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...Died. Hassard Short, 78, British-born stagecraftsman, director of more than 50 Broadway and West End shows; in Nice, France. Light-struck Hassard Short began (in Honeydew, 1920) a spectacular series of stage innovations by slinging an electrician over the stage in a bosun's chair to handle overhead spots, later installed the first permanent lighting bridge (The Music Box Revue, 1921), and the first revolving stage (The Band Wagon, 1931), startled Broadway by staging the Easter parade scene in As Thousands Cheer (1933) in rotogravure brown...
...Hassard Short, who is guilty of directing the play, has apparently decided that Willy's role is an inconsishe seems a veritable folk hero. In the finale the silly tent one. At times the young Baxter appears thoroughly ludicrous, but often, as when he sings love ballads, Willy--and that is just what he is most of the time--imagines marriage with his true puppy love, a vision enacted in full regalia. Bride, groom, and a score of bridesmaids attired in pink march under the spotlights to the front of the stage...
...this year The Streets of Paris at the Fair) put on a show which, at 25?, is the best buy in the history of the amusement area. No high-brow affair, it is lavishly designed for the outdoors with floodlights, loudspeakers, has Irene Sharaff's gorgeous costuming and Hassard Short's lively direction, does a slick...
...Hassard Short staged the production, and Albert Johnson designed the sets. The latter deserves special credit for his effective use of sweeping modernistic simplicity throughout. As for the work of Arthur Schwartz, the principal song, "I See Your Face before Me," will probably be frequently reheard, and such others as "I've Made Up My Mind," Fly by Night," and "By Myself" are at least tuneful enough for one evening. The show will undoubtedly have a warm reception here, for although it is not uniformly good, its assets are quite impressive...
...music of the Strauses is usually able to cover a multitude of sins, and succeeds in doing so again in Hassard Short's musical extravaganza, "The Three Waltzes," now playing at the Boston Opera House. Beautiful scenery and a pleasing ballet also add their bit and help to compensate for a weak, melodramatic plot, which drags badly in places and has trouble in coming to a conclusion. The show has as many climaxes as a circus, and it is a pity it is so long, for some of the most beautiful dances come at the end, when many...