS _ _ week, $25,200. purchased by Irwin Shapiro. Th a r?J^v^ La Plume de Ma Tante, Royale Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Wa^ Tth. Tore^orv Jan Hus' ( 1 ^- 59 ); (R) (29th wk; 231 p) ($8.05; 1,050; Loewe arrived in London last week moves today (Wed.) to the Cricket. $44,500) (Robert Dhery), Over from Paris to confer with T. H. Young A.BjjTui.Theatre East (5-28-59). $ 44 , 900 . Preyious : week, $45,000. White, author of “The Once and Bulletin). ' Almost $24,300. Pre- jfolyoke. Mass., opens its 18th vious week $30,900 at the Bilt- spason'Juine 15, more, Los Angeles., . Thp Fulton Theatre. Lancaster. nore, los Angeles. The Fulton Theatre, Lancaster, ' ■ ■ “ Pa., launches its initial 10-week Scheduled B’way Preems s TaVe u for 2 Ti«,", n? w musical Much Ado, Lunt-Fontanne (9-17-59). by Robert and Channce Sldlling, Gangs AU Htra, ^nbassador (io-i-59). j s scheduled for testing this sum- - - .. SCHEDULED OPENINGS' ^ ii r 7r/r ’ Or. willy Nilly, Barbiaon (6-4-59). * Lays ;off July 6 -Aug. 1. : IS?- Majority of One, Shubert (C) Cave Machpalah.Livii^Th^re (6-11-59). (15thwk; 12Q p) ($6.90; 1,453; $53,- Future King,” which they’re pre- Majority of One, Shubert (C) paring as a Broadway musical for Drunkard, Gate (624^59). Thra# Sisters, Fourth St, (9-10-59). Shakuntala, St. Mark's (9-29-59). Vlnctnt, Cricket (9-30-59). CLOSED ; Chic, drpheum (5-18-59); closed May 23 . . after .six performances. 000) (Cedric Hardwicke, Gertrude next fall. The City of London Corp. has Berg), Nearly $53,400.’ Previous recommended a grant of $5,300 to week, $53,2G0 with parties. . balance of the cost of Mike . Million. Morosco (C) Thoetre^TBfaik&Ure (32d wk; 252 p) ($6.90; 946; $35,- ySfln lfteatre at ill C “ riarS ' onm t - noonn JjUiiuuii. Broadway producer Max Gordon, Connecticut sumiinar, Shubert (10-22-59). Pawling; N.Y„ which begins : its w.rm 26th season June 30: Isobel Rose Sound .MusiC/ LuntrFontanne (11:12*59), ■ ■ • • —— a jiwAAtAw ac il . s Fingar, Music Box 02 - 2 - 59 ).. Jones is producer-rdirector Of the siiant Nigh.t, Morosco ( 12 - 2 - 59 ); •, pperation and Floyd Allan will be ■ ' ~ " ■ —-- •- scenic designer. I nnrlnn Sftnwc Film performers Dorothy Ma- i^onaon onowi lone and Jacques Bergerac will (Figures denote opening dates) costar in a strawhat tour of “Once London Shows (Figures denote opening dates ) closed May 24 after 24 performances. two^rr prPvimiT Week HroaawayproUUCerMaxUOWOp, (sistrata, e. 74th ; st. (5h-i9-59); closed I ^ r ^ ous week, $io, I here for a two-week looksee at Lysistraf*, E. 74th St. (5-19 59); closed May 24 after eight performances. Tis Pity Shc’c Whore, Players (12-5-59); closed last Sunday (31).. 3Q0 With twofers. the West End entries, has re- tidied to New York withXt 5- u#nto * any local prQpertle s - *-r— ; ; Colbert). Almost $43,400 again. LOS ANGELES Lays off June 15-Sept. 12 . EUTCH'S 10-WEEK SEASON Be An Angel, Civic (5-11-59). .. MusiO Man, Majestic (76th wk; --— ; P ) -i|Wi:. l { 626;. $70,500). America’s Oldest Summer Stock Camtno Real, H'wood center <5-21-59). Nearly $65^000. Previous week, Starts 68 th Season Circfe «f Wheels, El Capitan (5-22-59). S68.500. ,,My .J-Jr. ™C) Denver June 2. Plain A Fancy, Pasadena (5-29-59). (168th wk; 1,339 p) ($8.05; 1,551; TruJoA nnoim A mar i Quare Fellow, stage Society (5-8-59)/ S69 500> (Edward Mulhare Pamela Elitch Gardens Theatre, Amen- ■g^«glSf«Sg , ^Mfe. ChS). Mother $70% Tonight at «:30, HoUywood (5-29-59). . Once More With Feeling, Na- slated tQ °P en lts 68111 season ttohil (C) .(3|d .:wk;- .25ri)^; J«“e 14. , _ _ diu« magic k«vu«, waies u-iv-w;. Candide, Saviiie (4-30-59). by Harold Kennedy. Ccught Napping, Piccadilly (5-22-59). The Ephrata (PaJ Legion Star i-ahtv "in^ha'da^Giob 1 ^ C (i<«^ 59 ) 59 ^ Playhouse begins its season June Five Finger Exercise, Comedy (7-16-58). 22 with Snooky. Lanson in “Tun- Fool's paradise, Apollo (4-1-59).; nel of Love-.”: Gilt, Gingerbread, Duke York’s (4-17-59). Phrictir.-a I- aotre<y;-wifp of Grass is Greener, st. Mart. U2-2r58>. Lnnsiuia Lina, actress wne oi how sey You, Aidwych, (4-22-59). . producer-director William Ham- |™ a , P 1 ' mersteih, Will play the femme lead Long, short, (5 ^' 59) v in “The King and I” at a number Repertory, old Vic (9-17-58). of music tents this summer. „. t ^ °. idI i 1 g Th : atr , e A® xcek i° r ' My Fair Lady, Drury Lane <4-30-58). Mi nil., launches its 20th seasbn Not jn the Book, . criterion (4-2-58). . tonight (Wed.), under the direction ?L P alur S e " HaSket’ (tzt-M): f Don Stoli Productions will run Prodigal wife. Winter Gatd. (5-28-59). lor two weeks instead of one week noar Like a JBove. Phoenix (9-25-57,. as in the past, : l^ a 5e D !pymS, U wSehS^?ib^8). Cathleen Nesbitt, who. finished a Taste of Honey, Wyndham’s • (2-10-59); cbstarring stint in “Garden Dis- transfers next Monday (8) to Criterion, trict” in Ohiraffn last Satnrdav (Rfl-V Ulysses in Nighttown, Arts (5-19-59). in ^nicago last sacuraay tdu , Unexpected Guest, Duchess ( 8 - 12 - 58 ). will appear in “Time Remembered” west side, story. Majesty’s (12-12-58). a t the Berkshire Playhouse, Stock- Wplf's Clothing, Strand (3-17-59). hridco tha Wolr n ( Iiini « world Paul- siickey. Palace (5-5-59). ormge. Mass .Tne weekof june 25 scheduled openings Robert Horton in Picnic will Fareweif^FaiVweif^Gwic^( 6 - 5 ^ 59 ) the opening hill at the Nortli- Detour After Dark, Fortune ( 6 -a- 59 ). land.. Playhouse, Detroit, beginning Hostage, Wyndham’s (6-11-59). next Tuesday (9) All in the Feng[y 6 S E t«n4 (6-17-59X Betsy PaSier Will tour the sum- Auntie Marne, Adeiphi (9-10-58). • iner theatres in a package of “Once d <5 * 13 ‘ 5 ? ) * ; : More t^ith Feeling,” which Elliot Living'for pleasure, Garrick (7-io-58). . ‘Martin will present for eight Weeks Swedish Co,, Princes (5-4-59). beginning July 6. LOS ANGELES Be An Angel, Civic (5-11-59). .. Billy Barnes Revue, Las Palmas (10-13-51 Boy Friend, Ivor (2-16-59). Camtno Real, H'wood Center <5-21-59). Circle of Wheels, El Capitan (5-22-59). Compulsion, Omnibus (3-10-59). Mendel Beatnik, LeGrand (5-29-59). Plain A Fancy, Pasadena (5-29-59). Quare Fellow, Stage Society (5-8-59)/ Shrike, Horseshoe (5-16-59). Silver Whistle, Centre (4-25-59). Tonight at 1:30, HoUywood (5-29-59). . scheduled openings Tender Trap, Valley (6-5-59). .Turn to Autumn, CaUhoard (6-5-59). Cold Wind, Players Ring (6-8-59). Streetcar, Omnibus (6-11-59). CLOSED Blue Denim, Players Ring (12-26-58). Fair Game, LeGrand (4-23-59)/ Green Bay Tree, Hollywood (4-17-59). tioning any local properties. EUTCH'S 10-WEEK SEASON America’s Oldest Summer Stock Starts 68 th Season 1,162; $43,800) (Joseph Cotton, In the top slots for 1959 are Arlene Francis). Nearly $15,700 Lndi Claire and Thomas Coley,, with twofers. Previous week, $21,- Barbara Lord, Pat Sully, Harriet 500 with twofers. Tentative clos- Mac Gibbons, Dean Norton, Len (ing notice- up for. next Satur- Doyle v Reynolds Evans, Wallace {day < 6 ). Acton and Thomas Ellis complete Unexpected Guast, Duchess (8-12-58). West Side. Story, Majesty's (12^12 58). Wolf's Clothing, Strand (3-17-59). World Paul- Siickey, Palace (5-5-59). SCHEDULED OPENINGS French Mistress, Adeiphi (6-4-59). Farewell, -Farewell, Garrick (6-5-59). Detour After Dark, Fortune (6-8-59). . Hostage, Wyndham’s (6-11-59). All in the . Family, Strand. (6-17-59). CLOSED . Auntie Mama, Adeiphi (9-10-58). Change of Tune> Strand (5-13-59). Ghosts, Princes (4 h6-59). Living for Pleasure, Garrick (7-10-58). Swedish Co., Princes (5-4-59). ’ Pleasure of His Company, Long- the cast Rose Tattoo, VaUey (4-24-59). Touring Shows (May 31 -June 14) ; acre (C) (32d wk; 254 p). ($6.90; Arthur Sircom will direct. He’s 1,101; ^ $37,600) (Cyril Ritchard, new at Elitch though veteran of 32 Cornelia .Otis Skinner, Charlie Broadway productions and many Ruggles, Walter Abel). Almost $24,- road companies and films. William 100. I^rious week, $27,900. Moves q Johnson to be stage manager Ten-week play sked.. opens with “Third Best Sport.” Others to he (May 31-June 14) ; June 15 to the Music Box: Melville Richard Shoemaker scenic oSio gse** HvHidwt- Ruict is subbing this- week for JXt Ll'i Abn.r—Biitmore, I..A n-13). who’s on yacatipn. Ten-week nlav sked ODens with ™ Best sport” bthere to be S% . ™*> T rwt* a onto -a. Girl \ One* Mor* with Feeling (Coast Co.) $42,000; Previou.- week. $41 900 in 509, The Matchmaker, ' How- fo™il <JSi s *i”S° r s;T I '<8& H " t ' R«*oniM. Music Box (D) (18th |e.” ‘"F he J in “ o{ “*»«” ‘J b * Sunrise at Campobeilo (Ralph Bellamy) Wk; 143 p) ($6.90-$7.50; 1,101; Man m the Dog Suit, TChe Mar- ■tSfli ^h*.*s^w od c.) math $38,500).:(Claire BIoom/Rbd_Stei- quies “*‘A Visit to a SjnaU Planef Roman, Jeffrey Lynn)-rGeary. sj 1 . ci- 13 ). ger, Oscar Homolka, Akim Tami- and ♦ The Homeys.” j